Her principal research interests are employee engagement, alienation, and motivation. She was previously Assistant Director of the Kingston Employee Engagement Consortium, and Director of the MSc in Human Resource Management at Kingston University. Amanda is currently working on a number of projects related to employee engagement, and is also an Assistant Editor of a special issue in employee engagement for the International Journal of Human Resource Management. Amanda has also been invited to speak to both practitioners and scholars in the field of employee engagement. She has published scholarly papers in a number of outlets, including Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Gender Work and Organization, and Equality Diversity and Inclusion. Amanda is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Academy of Management. 11.00-11.15am