About
Dr Yi-Ling Lai is a Lecturer of HRM and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Southampton. Prior to joining Southampton Business School, Yi-Ling gained experience working in other academic institutions in the UK, such as Birkbeck College, University of London and University of Portsmouth. Yi-Ling's research mainly concentrates on psychological evidence in the coaching process.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Psychological evidence in coaching
- Social identity approach and HRM policies
- Identity work and organisational behaviours
- Workplace well-being
Current research
Yi-Ling's research mainly concentrates on psychological evidence in the coaching process. Recently, Yi-Ling's research interests have extended to the application of social psychological theories (e.g., social identity and identity work) into organisation studies.
Research projects
Active projects
Publications
Pagination
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
As a Chartered Psychologist, Yi-Ling has an active role in several sub-committees of the British Psychological Society (BPS), such as the Editor of International Coaching Psychology Review (ICPR) under the Division of Coaching Psychology (DoCP). In addition, Yi-Ling is the Associate Editor of Journal of Work-Applied Management.
Yi-Ling is currently supervising several PhD students, the topics include the role of narrative coaching in re-shaping identity as well as the application of coaching intervention to facilitate cancer patients' illness identity sponsored by The Fountain Centre, NHS Royal Surrey County Hospital (2019-2022). Please get in touch if you are interested in studying a PhD in relevant research areas.
Prizes
- Research Paper of the Year 2022, The Henley Centre for Coaching, Henley Business School (2022)
- Highly Commended Paper, Emerald Literati Awards (2020)
- Outstanding Paper in the 2023 Emerald Literati Awards (2023)
- Emerald Literati Awards 2023 - Outstanding Paper (2023)
- Emerald Literati Award: Best Paper (2023)
- The relationship between coaching supervision and internal coaches’ role conflict: A new insight into future HRD (2024)
- An investigation into the Fountain Centre organisational culture in cancer care (2024)
- British Psychological Society President's Award 2024 (2024)