Dr Laura Dean

Management School

Senior University Teacher in Work Psychology

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l.dean@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3438
C052, ºù«Ӱҵ University Management School

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Dr Laura Dean
Management School
C052
ºù«Ӱҵ University Management School
Conduit Road
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S10 1FL
Profile

Laura is a practising Occupational Psychologist and is a Chartered Psychologist registered with the HCPC. She is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

She is the President Elect of the British Psychological Society.

Her career has involved substantial experience in developing employability, career counselling, selection and assessment and training and development.

She lectures on a range of university programme at undergraduate and postgraduate level including Occupational Psychology, MBA and Human Resource Management.

Research interests

My research interests are broad but have a couple of underlying themes: equality and fairness and; employee well-being. I am particularly interested in:

  • Psychological contract breach;
  • Wellbeing and employability of neurodiverse individuals;
  • Career management interventions;
  • Employability and;
  • Training and development interventions.
Publications

Books

  • Dean L & Cousans F () . Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Lehmler H-J, Uwimana E, Dean LE, Kovalchuk N, Zhang Q-Y & Ding X (2022) . Chemical Research in Toxicology, 35(12), 2310-2323. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Easton S, Linnell M, Lund N, Mahoney B, Toye MK, Brown CC, Dean L, Hendry G, Campbell M & Hanna B (2013) . Psychology Learning & Teaching, 12(2), 203-216. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Karuga R, Kabaria C, Chumo I, Okoth L, Njoroge I, Otiso L, Muturi N, Karki J, Dean L, Tolhurst R , Steege R et al () . Frontiers in Public Health, 11. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans TR, Johannes N, Winska J, Glinksa-Newes A, van Stekelenburg A, Nilsonne G, Dean L, Fido D, Galloway G, Jones S , Masson I et al () . Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 1-24. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

The Institute of Work Psychology

Teaching activities

Currently I am module leader for the undergraduate module MGT243 Career Theory and Practice as well as the post graduate modules MGT6166 Selection Theory and Practice and MGT658 Professional Practice.

I teach across a range of other modules in training and development, leadership and career management.

I primarily supervise students on the MSc Occupational Psychology and MSc Human Resource Management programmes for dissertation.

Professional activities and memberships

President Elect of the British Psychological Society.