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Research interests
I’m a Senior Lecturer in the department of Leadership & Human Resource Development at Northumbria University. My PhD explored lesbian and gay experiences of expectations on gender and sexuality at work. I am passionate in researching the day-to-day life of LGBT* people, particularly the potential of queer and non-normative identities to challenge and broaden embedded modes of thinking.
Biography
I’m a Senior Lecturer in the department of Leadership & Human Resource Development at Northumbria University. My PhD explored lesbian and gay experiences of expectations on gender and sexuality at work. I am passionate in researching the day-to-day life of LGBT* people, particularly the potential of queer and non-normative identities to challenge and broaden embedded modes of thinking.
Education/Academic qualification
Business andManagement Studies, PhD, Disruptive Discourses of Gender and Sexual Orientation - An exploration into the disruptiveness of lesbian and gay experiences of gender and sexual orientation expectations at work by applying queer reading, Northumbria University
Award Date: 7 Jan 2016
Business and Administration, BA
30 May 2012 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 30 May 2012
Business and Administration, MA (Hons)
1 Sept 2008 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 1 Sept 2008
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Inconvenient Academic Workers? Collective (Re)humanisation through the Dialogue of a Freirean Reading Circle
Gatto, M., Tracey, H., Callahan, J. L. & Worst, S., 4 May 2026, In: Culture and Organization. 32, 3, p. 176-195 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Embedding diversity, inclusivity, and democracy in the classroom
Kele, J. & Worst, S., 20 May 2025, Handbook of Inclusive Learning and Teaching in Business and Management. Śliwa, M., Anderson, L., Black, K., Chaffer, C. & Webb, J. (eds.). Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar, p. 47-70 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Queer analysis
O'Shea, S. C. & Worst, S., 14 Nov 2023, Handbook of Feminist Research Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies. Katila, S., Meriläinen, S. & Bell, E. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 174-188 14 p. (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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From Chess to Queergaming: ‘Play’ing with and disrupting heteronormative assumptions in the performance of gender and sexual orientation
Worst, S. & O'Shea, S., 19 Oct 2020, In: Human Resource Development International. 23, 5, p. 519-541 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perceptions of LGBT issues in public sector trade unions - a comparison of the views of some UK and German trade unionists
Worst, S. & Abbott, S., Nov 2008.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review