YANNIS GEORGELLIS

Research Interests

• Employee happiness and well-being
• Employee engagement
• Self-employment, entrepreneurship
• Social comparisons
• Employee training
• Employee motivation
• Psychological adaptation
• Unemployment

Selected Publications

• Lai, L., Lin, V., Saridakis, G., Georgellis, Y. (2024). The impact of ability-, motivation- and opportunity-enhancing HR sub-bundles on employee wellbeing: An examination of nonlinearities and occupational differences in skill levels. Human Resource Management Journal, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12551. [CABS 4*; ABDC A]
• Qu, J., Li, J., Georgellis, Y (2024). The psychological strain of becoming self-employed: A longitudinal investigation of honeymoon-hangover effects. Small Business Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00913-3. [ABDC A]
• Idris, B., Saridakis, G., Georgellis, Y., Lai, Y., Johnstone, S. (2024). Exporting is a team sport: The link between management training and performance in SMEs. International Journal of Manpower, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-03-2023-0150. [ABDC A]
• Saridakis, G., Georgellis, Y., Benson, V., Garcia, S., Johnstone, S. and Lai, Y. (2023), "Guest editorial: Work from home (WFH), employee productivity and wellbeing: lessons from COVID-19 and future implications", Information Technology & People, 36(5), 1757-1765. [ABDC A]
• Litsardopoulos, N., Saridakis, G., Georgellis, Y., & Hand, C. (2023). Self-employment experience effects on well-being: A longitudinal study. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 44(2), 454-480 [ABDC A]
• Georgellis, Y., Clark, A., Apergis. E., & Robinson, C. (2022). Occupational status and life satisfaction in the UK: The miserable middle? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 204, 509-527. [ABDC A*]
• Saridakis, G., Georgellis, Y., Muñoz Torres, R., Mohammed, A-M., & Blackburn, R. (2021). From subsistence farming to agribusiness and nonfarm entrepreneurship: Does it improve economic conditions and well-being in Uganda? Journal of Business Research, 136, 567-579. [ABDC A]
• Georgellis, Y., Garcia, S. M., Gregoriou, A., & Ozbilgin, M. (2019). Pay referents and satisfaction with pay: Does occupational proximity matter? British Journal of Management, 30(3), 578-592. [ABDC A]
• Apergis, N., & Georgellis, Y. (2018). Regional unemployment and employee loyalty: evidence from 12 UK regions. Regional Studies, 52(9), 1283-1293. [ABDC A*]
• Georgellis, Y., & Yusuf, A. (2016). Is becoming self‐employed a panacea for job satisfaction? Longitudinal evidence from work to self‐employment transitions. Journal of Small Business Management, 54, 53-76. [ABDC A]
• Tabvuma, V., Georgellis, Y., & Lange, T. (2015). Orientation training and job satisfaction: A sector and gender analysis. Human Resource Management, 54(2), 303-321. [ABDC A*]
• Clark, A. E., & Georgellis, Y. (2013). Back to baseline in Britain: adaptation in the British household panel survey. Economica, 80(319), 496-512. [ABDC A]
• Georgellis, Y., Lange, T., & Tabvuma, V. (2012). The impact of life events on job satisfaction. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80(2), 464-473. [ABDC A*]
• Georgellis, Y., & Lange, T. (2012). Traditional versus secular values and the job–life satisfaction relationship across Europe. British Journal of Management, 23(4), 437-454. [ABDC A]
• Georgellis, Y., Iossa, E., & Tabvuma, V. (2011). Crowding out intrinsic motivation in the public sector. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 21(3), 473-493. [ABDC A]
• Georgellis, Y., Gregoriou, A., & Tsitsianis, N. (2008). Adaptation towards reference values: A non-linear perspective. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 67(3-4), 768-781. [ABDC A*]
• Georgellis, Y., & Tabvuma, V. (2010). Does public service motivation adapt? Kyklos, 63(2), 176-191. [ABDC A]
• Clark, A. E., Diener, E., Georgellis, Y., & Lucas, R. E. (2008). Lags and leads in life satisfaction: A test of the baseline hypothesis. The Economic Journal, 118(529), F222-F243. [ABDC A*]
• Georgellis, Y., & Lange, T. (2007). Participation in continuous, on-the-job training and the impact on job satisfaction: longitudinal evidence from the German labour market. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18(6), 969-985. [ABDC A]
• Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y., & Diener, E. (2003). Reexamining adaptation and the set point model of happiness: reactions to changes in marital status. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(3), 527-39. [ABDC A*]
• Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y., & Diener, E. (2004). Unemployment alters the set point for life satisfaction. Psychological Science, 15(1), 8-13. [ABDC A*]
• Clark, A., Georgellis, Y., & Sanfey, P. (2001). Scarring: The psychological impact of past unemployment. Economica, 68(270), 221-241. [ABDC A]

Selected Conference Presentations

• Institute of Directors, London, UK (2021) “Doing business during the pandemic.”
• British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conference, Bristol, UK (2018) “Work-related stress among the self-employed: A comparison with employees.”
• Business Soundbites Series, Kent Business School-Maidstone City Council, Kent, UK (2017) “Happiness in the workplace: Putting people first”.
• Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA (2017) “The occupational prestige -life satisfaction nexus in Britain. Evidence for a curvilinear relationship".
• Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, USA (2016) “Does religion buffer the negative psychological impact of unemployment?"
• Kreston Reeves-UKC Human Resource Conference- Fit for the future, Kent, UK (2015) “Employee happiness and human flourishing frontiers”.
• Australian Catholic University, Sydney Australia (2015) “Sustainable HRM and Employee Well-being - An International Research Symposium” (Keynote Speaker).
• Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada (2015) “Regional unemployment and employee commitment"
• OECD-Humanistic Management Network Conference, OECD Paris (2014) “Well-being as business purpose”, (Keynote Speaker).
• Government Knowledge Briefing, London (2014) “Employee engagement - Driving productivity and performance”
• Ninth Organizational Studies Workshop (EGOS), Corfu, Greece (2014) “The dark side of happiness: Do happy employees resist organizational change?”
• German Business Federation Sponsored Seminar on youth unemployment in Europe – Generation jobless? London School of Economics (2014) “Psychological consequences of a lack of employment and life perspectives for young adults".
• Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), London (2013) “Making happiness at work, work. How can businesses nourish the happiness and wellbeing of their employees?”
• CRESS-Humanistic Management Center ‘Happiness and wellbeing at work: Bridging the Gap between Academia, Policy and Practice’, (Conference Organiser), London (2013).
• CRESS-CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Skills) “Skills mismatch and firm dynamics: Integrating skills with the world of work" , (Conference Organiser), London (2012).
• International Atlantic Economic Association (IAES) Annual Conference, Athens, Greece (2011) Robert A. Mundell Distinguished Address: “Happiness research: A challenge or an opportunity for the economics profession?” (Keynote Speaker).