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Philip Leather

Reader in Occupational Psychology, Examinations Officer, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

  • Phil Leather is Reader in Occupational Psychology and Assistant Director of the Institute of Work, Health & Organisations (I-WHO), University of Nottingham.
  • He is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
  • He is also an International Affiliate of the American Psychological Association and a member of the Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychologists.
  • Phil is Chair of the Social and Environmental Psychology Research Group and Director of the MSc in Occupational Psychology.
  • He graduated from the University of Lancaster, where he completed a BA in English (with Behaviour in Organisations as a 'minor' subject), an MA in Organisational Psychology and a PhD in the Department of Behaviour in Organisations.
  • Phil moved to Nottingham in 1983, initially as a Research Fellow and later as a lecturer in the School of Psychology.
  • He has acted in an advisory capacity for both the International Labour Organisation and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, and consults for many leading UK organisations.

Expertise Summary

Management of work-related violence; training design, delivery and evaluation; stress management; environmental psychology of the workplace; evaluation of the impact of healthcare design upon patient outcomes.

Teaching Summary

In I-WHO, Phil convenes postgraduate modules on Environmental Psychology & Design and Applied Psychology and Social Influence at Work. He also lectures on other modules such as Workplace… read more

Research Summary

Phil's current research interests fall in two principal areas: the management and control of work-related violence and the environmental psychology of the workplace and other organisational settings.

The first concerns both the causes and consequences of workplace violence as well as the design, delivery and evaluation of measures taken to 'manage' it. 'Management', in this sense, includes prevention, response and rehabilitation at the individual, team and organisational levels. The second research area concerns the way in which individual cognition, affect, well-being and behaviour is influenced by design characteristics of the physical environments in which we typically experience.

Like that of many of his colleagues in I-WHO, Phil's research is based upon a fundamental desire to try and use psychology, underpinned with sound theory and reliable evidence, to 'make a difference'- for example, by combating violence at work or in designing workplaces better suited to those who occupy them.

Phil has an international reputation for his work and his research has attracted funding from many organisations including Allied Domecq Retail, London Underground Limited, NHS Executive, NHS Estates, Royal College of Nursing and several UK Police Forces.

Recent Publications

  • LEATHER, P, ZAROLA, A and SANTOS, A, 2010. The Physical Workspace: An OHP Perspective. In: STAVROULA LEKA and JONATHAN HOUDMONT, eds., Occupational Health Psychology Wiley Blackwell.
  • LEATHER, P and ZAROLA, A, 2009. Violence at Work. In: CARY L. COOPER, USHA GOSWAMI and BARBARA J. SAHAKIAN, eds., Mental Capital and Wellbeing Wiley Blackwell.
  • SANTOS, A, LEATHER, P, DUNN, J and ZAROLA, A, 2009. Gender differences in exposure to co-worker and public-initiated violence: Assessing the impact of work-related violence and aggression in police work Work & Stress. 2(23), 137-154

In I-WHO, Phil convenes postgraduate modules on Environmental Psychology & Design and Applied Psychology and Social Influence at Work. He also lectures on other modules such as Workplace Assessment & Testing, Career Development, and Professional Issues in Research & Practice.

Phil is also the Institute's Student Liaison Officer.

Past Research

Assessing the true impact of work-related violence upon individual and organisational outcomes; attitudes towards health and safety in the construction industry; the social and psychological factors associated with entrepreneurship and new business start-up; social and psychological consequences of youth unemployment; the use and effectiveness of group working in vehicle manufacturing.

