Dr Barbara Menara

Barbara Menara

Senior Lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour

Department of Management and Finance

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email: b.menara@worc.ac.uk

Barbara is Senior lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour and holds a PhD in Applied Social and Economic Research (University of Essex). She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with over 10-years teaching and research experience at different UK universities.

Barbara is interested in organisational research, in particular, her research focusses on employee’s engagement, job satisfaction, wellbeing at work, and turnover. Her research expertise lies in the quantitative area (survey methodology, inferential statistical analysis, panel data analysis).

Barbara teaches mainly postgraduate and DBA students on a variety of subjects, like research methods, managing across cultures, IHRM. Barbara is also supervising and examining research students at various levels (UG/PG/DBA/PhD).

Qualifications

PhD Applied Social and Economic Research

MSc Social Research Methods

BA Social Sciences

Teaching Interests

Currently Teaching on Modules:

Research Methods – Postgraduate

Managing across cultures – Postgraduate

International HRM – Postgraduate

Research Methods and Designs – DBA

Research Interests

Employees engagement

Job satisfaction

Wellbeing at work

Turnover

Organisational dynamics

Methodological expertise:

Quantitative questionnaire design, inferential statistical analysis, panel data analysis.

Membership of Professional Bodies

Fellow Higher Education Academy

Recent Publications

Selected Publications

  • Menara and Zocchi S., The impact of employee engagement on wellbeing in private enterprises in Northern Italy, Human Resource Development International (in preparation)
  • Menara (2019), Organisational Dynamics and Strategies of Interaction in an Interdisciplinary Professional Context: the case of Italian Public Services for Drug Abuse, ASL Lombardia.
  • Ruck, Kevin, Welch, Mary and Menara, Barbara (2017) Public Relations Review. ISSN 0363-8111
  • Menara (2016), Organisation and Control Strategies within AA voluntary associations in Northern Italy, ASL Lombardia

Full list of publications is available upon request.