Transformational leadership and well-being: A double-edged sword?
Research Group:
Work, Organisations and Employment Relations Research Centre (WOERRC)
Prof K Nielsen, Dr K Hildenbrand
Applications accepted all year round
This PhD will focus on the effect that transformational leadership has on employee well-being. Transformational leadership entails improving employee performance beyond expectations through vision and mission and through challenging followers to think outside of the box.
Linking work conditions, employee psychological well-being and behaviour
Research Group:
Institute of Work Psychology (IWP)
Dr M Patterson
Applications accepted all year round
We are seeking PhD students interesting in exploring reciprocal relationships between work conditions (e.g. characteristics, events, the psychological contract, contexts, being in work) psychological well-being/affect (e.g.
Feasibility of delivering group psychological support to stroke survivors in community settings
Dr E Patchwood, Prof A Bowen, Dr S Knowles
Applications accepted all year round
Supporting people to come to terms with persisting disability and life after stroke is a high priority for stroke research. There is an urgent need for evidence-based, clinically and financially effective psychological interventions that can be feasibly delivered for community-based stroke survivors.
