Dr. Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya

Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour

Department: Human resource management

Dr. Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya joined Middlesex University Business School in 2008 as Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour. Uracha completed her PhD in Organizational Psychology from Manchester Metropolitan University. Her thesis entitled “Too Much of One and Less of the Other: Graduates’ Conceptualizations and Expectations of ‘Work-Life Balance’” explored young British and Asian university students’ accounts of their transitions into employment through a life course lens. Accordingly, her research interests focus on understanding the experiences of work-life balance and transitions in and out of employment of women and men across the life course. She is the Associate Editor of the international journal Community, Work and Family. Her most recent book is Critical Issues in Human Resource Management (with Ian Roper and Rea Prouska, published by CIPD, 2010).

Contact

Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 4614
E-mail: U.Chatrakul@mdx.ac.uk

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Psychology - The University of Manchester
PGCert in Higher Education - Middlesex University
MSc Organisational Psychology - UMIST
PhD Organizational Psychology - Manchester Metropolitan University

Research Interests

Work-life balance; life course research, particularly individuals' transitions into and out of employment; competing discourses on international students; qualitative methodologies

Doctoral research supervision:

Ms. Noshaba Batool: "Attitudinal and behavioural outcomes of HRM practices in public sector univerisities in Pakistan"
Ms. Ngozi Uche Onyejeli: "An exploration of the nature of psychological contract among employees in the non-Western context of Nigeria"

Teaching Interests

Organizational behaviour; organizational psychology; qualitative research methodologies

Modules

HRM1100: Understanding People in Organizations (Module Leader)
HRM4710: Qualitative Research Methods (Module Leader)

Programme Leader

BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management

Biography

I joined Middlesex University Business School in 2008 as Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour. In 2009, I completed my PhD in Organizational Psychology. My thesis, "Too Much of One and Less of the Other: Graduates' Conceptualizations and Expectations of 'Work-Life Balance'", explored young British and Asian university students' accounts of their transitions into employment through a life course lens and how they constructed meanings of work-life balance at this life course phase.

In 2010-2011, I completed a Richard Benjamin Trust-funded post-doctoral study, "From 'Sense of Entitlement' to 'Disenhanctment'? The Lived Experiencesof International Students in the UK". I examined the lived experiences of non-EU and non-EEA international students as temporary migrants in the context of changing immigration policy, as well as their expectations of employment during and after their studies in the UK.

I am currently involved as Co-Investigator in an ESRC-RGC-funded project, "Age Diversity: Applying the Capabilities Approach to Career Development Across the Life Course" with Dr. Matt Flynn (Principle Investigator) and research partners at Lingnan University.

I am the Associate Editor of the international journal Community, Work and Family. My most recent book is Critical issues in Human Resource Management (with Dr. Ian Roper and Dr. Rea Prouska, published by CIPD, 2010).

Relevant external activities

Associate Editor,Community, Work and Family(http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1366-8803&linktype=1)
External Examiner for the EROB Group, LSE
Member of the "Work-Life Balance Working Group", Division of Occupational Psychology, British Psychological Society

Research grants and awards

2009: TransEurope Short Visit and Exchange Grant. "Young British Graduates' Conceptualizations of 'Work-Life Balance'"The European Science Foundation. 900 Euros. (http://www.transeurope-project.org/page.php?id=358)
2010-2011: Early Career Research Grant. "From Sense of ‘Entitlement’ to ‘Disenchantment’? A Confrontation of Expectations of International Students and Policy Makers".The Richard Benjamin Social and Occupational Research Trust. £10,000. Grant no. RBT510. (http://www.richardbenjamintrust.co.uk/index.php/previous-grants-awarded).
2011-2013: Bilateral Research Grant. "Age Diversity: Applying the Capabilities Approach to Career Development across the Life Course".ESRC (UK)/RGC (Hong Kong). £100,000. Dr Matthew Flynn (PI UK), Prof. Alfred Chan Cheung Mingand (PI Hong Kong), Dr Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya (Co-Investigator UK), and Dr Carol Ma (Co-Investigator Hong Kong). Grant no.RES-000-22-4406. (http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/statistics/bilaterals-10.aspx)

Selected publications

Books edited

Roper, I., Prouska, R., & Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. (2010). Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. London: CIPD.

