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Peoples, Cultures and Careers # 1 - Lived experience in mental health: Implications for management research
Employees’ mental health issues present significant challenges for organisations globally. Despite various support mechanisms, systemic stigmatisation of people with mental health conditions continues to persist. Professor Lena Wang will draw on her research and policy work over the past eight years, which focuses on the purposeful employment of people with lived experience of mental health. She will provide a broad overview of this research programme, which includes work conducted in both the mental health sector and other sectors in Australia, to promote broader understanding and adoption of the lived experience concept in management research and practice.
Agenda:
Introduction by Professor Eddy Ng
Presentation by Professor Lena Wang
Q&A session
End of event
Host/Moderator
 | Professor Eddy Ng Professor Ng is a Visiting Professor of Organisational Behaviour. His research focuses on managing diversity for organizational competitiveness, the changing nature of work and organizations, and managing across generations. His work has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grants. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and a Co-Editor for Personnel Review. Prior to academia, he spent 7 years with the TD Bank Financial Group. |
Speaker
 | Professor Lena Wang Lena conducts research that focuses on understanding and developing individuals' personality, fostering employee proactive behaviours, and promoting diversity and inclusion in organisations. She has published in top tier journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Journal of Organizational Behavior, among others. She is the current Section Editor at Applied Psychology: An International Review and also sits on the Editorial Board of Human Relations. Coming from a practitioner background initially, Lena works extensively with government and industry partners in a wide range of applied research projects. She has attracted over $2 million external funding into Australian universities, primarily focusing on areas including workforce / leadership development, diversity and inclusion and impact evaluations. |
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