Prof Suzan Lewis

Research Leader HRM

Department: Human Resource Management

Suzan Lewis

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Qualifications

BA (Hons) Psychology, MEd; PhD

Research Interests

  • Work-life integration/work-life balance
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Organisational culture
  • Organisational change
  • The impact of national and organisational policies to support the integration of work and personal life
  • Gender and work
  • Life course, Age and work
  • Vulnerable workers

Teaching Interests

  • Work-life integration
  • Flexible working
  • Gender equity
  • Organisational changet
  • Qualitative research methods

Biography

BA (Hons) Psychology, University of Manchester; MEd University of Manchester; PhD Manchester School of Management, UMIST

Selected Publications:

  • Lewis, S and Smithson, J, (2001), "Sense of entitlement to support for the reconciliation of employment and family life", Human Relations, 54 (11), 1455-1481, ISSN: 0018-7267.
  • Lewis, S, Rapoport, R and Gambles, R, (2007), "The constraints of a 'work-life balance' approach: An international perspective", The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18 (3), 360-373, ISSN: 0958-5192.
  • Kossek, E., Lewis, S and Hammer, L(2010)Work family initiatives and organizational change: mixed messages in moving from the margins to the mainstreamHuman Relations 61 3 3-19
  • Lewis.S., Brannen, J and Nilsen, A (2009) Work, Families and Organisations in Transition: European Perspectives London: Policy Press

Research:

  • Quality of working life in changing European contexts ( an EU Framework Six project (www.projectquality.org) 2006-9
  • Gender, parenthood and the changing European Workplace (Transitions) (An EU Framework Five Project) (www.workliferesearch.org/transitions

  • Women into Science and Technology. EU Expert Group. 2007-9

Other Publications:

Founding Co-Editor Community, Work and Family. Routledge

Special Issue co- editor, Human Relations January 2010

Other Recent Journal Articles:

  • Lewis, S and Lewis, J (1997) Work family conflict. Can the law help? Legal and Criminological Psychology 2 155-167
  • Rana,B., Kagan, C., Lewis, S and Rout, U. (1998) British South Asian women managers and professional: experiences of work and family. Women in Management Review 13 221-232
  • Lewis, S. Smithson,J and Brannen, J (1999). Families in transition in Europe. Young adults' orientations to work and family, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 562, 83-97
  • Rout,U., Lewis,S. and Kagan, C. 1999 Work and family roles: Indian career women, in India and the West. Indian Journal of Gender Studies 6 1 91-108
  • Lewis, S and Cooper, C 1999 The work-family research agenda in changing contexts. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 4.4. 382-393
  • Lewis,S., Kagan,C., Heaton,P and Cranshaw,M 1999 Economic and psychological benefits from employment. The experiences of mothers of disabled children. Disability and Society, 14 4 561-575
  • Kagan,C., Lewis,S. and Heaton,P 1999 Enabled or disabled? Working parents of disabled .children. Journal of Community and Applied Psychology 9, 369-381
  • Lewis, S., Kagan. C. and Heaton, P. 2000) Managing work-family diversity for parents of disabled children: beyond policy to practice and partnership Personnel Review 29 3 417-30
  • Lewis, S., Kagan.C. and Heaton,P. 2000) Managing work-family diversity for parents of disabled children: beyond policy to practice and partnership Personnel Review 29 3 417-30
  • Lewis, S., Kagan,C and Heaton, P 2000 Dual earner parents with disabled children. Patterns for working and caring. Journal of Family Issues, 21 8 1031- 1060
  • Smithson, J. and Lewis, S. (2000), Is job insecurity changing the psychological contract? Personnel Review 29/6: 680-702. (50:50)
  • Sullivan, C and Lewis, S (2001) Home-based telework, gender and the synchronisation of work and family; perspectives of teleworkers and their co-residents. Gender, Work and Organisation. 8,2 123-145
  • Lewis, S 2001 Restructuring workplace cultures: the ultimate work-family challenge? Women in Management Review 16, 1, 21-29
  • Lewis, S and Smithson, J (2001) Sense of entitlement to support for the reconciliation of employment and family life Human Relations 55(11). 1455-1481 (short-listed fort he Rosabeth Moss Kanter best paper award.)
  • Lewis, S. Rapoport, and Gambles et al 2003 Reflections on the integration of work and personal life Journal of Managerial Psychology, 18, 824-841
  • Lewis, S 2003 The integration of work and personal life. Is post industrial work the new leisure? Leisure Studies 22 343-355
  • Smithson, J., Lewis, S., Cooper, C. and Dyer, J. (2004). Flexible working and the gender pay gap in the accountancy profession. Work, Employment and Society 18/1 (115-135)
  • Haworth, J and Lewis, S (2005) Work, Leisure and Well Being. Some implications for counselling British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
  • Lewis, S and Smithson, J, (2001), "Sense of entitlement to support for the reconciliation of employment and family life", Human Relations, 54 (11), 1455-1481, ISSN: 0018-7267.
  • Smithson, J, Lewis, S, Cooper C and Dyer J, (2004), "Flexible working and the gender pay gap in the accountancy profession", Work, Employment and Society, 18 (1), 115-135, ISSN: 0950-0170.
  • Lewis, S, (2003), "The integration of paid work and the rest of life. Is post-industrial work the new leisure?", Leisure Studies, 22 (4), 343-355, ISSN: 1466-4496.
  • Haworth, J and Lewis, S (2005) Work, Leisure and Well Being. Some implications for counselling British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
  • S. Kovacheva, S. Lewis and N. Demireva 2005 'Changing Cultures in Changing Workplaces: UK and Bulgaria Compared', Sociological Problems
  • Lewis, S, Rapoport, R and Gambles, R, (2007), "The constraints of a 'work-life balance' approach: An international perspective", The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18 (3), 360-373, ISSN: 0958-5192.
  • P Van Echtelt, A. Glebbeek, S.Lewis and S.Lindenburg (2009) Post-Fordist work: a man’s world? Gender and working overtime in the NetherlandsGender and Society 23, 188-214
  • Lewis, S and Humbert, A (2010) Discourse or reality? “Work-life balance”, flexible working policies and gendered organisations Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 29 3 239-254
  • Kossek, E., Lewis, S and Hammer, L(2010) )Work family initiatives and organizational change: mixed messages in moving from the margins to the mainstream Human Relations 61 3 3-19
  • Holt, H and Lewis, S “You can stand on your head and you still end up with lower pay”Gendered Work Practices in two Danish Workplaces. (in press and on line) Gender, Work and Organization
  • Lewis, S (2010 ) Reflecting on impact, changes and continuities. Restructuring workplace cultures: the ultimate work-family challenge? Gender in Management Issue 25(5) 348-354

