Carolina Machado received her PhD degree in Management Sciences (Organizational and Politics Management area / Human Resources Management) from the University of Minho in 1999, Master degree in Management (Strategic Human Resource Management) from the Technical University of Lisbon in 1994, and Degree in Business Administration from the University of Minho in 1989. Teaching in the Human Resources Management subjects since 1989 at University of Minho, she is since 2004 Associated Professor, with experience and research interest areas in the field of Human Resource Management, International Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management in SMEs, Training and Development, Emotional Intelligence, Management Change, Knowledge Management and Management/HRM in the Digital Age. She is Head of the Human Resources Management Work Group at the Department of Management, at University of Minho, as well as Chief Editor of the International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE), Guest Editor of journals, books Editor and book Series Editor, as well as reviewer in different international prestigious journals. In addition, she has also published both as editor/co-editor and as author/co-author several books, book chapters and articles in journals and conferences.

Research Interests:

Human Resource Management. International Human Resource Management. Human Resource Management in SMEs. Training and Development. Emotional Intelligence.

• Fernandes, Diana and Machado, C. F. (2020). How to look at organizations and human resource management in the economy of the future?. In Machado, C. and Davim, J. P. (Eds.). Circular Economy and Engineering - A New Ecologically Efficient Model (89-117). Springer: Germany. 
• Freitas, Rui Pedro and Machado, C. F. (2020). Human resource management in Industry 4.0: A brief trip through literature. In Machado, C. and Davim, J. P. (Eds.). Industry 4.0: Challenges, Trends, and Solutions in Management and Engineering (241-272). Taylor and Francis Group/CRC Press: USA. 
• Machado, C. and Davim, J. P. (Eds.) (2020). Entrepreneurship and Organizational Innovation. Springer: Germany.
• Machado, Carolina and Davim, J. Paulo (Eds.) (2020). Research Methodology in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer: Germany.
• Melo, P. N. e Machado, C. F. (2020). Livro de Ouro da Gestão de Recursos Humanos nas Pequenas e Médias Empresas. Editora RH: Lisboa.