Atieh Mirfakhar is an Integrated Researcher at the Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL) of ISCTE-IUL. Her research focuses on topics related to human resources management and change management, more specifically on implementation of HR practices, performance management, and feedback. Her work has been published in the International Journal of Human Resource Management. Atieh was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at BRU of ISCTE-IUL working on REAL PAL, a project which was funded by FCT and aimed at advancing knowledge on performance management and feedback. She has received her PhD from ESADE Business School (Spain) and has been a visiting scholar at KU Leuven (Belgium). Atieh has a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (Iran), an MBA from K.N. Toosi University (Iran), and a Master of Research in Management Sciences from ESADE (Spain). Atieh also has working experience as an HR expert in an Iranian holding company where she was responsible for implementation of various HR practices and projects.