Mahima Saxena
- Assistant Professor
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Additional Information
Education
- Ph.D., Psychological Sciences (Specialization: Industrial-Organizational Psychology), Purdue University, IN
- M.Sc., Occupational Psychology, University of London, United Kingdom
Teaching Interests
- Humanitarian Work Psychology
- Health and Safety at Work / Occupational Health Psychology
- Cross-cultural Psychology
- Diversity
Research Expertise
- Worker Health and Well-being (Job-burnout, Emotions, Sustainable Work)
- Humanitarian Work Psychology (Decent Work, Skills, Informal Economy)
- Women and Minorities in STEM
- Diversity and Cross-cultural Issues in the Workplace
- Experience Sampling Methods
Representative Publications
Saxena, M. (2023). Workplace Incivility in STEM Organizations: A Typology of STEM Incivility and Affective Consequences for Women Employees. Journal of Business Ethics. Online First, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05459-
Saxena, M. & Tchagnéno, C. (2023). Informal work as sustainable work: Pathways to sustainable livelihoods. In S. C. Carr, V. Hopner, & D. Hodgetts, D. & M. Young (Eds.). SIOP Organizational Frontier Series Tackling Precarious Work Towards Sustainable Livelihoods. New York: Routledge/SIOP New Frontiers Series. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003440444
Saxena, M. (2023). Informal work. Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Psychology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.882
Carr, S. C., Meyer, I., Saxena, M., Seubert, C., Hopfgartner, L., Arora, B., Jyoti, D., Rugimbana, R. O., & Kempton, H. (2022). “Our fair-trade coffee tastes better.” It might but under what conditions? Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12416
Saxena, M. (2021). Cultural skills as drivers of decency in decent work: An investigation of skilled workers in the informal economy. European Journal of Work and Organisational Psychology, 30(6), 824-836. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0328-7305
Decent Work & Well-being Lab: Directed by Dr. Saxena, the Decent Work & Well-being Lab focuses on answering basic questions pertaining to the sustainability of the modern world of work and organizations and their impacts on the wellbeing of environment, societies, and the planet from a multidisciplinary perspective using cutting-edge and ecologically valid research methods. Dr. Saxena also provides evidence-driven policy recommendations based on her research.
Topics currently under investigation include Sustainable Livelihoods & Decent Work, Health & Well-being, Micro-entrepreneurship, Informal Economy, Workers in Poverty, the Technology Workforce & STEM Organizations. This research has been supported by external, foundation, and internal grants and has been acknowledged by international research awards.
Additional Information
Education
- Ph.D., Psychological Sciences (Specialization: Industrial-Organizational Psychology), Purdue University, IN
- M.Sc., Occupational Psychology, University of London, United Kingdom
Teaching Interests
- Humanitarian Work Psychology
- Health and Safety at Work / Occupational Health Psychology
- Cross-cultural Psychology
- Diversity
Research Expertise
- Worker Health and Well-being (Job-burnout, Emotions, Sustainable Work)
- Humanitarian Work Psychology (Decent Work, Skills, Informal Economy)
- Women and Minorities in STEM
- Diversity and Cross-cultural Issues in the Workplace
- Experience Sampling Methods
Representative Publications
Saxena, M. (2023). Workplace Incivility in STEM Organizations: A Typology of STEM Incivility and Affective Consequences for Women Employees. Journal of Business Ethics. Online First, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05459-
Saxena, M. & Tchagnéno, C. (2023). Informal work as sustainable work: Pathways to sustainable livelihoods. In S. C. Carr, V. Hopner, & D. Hodgetts, D. & M. Young (Eds.). SIOP Organizational Frontier Series Tackling Precarious Work Towards Sustainable Livelihoods. New York: Routledge/SIOP New Frontiers Series. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003440444
Saxena, M. (2023). Informal work. Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Psychology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.882
Carr, S. C., Meyer, I., Saxena, M., Seubert, C., Hopfgartner, L., Arora, B., Jyoti, D., Rugimbana, R. O., & Kempton, H. (2022). “Our fair-trade coffee tastes better.” It might but under what conditions? Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12416
Saxena, M. (2021). Cultural skills as drivers of decency in decent work: An investigation of skilled workers in the informal economy. European Journal of Work and Organisational Psychology, 30(6), 824-836. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0328-7305
Decent Work & Well-being Lab: Directed by Dr. Saxena, the Decent Work & Well-being Lab focuses on answering basic questions pertaining to the sustainability of the modern world of work and organizations and their impacts on the wellbeing of environment, societies, and the planet from a multidisciplinary perspective using cutting-edge and ecologically valid research methods. Dr. Saxena also provides evidence-driven policy recommendations based on her research.
Topics currently under investigation include Sustainable Livelihoods & Decent Work, Health & Well-being, Micro-entrepreneurship, Informal Economy, Workers in Poverty, the Technology Workforce & STEM Organizations. This research has been supported by external, foundation, and internal grants and has been acknowledged by international research awards.