Professor Yannis Georgellis
PhD, MSc, BSc
Professor of HRM&OB, Director of CRESS
Leadership, HRM and Organisation
Business School,
Kingston Hill,
Kingston upon Thames,
Surrey KT2 7LB
- Phone:
- 020 8417 5631 Ext: 65631
- E-mail:
- Y.Georgellis@kingston.ac.uk
- Website:
- www.yannisgeorgellis.com
Biography
Yannis joined Kingston University in August 2011. Prior to joining Kingston, he held teaching and research appointments in several universities and organisations, including Brunel University, University of Kent, City University, NYU in London, and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He has published widely in the areas of personnel economics, human resource management, well-being at work and behavioural economics. His recent publications include articles in the Journal of Vocational Behavior, British Journal of Management, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Economic Journal, Psychological Science, International Journal of Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. His work has been highly cited and has attracted media coverage.
Research Interest(s)
Yannis's current research interests focus on employee wellbeing and engagement, psychological theories of adaptation, work-life conflict/enrichment, social comparisons at work, evaluation of human resource management practices, workplace training and skills, intrinsic motivation in the public sector, happiness research, behavioural and personnel economics. Yannis is interested in supervising PhD students in any of these areas.
Selected Publications
"The impact of life events on job satisfaction" (Georgellis, Y., Lange, T., and Tabvuma, V.), Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2011.12.005
"Traditional vs. secular values and the job-life satisfaction relationship across Europe” (Georgellis, Y. and Lange, T.), British Journal of Management, 2012, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00753.x
"Crowding out intrinsic motivation in the public sector" (Georgellis, Y., Iossa, E., and Tabvuma, V.) Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2011, 21, 473–493.
"Lags and leads in life satisfaction: A test of the baseline hypothesis" (Clark, A., Diener, E., Georgellis, Y. and Lucas, R.), Economic Journal, 2008, 118, F222-F443.
"Adaptation towards reference values: A non-linear perspective" (Georgellis, Y., Gregoriou, A. and Tsitsianis, N.), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67, 768-781.
"Participation in continuous, on-the-job training and the impact on job satisfaction: Longitudinal evidence from the German labor market" (Georgellis, Y. and Lange, T.), International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2007, 18(6), 969-985.
"Unemployment alters the set-point for life satisfaction" (Lucas, R., Clark, A., Georgellis, Y. and Diener, E.), Psychological Science, 2004, 15(1), 8-13.
"Re-examining adaptation and the set point model of happiness: Reactions to changes in marital status" (Lucas, R., Clark A, Georgellis, Y. and Diener, E.), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003, 84(3), 527-539.
"Scarring: The psychological impact of past unemployment" (Clark, A., Georgellis, Y. and Sanfey, P.), Economica, 2001, 68(2), 221-241.
