Dr Helen Watts

Lecturer in Business

Worcester Business School

Contact Details

email: h.watts@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 85 5316

 

Helen’s expertise lie in Business Psychology; applying psychology to the workplace (occupational psychology), and to the marketplace (consumer psychology). Helen is near completion of her PhD focusing on customer retention in fitness clubs, combining consumer psychology, occupational psychology and sport and exercise psychology. Helen is also experienced in a range of research methods, quantitative and qualitative and has engaged in Knowledge Transfer projects as well as commercial research projects. Professionally, Helen works on an associate basis for various regional consultancies helping their clients to improve their business processes in relation to retention, selection and assessment, talent management, learning and development, and outplacement. Helen is also a qualified psychometrician (Level A & B Occupational Testing) and specialises in a range of personality tests.

 

Teaching & Research

Teaching
Consumer Psychology
Research Methods
Consultancy Skills
Professional Development

Research
Consumer Retention
Employee Retention
Coaching and Leadership

Professional Bodies

Association Business Psychologists
BPS Division of Occupational Psychology

Qualifications

BSc
MSc
OPiT

External Responsibilities

Occupational Psychology