Dr Jan Francis-Smythe

Senior Academic Head of the Centre of People at Work research Group

Worcester Business School

Contact Details

email: j.francis-smythe@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 85 5242

 

Jan is the Director of the Centre for People at Work (CPW) and as an active researcher and consultant has managed and delivered a wide range of applied projects. Her specialist areas of expertise are in ‘time’ as it relates to both individuals and organisations and in the process of knowledge transfer between universities and business and the community. She has supervised 6 PhDs to completion, is currently supervising a further six and is supervising 5 practitioners-in-training to become registered Occupational Psychologists.

 

Qualifications
C.Psychol. Registered Psychologist (HPC)
Occupational Psychologist
BSc(Hons)
MSc
DipPsych
AFBPsS

 

 

 

Teaching & Research

Teaching
Work Psychology
Research Methods

Research
Time Management
Temporal Intelligence in Leadership
Academic engagement in business-community interaction

Professional Bodies

British Psychological Society, British Academy of Management, European
Association of Work and Organisational Psychology

Publications

Francis-Smythe,J. Steele,C. & Jellis,M. (2011) Formalising partnerships in occupational psychology: Process, benefits and challenges. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society's 2010 Occupational Psychology Conference, Stratford.

Bicknell, A., Francis-Smythe, J. & Arthur, J. (2010) Knowledge transfer: de-constructing the entrepreneurial academic. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. Volume 16. No.6. pp.485-501.

Francis-Smythe .J.A. (2010) Bending Time to Suit You. Professional Manager, Vol.19, Issue 1, January, 34-36.

Robinson,L. & Francis-Smythe,J.A. (2010) Are you a conceptual manager? Professional Manager, Vol.19, Issue 5, 36-38.

Andrews,H. & Francis-Smythe,J.A. (2010) A Wolf in Business Clothing, Psychopaths, Narcissists and Machiavellians at work. Professional Manager, Vol.19, Issue 3, May 30-32.

Francis-Smythe, J. A. Bicknell, A. & Arthur, J. A. (2009) Enhancing Regional Engagement Through Further Developing Knowledge Transfer Professionals (KTPs). Report prepared for the CONTACT Knowledge Exchange - hefce.

Francis-Smythe, J.A. (2009, December) Engagement in Knowledge Transfer. Keynote presented at Puzzled by KT? Conference . Canterbury ChristChurch University

Francis-Smythe, Jan (2008) Enhancing academic engagement in knowledge transfer activity in the UK. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 12:3, 68-72.

External Responsibilities

Advisory Board Member AURIL /JISC project on Supporting & Embedding CPD for Business and Community Engagement (BCE)   Associate Editor – e-Journal of Issues in Applied Psychology