Affiliation: University of Bedfordshire
Email: Gail.Kinman@beds.ac.uk

Biography

Gail Kinman is Professor of Occupational Health Psychology at Birkbeck University of London. She is a Chartered Psychologist, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and a Director of the Council for Work and Health. Gail has a particular interest in the wellbeing of people whose work is emotionally demanding with a high risk of burnout and she has published widely in this area. Her recent work focuses on developing and evaluating multi-level interventions to enhance emotional resilience, work-life balance and wellbeing in health and social care. This is being used to inform national organisational change initiatives and an ‘emotional curriculum’ for practitioners. She is also involved in several national projects related to suicide postvention in organisations. Gail is currently working with several bodies, such as the NHS, the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Education Research in Practice and the Society of Occupational Medicine on intervention projects designed to support wellbeing. She also delivers well received training sessions and workshops on work-related wellbeing.

Articles

Clements, A. & Kinman, G. (2023). Wellbeing in UK prison officers: Key factors
Special edition on the health and wellbeing of prison/correctional staff. Prison Service Journal, 268, 17-23 https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/psj/prison-service-journal-268

Kinman, G. & Clements, A. (2023). Presenteeism – the case for action. Occupational Medicine, 73, 4, 181-182. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqad033.

Kinman, G. & Clements, A. (2022). Prison officers’ experiences of aggression; implications for recovery and sleep quality. Occupational Medicine https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqac117

Teoh, K., Kinman, G., Harriss, A. & Robus, C. (2022). Recommendations to support the mental wellbeing of nurses and midwives in the UK: A Delphi study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 78:3048–3060. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15359

Kinman, G. & Clements, A. (2022). Sickness presenteeism in prison officers: risk factors and implications for wellbeing and productivity. Invited paper for special edition on Emerging Psychosocial Issues in Occupational Disease and Occupational Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (6) 3389 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/6/3389/htm

Kinman, G. & Grant, L. (2022). Being ‘good enough’: perfectionism and wellbeing in social workers. British Journal of Social Work, 52, 7, 4171-4188. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac010

Kinman, G. & Wray, S. (2022). “Better than watching daytime TV”: sickness presenteeism in UK academics. Studies in Higher Education, 47, 8, 1724-1735. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2021.1957813

Clements, A. & Kinman, G. (2021). Job demands, organizational justice, and withdrawal behaviours in prison officers. Criminal Justice Studies. Special Issue: Correctional Officer Wellness and Resiliency. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2021.1999114

Kinman, G. & Clements, A.J. (2021). New psychoactive substances, safety and mental health in UK prison officers. Occupational Medicine, 71, 8, 346-350 https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqab113

Kinman, G. & Torry, R. (2021). Developing a suicide postvention framework for staff in primary heathcare. Occupational Medicine, 71, 4-5, 171-173 https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa192

Houdmont, J., Randall, R, Kinman, G., Colwell, J., Kerr, R., & Addley, K. (2021). Can a Single-Item Measure of Job Stressfulness Identify Common Mental Disorder? International Journal of Stress Management, 28, 4, 305-313 https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/str0000231

Wray, S. & Kinman, G. (2021). The challenges of COVID-19 for the well-being of academic staff. Occupational Medicine, https://academic.oup.com/occmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/occmed/kqab007/6135065.

Kinman, G. & Grant, C. (2020). Presenteeism during the COVID-19 pandemic: risks and solutions. Occupational Medicine, 6-7, 243-244 https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa193.
Kinman, G., Grant, L. & Sharples, A. (2020). Peer coaching for wellbeing and personal effectiveness. Leadership Issues in Social Care, 2, 4, 28-35

Wray, S. & Kinman, G. (2020). The psychosocial hazards of academic work: An analysis of trends. Studies in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2020.1793934

Kinman, G., McDowall, A. & Teoh, K. (2020). Managing staff who are working at home: business as usual? Work-life Balance Bulletin. 4,1, 21-28.

Travers, C., Maher, K., Kinman, G. & Bateman, N. (2020). “We are not working at home, but are at home, during a pandemic, attempting to work”: Exploring experiences of homeworking and work-life balance during the Covid-19 crisis. Work-life Balance Bulletin. 4,1, 10-16.

Kinman, G., Teoh, K. & Harriss, A. (2020). Supporting the wellbeing of healthcare workers during and after COVID. Occupational Medicine. 70. 5, 294-296

Teoh, K., Kinman, G. & Harriss, A. (2020). Nurse and midwives’ mental wellbeing: What does this mean in a post-COVID-19 world? Occupational Health and Wellbeing https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/cpd-supporting-nurses-and-their-mental-health-in-a-post-covid-19-world/

Kinman, G. (2020) Presenteeism in healthcare professionals: causes, consequences and potential solutions. Praxis Klinische Verhaltensmedizin und Rehabilitation. 33, 100 – 107

Clements, A., Sharples, A. & Kinman, G. (2020). Identifying wellbeing challenges and solutions in the police service: A World Café approach. The Police Journal. 94, 2, https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0032258X19898723

Payne, N. & Kinman, G. (2020). Job demands, resources and work-related well-being in UK firefighters. Occupational Medicine, 69, 8-9, 604-509

Kinman, G. & Grant, L. (2020). Emotional demands, compassion and mental health in social workers. Occupational Medicine, 70, 2, 89-94 https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqz144

Kinman, G. & Grant, L. (2019) ‘It’s my secret space’. The benefits of mindfulness for social workers. British Journal of Social Work. 50, 3, 758-777.

