Thomas Evans

Biography

Tom is a Lecturer in Occupational Psychology, Course Director for Business and Organisational Psychology MSc, and PhD Student in the Psychology department. Tom studied as an undergraduate student at Coventry University where he conducted research on the organisational consequences of workplace humour. Tom now works with a number of internal and external collaborators on research projects over a wide range of topics, including: emotional intelligence, meaningful work, humour, individual differences, workplace frustration, 0-hour contracts, and workplace praise. Tom also has applied research projects with West Midlands Fire Service, HM Rye Hill, West Midlands Police Service, and other commercial organisations. Tom is currently studying for his PhD, which is working on integrating emotional intelligence into an integrated model of affective individual differences, supervised by Dr Gail Steptoe-Warren, Dr David Hughes, Dr Rebecca Jenks and Professor Clare Wood. Tom encourages anyone interested in his work to get in touch.

Research Interest

Humour; Communication; Meaningful Work; 0-hour contracts; Workplace Praise; Workplace Frustration; Emotional Intelligence; Individual Differences