My profile

Biography

I joined Manchester Metropolitan University in 2021 as a lecturer in Human Resource Management and teach within this area on undergraduate and postgraduate level. Prior to this, I was a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Liverpool University, where I completed my PhD in Organisational Behaviour in July 2021. 

Membership of professional associations

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research outputs

My research interests include HRM, Organisational Behaviour and Work Psychology topics with a focus on the following:

- The Work-Family interface

- The transition to parenthood in a work context

- Organisational maternity and paternity policies and practices 

- Gender in the workplace

- Non-traditional families (lone parents, blended families, same-sex couples) in the workplace

  • Chapters in books

    Schaefer, A., Radcliffe, L., Gatrell, C. (2020) 'Lone Parents and Blended Families: Advocating Flexible Working to Support Families in Transition.' Flexible Work: Designing our Healthier Future Lives. Routledge,