Dr Lilith A. Whiley
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Overview
Overview
Biography
My work is inter-disciplinary and brings together Occupational Psychology, HRM, and Health Psychology. My values are grounded in improving inclusivity, redressing inequalities, and addressing vulnerabilities. My main research interests are around vulnerability and ‘otherness’, in particular, the intersection of stigmatising identities and health at work. Some of my ongoing collaborations include exploring the lived experience of embodying ‘dirty’ identities in ‘tainted’ occupations with Professor Gina Grandy, gendered health and stigma with Dr. Sarah Stutterheim, discrimination and harassment with Dr. Marie Juanchich, Critical Femininities with Dr. Rhea A. Hoskin, occupational prestige with Dr. Camilla de Camargo, feminism in the global South with Dr. Alia Weston, and job crafting for meaningfulness in coaching with Dr. Qi Wei.
Qualifications
- PhD, Kingston University
- MSc in Research, Kingston University
- MSc in Organisational Psychology, City University
- BA Honours in Psychology, Rhodes University
- BA in Psychology, Philosophy, and French, Rhodes University
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Kingston University
- (CPD) Primary Certificate in Performance Coaching, IAFPD
- Collage: A Creative Coaching Tool, CCE
Web profiles
Administrative responsibilities
- Programme Director: MSc in Coaching Psychology
- Module lead: Coaching Psychology Research Project
- Module lead: Global HRM and Diversity Management
Professional memberships
Chartered Psychologist - British Psychology Society (BPS)
Fellow - Higher Education Academy
Member - International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP)
Associate Coaching and Training Organization Member - Association for Coaching
ORCID
0000-0002-9605-4534 -
Research
Research
Research interests
- Improving inclusivity
- Redressing inequalities
- Addressing vulnerabilities
Research overview
I am the co-lead of the international Gender and Health at Work Specialised Network with Dr. Sarah Stutterheim where we focus on (a)gendered health lived experiences at work and gender-sensitive health HRM/organisational policies. I am on the Editorial Board at the Gender, Work and Organization journal, which is one of the leading journals focused on gender. I value connecting people in contexts that lead to collaborations that are aligned with my values. For example, in 2021, I hosted the London hub of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) global conference that brought together hubs from Wellington, Santiago, Guelph, and Brisbane. In 2019, I hosted the international Inclusive Wellbeing Symposium – a knowledge exchange initiative that brought together academics and practitioners. I was also previously the head of the Wellbeing at Work research group at Kingston University (2019-2020), and I am currently a member of the Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality (BiGS) group.
I am an invited supervisor at the University of Maastricht in The Netherlands in my areas of expertise and an Advisory Board member for a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) funded project on unprofessional behaviours in the NHS. I was previously an Academic Advisor for a non-profit healthcare provider project on neurodiversity.
Research Centres and Institutes
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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Supervision
Teaching
In our Department’s coaching suite of programmes, I am the Programme Director of Coaching Psychology and Janet Sheath is the Programme Director of Career Coaching. My vision is to lead an inclusive Coaching Psychology programme grounded in the value of social justice as we develop in-depth theoretical understanding and evidence-based reflexive practice. I convene the Coaching Psychology Research Project module where I mentor coaches to contribute to the field of Coaching Psychology, and the Global HR and Diversity Management module on our HRM programmes. I was previously the Programme Director for the full-time MSc Occupational and Business Psychology (2016-2019) and the BA in Business Management Practice (2013-2015) at Kingston University.
I am committed to widening participation in education. For instance, I was the Outreach Lead for the Department of Management (2019-2021) at Kingston University where I contributed to enhancing access to higher education. Between 2013 and 2015, I also supported the relationship and transition between further education and higher education as College Liaison. Between 2019 and 2021, I was also a member of the Network of Equality Champions - a group of academics, professional staff, and students who championed equality and inclusion at Kingston University.
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Publications
Publications
Article
- Donaldson-Feilder, E. and Lewis, Rachel and Yarker, Jo and Whiley, Lilith (2021) Interpersonal mindfulness in leadership development: a Delphi study. Journal of Management Education ISSN 1052-5629. (In Press)
- Whiley, Lilith and Grandy, G. (2021) The ethics of service work in a neoliberal healthcare context: doing embodied and ‘dirty’ emotional labor. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management ISSN 1746-5648. (In Press)
- Juanchich, M. and Sirota, M. and Jolles, D. and Whiley, Lilith (2021) Are COVID-19 conspiracies a threat to public health? Psychological characteristics and health protective behaviours of believers. European Journal of Social Psychology ISSN 1099-0992. (In Press)
- De Camargo, C. and Whiley, Lilith A. (2021) ‘There’s always got to be a villain’: the police as ‘dirty’ key workers and the effects on occupational prestige. Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy ISSN 1043-9463.
- Whiley, Lilith (2021) What can critical femininity offer reviewing? A case for reviewing with empathy. Gender, Work & Organization ISSN 0968-6673.
- Whiley, Lilith A. and Sayer, H. and Juanchich, M. (2021) Motherhood and guilt in a pandemic: negotiating the "new" normal with a feminist identity. Gender, Work & Organization ISSN 0968-6673. (In Press)
- De Camargo, C.R. and Whiley, Lilith A. (2020) The mythologisation of key workers: occupational prestige gained, sustained... and lost?. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy ISSN 0144-333X. (In Press)
- Whiley, Lilith A. and Stutterheim, S. and Grandy, G. (2020) Breastfeeding, ‘tainted’ love, and femmephobia: containing the ‘dirty’ performances of embodied femininity. Psychology & Sexuality ISSN 1941-9899. (In Press)
- Barnes, Claire and Lewis, Rachel and Yarker, Jo and Whiley, Lilith (2019) Women directors on FTSE company boards: An exploration of the factors influencing their appointment. Cogent Psychology 6 (1), pp. 1691848. ISSN 2331-1908.
- Beauregard, T. Alexandra and Whiley, Lilith A. and Booth, J.E. and Whittle, S. (2018) Listen carefully: transgender voices in the workplace. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 29 (5), pp. 857-884. ISSN 0958-5192.
- Gut, T. and Whiley, Lilith 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.
- Stockdale, E. and William, L.C. and Whiley, Lilith A. (2018) “Do I fit in?” Signals on corporate websites. Human Resource Management International Digest 26 (7), pp. 7-11. ISSN 0967-0734.
- Shantz, A. and Whiley, Lilith A. and Alfes, K. and Bailey, C. (2016) The effect of HRM attributions on emotional exhaustion and the mediating roles of job involvement and work overload. Human Resource Management Journal 26 (2), pp. 172-191. ISSN 0954-5395.
- Shantz, A. and Alfes, K. and Whiley, Lilith A. (2016) HRM in healthcare: the role of work engagement. Personnel Review 45 (2), pp. 274-295. ISSN 0048-3486.