Sally Maitlis Explained

Sally Maitlis
Birth Place:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:British
Discipline:Psychologist

Sally Maitlis, (born 1965) is a British psychologist and academic, who specialises in work psychology and organisational behaviour. Since 2014, she has been Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.[1] [2]

Personal life

Maitlis was born in 1965 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada..[3] He father, Professor Peter Maitlis, FRS, was a chemist and academic, and her mother Marion Maitlis was a linguist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist.[4] She has two sisters including journalist Emily Maitlis,[5] who described her as "the rebel [...] who pushed all the boundaries". She has two daughters.

Education and career

Maitlis studied psychology at University College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1986. She then became a research assistant at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, before joining Saville and Holdsworth Ltd as an occupational psychologist in 1988. She joined the University of Sheffield in 1991 as a research scientist in its Social and Applied Psychology Unit. She also undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree which Sheffield awarded her in 1998 for a doctoral thesis titled "Symphonic dances: a study of deciison making in British symphony orchestras".[6] She spent 1998 as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.

In 1999, Maitlis joined the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2007, and made Professor of Organizational Behavior in 2014. Then, also in 2014, she was appointed Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

In addition to her main academic career in work psychology, she has an interest in counselling psychology and psychotherapy.[7] She completed a Master of Education (MEd) degree in counselling psychology with the University of British Columbia in 2012, and a clinical diploma in integrative psychotherapy with the Metanoia Institute in 2021. Although initially a hobby, she has worked as an integrative psychotherapist since 2012.

Honours

In 2022, Maitlis was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[8] In 2023, she was given the MOC Distinguished Scholar Award by the Academy of Management.[9]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sally Maitlis . Saïd Business School . University of Oxford . 24 September 2024 . en . 15 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Professor Sally Maitlis FBA . The British Academy . 24 September 2024.
  3. Web site: Maitlis, Prof. Sally, (born 2 Feb. 1965), Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, since 2014 . . Oxford University Press . 24 September 2024 . en . 1 December 2023.
  4. News: Acharya . Dipal . Hunter-Johnston . Lucy . All about our mothers... Shingai Shoniwa, Emily Maitlis and Dan Snow . 24 September 2024 . Evening Standard . 8 March 2013 . en.
  5. emily m . Emily Maitlis . maitlis . 1550773439623036929 . 23 July 2022 . Just deeply in awe of my sis - Professor Sally Maitlis. .. and delightfully proud. Seven Oxford academics elected British Academy Fellows . 24 September 2024 .
  6. Maitlis . Sally . 1998 . Symphonic dances: a study of deciison making in British symphony orchestras . PhD . University of Sheffield . 24 September 2024.
  7. Maitlis . Sally . Bringing My Selves to Work: A Revisionist History of an Academic Career . Journal of Management Inquiry . 15 August 2024 . 10.1177/10564926241261903 . 24 September 2024 . en . 1056-4926.
  8. Web site: Record number of women elected to the British Academy . thebritishacademy.ac.uk . The British Academy . 24 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220812150205/https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/record-number-of-women-elected-to-the-british-academy/ . 12 August 2022.
  9. Web site: MOC Distinguished Scholar Award . Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division . Academy of Management . 24 September 2024 . en . 2023.

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