Articles and chapters in edited books

Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. & Lewis, S. (2010). Critical Issues in Equality and Diversity (1): Gender Equity and the Inadequacy of the Work-Life Balance Narrative. In I. Roper, R. Prouska, & U. Chatrakul Na Ayudhya. (eds), Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. London: CIPD, pp. 244-260.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. & Lewis, S. (2010). From 'Balancers to Integrators'? Young professionals talk about 'work' and 'life' in the UK. In S. Kaiser, M. Ringlstetter, M. Pina e Cunha, & D.R. Eikhof (eds), Creating Balance?! International Perspectives on the Work-Life Integration of Professionals. Berlin: Springer Science, pp. 47-64.
Purcell, C., Flynn, M. & Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. (Forthcoming 2011). The Effects of Flexibilization on Social Division and Career Trajectories in the UK Labour Market. In H. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, D. Hofäcker and K. Kolb (eds), The Flexibilization of European Labour Markets: The Development of Social Inequalities in an Era of Globalization. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Roper, I., Prouska, R., & Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. (2010). Introduction. In I. Roper, R. Prouska, & U. Chatrakul Na Ayudhya. (eds), Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. London: CIPD, pp.1-10.
Siddiquee, A. & Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. (2010). Critical Issues in Equality and Diversity (3): Disability Discrimination and the Modern Workplace. In I. Roper, R. Prouska, & U. Chatrakul Na Ayudhya. (eds), Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. London: CIPD, pp. 247-290.

Conferences

Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. (2011, July 4-6). New labour market entrants’ sense of entitlement to employer and government work-life balance support: Discourses of individual choice and personal responsibility. Paper presented at IV International Conference of Work and Family, Barcelona, Spain.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. & Lewis, S. (2010, July 15-16). Exploring graduates' conceptualizations of work-life balance through a life course lens. Paper presented at the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 2010 Conference, Vienna, Austria.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. & Lewis, S. (2009, August 24-27). How do Future Labour Market Entrants Make Sense of 'Work-Life Balance'?. Paper presented at the IIRA 2009 World Congress, Sydney, Australia.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. (2009,July 16-18). Graduates' Conceptualizations and Expectations of Work-Life Balance in the UK. Paper presented at theSASE 2009 Conference, Paris, France.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. & Lewis, S. (2009, April 16-18). Is ''Work-Life Balance' a Personal Choice?: Perspectives of Young British and Asian Future Labour Market Entrants. Paper presented at the 3rd Community, Work and Family International Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U., Lewis, S., Smithson, J., & Sixsmith, J. (2006, June 19-23). Young British and Asian Students' Perspectives and Expectations of Work-life Balance: An East-West Comparison. Paper presented at the 14^th International Employment Relations Association Conference: "Family-friendly Employment Policies and Practices: An East-West Perspective on Work-life Balance", Hong Kong.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U., Lewis, S., & Smithson, J. (2006). What do young people really think about work-life balance? A cross-cultural comparative study of the values and expectations of work-personal life integration of young British and Asian students. Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference Book of Proceedings & Compendium of Abstracts, Glasgow, 11-13 January 2006, pp. 218-219, Leicester: The British Psychological Society.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U., Lewis, S., & Smithson, J. (2005, September 12-13). What do young people really think about work-life balance? A cross-cultural comparative study of the values and expectations of work-personal life integration of young British and Asian students. Paper presented at the Postgraduate Occupational Psychology Conference, Nottingham, UK.
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. (2005). What do young people really think about work-life balance before entering employment? ManchesterMetropolitan University Inaugural Research Student Conference Proceedings, Manchester, 10 September 2005, p. 14, Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University. (Awarded Best Paper Prize)
Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U., & Smithson, J. (2005, March 16-18). Using focus groups to explore cross-cultural work-personal life integration values and expectations. Paper presented at the Community, Work and Family International Inaugural Conference, Manchester, UK.

Languages spoken

Fluent in Thai