Neill Thompson

Assistant Professor

Department: Psychology

Neill Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in Occupational and Organisational Psychology at Northumbria University and Programme Leader for the MSc Occupational and Organisational Psychology. He is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. As a practitioner psychologist his work focuses on evidence based selection strategies and the delivery of human factors training (non-technical skills focused) to healthcare teams. He is also a member of the Vitalwork Psychology consultancy team.

Neill’s workplace bullying research has explored the prevalence and experiences of bullying and examined the use of interventions in the NHS. His research currently concentrates on three areas; i) the development , implementation and evaluation of interventions, ii) the use of discursive approaches and naturalistic data collection methodologies, iii) the role of the bystander. Neill is a Board Member of the International Association of Workplace Bullying and Harassment (IAWBH) and a member of DRAWING - a UK based practitioner-research collaboration focused on developing bullying interventions.

More broadly Neill’s research interest include a focus on organisational and institutional behaviour in areas such as the use of humour, the experience and social construction of stress, and what happens during specific organisational practices like job interviews or team meetings.

Neill completed his undergraduate degree in Social Psychology at Loughborough University, MA Human Resource Management at Northumbria University and MSc Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London. Previously he has worked as an in-house organisational psychologist and in human resource management.

Campus Address

Room 147, Northumberland Building
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

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Key Publications

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Why the long face? Experiences and observations of bullying behaviour at equestrian centres in Great Britain, Watson, N., Thompson, N., Jooste, J. 1 Oct 2024, In: European Journal for Sport and Society
A “central” perspective: The Video-enhanced Meeting Management and Behaviour (VMMB) method, Ponton, H., Thompson, N., Greenwood, D. 4 Sep 2023, Proceedings of the 39th Annual ARCOM Conference, London, Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM)
Employee Silence in Healthcare: Charting New Avenues for Leadership and Management, Montgomery, A., Lainidi, O., Johnson, J., Creese, J., Baathe, F., Baban, A., Bhattacharjee, A., Carter, M., Dellve, L., Doherty, E., Kheddache Jendeby, M., Morgan, K., Srivastava, M., Thompson, N., Tyssen, R., Vohra, V. 1 Jan 2023, In: Health Care Management Review
Enhancing Feedback in Surgical Training: Intervention Evaluation, Carter, M., Rothwell, C., Hesselgreaves, H., Thompson, N., Emmerson, C. Aug 2023
The importance of understanding Work-as-done: Implications for research and practice in organizational psychology, Thompson, N., Shapiro, E., Ponton, H. 27 Oct 2023, In: InPractice: The EAWOP Practitioners E-Journal
Sexual Orientation Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: A Qualitative Study of LGB Inclusion in a UK Public Sector Organisation, Williams, A., Thompson, N., Kandola, B. 8 Apr 2022, In: The Qualitative Report
Positive and Negative Experiences of Giving, Receiving and Observing Feedback in Surgical Training: Research Report for Health Education England North East, Carter, M., Rothwell, C., Hesselgreaves, H., Thompson, N. Dec 2021
Becoming a professional: The five pillars of identification in Occupational Psychology in the UK, Elsey, V., Thompson, N., Sillence, E., Longstaff, L., Moss, M. 18 Jun 2020, In: InPractice: The EAWOP Practitioners E-Journal
Collaborative Leadership in Systems: Evaluation report on Pilot Development Centre and Coaching, Elsey, V., Carter, M., Longstaff, L., Thompson, N., Wheatman, A. Jun 2020
Development of Competency Framework for Collaborative Leaders in Systems, Elsey, V., Carter, M., Longstaff, L., Thompson, N., Wheatman, A. Jun 2020

Current and Recent Projects

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Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management 3 MSCA RISE Project No 734824, Pearce, A. (Principal Investigator), Thompson, N. (Co Investigator), European Commission, 14/12/16 - 30/12/20, £769,355.00

Professional Activity

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Editorial work: Frontiers in Psychology - Organisational Psychology (Journal) 2020
Invited talk: Bullying in the NHS: Why do we fail, and what can we do? 2018
Oral presentation: Use of naturalistic data in exploring job interviews. 2017