This session focuses on generational approaches to work. How does work fit into the lives of different generations? Why do these differences in attitudes towards work exist? And what makes work meaningful for different generations?
This session aims to share insights from Dr. McCabe’s recent empirical studies, with an eye towards discussing some of the biggest problems facing current and future workers / organisations. Taking a psychological perspective, the session aims to connect what is going on at the broader societal level (and the unique circumstances recent generations find themselves in) to the workplace and the ‘future of work’.
Provider Information
Sustainable and Responsible Business SIGWho Should Attend?
Scholars and practitioners with an interest in the area of well being in the workplace, moral activity in the workplace, and generational differences in the approach to work.
Speakers
Dr. Simon McCabe
Dr. Simon McCabe is a Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Science at Aston Business School and Head of the Healthy Work Research Group. His research focuses on psychological responses to a variety of threats encountered across a range of domains including health and workplace contexts (e.g., uncertainty, death, social exclusion, risk, and unemployment).
Exposure to these threats often have important implications for attitudes and behaviour. Understanding where these threats arise and the responses that may motivate desired or undesired behaviour is the key focus of his work. Simon has published on a number of topics relating to psychological responses to mortality reminders, and how this impacts, for example, product preferences, consumption patterns, health behaviours, and workplace relations. In addition, he has been engaged in a number of consultancy-based roles to provide input to a range of projects requiring behavioural expertise.
Simon has worked with partners such as Falkirk Council, Zero Waste Scotland, Keep Scotland Beautiful, and the World Health Organisation. His work is predominantly experimental in nature -- He enjoys the challenge and creativity that comes with trying to turn often complex, nuanced, and multifaceted factors in the real world into measurable or manipulatable variables that can be scrutinised as part of an empirical study.
Chaired by
Dr Sumona Mukhuty
Dr Sumona Mukhuty is a Reader in Organisation Studies at Leeds Beckett University. Here she is currently leading work on AI in Higher Education in Leeds Business School, helping to develop colleague and student AI literacy and responsible adoption.
She also leads the Research Cluster on Leadership, Management & Business Education. At BAM, she is the SIG Co-Chair for the Organisational Psychology SIG.
Benefits of attending
- Learn about cutting edge research in these areas;
- Connect with leading scholars in the field;
- Learn about the different methodologies used to study these topics;
- See how psychology has been applied in these areas.
Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
Event Fee
BAM Members: Free
Non-Members: £30
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Registration closes on 24th June 2025 at 23:59 BST.
Sessions in our Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace Webinar Series
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