About
Dr Yi-Ling Lai is a Lecturer of HRM and Organisational Behaviour at the University of 网络彩票APP下载_澳客彩票网-官方游戏,. Prior to joining 网络彩票APP下载_澳客彩票网-官方游戏, Business School, Yi-Ling gained experience working in other academic institutions in the UK, such as Birkbeck College, University of London and University of Portsmouth. Yi-Ling's research mainly concentrates on psychological evidence in the coaching process.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Psychological evidence in coaching
- Social identity approach and HRM policies
- Identity work and organisational behaviours
- Workplace well-being?
Current research
Yi-Ling's research mainly concentrates on psychological evidence in the coaching process. Recently, Yi-Ling's research interests have extended to the application of social psychological theories (e.g., social identity and identity work) into organisation studies.
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Active projects
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External roles and responsibilities
Biography
As a Chartered Psychologist, Yi-Ling has an active role in several sub-committees of the British Psychological Society (BPS), such as the Editor of International Coaching Psychology Review (ICPR) under the Division of Coaching Psychology (DoCP). In addition, Yi-Ling is the Associate Editor of Journal of Work-Applied Management.
Yi-Ling is currently supervising several PhD students, the topics include the role of narrative coaching in re-shaping identity as well as the application of coaching intervention to facilitate cancer patients' illness identity sponsored by The Fountain Centre, NHS Royal Surrey County Hospital (2019-2022). Please get in touch if you are interested in studying a PhD in relevant research areas.
Prizes
- Research Paper of the Year 2022, The Henley Centre for Coaching, Henley Business School (2022)
- Highly Commended Paper, Emerald Literati Awards (2020)
- Outstanding Paper in the 2023 Emerald Literati Awards (2023)
- Emerald Literati Awards 2023 - Outstanding Paper (2023)
- Emerald Literati Award: Best Paper (2023)
- The relationship between coaching supervision and internal coaches’ role conflict: A new insight into future HRD (2024)
- An investigation into the Fountain Centre organisational culture in cancer care (2024)
- British Psychological Society President's Award 2024 (2024)