Dr Kathryn Thory

Senior Teaching Fellow

Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation

Personal statement

I am currently a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation at Strathclyde Business School. I have a background in both work psychology and sociology.

My research interests include gender and organisation studies including women's leadership development. Prior to joining Strathclyde University I was a Lecturer in HRM and Business Strategy and before that a Research Associate in HRM at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. Before I worked in higher education I was an occupational psychologist, consulting with firms in the private and public sectors in the UK. During this period my work focused on management and executive development, psychological testing and assessment/development centre design.

Expertise

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Area of Expertise

I have published in various Management and Human Resource Development journals and books. I have received an Emerald Literati Citation of Excellence award for a best paper published in management in 2008 and my research was shortlisted for the Alan Moon Memorial Prize at the Academy of Human Resource Development European Conference in 2013. I have been the recipient of a number of research grants from the ESRC, The Carnegie Trust and internal university grants. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and have a Post-graduate Certificate in Academic Practice for which I was highly commended.

Prize And Awards

The internationalisation of HRM through reverse transfer : two case studies of French multinationals in Scotland: Recipient; 9/2009

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Publications

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Publications

Women leaders in rail : a postfeminist aesthetic femininity: Thory Kathryn; Women, Work and Transport (2022) (2022); https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120220000016008
Female professionals' experiences whilst accessing and undergoing fertility treatment : voice and (in)visibility in the workplace: Buchanan L, Thory K; International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender Studies and the Status of Women (2017)
Women in Middle-Eastern organisations : career experiences, opportunities and work-life balance: Kamenou-Aigbekaen Nicolina, Thory Kathryn; International Conference on Organization and Management (2016)
Developing meaningfulness at work through emotional intelligence training: Thory Kathryn; International Journal of Training and Development Vol 20, pp. 58-77 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12069
To reveal or conceal? Managers' disclosures of private information during emotional intelligence training: Thory Kathryn; Human Resource Development Quarterly Vol 27, pp. 41-66 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21222
Understanding emotional intelligence: Thory Kathryn; Occupational Health and Wellbeing Vol 67, pp. 16-17 (2015)

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Teaching

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Teaching

I teach across the areas of management and professional skills development. I currently teach Professional Management Practice on a number of MSc programmes. Other subjects taught include Organisational Analysis, Organisational Behaviour, Women in Management, Leadership and Research Methods. I have been nominated for the Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards five times (2011, 2012,2013,2015, 2024).

Research

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