Dr Joanna Butler

Senior Teaching Fellow

Work, Employment and Organisation

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Personal statement

A Chartered Occupational Psychologist, my interests cut across areas of work and organisational psychology, specifically, human resource development in public sector organisations. As a practitioner psychologist and academic, my research and KE focus is two-fold: (1) the design of employability and education services for a variety of learners and (2) the people strategy that underlines the effective delivery of those services. 

I introduced and lead Scotland's only British Psychology Society and CIPD accredited MSc Occupational Psychology, and coordinate MBA module Strategic Leadership Development. I also teach across professionally accredited postgraduate programmes in the Business School, including MSc Human Resource Management, MSc Business and Management, and MSc International Management. 

My KE interests are predominantly focused on social inclusion of disadvantaged groups. Having successfully commercialised an online employability too, I am the first Strathclyde Business School academic to have successfully completed a spin out.

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Area of Expertise

  • Human resource development
  • Training and Development
  • Employability
  • Career Managment and Development
  • Professional practice in welfare provision
  • Coaching and personal development
  • Organisational Development and Change

Prize And Awards

Stephen Young Entrepreneurship Award
Recipient
16/11/2023
Winner of "Innovator with Future Impact" at the KE Excellence Awards
Recipient
1/6/2023

More prizes and awards

Qualifications

University of Strathclyde 

  • PhD Work, Employment and Organisation (2020)
  • MSc Occupational Psychology (2010)
  • BA (Honours) Psychology (2003)

British Psychological Society (BPS)

  • Awarded Associate Fellow status (2016)
  • Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS) (2015)
  • Qualification in Occupational Psychology (QOP) (Stage 2) (2012)
  • Assessment Test User: Occupational (Ability and Personality) (2010)
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Teaching

I teach several areas of work and organisational psychology across professionally accredited postgraduate programmes in the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation and the MBA unit.

Topics include:

  • Employee Reward
  • Human Resource Development
  • Managing People in Organisations
  • Stress and wellbeing
  • Employability
  • Career Development
  • Coaching and Mentoring
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Research Interests

My research interests lie in the delivery of welfare programmes, specifically personalised employability and skills provision directed at disadvantaged jobseekers.

Examples of projects include:

  • social impact in Saudi Arabia;
  • evlauation of employability programmes;
  • inclusive recruitment for disabled people;
  • skills mismatch across Glasgow’s workforce;
  • monitoring and evaluation strategies;
  • retention issues in social care organisations;
  • attraction, retention and development of chefs in Scotland;
  • distance travelled (employability) at a national disability charity.

Professional Activities

Occupational Psychology in Scotland: Showcase
Organiser
22/8/2024
European Society for Health and Medical Sociology
Participant
2/7/2024
Retreat: Industrial/Organisational and Occupational Psychology
Organiser
24/6/2024
Scottish Union for Supported Employment Annual Conference
Invited speaker
21/5/2024
HR Network National Conference and Exhibition
Participant
2024
Inspire 100
Speaker
16/11/2023

More professional activities

Projects

Accessible Automation: Integrating People in Technological Advancements
Butler, Joanna (Principal Investigator)
Human factors around a case study at Lightweight Manufacturing Centre
01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2024
Cracking the Code: Can Objective Personality Tests combat Social Desirability Responding, Impression Management and Faking?
Butler, Joanna (Principal Investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
Opportunities and Challenges for Transforming Employability in Scotland
Butler, Joanna (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
Evaluation of Edinburgh's Disabled Parents Employability Fund
Remnant, Jennifer (Principal Investigator) Butler, Joanna (Co-investigator)
19-Jan-2022 - 16-Jan-2023
Commercialisation of an Employability Tool (MyEmploy)
Butler, Joanna (Principal Investigator)
The first Strathclyde Business School academic to have successfully commercialised their research into a spin out.
01-Jan-2022
Train the Trainer: Disability Inclusion
Butler, Joanna (Principal Investigator) Remnant, Jennifer (Co-investigator)
07-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022

More projects

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Contact

Dr Joanna Butler
Senior Teaching Fellow
Work, Employment and Organisation

Email: joanna.butler@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3219