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Prof Gail Kinman

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Professor Gail Kinman, Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, Chartered Psychologist

Gail Kinman

I gained a BSc in Psychology from the University of Luton in 1996. My PhD was awarded in 2006 from the University of Hertfordshire for a dissertation that examined well-being and work-life balance in academic employees working in UK universities.

My current position is Professor of Occupational Health Psychology. I am a Chartered Psychologist with the BPS, a Chartered Scientist, a member of the American Psychological Association and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Teaching interests

My teaching interests encompass health and occupational psychology and I am currently writing a textbook on occupational health psychology. I also have a teaching interest in aspects of social psychology and individual differences relating to health.

Research interests

My primary research interests are in the field of occupational health psychology, with a particular focus on work-related stress, work-life balance, emotional labour and emotional intelligence and how they relate to the wellbeing of employees.

Other research interests involve lay theories of health and illness and aspects of psycho-oncology, including the role played by health-related cognitions in the wellbeing of cancer patients, and how people with cancer might be best supported in their return to work.

I have published numerous journal articles and written several book chapters on these topics. My work is regularly presented at national and international conferences. I review submissions for several internationally recognised journals such as the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Work and Stress and Educational Psychology.

I am a member of the BPS Press and Media Committee which aims to promote psychology to the lay public and speak regularly on behalf of the Society to radio, newspaper and magazine journalists.

My own research has been reported extensively in the national press including The Guardian, The Times, and The Times Higher Education Supplement as well as the popular press such as Glamour magazine, Psychologies and Top Sante.

A recent research interest that has attracted considerable attention from the press relates to crying in the workplace.

Over the last few years, I have been involved in a number of research projects examining work-related wellbeing in the private and public sectors.

Projects have included four national surveys of university employees, stressors and strains experienced by full-time trade union officials, emotional demands and job involvement in teachers, emotional labour and wellbeing in the airline industry, and the impact of interpersonal conflict in service sector employees.

I am currently involved in a number of collaborative projects researching issues relating to work stress, work-life balance and wellbeing in different public sector groups, including teachers, nurses, social workers and the police.

I also design and deliver training sessions in stress awareness, stress management/resilience, work-life balance and team working. I am an advisor to two multiple sclerosis charities regarding the role of stress in symptom management and provide training to specialist healthcare workers in the field.

I supervise several post graduate students in occupational health psychology as well as other fields such as quality of life in people with cancer, emotional intelligence and health behaviours, building resilience in health and social care workers and how PTSD and emotional intelligence relate to re-offending risk in criminal populations.

I welcome enquiries by students who wish to conduct postgraduate research in my specialist areas.

Recent publications

Articles
  • Kinman, G. & McDowall, A. (2009) Does work/life balance depend on where and how you work? EAWOPinPractice, 2009
  • Kinman, G. & Court, S. Psychosocial hazards in UK universities: a risk assessment approach. Higher Education Quarterly (in press)
  • Edwards, J. Van Laar, D., Easton, S. & Kinman, G. The Work-Related Quality of Life (WRQoL) scale for Higher Education Employees. Quality in Higher Education (in press)
  • Kinman, G. (2009). Emotional labour and strain in the front line: Does mode of delivery matter? Journal of Managerial Psychology 24, 2, 118-136
  • Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2008). Job-related efforts, rewards and over-commitment: Predicting strain in academic employees. International Journal of Stress Management, 15, 4, 381-395
  • Kinman, G. (2008). Sense of coherence, work stressors and health outcomes in UK academic employees, Educational Psychology, 28, 7, 823-835
  • Davies, N. & Kinman, G., Roberts, R. & Bailey, T (2008). Health Baseline Comparison Theory: Predicting Quality of Life in Breast and Prostate Cancer . Health Psychology Update, 17, 3, 3-12
  • Kinman, G. Managing stress in multiple sclerosis. (2008). Health Psychology Update, 17, 3, 13-15
  • Davies, N. & Kinman, G., Roberts, R. & Bailey, T (2008). Health Baseline Comparison Theory: Predicting Quality of Life in Breast and Prostate Cancer . Health Psychology Update, 17, 3, 3-12
  • Kinman, G. (2008). Managing stress in multiple sclerosis. Health Psychology Update, 17, 3, 13-15
  • Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2008). Effort-reward imbalance, over-commitment and work-life conflict in UK academics Journal of Managerial Psychology, 23, 3, 236-251
  • Kinman, G. & Griffin, M. (2008). Psychosocial factors and gender as predictors of symptoms associated with sick building syndrome. Stress and Health, 24, 2, 165-171.
  • Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2008). Work, wellbeing and work-life balance in UK academics. Human Behaviour in the Social Environment. Special Edition on Stress among College and University Faculty and Administrators, 17, 2-3.
  • Hart, J. & Kinman, G. (2008). An Examination of the Relationships Between Trait Emotional Intelligence and Health Behaviours (Positive and Negative). Health Psychology Update, 17, 2 , 3-8.
  • Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2006). Work-life balance and wellbeing in academics. In S. McIntyre & J. Houdmont (Eds.) Key Papers of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, UK: ISMAI Publications.
  • Jones, F., Kinman, G. & Cunningham, E. (2006). Integrating the demand-control model and the effort-reward imbalance models of work stress. In S. McIntyre & J. Houdmont (Eds.) Key Papers of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, UK: ISMAI Publications.
  • Kinman, G., Jones, F. & Kinman, R. (2006). The Wellbeing of the UK Academy: Quality in Higher Education, 12, 1, 15-27.
  • Crossfield, S., Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2005) The spill-over of stressors in full-time working couples, Work, Community and Family, 8, 2, 211-232.
  • Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2005). Lay representations of work stress: What do people really mean when they say they are stressed? Work and Stress, 19, 2, 101-120
  • Kinman, G. (2005) Work-life balance in UK universities: Results from a national study. Stress News: The Journal of the International Society for Stress Management, 17, 1.
Books, book chapters and reports
  • Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2009). A life beyond work? Job demands, work-life balance and wellbeing in UK academics. In D. Buckholdt & G. Miller (Eds.) Faculty Stress USA: Routledge.
  • Jones, F., Kinman, G. & Payne, N. (2006). Work Stress and Health Behaviours: A Work-life Balance Issue. In F. Jones, R. Burke & M. Westman (Eds.) Managing the Work-Home Interface: A Psychological Perspective. London: Taylor & Francis.
  • Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2004). Working to the Limit, London: AUT Publications.
  • Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2001). ‘The Work-home Interface’. In F. Jones & J. Bright, ‘Stress: Myth, Theory & Research’, London: Prentice Hall.
  • Jones, F. & Kinman, G. (2001). ‘Approaches to studying stress’. In F. Jones & J. Bright, ‘Stress: Myth, Theory & Research’, London: Prentice Hall.

Contact Details

Professor Gail Kinman
Department of Psychology
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton, LU1 3JU
UK

E: gail.kinman@beds.ac.uk

T: +44 (0)1234 400400 x2350
F: +44 (0)1582 489212

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