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Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab

Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab
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Lab Overview

Given the significant portion of our lives dedicated to work, the matter of employee well-being in the workplace requires an ever-increasing attention, aiming not only to prevent ill-health but also to actively promote well-being in our everyday lives.

At the Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab, we focus on applying rigorous research methods and principles in Work & Organisational Psychology with the goal of exploring and testing fruitful avenues in improving well-being outcomes in the world of work.

To find out more about this lab, please contact Dr. Michelle Cleveland and Dr. Jacques Ding.

Key Staff

Dr. Michelle Cleveland

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Jacques Ding Zee Chien

Lecturer in Work and Organisational Psychology

Current Projects

Michelle is currently working with colleagues from the University of Winchester on a project funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) to understand how transport, in particular e-transport, can tackle loneliness. The intention of this research is to contribute to the recruitment and retention of volunteers through an understanding of the psychological principles underlying their experiences.

Jacques is currently collaborating with an international team of academics, both from within the University of Chichester and abroad, on several projects covering a range of topics. These projects include examining the impact of leadership impression management on employee well-being, exploring the spillover effects in leader-follower relationships and assessing the efficacy of well-being micro-interventions at work.

Available Participation Opportunities

We welcome anyone with a keen interest in exploring the field of Work & Organisational Psychology and its role in enhancing workplace well-being.

Whether you are a novice researcher as an undergraduate student or an aspiring academic as a PhD candidate, we welcome your involvement in our lab.

If you would like to participate in our lab, please contact Dr. Michelle Cleveland and Dr. Jacques Ding.

Our Publications

  • Gray, D., Randell, J., Manning, R. & Cleveland, M. (2023). Helping in Times of Crisis: Examining the Social Identity and Wellbeing Impacts of Volunteering During COVID-19. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology: Special Issue, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2699
  • Bowe, M., Gray, D., Stevenson, C., McNamara, N., Wakefield, J.R., Kellezi, B., Wilson, I., Cleveland, M., Mair, E., Halder, M. and Costa, S. (2020). A Social Cure in the Community: A mixed method exploration of the role of social identity in the experiences and wellbeing of community volunteers. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi/10.1002/ejsp.2706
  • Cleveland, M., Warhurst, A., & Legood, A. (2019). Exploring resilience through the eyes of early career social workers. British Journal of Social Work, 49(6), 1434-1451.  https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz064
  • Jones, R., Cleveland, M., & Uther, M. (2019). State and trait neural correlates of the balance between work and nonwork roles. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 287, 19-30. https://doi.org/10.
  • Uther, M., Cleveland, M., & Jones, R. (2018). Email overload? Brain and behavioural responses to common messaging alerts are heightened for email alerts and are associated with job involvement. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(1206). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01206
  • *Legood, A., *McGrath, M.L., Lee, A., & Searle, R. (2016). Exploring the Content, Drivers and Impact of Perceived Public Perception on Employees in Social Work Professions. British Journal of Social Work, 46(7),1872-1889. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcv139. *Both authors contributed equally; naming is alphabetical.
  • Cleveland, M., Gray, D., Manning, R. & Bradley-Cole, K. (2022, September). Volunteer experiences of role management and social contracts before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper presented at the VSSN Annual Conference, Sheffield Hallam University.
  • Ding, J. Z. C., Rivkin, W., Sacramento, C., & Stollberger, J. (2022). “You Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours… Tomorrow”: A Social Exchange Perspective on Leadership Downward Ingratiation and the Instantaneity of Follower Reciprocity. Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Glasgow, UK.
  • Gray, D., Manning, R., Randell, J. & Cleveland, M. (2022, September). Understanding the experiences and wellbeing impacts of volunteering during COVID-19. Paper presented at the VSSN Annual Conference, Sheffield Hallam University.
  • McGrath, M., Legood, A., Searle, R. & Lee, A., (2016 January). Exploring the Content, Drivers and Impact of Perceived Public Perception on Employees in Social Work Professions. Paper presented at the BPS Division of Occupational Psychology Section Annual Conference, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.
  • Uther, M., McGrath, M., & Jones, R. (2015, December). Do email alert sounds cause brain changes indicating hypervigilance? Paper presented to the Cognitive Brain Research Unit Seminar Series, University of Helsinki, Helsinki.
  • Uther, M., Cleveland, M., & Jones, R. (2020). Digital Distractions: The Effect and Use of Digital Message Alerts and Their Relationship with Work-Life Balance. In C. Grant, & E. Russell (Eds.), Agile Working and Well-Being in the Digital Age (pp. 63-76). Palgrave Macmillan.