
Professor Dora Scholarios
Work, Employment and Organisation
Area of Expertise
- Human Resource Management, employee wellbeing and performance
- Recruitment, assessment and selection
- Careers and employability
- Youth employment and vocational psychology
Prize And Awards
- Featured case study in the Business School’s Employability Showcase
- Recipient
- 2023
- Shortlisted for Celebrating Innovation and Resilience at Strathclyde award
- Recipient
- 2021
- Nominated for Work, Employment & Society Sage Prize 2021
- Recipient
- 2020
- Best Paper Award in Human Relations 2011
- Recipient
- 2011
Qualifications
Associate Fellow and Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society
PhD, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Industrial/Organizational Psychology (1990)
MPhil (Distinction), The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Industrial/Organizational Psychology (1987)
MA (Honours), University of Glasgow, Psychology (1985)
Publications
- 'If he just knew who we were' : Microworkers' emerging bonds of attachment in a fragmented employment relationship
- Panteli Niki, Rapti Andriana, Scholarios Dora
- Work, Employment and Society Vol 34, pp. 476-494 (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017019897872
- What are the career implications of "seeing eye to eye"? Examining the role of leader-member exchange (LMX) agreement on employability and career outcomes
- Epitropaki Olga, Marstand Anders Friis, Van der Heijden Beatrice, Bozionelos Nikos, Mylonopoulos Nikolaos, Van der Heijde Claudia M, Scholarios Dora, Mikkelsen Aslaug, Marzec Izabela, Jędrzejowicz Piotr
- Personnel Psychology Vol 74, pp. 799-830 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12432
- A multilevel examination of skills-oriented human resource management and perceived skill utilization during recession : implications for the well-being of all workers
- Okay-Somerville Belgin, Scholarios Dora
- Human Resource Management Vol 58, pp. 139-154 (2019)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21941
- The individual and situational factors predicting unethical behaviour in the workplace : a direct and conceptual replication of Jones & Kavanagh (1996)
- Evans Thomas Rhys, Bartlett James Edward, Gourdon-Kanhukamwe Amelie, Allen Tim, Antoniou Georgia, Arent Sara, Asmarani Dea, Binns Neelo, Boulton Clara, Bowhay Joshua, Cederlund Linnea, Chana Ramnik, Chou Yu Yang, Dookheea Kevina, Guglani Gurbani, Hamson-Ford Abi, Hood Holly, Hostafci Eci Balim, Jahanzeb Suha, Jones Kaylie, Joseph Gemma Katie M, Kemalesh Tephilla, Karoui Lamiss-Roya, Khan Soha, Kviatkoyskyte Renata, Lee Jing Xuan, Lewis Rahimah, Logan Odelia, Martin Georgia, Masuleh Samaneh Vahedi Moghadam, McCulloch Rebecca, Modi Pragya, Nakro Susan, Nguyen Vy, Phan Minh, Philcox Edward, Pliego Ana B, Raman Sasha, Ramji Anusha Vaithianathan, Ramsay Anna M H, Rhone-Parkinson Natasha E, Rizzo-Powell Tayla, Simony Attila, Sobolak Roksana A, Thompson Maia, Ujobundo Believe, Vijayakumar Bhagyashree, Wells-Dean Natalja, Wernick Michaela Natasha, Wood Gemma, Yang Chan Young, Zahid Zareen, Addicott Colleen, Bending Hazel, Bradford Elisabeth E F, Branney Peter Edward, Butler Joanna, Chu Irene, Clark Oliver, Dean Laura, Griep Yannick, Hatton Tom, Heard Caroline, Kowalczyk Olivia, Lautarescu Alexandra, McCarthy Tony, More Kimberly R, Sabo John, Schleu Joyce Elena, Scholarios Dora, Searle Rosalind, Sebah Ilham, Wallis Laura, Wang Ruijie, Wilson-Lemoine Jérémy E, Wilson-Lemoine Emma, Burns Calvin
- Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, pp. 1-33 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/23743603.2025.2507434
- Recruitment
- Bhoj Niyati, Hurrell Scott, Scholarios Dora
- Contemporary Human Resource Management Text and Cases (2025) (2025)
- Selection
- Scholarios Dora, Whetzel Deborah L, Leaman Julia A
- Contemporary Human Resource Management Text and Cases (2025) (2025)
Teaching
I'm Academic Director of Strathclyde's MSc Occupational Psychology - the only such Masters in Scotland accredited by the British Psychological Society as a training route to chartership in occupational psychology - and the MSc Work and Organisational Psychology, both established in 2022.