  • LEATHER, P, ZAROLA, A and SANTOS, A, 2010. The Physical Workspace: An OHP Perspective. In: STAVROULA LEKA and JONATHAN HOUDMONT, eds., Occupational Health Psychology Wiley Blackwell.
  • LEATHER, P and ZAROLA, A, 2009. Violence at Work. In: CARY L. COOPER, USHA GOSWAMI and BARBARA J. SAHAKIAN, eds., Mental Capital and Wellbeing Wiley Blackwell.
  • SANTOS, A, LEATHER, P, DUNN, J and ZAROLA, A, 2009. Gender differences in exposure to co-worker and public-initiated violence: Assessing the impact of work-related violence and aggression in police work Work & Stress. 2(23), 137-154
  • ORTEGA, A., BRENNER, S.O. and LEATHER, P., 2007. Stress in police officers and police staff: a structural model International Journal of Police Science and Management. 9(1), 36-50 (In Press.)
  • BEECH, B. and LEATHER, P., 2006. Workplace violence in the health care sector: a review of staff training and integration of training evaluation models Aggression and Violent Behavior. 11(1), 27-43
  • LEATHER, P., ZAROLA, A. and SANTOS, A., 2006. Building quality approaches to work-related violence training: pillars of best practice. In: MCINTYRE, S. and HOUDMONT, J., eds., Occupational Health Psychology: European perspectives on research, education and practice Volume 1. Publismai.
  • SANTOS, A., LEATHER, P.J. and ZAROLA, A., 2004. Good and bad types of support for police personnel confronted with violence at work. In: Annual Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology.
  • LEATHER, P., BEALE, D., SANTOS, A., WATTS, J. and LEE, L., 2003. Outcomes of environmental appraisal of different hospital waiting areas Environment and Behaviour. 35(6), 842-869
  • LEATHER, P., BEALE, D. and SULLIVAN, L., 2003. Noise, psychosocial stress and their interaction in the workplace Journal of Environmental Psychology. 23(2), 213-222
  • BEECH, B. and LEATHER, P., 2003. Evaluating a management of aggression unit for student nurses Journal of Advanced Nursing. 44(6), 603-612
  • LAWRENCE, C.E. and LEATHER, P., 2003. Perceiving violence: the influence of motivational status and environmental setting Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 33(9), 1796-1817
  • BEALE, D., LEE, L., STEVENS, D., MORRISON, L., LEATHER, P.J. and WATTS, J., 2000. Hospital environments and short term stress reactions: A comparative evaluation of two neurology clinic waiting areas Environment and Behaviour.
  • LAWRENCE, C. and LEATHER, P., 2000. Impression formation: the effects of environmental and behavioural information Environment and Behaviour.
  • BEALE, D., CLARKE, D., COX, T., LEATHER, P. and LAWRENCE, C., 1999. System memory in violent incidents: evidence from patterns of reoccurrence Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 4(3), 233-244
  • LEATHER, P., BRADY, C, LAWRENCE, C, BEALE, D and COX, T, 1999. Work-related violence: assessment and intervention London : Routledge.
  • LAWRENCE, C.D., BEALE, D., LEATHER, P. and DICKSON, R., 1999. Violence in public houses: an integrated organisational approach. In: Work-related Violence: Assessment and Intervention Routledge, London and New York.
  • FLETCHER, B., COX, T., BEALE, D. and LEATHER, P., 1999. Managing violence and aggression towards NHS staff in the community NT Research. 4, 87-100
  • LAWRENCE, C.D. and LEATHER, P., 1999. The social psychology of violence. In: Work-related Violence: Assessment and Intervention Routledge, London and New York.
  • LAWRENCE, C. and LEATHER, P., 1999. STEREOTYPICAL PROCESSING: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT Journal of Environmental Psychology. VOL 19(PART 4), 383-396
  • BEALE, D. and LEATHER, P., 1999. Managing violence: a workshop In: Unknown.
  • LEATHER, P.J., 1999. System memory: A new concept for studying patterns in violence In: Unknown.
  • BEALE, D., COX, T., CLARKE, D., LAWRENCE, C. and LEATHER, P., 1998. Temporal architecture of violent incidents Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 3(1), 65-82
  • LEATHER, P., LAWRENCE, C., BEALE, D., COX, T. and DICKSON, R., 1998. Exposure to occupational violence and the buffering effects of intra-organizational support Work & Stress. 12(2), 161-178
  • LEATHER, P., PYRGAS, M., BEALE, D. and LAWRENCE, C., 1998. Windows in the Workplace: Sunlight, View, and Occupational Stress Environment and Behaviour. VOL 30(NUMBER 6), 739-762
  • BEALE, D., LEATHER, P., FLETCHER, B. and COX, T., 1998. Violence to NHS staff working in the community In: Unknown.
  • LEATHER, P., COX, T., BEALE, D. and FLETCHER, B., 1998. Safer working in the community: a guide for NHS managers and staff on reducing the risks from violence and aggression In: Unknown.
  • BEALE, D., FLETCHER, B., LEATHER, P. and COX, T., 1998. Review on violence to NHS staff working in the community In: Unknown.
  • LEATHER, P. and BEALE, D., 1998. Taking care of business In: Unknown.
  • BEALE, D. and LEATHER, P., 1998. Managing violence to health care staff. Reducing the risk of violence in the workplace In: Unknown.
  • LEATHER, P. and MCKECHNIE, S.A., 1998. Likeability as a measure of advertising effectiveness: the case of financial services Journal of Marketing Communications. 4(2), 63-85
  • BEALE, D. and LEATHER, P., 1998. Hurt indoors Nursing Times. 94, 26-28
  • LEATHER, P., BEALE, D., LAWRENCE, C. and DICKSON, R., 1997. Effects of exposure to occupational violence and the mediating impact of fear Work & Stress. VOL 11(NUMBER 4), 329-340
  • BEALE, D., COX, T., LAWRENCE, C., LEATHER, P. and CLARKE, D., 1997. Modelling violent incidents at work In: Fifth European Congress of Psychology.
  • MCKECHNIE, S., LEATHER, P. and OZUYGUN, S., 1997. Viewers' reactions to financial services commercials Journal of Financial Services Marketing. VOL 1(NUMBER 4), 375-389
  • LEATHER, P., GOGGIN, K. and LAWRENCE, C.D., 1997. On the buses In: British Psychological Society Occupational Psychology Conference.
  • LEATHER, P., MURRAY, P. and LAWRENCE, C.D., 1997. Privacy, control and the open plan office: a case study In: British Psychological Society Occupational Psychology Conference.
  • LEATHER, P.J., 1997. On the buses: the effects of violence on public transport staff In: Unknown.
  • LEATHER, P.J., 1997. Privacy, control and the open plan office: a case study In: Unknown.
  • BEALE, D., COX, T. and LEATHER, P., 1996. Work-related violence: is national reporting good enough? Work & Stress. 10(2), 99-103
  • LEATHER, P., LAWRENCE, C.D., BEALE, D. and DICKSON, R., 1996. Occupational violence, strain and the mediating effect of social support In: International Congress of Psychology.
  • LAWRENCE, C., DICKSON, R., LEATHER, P. and BEALE, D., 1996. The mediation of support from the first line manager in the relationship between fear of violence and well-being and job outcome measures: a case study In: British Psychological Society Occupational Psychology Conference.
  • LAWRENCE, C.D. and LEATHER, P., 1996. The effects of environmental context on an occupational stereotype In: International Congress of Psychology.
  • LEATHER, P. and LAWRENCE, C.D., 1995. Perceiving pub violence: the symbolic influence of social and environmental factors British Journal of Social Psychology. 34, 395-407

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