Authored Books:

  • Gambles, R, Lewis, S. and Rapoport, R (2006). The Myth of Work-Life Balance. The Challenge of our Time. Men, Women, and Societies. Wiley
  • Lewis, S and Cooper, C.L (2005) Work - Life Integration. Case Studies of Organisational Change. Wiley
  • Lewis, S Smithson, J. Cooper,C and Brennan P 2004 The Flexible and Profitable Workplace. A Guide to Implementing Flexible Working practices in Professional Services. London: Institute of Chartered `Accountants
  • Brannen, J. Lewis, S Nilsen , A and Smithson, J (2002) Young Europeans, Work and Family. Futures in Transition Routledge.
  • Klee,H., Jackson,M , Lewis, S (2002) ) Illicit Drug Use and Motherhood Routledge
  • Cooper,C.L. and Lewis, S 1998 Managing your Career, Family and Life. Kogan Page.
  • Cooper, C.L. and Lewis, S. 1993 The Workplace Revolution. Managing Today's Dual Career Families London: Kogan Page.
  • Lewis, S. and Cooper, C.L. Career Couples; Contemporary Lifestyles and How to Manage Them. London: Unwin Hyman. 1989

Edited Books:

  • Lewis, S., Brannen, J and Nilsen, A (in press) Work, Families and Organisations in Transition. Policy Press
  • Crompton, R., Lewis, S and Lyonette, C (eds) (2007) Women, Men, Work and Family in Europe. Palgrave
  • Lewis, S and Lewis, J (eds) The Work Family Challenge Rethinking Employment. Sage. London: Sage 1996
  • Lewis, S., Izraeli, D. and Hootsmans, H. (eds) Dual Earner Families. International Perspectives. London: Sage 1992

Articles and chapters in edited books (from 2005

  • Rhona Rapoport, Suzan Lewis, Lotte Bailyn and Richenda Gambles (2005) Globalization and the Integration of Work with Personal Life in Work and family: An international research perspective. S. A. Y. Poelmans. Mahwah, NJ, Erlbaum.
  • Lewis, Suzan and Rhona Rapoport (2005). Looking backwards to go forwards: the integration of paid work and personal life. In: Peper, B., A. van Doorne-Huiskes & L. den Dulk (eds.). Flexible Working and Organisational Change. The Integration of Work and Personal Life. Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar (pp. 298-312).
  • Lewis, S., Das Dores Guerreiro, M and Brannen, J. (2006) Using case studies in work-family research, in M.Pitt-Catsouphes, E. Kossek, and S. Sweet (Eds.). The Work-Family Handbook:Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches , Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers.
  • Sullivan, C. and Lewis, S. (2006) ‘Work at home and the work-family interface’ in F. Jones, R.J. Burke and M. Westman (Eds.) Managing the work-home interface: a psychological perspective (pp. 143-162) London: Psychology Press
  • Smithson, J and Lewis, S (2006) The Psychological Contract, in S Chaudhari (ed) Effective Psychological Contract Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press
  • Lewis, S (2007) Working time, client time and family time: accounting for time in the accountancy profession., in van der Lippe, T and Peters,P Competing Claims in Work ad Family Life , Edward Elgar.
  • Lewis, S, Purcell, C., Smithson, J and Caton, C (2007) Work-Life Balance, Best Practices and Healthy Organisations: A European Perspective in Haworth J and Hart, G(eds) Well Being: Individual, Community and Social Perspectives Palgrave
  • Kagan,C., Lewis, S and Brennan, E (2008) Building Community Supports for work-life Integration in Rosenzweig, J and Brennan, E (eds) Work, Life and the Mental health System of Care . Brookes
  • Lewis, S and Roper, I (2008) flexible working arrangements: from work-life to gender equity policies, in S. Cartwright and C. Cooper (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology. Oxford University Press
  • Humbert, A and Lewis, S (2009) “I have no life other than work”- Long working hours,blurred boundaries and family lifein C.L. Cooper and R.Burke (eds)Effects of workinghours and work addiction: Strategies for dealing with them. Elsevier
  • Suzan Lewis ( 2009) Flexible working policies, gender and culture change, in Women in Science and Technology. Creating sustainable careers. European Commission
  • Suzan Lewis and Rhona Rapoport ( 2009) Whither work-family relationships after the recession in Tomorrow World: Perspectives on work and family in the future London:Working Families.
  • Lewis, S and Den Dulk, L (2010) Parents’ experiences of flexible work arrangements in changing European workplaces in K Christensen and B Schneider (eds) Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th Century Jobs to 21st Century Workers; Cornell University Press
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