Dr Laura Dean

Management School

Senior University Teacher in Work Psychology

l.dean@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3438

C052, Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Laura Dean
Management School
C052
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
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 () Work Psychology. Routledge.

Journal articles

Lehmler H-J, Uwimana E, Dean LE, Kovalchuk N, Zhang Q-Y & Ding X (2022) Probing the Role of CYP2 Enzymes in the Atropselective Metabolism of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Using Liver Microsomes from Transgenic Mouse Models. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 35(12), 2310-2323.
Easton S, Linnell M, Lund N, Mahoney B, Toye MK, Brown CC, Dean L, Hendry G, Campbell M & Hanna B (2013) Book Reviews: Critical Issues in Clinical and Health Psychology, Effective College and University Teaching: Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate, Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions, 2nd ed., Human Learning and Memory, Attention in a Social World, Study and Communication Skills for Psychology, Teaching Psychology around the World, Volume 3, The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology, The Psychologically Literate Citizen: Foundations and Global Perspectives. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 12(2), 203-216.
Karuga R, Kabaria C, Chumo I, Okoth L, Njoroge I, Otiso L, Muturi N, Karki J, Dean L, Tolhurst R , Steege R et al () Voices and challenges of marginalized and vulnerable groups in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: building on a spectrum of community-based participatory research approaches. Frontiers in Public Health, 11.
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 () Exploring the consistency and value of humour style profiles. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 1-24.

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.