Prof Alexandra Beauregard — Birkbeck, University of London

Overview

Biography

Alexandra Beauregard joined the Department of Organizational Psychology in the summer of 2018. Prior to arriving at Birkbeck, Alexandra was Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at Middlesex University Business School, Assistant Professor in Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour at the London School of Economics' Department of Management, and Lecturer in Management (Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management) at the University of Surrey's Business School. She has also worked in social policy positions in the Government of Canada's Department of Industry, Department of Citizenship and Immigration, and the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Her research interests are centred on the work-life interface, flexible working arrangements, and diversity management, with a particular focus on gender identity and gender equality. She has published widely on these topics in academic journals and in practitioner outlets, as well as authoring chapters in a number of edited scholarly books and teaching-oriented texts. Alexandra has carried out commissioned research for both public- and private-sector organizations such as Acas, Avon UK, and LinkedIn, and has delivered a number of invited lectures on the topics of gender equality, diversity management, and flexible working to organizations such as the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Citywealth, the Columbia Business School Alumni Association, the Financial Conduct Authority, Forward Ladies, Handelsbanken, KPMG, and Shell. She has also spoken on these topics for mainstream media outlets (e.g., BBC World News, CNN, the Daily Mail, Channel 4 News, BBC Radio FiveLive, Share Radio, City AM).

Office hours

By appointment - please email me to set up a meeting!

Qualifications

PhD (Industrial Relations), University of London (London School of Economics and Political Science), 2004
MSc Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, University of London (London School of Economics and Political Science), 1998
BA (Honours) Psychology and Applied Studies, University of Waterloo, 1997

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Administrative responsibilities

Assistant Dean (International), School of Business, Economics and Informatics
Chair, Mitigating Circumstances Committee (Department of Organizational Psychology)
Co-Chair, Academic Offences Committee (Department of Organizational Psychology)
Programme Director, MSc Medical Leadership

Professional activities

Editor, Work, Employment & Society

Editorial Board member, Journal of Organizational Behavior

Editorial Board member, British Journal of Management

Editorial Board member, International Journal of Management Reviews

Editorial Review Board Member, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

Editorial Board Member, British Psychological Society Work-Life Balance Bulletin

Chair, Work and Family Researchers Network Nominations Committee

Member, Work and Family Researchers Network Conference Program Committee

Chair, Kaufmann Foundation Best Student Paper Award 2020, Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division, Academy of Management

Chair, Kaufmann Foundation Award 2020, Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division, Academy of Management

External examiner, King’s College London (MSc Human Resource Management and Organisational Analysis)

External examiner, Queen Mary, University of London (BSc Business Management)

Professional memberships

Executive Board member, Work and Family Researchers Network
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE)
Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society
Member, Academy of Management (Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division)
Member, CYGNA (Supporting Women in Academia Network)
Member, British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology (Work-Life Balance Working Group)

ORCID

0000-0002-9348-9110

Research

Research interests

Work-life interface
Flexible working practices
Diversity management
Gender equality
Gender identity (transgender employee issues)

Research overview

Alexandra is currently guest editing two special issues:

Human Resource Management Journal: ‘Conceptualising the nexus between macro-level ‘turbulence’ and the worker experience in Human Resource Management’ (deadline for submissions: January 31, 2021)

With R. Prouska (London South Bank University), U. Chatrakul Na Ayudhya (Birkbeck, University of London), A. Psychogios (Birmingham City University), & M. Nyfoudi (University of Birmingham)

International Journal of Human Resource Management: ‘New ways of working: Understanding the implications for employees across different cultural and organisational contexts’ (deadline for submissions: July 31, 2020)

With K. Alfes (ESCP Europe Berlin), A. Avgoustaki (ESCP Europe London), A. Cañibano (ESCP Europe Madrid), & M. Muratbekova-Touron (ESCP Europe Paris)

Research clusters and groups

Chair, Diversity Research Group

Supervision and teaching

Teaching

Convenor: Organisational Behaviour (MOMN047H5)
Convenor: Research Methods for Medical Leadership (BUOB058H7)
Convenor: Dissertation MSc Medical Leadership (BBK_MOOP001D7)

