Dr Steff Worst

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

I’m a Senior Lecturer in the department of Leadership & Human Resource Development at Northumbria University. My PhD explored lesbian and gay experiences of expectations on gender and sexuality at work. I am passionate in researching the day-to-day life of LGBT* people, particularly the potential of queer and non-normative identities to challenge and broaden embedded modes of thinking.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

I’m a Senior Lecturer in the department of Leadership & Human Resource Development at Northumbria University. My PhD explored lesbian and gay experiences of expectations on gender and sexuality at work. I am passionate in researching the day-to-day life of LGBT* people, particularly the potential of queer and non-normative identities to challenge and broaden embedded modes of thinking.

Key Publications

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Queer analysis, O'Shea, S., Worst, S. 14 Nov 2023, Handbook of Feminist Research Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
From Chess to Queergaming: ‘Play’ing with and disrupting heteronormative assumptions in the performance of gender and sexual orientation, Worst, S., O'Shea, S. 19 Oct 2020, In: Human Resource Development International
Perceptions of LGBT issues in public sector trade unions - a comparison of the views of some UK and German trade unionists, Worst, S., Abbott, S. Nov 2008, Becoming or Unbecoming? Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Research in the 21st Century

Qualifications

Business andManagement Studies PhD January 07 2016
Business and Administration BA May 30 2012
Business and Administration MA (Hons) September 01 2008

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