Kinman, G. (2019) Effort-reward imbalance and health in academic employees: Examining different reward systems. Special section on wellbeing in academic employees Edited by G. Kinman and S. Johnson. International Journal of Stress Management, 26, 2, 184-192

Raiden, A., Raisanen, C. & Kinman, G. (2019) Behavioural ambidexterity: Effects on individual well-being and high-performance work in academia, Journal of Further and Higher Education, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0309877X.2019.1596232

Kinman, G., Clements, A. & Hart, J. (2019). When are you coming back? Presenteeism in UK prison officers. The Prison Journal, 99, 3, 363-383

Kinman, G. (2019). Sickness presenteeism at work. British Medical Bulletin, 129, 1, 69-78 https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article-abstract/129/1/69/5288253

Kinman G & Wray, K. (2018) Presenteeism in academic employees – occupational and individual factors. Occupational Medicine. 68, 1, 46-50.

McDowall, A. & Kinman, G. (2017) The New Nowhere Land? A research and practice agenda for the “Always on Culture" The Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance http://www.emeraldinsight.com/eprint/QZK8WCQDIAZNSWXWZBVV/full

Kinman, G., Clements, A. & Hart, J. (2017). Job demands, resources and mental health in UK prison officers. Occupational Medicine, 67, 6, 456-460

Kinman, G. & Grant, L. (2017) Building resilience in early-career social workers: evaluating a multi-modal intervention. British Journal of Social Work, 47, 7, 1979-1998

Miraglia, M. & Kinman, G. (2017). The hidden costs of working when sick, The Psychologist, 30, 36-41 https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-30/august-2017/hidden-costs-working-when-sick

Kinman, G. & Leggetter, G. (2017). The cost of kindness? Emotional labour, empathy and wellbeing in nursing. Healthcare. Special edition: Occupational Health Issues in the New Millennium. 4(4), 89 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare4040089

Kinman, G. (2017) Effort-reward imbalance and over-commitment in UK academics: Implications for health, satisfaction and retention. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 38, 5, 504-518

Clements, A. & Kinman, G. (2017) Silence is golden: using ‘safe’ words to promote research student ownership in supervisory meetings. Journal of Pedagogical Development, 7, 1, 3-7

Kinman, G., Clements, A. & Hart, J. (2016) Work-life balance and wellbeing in UK prison officers: the role of recovery experiences. Criminal Justice and Behaviour, 44, 2, 226-239 https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854816664923

Kinman, G., Clements, A. & Hart, J. (2016) Work-related wellbeing in UK prison officers: A benchmarking approach. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 9, 3, 290-307 https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-09-2015-0054

Kaviani, H. & Kinman, G. (2017). Relationships between psychosocial characteristics and democratic values in Iranians: a cross cultural study. Research and Reviews: Journal of Social Sciences, 3, 1, 12-22 https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-0358.1000206

Kinman, G., Clements, A. & Hart, J. (2017). Work-life balance in UK prison officers: the importance of switching off. Work-life Balance Bulletin, 10

Grant, L. & Kinman, G. (2015) Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others. British Journal of Social Work 45, 8, 2351-2367

Hogan, C., Hogan, M., Hodgins, M. Kinman, G. & Bunting, B. (2015). An examination of gender differences in the impact of individual and organizational factors on work hours, work-life conflict, and psychological strain in academics. Irish Journal of Psychology 35 (2-3), 133-150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2015.1011193

Kinman, G. (2014). Doing more with less? Work and wellbeing in academics. Somatechnics, 4, 2, 219-235. https://doi.org/10.3366/soma.2014.0129

Grant, L., Kinman, G. & Alexander, K. (2014). What’s all this talk about emotion?. Social Work Education. Vol. 33, No. 7, 874–889. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2014.891012

Grant, L. & Kinman, G. (2013). “Bouncing Back?”: Personal representations of resilience in trainee and experienced social workers. Practice, 25, 5, 349 – 366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2013.860092

Flaxman, P., Menard, J., Bond, F. & Kinman, G. (2012). Academics’ Experiences of the Easter Break. Journal of Applied Psychology. 97, 854-865. http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0028055

Kinman, G. & Grant, L. (2011) Predicting stress resilience in trainee social workers: the role of emotional competencies. British Journal of Social Work, 41, 2, 261-275 https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcq088

