Research Update Institute of Work Psychology (IWP) 2017 www.sheffield.ac.uk/management/research/iwp
Welcome to IWP 2017 The Institute of Work Psychology (IWP) is made up of enthusiastic work psychologists and organisational behaviour researchers at the University of Sheffield, UK. This Research Update summarises our research over the last 12 months and identifies some particular projects. More information can be found by clicking the names in bold. Many of our projects already benefit greatly from collaboration with colleagues in other institutions and countries, and we would very much like to continue this tradition. We would be delighted to hear from anyone with overlapping interests or with ideas for potential collaboration, including research proposals from potential PhD students. The Institute of Work Psychology was founded in 1968 as the Social and Applied Psychology Unit and became the Institute of Work Psychology in 1994. As part of the very successful Sheffield University Management School, it applies both qualitative and quantitative methods to ensure academic rigour in its research. The Management School’s Triple Crown accreditation places it in the top one per cent of business and management schools worldwide.
New Director of IWP – Karina Nielsen
Karina joined the Institute of Work Psychology in October 2016, from a position as Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her research interests emphasise processes and methods of changing organisations, with a particular interest in participatory interventions. She has developed and tested models for how organisations can design, implement and evaluate interventions that aim to promote employee wellbeing through changing the way work is designed and managed. Karina is particularly interested in evaluation design, and has developed evaluation methods that may help researchers and organisations understand what works for whom in which circumstances.
Several new members have joined IWP in the last twelve months and we’d like to extend a warm welcome to them: Emanuela Girei, Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and Work Psychology, Kristin Hildenbrand, Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, and Karina Nielsen, Chair in Work Psychology. The Institute has a strong tradition of doctoral research, and current PhD students and their topics can be found on the final page. We would like to congratulate other students on the recent completion of their studies: Sarah Brooks, Andreana Drencheva, Darius Ikyanyon, Ciara Kelly, Caroline Knight, Adriana Maldonado Torres, Stephen McGlynn and Ahmad Qammar. Congratulations to all, and we wish them a successful career.
IWP Conference: 19-21 June 2018 IWP will be holding its sixth biennial international conference at Sheffield University Management School between 19 and 21 June 2018. Previous conferences have been very successful, and we hope to see you there. Keynote speakers and the schedule for paper submission will be announced here.