Publications

Article

Collins, A. and Beauregard, Alexandra (2020) The effect of breaches of the psychological contract on the job satisfaction and wellbeing of doctors in Ireland: a quantitative study. Human Resources for Health 18 (89), ISSN 1478-4491.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, Uracha and Prouska, R. and Beauregard, Alexandra (2019) The impact of global economic crisis and austerity on quality of working life and work‐life balance: a capabilities perspective. European Management Review 16 (4), pp. 47-62. ISSN 1740-4762.
Beauregard, T. Alexandra and King, K.A. (2019) “Bring in Your Parents Day”: Building inclusion and engagement through a cross-generational family-friendly workplace initiative. Strategic HR Review ISSN 1475-4398. (In Press)
Basile, K.A. and T. Beauregard, Alexandra (2018) Oceans apart: work-life boundaries and the effects of an oversupply of segmentation. The International Journal of Human Resource Management ISSN 0958-5192. (In Press)
Booth, J.E. and Park, T.Y. and Zhu, L. and Beauregard, T. Alexandra and Gu, F. and Emery, C. (2018) Prosocial response to client-instigated victimization: the roles of forgiveness and workgroup conflict. Journal of Applied Psychology 103 (5), pp. 513-536. ISSN 0021-9010.
Gut, T. and Arevshatian, L. and Beauregard, T. Alexandra (2018) HRM and the case of transgender workers: a complex landscape of limited HRM ‘know how’ with some pockets of good practice. Human Resource Management International Digest 26 (2), pp. 7-11. ISSN 0967-0734.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. and Prouska, R. and Beauregard, T. Alexandra (2017) The impact of global economic crisis and austerity on quality of working life and work- life balance: a capabilities perspective. European Management Review ISSN 1740-4762. (In Press)
Beauregard, T. Alexandra and Arevshatian, L. and Booth, J.E. and Whittle, S. (2016) Listen carefully: transgender voices in the workplace. International Journal of Human Resource Management 29 (5), pp. 857-884. ISSN 0958-5192.
Basile, K.A. and Beauregard, T. Alexandra (2016) Strategies for successful telework: how effective employees manage work/home boundaries. Strategic HR Review 15 (3), pp. 106-111. ISSN 1475-4398.
Khokher, S.Y. and Beauregard, T. Alexandra (2014) Work-family attitudes and behaviours among newly immigrant Pakistani expatriates: the role of organizational family-friendly policies. Community, Work & Family 17 (2), pp. 142-162. ISSN 1366-8803.
Beauregard, T. Alexandra (2014) Fairness perceptions of work-life balance initiatives: effects on counterproductive work behaviour. British Journal of Management 25 (4), pp. 772-789. ISSN 1045-3172.

Book Section

Beauregard, T. Alexandra and Basile, K.A. and Canónico, E. (2019) Telework: outcomes and facilitators for employees. In: Landers, R.N. (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Technology and Employee Behavior. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 511-543. ISBN 9781108649636.
Beauregard, T. Alexandra and Basile, K.A. and Canonico, E. (2018) “The fur-lined rut”: telework and career ambition. In: Kelliher, C. and Richardson, J. (eds.) Work, Working and Work Relationships in a Changing World. Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 17-36. ISBN 9780815371533.
Beauregard, T. Alexandra and Basile, K.A. and Thompson, C.A. (2018) Organizational culture in the context of national culture. In: Shockley, K. and Shen, W. and Johnson, R. (eds.) The Cambridge handbook of the global work-family interface. Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 555-569. ISBN 9781108235556.
Lewis, S. and Beauregard, T. Alexandra (2018) The meanings of work-life balance: a cultural perspective. In: Shockley, K. and Shen, W. and Johnson, R. (eds.) The Cambridge handbook of the global work-family interface. Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 720-732. ISBN 9781108235556.
Rojo, G.F. and Beauregard, T. Alexandra (2017) A Latin American perspective on diversity management: what does “inclusion” mean in a Peruvian context?. In: Özbilgin, M.F. and Chanlat, J.-F. (eds.) Management and Diversity: Perspectives from Different National Contexts. International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Emerald Publishing. pp. 9-31. ISBN 978178635550.

Editorial

Beauregard, Alexandra and Adamson, M. and Kunter, A. and Miles, L. and Roper, I. (2020) Diversity in the work-life interface: introduction to the special issue. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal Emerald. ISSN 2040-7149. (In Press)
Lup, D. and Beauregard, T. Alexandra and Adamson, M. (2018) The many faces of gender inequality at work. Work, Employment & Society 32 (4), pp. 623-628. Sage. ISSN 0950-0170.

Monograph

McDowall, Almuth and Teoh, Kevin and Stringer, Mark and Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, Uracha and Beauregard, Alexandra and MacKenzie-Davey, Kate and Lewis, Rachel and Yarker, Jo and Kamau, Caroline (2020) Organisations, Race and Trauma. London, UK: Department of Organizational Psychology.

Business and community

Media

I am happy to receive enquiries from the media on the following topics:

Working from home
Flexible working
Work-life boundaries
Support for transgender employees
Gender equality