My areas of teaching expertise cover work psychology, organisational behaviour and HRM generally, but with specialisms in recruitment, assessment and selection, employee wellbeing and stress, research methodology and statistics.
Research Interests
My research activity has focused on:
HRM, work design and employee wellbeing, including the psychological effects of new technology, shiftwork, different types of work (e.g. microworkers, call centres, software, police), and the impact of HRM practices on employee outcomes (e.g., skill, attitudes). For recent work see:
- Industry 5 and the human in human-centric manufacturing. Sensors
- Migrant worker well-being as a struggle for meaningful work: Evidence from Bangladeshi migrants in a developing country. Organization
- ‘If he just knew who we were’: Microworkers’ emerging bonds of attachment in a fragmented employment relationship. Work, Employment & Society
- A multilevel examination of skills-oriented HRM and perceived skill utilization during recession: Implications for the wellbeing of all workers. Human Resource Management
- Unpredictable working time, wellbeing and health in the police service. International Journal of HRM
Careers and employability, with a focus on youth employment/underemployment. See for example:
- 2020-2021 Survey Study: Graduating in a pandemic Careers, well-being and hopes for the future.
- What are the career implications of ‘seeing eye to eye’? Examining the role of leader-member exchange (LMX) agreement on employability and career outcomes. Personnel Psychology.
- Supervisor-subordinate age dissimilarity and its impact on supervisory ratings of employability: Does supportive learning context make a difference? Frontiers in Psychology.
- Focused for some, exploratory for others: job search strategies and successful university-to-work transitions in the context of labour market ambiguity. Journal of Career Development.
- Position, possession or process? Understanding objective and subjective employability during university-to-work transitions. Studies in Higher Education.
- Young workers’ job satisfaction in Europe. In Furåker, B. & Håkansson, K. (Eds.) Work Orientations: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp.193-218.
- Coping with career boundaries and boundary-crossing in the graduate labour market. Career Development International.
- Learning climate perceptions as a determinant of employability: an empirical study among European ICT professionals. Frontiers in Psychology.
- Shades of grey: Underemployment and job quality across graduate occupations. Human Relations.
Professional Activities
- Human Resource Management Journal (Journal)
- Editor
- 7/2015
- Initial Training Networks (ITN) (Journal)
- Editor
- 2014
- 22nd European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress
- Speaker
- 22/5/2025
- Moral economy at the crossroads of history and social science: finding customs in common?
- Participant
- 12/3/2025
- Cultivating Sustainable Research Cultures Programme: a series of five workshops
- Organiser
- 1/1/2025
- 22nd European Association of Work & Organizational Psychology Congress
- Participant
- 2025
Projects
- University-to-work transitions: the role of career self-management in graduate employability and employment success
- Okay-Somerville, Belgin (Principal Investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator)
- This is a two-year, longitudinal research project funded by a British Academy Small Grant which will examine the associations between career self-management, employability and employment success during university-to-work transitions. Waves I and II measure career self-management, intentions and job search strategies during the last year of university and immediately upon graduation, respectively; and Wave III examines employment quality (e.g., skill use), attitudes and well-being six months after graduation. The research will contribute to a more detailed understanding of graduate employability and employment success at a time of increasing uncertainty, and have implications for policymakers, employers, universities and graduates.
- 01-Jan-2014 - 31-Jan-2016
- Employee Turnover in Voluntary Sector Social Care
- Cunningham, Ian (Principal Investigator) Butler, Joanna (Academic) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2018
- Effective Voice in Scottish Social Care Workplaces – A Mixed Methods Study
- Scholarios, Dora (Principal Investigator) Briken, Kendra (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Ian (Co-investigator) Johnstone, Stewart (Co-investigator) McCarthy, Tony (Research Co-investigator) Nikolova, Marina (Researcher)
- 19-Jan-2024 - 18-Jan-2025
- 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
- Amplifying Employee Voice and Hearing the Unheard: A Multidisciplinary Study of Contemporary Working Lives in Deindustrialised Communities
- Johnstone, Stewart (Principal Investigator) Briken, Kendra (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Ian (Co-investigator) Hadjisolomou, Tasos (Co-investigator) McCarthy, Tony (Co-investigator) McIntyre, Stuart (Co-investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator) Taylor, Philip (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
- Industry 4.0: Can AI ethics be embedded in the innovation lifecycle?
- Briken, Kendra (Principal Investigator) Rose, Emily (Co-investigator) Scholarios, Dora (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
Contact
Professor
Dora
Scholarios
Work, Employment and Organisation
Email: d.scholarios@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3135