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Quoidbach, Jordi
Associate Professor, Department of People Management and Organisation at Esade
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Investigador, GLEAD - Leadership Development Research Centre
Education
- Ph.D. in Psychology. University of Liège
Biography
Prof. Jordi Quoidbach specializes in emotion and decision-making. He completed his Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Liege before spending several years as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University.
His research explores the bi-directional relationship between choice and happiness. In particular, Dr. Quoidbach is interested in understanding how people's current happiness-and other emotional states-shape their decisions, and 2 how people's everyday decisions profoundly shape their happiness. His work highlights novel perspectives to help individuals making better personal and professional decisions that will improve their happiness in the long run. This research has been published in top-tier journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Science, JAMA Psychiatry, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Popular accounts of Dr. Quoidbach's research have been featured on CNN, BBC, and NPR and have appeared in publications such as Scientific American, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He was identified among the Best 40 Business Professors Under 40 in Poets & Quants.
In addition to his research activities, Dr. Quoidbach has published three popular science books on emotions and well-being - translated in 6 languages - and hosted a TV series about the Science of Happiness on the French television channel M6.
My research explores the bi-directional relationship between choice and happiness. In particular, I am interested in understanding how people’s current happiness—and other emotional states—shape their decisions, and 2 how people’s everyday decisions profoundly shape their happiness. My work highlights novel perspectives to help individuals make better personal and professional decisions that will improve their happiness in the long run. This research has been published in top-tier journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Science, JAMA Psychiatry, Nature Communications, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Popular accounts of my research have been featured on CNN, BBC, and NPR and have appeared in publications such as Scientific American, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. I was identified among the Best 40 Business Professors Under 40 in Poets & Quants. In addition to my research activities, I have published three popular science books on emotions and well-being – translated into 6 languages – and hosted a TV series about the Science of Happiness on the French television channel M6.
Selected publications
- Colombo, D., Pavani, J. B., Quoidbach, J., Baños, R., Folgado-Alufre, M. & Botella, C. (2024). Savouring the Present to Better Recall the Past. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25 (1-2), 20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00721-2.
- Di Stasi, M., Templeton, E. & Quoidbach, J. (2023). Zooming Out on Bargaining Tables: Exploring Which Conversation Dynamics Predict Negotiation Outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109 (7), pp. 1077¿1093. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001136.
- Catapano, R., Quoidbach, J., Mogilner, C. & Aaker, J. L. (2023). Financial Resources Impact the Relationship Between Meaning and Happiness. Emotion, 23 (2), pp. 504¿511. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001090.
- Pirla, S., Taquet, M. & Quoidbach, J. (2023). Measuring affect dynamics: An empirical framework. Behavior Research Methods, 55 (1), pp. 285-300. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-01829-0.
- Weingarten, E., Duke, K., Liu, W., Hamilton, R. W., Amir, O., Appel, G., Cerf, M., Goodman, J. K., Morales, A. C., O¿Brien, E., Quoidbach, J. & Sun, M. (2023). What makes people happy? Decoupling the experiential-material continuum. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 33 (1), pp. 97-106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcpy.1291.
- Collins, H. K., Hagerty, S. F., Quoidbach, J., Norton, M. I. & Brooks, A. W. (2022). Relational diversity in social portfolios predicts well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119 (43), e2120668119. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120668119.
- Busseri, M. A. & Quoidbach, J. (2022). The structure of everyday happiness is best captured by a latent subjective well-being factor. Journal of Research in Personality, 96, 104177. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104177.
- Kapogli, E. & Quoidbach, J. (2022, February). Stranger or a clone? Future self-connectedness depends on who you ask, when you ask, and what dimension you focus on. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, pp. 266-270. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.07.023.
- Yudkin, D. A., Gantman, A. P., Hofmann, W. & Quoidbach, J. (2021). Binding moral values gain importance in the presence of close others. Nature Communications, 12 (1), 2718. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22566-6.
- Quoidbach, J., Dercon, Q., Taquet, M., Desseilles, M., De Montjoye, Y. A. & Gross, J. J. (2021). Happiness and the Propensity to Interact With Other People: Reply to Elmer 2021. Psychological Science, 32 (6), pp. 960-965. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211012673.
- Taquet, M., Quoidbach, J., Fried, E. I. & Goodwin, G. M. (2021). Mood Homeostasis before and during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 COVID-19 Lockdown among Students in the Netherlands. JAMA Psychiatry, 78 (1), pp. 110-112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2389.
