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Dr Joanne Lyubovnikova (née Richardson)

Dr Joanne Lyubovnikova (née Richardson)
Dr Joanne Lyubovnikova (née Richardson)

Lecturer

Work & Organisational Psychology Group

Education

  • PhD Management (Aston University, 2010). Thesis Title: An Investigation of the Prevalence and Measurement of Teams in Organisations: The Development and Validation of the Real Team Scale.
  • MSc Work Psychology and Business (Aston University, 2007)
  • BSc Social Psychology (Loughborough University, 2005)

Professional Membership

  • Academy of Management
  • American Psychological Association
  • British Academy of Management
  • British Psychology Society
  • Division of Occupational Psychology
  • Higher Education Academy Associate
  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Verified Assessor (BPS Level A and B Qualifications in Occupational Testing)

  Refereed Journal Articles

 West, M.A. & Lyubovnikova, J.(in press). Real Teams or Pseudo Teams? The changing landscape needs a better map Commentary on Focal Article by Tannenbaum et al., Teams Are Changing: Are Research and Practice Evolving Fast Enough. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspective on Science and Practice.

Richardson, J., West, M. A. & Cuthbertson, B. H. (2010). Team Working in Intensive Care. Current Opinion in Critical Care.  16, 643-648

Book Chapters

Richardson, J., Govindji, R., & West, M.A (in press). Business Wellbeing. In Michalos, A.C., Maurine Kahlke, P. & Quinones, D. (Eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research. Germany: Springer.

West, M.A., &Richardson, J. (in press). Teamwork. In Ritzer & Ryan (Eds) Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. London: Wiley-Blackwell.

Richardson, J. & West, M. A. (2011). Work Groups and Teams. In Butler & E. Rose (Eds). Introduction to Organisational Behaviour. UK: CIPD.

Richardson, J. & West, M. A. (2010). Teamwork and Engagement. In S. Albrecht (Ed.) Handbook of Employee Engagement: Perspectives, Issues, Research and Practice. Edwin Elgar.

Richardson, J. & West, M. A. (2010). Dream Teams: A Positive Psychology of Team Working. In A. Lindley, S. Harrington & N. Page (Eds.) Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work. Oxford University Press: New York.

Conference Papers

Dawson, J.F., El Ansari, W., Griffith, L., Jerzembek, G., Middleton, H., Naylor, P.N., Richardson, J., & West, M.A. (2011, September). Team Working in Health Care: Is It Always Effective? Symposium presented at the British Academy of Management Conference. Birmingham, England.

Richardson, J., & West, M.A. (2011, May). Exploring Antecedents of Team Innovativeness: A Learning Perspective. Paper presented at the European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology Conference, Maastrict, The Netherlands. 

Topakas. A., Richardson, J., Martin, R., & West, M.A. (May, 2011). Leader-member exchange as a mechanism for building real teams European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology Conference. Maastrict, The Netherlands.

Richardson, J., Naylor, P. B., Dawson, J. F. et al., (2010, August). Effectiveness of Multi-Professional Team Working (MPTW) in Mental Health Care. Paper presented at the 3rd Qualitative Research on Mental Health Conference, Nottingham University, England.

Topaka, A., Richardson, J. & Martin, R. (2010, September). The effect of leader-follower relationships on team processes and outcomes. In J. F. Dawson (Chair). When is a team not a team? The benefits of "real" team working at three levels. Symposium to be conducted at the British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Sheffield, England.

Richardson, J. & West, M. A. (2010, June). The Development and Validation of the Real Team Scale. In J. F. Dawson (Chair), Team Working in Healthcare. Symposium conducted at the 11th International Human Resource Management Conference, Birmingham, England.

Richardson, J. & West, M. A. (2010, September). Conceptualising and Measuring Real Teams. In J. F. Dawson (Chair), When is a team not a team? The benefits of "real" team working at three levels. Symposium to be conducted at the British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Sheffield, England.

Richardson, J. (2009, January). Do Stressful Times Call for Team-Based Working? A Study of Psychiatric Nurses in UK Mental Healthcare. Paper presented at the Division of Occupational Psychology Postgraduate Conference, Blackpool, England.

Richardson, J. & Carter, M. R. (2009, August). Stressful Times Call For Team-Based Measures: Psychiatric Nursing in the UK National Health Service. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Richardson, J. & West, M. A. (2009, September). Exploring Antecedents of Team Innovativeness: A Goal Orientation Perspective. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Brighton, England.

Richardson, J., West, M. A. & Dawson, J. F. (2008, September). But What is a Team? Paper presented at the 12th International Workshop on Team Working (IWOT), Birmingham, England.

Richardson, J. & Carter, M. R. (2008, September). Team-based working in Healthcare: An Organisational Level Perspective. Poster presented at the 12th International Workshop on Team Working (IWOT), Birmingham, England.

 Research Interests

  • The measurement and impact of real and pseudo team working
  • Antecedents of team innovation
  • Virtual team working
  • Mutli-professional/interdisciplinary team working  
  • Team working in the delivery of healthcare
  • Positive psychology and teams

Teaching

          BH 2286, Effective Teamwork

·         BHM399, Organisational Behaviour

·         BHM 303, Learning, Training & Development

·         PY 3342, Psychology and Work