Dr Anna Paolillo
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Management
- Kingston Business School
- Kingston Hill
- Behaviour, Business and Policy
Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology
About
I am a senior lecturer in the Department of Management and Course Director of the MSc in Business and Occupational Psychology. I have a PhD in "Organisational Psychology: Differentiation and Integration processes" from University of Verona (Italy). During my doctorate I received two international mobility grants for the project entitled "Improving safety at work: the role of climates" (awarded fund: €14,000) which allowed me to complete half of my PhD at University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL, Portugal) in co-supervision of thesis and to be awarded also PhD in "Management, HR and Organisational Behaviour" from the above-mentioned University.
My main research topics are on diversity, wellbeing and safety at work. Specifically, I have been examining the role of different facet specific climates (Diversity Climate, Climate for Inclusion, Safety Climate and Communication Climate) on safety performance within several firms in the metal and mechanical sector. Those projects successfully led to a decrease in accidents, injuries and an improved company safety culture.
I have also been conducting extensive research in positive psychology, with relationship to the psychological capital components (i.e. resilience, optimism, self-efficacy) and their application to education, career counselling and organisational settings. My focus has been on developing evidence-based tools to support educators, career professionals and psychologists in assessing and enhancing individuals' competencies and skills. My efforts led to publications with Hogrefe and Erickson eds., and in peer-reviewed journals.
Since 2008, I have been a visiting lecturer at several Italian universities and skills training centres, leading on modules such as Organisational Behaviour, Career Counselling and Psychometrics. My teaching has been consistently grounded in my 15-year experience as a work psychologist and career coach. My professional background has enabled me to help individuals at different stages of their career, including students, employed/unemployed people, vulnerable groups, professionals and executives in various sectors.
Qualifications
- BSc in Psychology
- MSc in Psychology
- PGDip in Career Counselling
- PhD in Organizational Psychology: Differentiation and Integration Processes
- PhD in Management, Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow - British Psychological Society (BPS) and Member of the Division of Occupational Psychology (DOP)
- Occupational Psychologist - Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)