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Nicola Smith

Nicola Smith

  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Areas of expertise: Student Education & Organizational Behaviour
  • Email: N.M.Smith@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 0566
  • Location: G.17 Charles Thackrah Building

Profile

I joined LUBS in 2014. I teach and tutor at all levels in the Management and Organisations Department. My research focuses broadly on personal goals and goal adjustment, with a particular interest in the process of goal disengagement at work, in personal contexts, and at retirement.

Research interests

  • Personal goals
  • Goal adjustment

Qualifications

  • PhD (ongoing), University of Leeds (Organizational Behaviour)
  • MRes - Business And Economic Studies (Management - OB focus), University of Leeds
  • PGCE, Manchester Metropolitan University
  • BSc (Hons), Applied Environmental Science, University of Salford

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Certified Management & Business Educator (CMBE)
  • Academy of Management (AoM)
  • Management & Organizational Behaviour Teaching Society (MOBTS)

Student education

I teach across a variety of modules, mainly those with an OB focus.
Previous student education positions:
  • MSc Management Programme Director, 2016-2025
  • Deputy Departmental Director of Student Education, Management Department, 2020-2024
  • Co-Lead, EML Subject Group, 2019-2022
  • Management Department Academic Integrity Representative, 2017-2020

Research groups and institutes

  • Workplace Behaviour Research Centre