Work and Organisation – doctoral research
The Work and Organisation group brings together academics from a number of different disciplines to conduct research and contribute to practice across diverse issues in the management of people and the social and psychological relations of work and organisations.
Members of the group carry out distinctive work across many contemporary topics of importance to work, employment, organisations and society. These include:
- organisational psychology
- working identities and workplace equalities
- career management
- work-related health and wellbeing
- the sociology of work, technology and organisations
- issues in international HRM, labour and employment.
Applications are invited from prospective PhD students interested in working with well-established researchers in the School. Colleagues are available to supervise PhD research in a wide range of topics. If you're interested in joining a dynamic community of talented researchers from around the world to explore research questions that matter, we would like to hear from you.
Please feel free to browse our group members to identify a potential supervisor(s), develop your research proposal, share this with the identified supervisor(s) and confirm they are willing to be named in support of your application. You are encouraged to ask for feedback from them to develop your research proposal. Then you should be ready to formally apply.
Our research topics
Within the Work and Organisation group we are especially keen to receive PhD research proposals in the following areas:
Technology and organisations
- Exploring the positive and negative features of digital technology at work; including innovation in personnel selection, changing employment relationship, algorithmic management.
Changing practices of work
- The expansion of atypical work: issues of precarious jobs, identity, meanings of work, changes in career patterns, changing professional occupations.
- Employee health and wellbeing; improving gender equalities, preventing bullying and enhancing dignity and respect, quality of work life.
Societal and environmental issues
- Citizenship, responsibility and sustainability: implications for organisations, management, employment practices, industry.
- Employee voice and participation in MNCs: advancement of mutual benefits and joint responsibilities for sustainable business and fair labour practices.