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Biography
Stavroula Leka is Emeritus Professor of Work & Health Policy at the University of Nottingham. She is also Professor of Organisations, Work & Health at Lancaster University and Director of the Centre for Organisational Health & Well-being. Stavroula is Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Higher Education Academy and Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine. She studied Psychology at the American College of Greece, followed by postgraduate studies in Occupational Health Psychology at the University of Nottingham.
Stavroula is President of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP). She is also past member of the Board of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH). Her main research interests are the translation of occupational health and safety knowledge into policy and practice, psychosocial risk management and the promotion of mental health in the workplace. She led the development of ISO45003, the first international standard on psychological health and safety in the workplace.
She has been invited as a keynote speaker to a number of international conferences and is expert advisor to the European Commission, the WHO, the ILO, the European Agency for Safety & Health at Work and the European Parliament. She has also been awarded an early career achievement award by the American Psychological Association for outstanding contribution in occupational health psychology and the study of work-related stress.
Expertise Summary
- Translation of occupational health and safety knowledge into policy and practice
- Psychosocial risk management
- Work-related stress
- Mental health and well-being in the workplace
- Occupational health and safety regulation
- Business and societal sustainability
- Corporate social responsibility and occupational health and safety
Teaching Summary
Professor Leka is co-editor (with Dr Jonathan Houdmont) of the first textbook in Occupational Health Psychology
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Research Summary
Professor Leka's expertise lies in the translation of occupational health and safety knowledge into policy and practice. More specifically, Professor Leka's research focuses on the evaluation of… read more
Current Research
Professor Leka's expertise lies in the translation of occupational health and safety knowledge into policy and practice. More specifically, Professor Leka's research focuses on the evaluation of occupational health and safety regulation and policy and its associated infrastructures and supporting systems at different levels (international, European, national and organisational). Her research has a strong applied focus and aims at facilitating effective occupational health and safety management in different organisational contexts, with a particular emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises. Key themes in her research are work organisation and the management of the psychological and social (psychosocial) work environment for business and societal sustainability; the management of psychosocial risks and work-related stress; and the promotion of mental health and well-being in the workplace. As part of her interest in policy implementation she has been conducting research on the promotion of occupational health and safety through a corporate social responsibility framework. She is author of the first textbook in occupational health psychology and technical author of the first standard on the management of psychosocial risks in the workplace. She is also author of several other books in the area of psychosocial risk management and the editor of two book series. She chaired the working group that developed an ISO guidance standard on psychological health and safety in the workplace (ISO 45003).
PhD supervision
Bayan Alqurashi: Labour market segmentation and change: A case study of female workers in the higher education labour market in Saudi Arabia
Lorraine Dillon: An investigation into how team resilience emerges in the modern workplace
Danai Serfioti: The benefits of competitive motorsport on injured armed forces veterans and troops
Vlad Dediu: Investigating the relationship between determinants of employee wellbeing, innovation and organisational performance: A policy and practice perspective
Shweta Anand: Positive psychological capital and role of perceived organizational support in determining mental health/psychological wellbeing among bank employees in the UK and India
Tarisayi Gwenzi: Work-related stress in the banking sector in Zimbabwe
Catherine Smith: The effects of optimism in the workplace
Kelly Sivri: Investigating the relationship between job insecurity and health in Europe: A focus on cardiovascular disease
Ioanna Karaoulani: Mental health and wellbeing in Greek employees
Tolulope Fadipe: Exploring the use of knowledge management for the management of psychosocial risks at work
Jiaoyang Yu: The possible moderating effect of overtime control and rewards for overtime, on the relationship between overtime and psychological health in the context of China
Layla Ho: Developing a computer-based intervention for the treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Stephen Kumako: Workplace bullying and its impact on employee well-being in Ghana's oil and gas industry
Emma Rushton: Exploring a social cognitive perspective of leadership: The impact of a scenario-based leadership training intervention within healthcare settings
Linn Iren Vestly Bergh: Developing a psychosocial risk management system in the Oil and Gas industry
Luis Torres: New forms of gender discrimination at work: Corporate social responsibility as a framework for equality
Hussam Al-Nusair: Perceived work-related stress, job performance, social support and intention to stay among immigrant nurses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Chris Leather: The role of the line manager in promoting well-being and capability in specialist unit ambulance personnel
Nicholas Andreou: The motivation behind engaging in occupational health and safety: An enterprise perspective
Juliet Hassard: Gender differences in work-related stress, well-being and health: differential exposure or vulnerability?
Evelyn Kortum: Perception and management of psychosocial risks and work-related stress in developing countries
Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah: Work design, work organisation and employee well-being in the mining sector in Ghana
Jessica Tang: The psychosocial work environment of teachers in Hong Kong
Nizam Zacck: Occupational Health & Safety Practices in the Petrochemical Industry in Malaysia