- Gregory, A. L., Quoidbach, J., Haase, C. M. & Piff, P. K. (Accepted/In press). (2021). Be Here Now: Perceptions of Uncertainty Enhance Savoring. Emotion. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000961.
- Taquet, M., Quoidbach, J., Gross, J. J., Saunders, K. E. & Goodwin, G. M. (2020). Mood homeostasis, low mood, and history of depression in 2 large population samples. JAMA Psychiatry, 77 (9), pp. 944-951. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0588.
- Quoidbach, J., Gilbert, D. T. & Wilson, T. D. (2020). Your life satisfaction will change more than you think: A comment on Harris and Busseri 2019. Journal of Research in Personality, 86, 103937. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103937.
- Weidman, A. C., Sun, J., Vazire, S., Quoidbach, J., Ungar, L. H. & Dunn, E. W. (2020). Not Hearing Happiness: Predicting Fluctuations in Happy Mood From Acoustic Cues Using Machine Learning. Emotion, 20 (4), pp. 642¿658. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000571.
- Reiff, J. S., Hershfield, H. E. & Quoidbach, J. (2020). Identity Over Time: Perceived Similarity Between Selves Predicts Well-Being 10 Years Later. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11 (2), pp. 160-167. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619843931.
- Palmeira, M., Spassova, G. & Quoidbach, J. (2020). You're not yelping your case: the unexpected social consequences of word of mouth. European Journal of Marketing, 54 (2), pp. 419-447. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-08-2018-0551.
- Quoidbach, J., Sugitani, Y., Gross, J. J., Taquet, M. & Akutsu, S. (2019). From affect to action: How pleasure shapes everyday decisions in Japan and the U.S.. Motivation and Emotion, 43 (6), pp. 948-955. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09785-7.
- Quoidbach, J., Taquet, M., Desseilles, M., De Montjoye, Y. A. & Gross, J. J. (2019). Happiness and Social Behavior. Psychological Science, 30 (8), pp. 1111-1122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619849666.
- Olderbak, S., Wilhelm, O., Hildebrandt, A. & Quoidbach, J. (2019). Sex differences in facial emotion perception ability across the lifespan. Cognition and Emotion, 33 (3), pp. 579-588. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2018.1454403.
- Quoidbach, J., Mikolajczak, M., Gruber, J., Kotsou, I., Kogan, A. & Norton, M. I. (2018). Robust, replicable, and theoretically-grounded: A response to Brown and Coyne's 2017 commentary on the relationship between emodiversity and health. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147 (3), pp. 451-458. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/XGE0000400.
- Lu, J. G., Quoidbach, J., Gino, F., Chakroff, A., Maddux, W. W. & Galinsky, A. D. (2017). The dark side of going abroad: How broad foreign experiences increase immoral behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112 (1), pp. 1-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000068.
- Taquet, M., Quoidbach, J., De Montjoye, Y. A., Desseilles, M. & Gross, J. J. (2016). Hedonism and the choice of everyday activities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (35), pp. 9769-9773. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1519998113.
- Trampe, D., Quoidbach, J. & Taquet, M. (2015). Emotions in everyday life. PLOS ONE, 10 (12), e0145450. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145450.
- Bustin, G., Jones, D. N., Hansenne, M. & Quoidbach, J. (2015). Who does Red Bull give wings to? Sensation seeking moderates sensitivity to subliminal advertisement. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 825. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00825.
- Quoidbach, J., Mikolajczak, M. & Gross, J. J. (2015). Positive interventions: An emotion regulation perspective. Psychological Bulletin, 141 (3), pp. 655-693. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038648.
- Quoidbach, J., Dunn, E. W., Hansenne, M. & Bustin, G. (2015). The Price of Abundance: How a Wealth of Experiences Impoverishes Savoring. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41 (3), pp. 393-404. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214566189.
- Croft, A., Dunn, E. W. & Quoidbach, J. (2014). From Tribulations to Appreciation: Experiencing Adversity in the Past Predicts Greater Savoring in the Present. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5 (5), pp. 511-516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550613512510.
- Taquet, M., Quoidbach, J., De Montjoye, Y. A. & Desseilles, M. (2014, February). Mapping collective emotions to make sense of collective behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37 (1), pp. 102-103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X1300191X.
