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Personal Statement
My background is in psychology and my interests include work psychology and organisational behaviour, risk perception and communication, automatic processing, implicit measurement, priming, emotion, and decision making. I also have a particular interest in method development which forms the basis of my thesis.
I currently teach (or have previously taught) several subjects within the HRM department including Work Psychology, Advanced Organisational Behaviour, Introductory Statistics, Research Methods, and the Psychology of Risk. I am also involved in developing materials for a new MSc in Psychology (with Business), in conjunction with the department of Psychology.
Research Interests
- Work Psychology and Organizational Behaviour.
- Risk perception and communication.
- Automatic processing and implicit measurement.
- Priming, emotion, and decision making.
Expertise & Capabilities
- Psychology of Risk
- Implicit Meaurement
- Quantitative Methods and Analysis
Teaching Interests
- Work & Organisational Psychology.
- Work Psychology for HRM.
- Data Analysis (Introductory Statistics).
- Quantitative Methods (Questionnaire Design).
- Foundations of Risk, Psychology of Risk.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Amplifying Employee Voice and Hearing the Unheard: A Multidisciplinary Study of Contemporary Working Lives in Deindustrialised Communities
Johnstone, S. (Principal Investigator), Briken, K. (Co-investigator), Cunningham, I. (Co-investigator), Hadjisolomou, T. (Co-investigator), McCarthy, T. (Co-investigator), McIntyre, S. (Co-investigator), Scholarios, D. (Co-investigator) & Taylor, P. (Co-investigator)
ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
1/10/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Effective Voice in Scottish Social Care Workplaces – A Mixed Methods Study
Scholarios, D. (Principal Investigator), Briken, K. (Co-investigator), Cunningham, I. (Co-investigator), Johnstone, S. (Co-investigator), McCarthy, T. (Research Co-investigator) & Nikolova, M. (Researcher)
19/08/24 → 18/08/25
Project: Research
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Evaluating Employee Voice in Social Care: Time 3 Qualitative Findings: Report for Scottish Government and Inspiring Scotland
Nikolova, M., Briken, K., Cunningham, I., Scholarios, D. & McCarthy, T., 19 Aug 2025, Edinburgh.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Evaluating Employee Voice in Social Care: Findings from Staff Survey & Implementation of the Effective Voice Framework
Nikolova, M., Scholarios, D., McCarthy, T., Briken, K. & Cunningham, I., 1 Aug 2025, Edinburgh.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Thesis
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Measuring risk perception and risk-taking behaviour when driven by automatic cognitive processing : the development of new methods
McCarthy, J. A. (Author), 10 Mar 2017Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
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22nd European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress
Nikolova, M. (Speaker), McCarthy, T. (Speaker), Scholarios, D. (Speaker), Briken, K. (Speaker) & Cunningham, I. (Speaker)
22 May 2025Activity: Presenting or Organising an Event › Participation in conference