Dr Anneke Schaefer

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Dr Anneke Schaefer BA, MSc, PhD

Lecturer

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Biography

I joined Manchester Metropolitan University in 2021 as a lecturer in Human Resource Management and teach within this area on undergraduate and postgraduate level. Prior to this, I was a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Liverpool University, where I completed my PhD in Organisational Behaviour in July 2021. 

Membership of professional associations

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

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518 Business School

Teaching

I mainly teach on our undergraduate programmes. For the academic year 2024/25 I am the unit lead on Introduction to Human Resource Management, and also teach on Fairness at Work and Leading Change, Decision Making and Risk.

Supervision

I supervise undergraduate students and students on our Global Online programmes, as well as our MSc in HRM. 

I am also open to supervising PhD students interested in taking a qualitative approach to explore the broad area of work-life experiences, including:

• Managing work and non-work roles and identities

• Organisational policies and structures in relation to managing non-work roles and identities

• Gender diversity

Research outputs

My research interests include HRM, Organisational Behaviour and Work Psychology topics with a focus on the following:

- The Work-Family interface

- The transition to parenthood in a work context

- Organisational maternity and paternity policies and practices 

- Gender in the workplace

- Non-traditional families (lone parents, blended families, same-sex couples) in the workplace

  • Chapters in books

    Schaefer, A., Radcliffe, L., Gatrell, C. (2020) 'Lone Parents and Blended Families: Advocating Flexible Working to Support Families in Transition.' In Norgate, S.H., Cooper, C.L. (ed.) Flexible Work: Designing our Healthier Future Lives. Routledge,

  • Journal articles

    Schaefer, A., Radcliffe, L., Gatrell, C. 'Understanding the liminal situation of lone-parent and blended families- A review and agenda for work-family research.' International Journal of Management Reviews,

    Schaefer, A., Radcliffe, L., Gatrell, C. '“I would probably feel a bit stupid, sort of intimidated to ask about it” A qualitative inquiry into how different family forms shape how lone parents, repartnered parents, and stepparents feel entitled to organisational work-family support within the UK..' Work, Employment and Society,