- Quoidbach, J., Gruber, J., Mikolajczak, M., Kogan, A., Kotsou, I. & Norton, M. I. (2014). Emodiversity and the emotional ecosystem. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143 (6), pp. 2057-2065. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038025.
- Anik, L., Aknin, L. B., Norton, M. I., Dunn, E. W. & Quoidbach, J. (2013). Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance. PLOS ONE, 8 (9), e75509. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075509.
- Quoidbach, J. & Dunn, E. W. (2013). Give It Up: A Strategy for Combating Hedonic Adaptation. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4 (5), pp. 563-568. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550612473489.
- Quoidbach, J., Gilbert, D. T. & Wilson, T. D. (2013). The end of history illusion. Science, 339 (6115), pp. 96-98. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1229294.
- Gruber, J., Kogan, A., Quoidbach, J. & Mauss, I. B. (2013). Happiness is best kept stable: Positive emotion variability is associated with poorer psychological health. Emotion, 13 (1), pp. 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030262.
- De Montjoye, Y. A., Quoidbach, J., Robic, F. & Pentland, A. (2013). Predicting personality using novel mobile phone-based metrics. Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction - 6th International Conference, SBP 2013, Proceedings (pp. 48-55). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37210-0_6.
- Bustin, G., Quoidbach, J., Hansenne, M. & Capa, R. L. (2012). Personality modulation of unconscious processing: Novelty Seeking and performance following supraliminal and subliminal reward cues. Consciousness and Cognition, 21 (2), pp. 947-952. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2012.03.005.
- Nelis, D., Kotsou, I., Quoidbach, J., Hansenne, M., Weytens, F., Dupuis, P. & Mikolajczak, M. (2011). Increasing emotional competence improves psychological and physical well-being, social relationships, and employability. Emotion, 11 (2), pp. 354-366. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021554.
- Nelis, D., Quoidbach, J., Hansenne, M. & Mikolajczak, M. (2011). Measuring individual differences in emotion regulation: The Emotion Regulation Profile-Revised ERP-R. Psychologica Belgica, 51 (1), pp. 49-91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pb-51-1-49.
- Quoidbach, J. & Dunn, E. W. (2010). Personality neglect: The unforeseen impact of personal dispositions on emotional life. Psychological Science, 21 (12), pp. 1783-1786. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610388816.
- Quoidbach, J., Berry, E. V., Hansenne, M. & Mikolajczak, M. (2010). Positive emotion regulation and well-being: Comparing the impact of eight savoring and dampening strategies. Personality and Individual Differences, 49 (5), pp. 368-373. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.03.048.
- Quoidbach, J., Dunn, E. W., Petrides, K. V. & Mikolajczak, M. (2010). Money giveth, money taketh away: the dual effect of wealth on happiness.. Psychological Science, 21 (6), pp. 759-763. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610371963.
- Mikolajczak, M., Quoidbach, J., Vanootighem, V., Lambert, F., Lahaye, M., Fillée, C. & de Timary, P. (2010). Cortisol awakening response CAR's flexibility leads to larger and more consistent associations with psychological factors than CAR magnitude. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35 (5), pp. 752-757. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.11.003.
- Quoidbach, J., Wood, A. M. & Hansenne, M. (2009). Back to the future: The effect of daily practice of mental time travel into the future on happiness and anxiety. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4 (5), pp. 349-355. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760902992365.
- Nelis, D., Quoidbach, J., Mikolajczak, M. & Hansenne, M. (2009). Increasing emotional intelligence: How is it possible?. Personality and Individual Differences, 47 (1), pp. 36-41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.01.046.
- Quoidbach, J. & Hansenne, M. (2009). The Impact of Trait Emotional Intelligence on Nursing Team Performance and Cohesiveness. Journal of Professional Nursing, 25 (1), pp. 23-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.12.002.
- Quoidbach, J., Hansenne, M. & Mottet, C. (2008). Personality and mental time travel: A differential approach to autonoetic consciousness. Consciousness and Cognition, 17 (4), pp. 1082-1092. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2008.04.002.
- Mikolajczak, M., Nelis, D., Hansenne, M. & Quoidbach, J. (2008). If you can regulate sadness, you can probably regulate shame: Associations between trait emotional intelligence, emotion regulation and coping efficiency across discrete emotions. Personality and Individual Differences, 44 (6), pp. 1356-1368. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.12.004.