Dr Sam Farley

Management School

Senior Lecturer in Work Psychology

s.j.farley@sheffield.ac.uk

C074, Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Sam Farley
Management School
C074
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL

Profile: Sam is a Senior Lecturer in Work Psychology at Sheffield University Management School. He is particularly interested in the Dark Side of workplace behaviour, including bullying, cyberbullying and incivility. Within this field, his interests include the measurement of bullying, perpetrators of bullying and methods of preventing and addressing bullying in organisational life. Prior to working at Sheffield, Sam worked as an Associate Professor at the University of Leeds Business School.

Qualifications

PhD Organisational Psychology - Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield

MSc Occupational Psychology - Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield

BSc Psychology - School of Psychology, University of Liverpool

Research interests

How targets attribute blame for harassment experienced at work
Perpetrators of workplace bullying and harassment
Interventions to improve employee well-being and reduce bullying
Communication within work teams

Publications

Journal articles

Ibar DNH, Topakas A, Farley S & Dawson J (2024) Does it matter how I behave before I step into the leader role? Intrapersonal behavioral shift in temporary leadership role transition and its effect on perceived leadership effectiveness. The Leadership Quarterly, 101844-101844.
Platts J, Coyne I & Farley S (2023) Cyberbullying at work: an extension of traditional bullying or a new threat?. International Journal of Workplace Health Management.
Farley S, Mokhtar D, Ng K & Niven K (2023) What influences the relationship between workplace bullying and employee well-being? A systematic review of moderators. Work & Stress.
Farley S, Wei Wu D, Jiwen Song L, Pieniazek R & Unsworth K (2022) Coping with workplace incivility in hospital teams: How does team mindfulness influence prevention and promotion focused emotional coping?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23).
Farley S, Dawson J, Greenaway T, Meade K & Hernández Ibar D (2022) Does international status affect competence ratings in newly formed multinational teams? The role of psychological safety growth and verbal behavior. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53(10), 1277-1299.
Niven K, Connolly C, Stride C & Farley S (2021) Daily effects of face-to-face and cyber incivility via sadness, anger and fear. Work and Stress.
Mostafa AMS, Farley S & Zaharie M (2021) Examining the Boundaries of Ethical Leadership: The Harmful Effect of Co-worker Social Undermining on Disengagement and Employee Attitudes. Journal of Business Ethics, 174(2), 355-368.
Sprigg CA, Niven K, Dawson J, Farley S & Christopher A (2018) Witnessing workplace bullying and employee well-being: A two-wave field study. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24(2), 286-296.
Coyne I, Farley S, Axtell C, Sprigg C, Best L & Kwok O (2017) Understanding the relationship between experiencing workplace cyberbullying, employee mental strain and job satisfaction: a dysempowerment approach. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28(7), 945-972.
Farley S, Coyne I, Axtell CM & Sprigg C (2016) Design, development and validation of a workplace cyberbullying measure (WCM). Work and Stress, 30(4), 293-317.
Farley S & Manger J (2016) Emotion sharing: implications for trainee doctor well-being. Medical Education, 50(8), 798-800.
Stich J-F, Farley S, Cooper C & Tarafdar M (2015) Information and communication technology demands: outcomes and interventions. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 2(4), 327-345.
Farley S, Coyne I, Sprigg C, Axtell C & Subramanian G (2015) Exploring the impact of workplace cyberbullying on trainee doctors. Medical Education, 49(4), 436-443.
Farley S, Cowen Forssell R, Holm K & Berthelsen H () Predictors of work-related cyberaggression in a random sample of the Swedish working population. International Journal of Workplace Health Management.

Chapters

Farley S, Coyne I & D’Cruz P (2021) Cyberbullying at Work: Understanding the Influence of Technology, Concepts, Approaches and Methods (pp. 233-263). Springer Singapore
Vranjes I, Farley S & Baillien E (2020) Harassment in the digital world: Cyberbullying In Einarsen S, Hoel H, Zapf D & Cooper C (Ed.), Bullying and harassment in the workplace: Theory, research and practice (3rd Edition)
Farley S, Pieniazek R & Farley S (2020) Work Motivation In Arnold J, Coyne I, Randall R & Patterson F (Ed.), Work Psychology Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace
Coyne I & Farley S (2018) Cyberbullying within working contexts, Cyberbullying at University in International Contexts (pp. 80-96).
Farley S, Evison R, Rackham N, Nicolson R & Dawson J (2018) The Behavior Analysis Coding System: An Applied, Real-time Approach for Measuring and Improving Interactive Skills, The Cambridge Handbook of Group Interaction Analysis (pp. 584-593).
Farley S & Coyne I (2018) Intervening against workplace cyberbullying, Cyberbullying at University in International Contexts (pp. 173-177).

Conference proceedings papers

Hernandez Ibar DN, Topakas A & Farley S (2022) Behavioral Inconsistency in Leadership Role Transition and its Effect on Leader Effectiveness. Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2022(1)
Farley S, Dawson JF, Greenaway T, Meade K & Hernandez-Ibar D (2020) Does National Status Influence Psychological Safety Growth in Newly Formed Multinational Teams?. Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2020(1) (pp 10311-10311)

Research group: Institute of Work Psychology (IWP)

Teaching interests

Research methods
Work-related wellbeing