Books and Book Chapters

Brough, P. & Kinman, G. (forthcoming 2024). Wellbeing at Work in a Turbulent Era. Edward Elgar
Kinman, G., Clement, A. & Maher, K. (forthcoming 2024). Managing sickness absence in the post-pandemic workplace. In. P. Brough & G. Kinman (Eds.), Wellbeing at Work in a Turbulent Era. Edwards Elgar

Kinman, G. & Grant, C. (2023). Building resilience in social workers: a systemic approach. In R. Fotinatos-Ventouratos, C. Cooper & A. Stamatios-Antoniou (Eds.), Resilience in Modern Day Organisations. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003287858

Clements, A. & Kinman, G. (2023). Individual, team and organisational resilience: A multi-level dynamic relationship. In R. Fotinatos-Ventouratos, C. Cooper & A. Stamatios-Antoniou (Eds.), Resilience in Modern Day Organisations. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003287858

Kinman, G. (June, 2024). Work-life balance and wellbeing in academic employees. In Edwards, Martin and Ashkanasy (Eds.) Handbook of Academic Mental Health. Edward Elgar

Chan, C. & Kinman, G. (forthcoming 2024). Work and Non-Work Boundary Management in the Post-Pandemic Workplace. In. P. Brough & G. Kinman (Eds.), Wellbeing at Work in a Turbulent Era. Edwards Elgar

Brough, P. & Kinman, G. (forthcoming 2024). Will work ever be the same? Future trends for wellbeing at work. In. P. Brough & G. Kinman (Eds.), Wellbeing at Work in a Turbulent Era. Edwards Elgar

Clements, A. & Kinman, G. (2022). Job demands, organizational justice, and emotional exhaustion in prison officers. Promoting Wellness and Resiliency in Correctional Officers. Routledge

Teoh, K., Kinman, G. & Hassard, J. (2021) The relationship between healthcare staff wellbeing and patient care: It’s not that simple”. Integrating the Organization of Health Services, Worker Wellbeing and Quality of Care: Towards Healthy Healthcare, Springer

McDowall, A. & Kinman, G. (2021) Work-life Balance and Gender: Challenging Assumptions and Unravelling Complexity. In J. Hassard & L. Torres (Eds.) Aligning Perspectives in Gender Mainstreaming, Springer.

Kinman, G. & Wray, S. (2020) Wellbeing in academic employees in the UK – a benchmarking approach. In R. J. Burke & S. Pignata (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Stress and Well-being in the Public Sector, Elgar

Clements, A. & Kinman, G. (2020) Stress and Wellbeing in Prison Officers In. R. J. Burke & S. Pignata (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Stress and Well-being in the Public Sector, Taylor and Francis

Grant, L. & Kinman, G. (2020). The Change Project: Building Organisational Resilience in Social Work Organisations. Research in Practice.

Kinman, G. & McDowall, A. (2016). Work life balance and health in a time of austerity. In S. Lewis and N. Payne (Eds.) Work-life Balance in the Recession and Beyond. Routledge

Kinman, G. (2016) Managing the work-home interface; the experience of women academics. In R. Gervais and P. Millear (Eds). Resourceful Women. Springer.

Kinman, G. & Grant, L. (2016). Enhancing accurate empathy in the helping professions. In D. Watt & J. Panksepp (Eds). The Psychology of Empathy. Nova Science

Grant, L. & Kinman, G. (2014). Developing Resilience for Social Work Practice, Macmillan

Payne, N., Kinman, G & Jones, F. (2012). Work stress and health behaviour: In J. Houdmont & S. Leka (Eds). Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology Wiley Blackwell

Kinman, G. & Clements, C. (2011). The role of psychosocial and demographic factors in predicting SBS symptoms in workplaces. Sick Building Syndrome. Springer

Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2009). A life beyond work? Job demands, work-life balance and wellbeing in UK academics. In D. Buckholdt & G. Miller (Eds.) Faculty Stress USA: Routledge.

Jones, F., Kinman, G. & Payne, N. (2006). Work Stress and Health Behaviours: A Work-life Balance Issue. In F. Jones, R. Burke & M. Westman (Eds.) Managing the Work-Home Interface: A Psychological Perspective. London: Taylor & Francis.

Jones, F., Kinman, G. & Cunningham, E. (2006). Integrating the demand-control model and the effort-reward imbalance models of work stress. In S. McIntyre & J. Houdmont (Eds.) Key Papers of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, UK: ISMAI Publications.

Kinman, G. & Jones, F. (2001). ‘The Work-home Interface’. In F. Jones & J. Bright, ‘Stress: Myth, Theory & Research’, London: Prentice Hall Jones, F. & Kinman, G. (2001). ‘Approaches to studying stress’. In F. Jones & J. Bright, ‘Stress: Myth, Theory & Research’, London: Prentice Hall