Hazel Melanie Ramos

Contact

• workRoom B1B04 Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8924 8281
• Hazel-Melanie.Ramos@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr Hazel Melanie Ramos is assistant professor at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus and postgraduate tutor for the MSc in Occupational Health and Safety Leadership and MSc in Management Psychology. Hazel completed her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines Diliman, followed by an MA in Psychology major in Counseling at the Ateneo De Manila University in the Philippines. She completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology also at Ateneo de Manila University on the life experiences of adolescents with chronic life threatening illness. She is an active member of the Psychological Association of the Philippines and an active volunteer of the Philippine Children's Medical Center's hospice program and UGAT Foundation Inc. She has also worked as a researcher and volunteer for both industrial and clinical organizations. She has taught several degree courses in psychology including experimental psychology, personality theories, statistics, and psychological testing. Hazel's wide research interest has led her to do research on several areas such as pain management, music therapy, HR best practice, and healthcare practices and compliance to medication among chronic hypertensive patients. Her other research interests include resiliency and work-life balance among young adults.

Teaching Summary

• Occupational Health Psychology
• Clinical Psychology
• Occupational Psychology

Research Summary

My current research interests include topics in occupational and occupational health psychology.Together with colleagues at UNMC, I currently working on an ERGS funded research on health screening… read more

Selected Publications

• ANGELI SANTOS, TIMOTHY HAYWARD and HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, 2012. Organizational Culture, Work and Personal Goals as Predictors of Employee Wellbeing Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict. 16(1), 25-48
• VESPER FE MARIE RAMOS, MARIA LOURDES LLANEZA RAMOS and HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, 2010. Psychogenic nonepileptic "seizures" or "attacks"?: It's not just semantics: Attacks Neurology.
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, ANGELI SANTOS, YUNBO PAN, SIEW LI TAN and KOK SIEN LEONG, 2012. Cross Cultural Comparison of Workplace Stress and Coping as predictors of Burnout Among Asian Nurses: A three Country Study In: 10th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP)Conference.
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS and ANISA RAE HADDAD, 2012. Cross-cultural adjustment, Social Support, and Wellbeing Among Internationally Relocated Expatriate Spouses In: 10th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP)Conference.

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Current Research

My current research interests include topics in occupational and occupational health psychology.Together with colleagues at UNMC, I currently working on an ERGS funded research on health screening and occupational health services among migrant workers in Malaysia. My other research interests include stress, coping and burnout among nurses and allied health professionals, Work-family conflict, expatriate adjustment as well as psychological ownership in family firms.

• Healthy Workforce, Healthy Future: Health Screening and Occupational Health Services Among Migrant Workers in Malaysia- A Mapping Exercise (ERGS Funded Research)
• Stress, Coping, and Burnout among Nurses
• Work Family Conflict
• Expatriate Adjustment
• Psychological ownership among family and nonfamily employees

Past Research

In the past I have done research in the areas of clinical and counseling psychology as well as organizational psychology. Previous research that I have done included Organizational culture, goals and wellbeing, Coping among adolescents with chronic life threatening illness, Pain Management among chronic pain patients and compliance to medication among chronic hypertensive patients.

• ANGELI SANTOS, TIMOTHY HAYWARD and HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, 2012. Organizational Culture, Work and Personal Goals as Predictors of Employee Wellbeing Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict. 16(1), 25-48
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, ANGELI SANTOS, YUNBO PAN, SIEW LI TAN and KOK SIEN LEONG, 2012. Cross Cultural Comparison of Workplace Stress and Coping as predictors of Burnout Among Asian Nurses: A three Country Study In: 10th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP)Conference.
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS and ANISA RAE HADDAD, 2012. Cross-cultural adjustment, Social Support, and Wellbeing Among Internationally Relocated Expatriate Spouses In: 10th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP)Conference.
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, MICHAEL MUSTAFA and MICHELLE LEE CHIN CHIN, 2011. Work-Family Conflict and Stress: The moderating effect of personality among working parents in Malaysia In: APA-NIOSH Work, Stress and Health 2011 Conference.
• MICHAEL MUSTAFA and HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, 2011. The Family and the Firm: Exploring Values Among Malaysian Dynastic Family Businesses In: The 9th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology The 9th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology 9th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology.
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS and ANGELI SANTOS, 2010. Stress, Coping, and Burnout Among Chinese Nurses In: 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology.
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, 2010. Coping with chronic life threatening illness: The Filipino adolescent’s experience. In: 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology.
• VESPER FE MARIE RAMOS, MARIA LOURDES LLANEZA RAMOS and HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, 2010. Psychogenic nonepileptic "seizures" or "attacks"?: It's not just semantics: Attacks Neurology.
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, ANGELI SANTOS and YUNBO PAN, 2009. Stress, Coping and Burnout Among Chinese Nurses In: APA-NIOSH Work, Stress and Health 2009 Conference.
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS and VESPER FE MARIE RAMOS, 2007. Antihypertensive Medication Taking Behavior Among Filipino Rural Workers. Murmurs. Manila Foundation For The Lay Education of Heart Diseases.
• HAZEL MELANIE RAMOS, 2006. Undaunted Warriors: The Experiences of Adolescents with Chronic Life Threatening Illness In: Psychological Association of the Philippines 2006 Annual Convention.