Dr Sarah Drabble MSc, BSc, BA
Research Associate
Address:
Medical Care Research Unit
Health Services Research
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 1725
Fax: (+44) (0)114 22 20749
Email: s.j.drabble@sheffield.ac.uk
Room: 3038
Biography
I joined the University of Sheffield in 2004 to complete an MSc and PhD in Occupational Psychology at the Institute of Work Psychology. I worked on an SDO-funded project looking at the role of culture change in care of older people in acute hospital settings. Prior to that, I worked as a financial analyst for Ford Motor Company and Visteon Automotive Ltd (automotive supplier) for a number of years.
I moved to ScHARR in July 2010 and am currently working on the QUART project which is looking at the role of qualitative research in randomised controlled trials, funded by the Medical Research Council.
Research Interests
- Qualitative research including discourse analysis, rhetorical analysis and the language-in-use approach.
- The function of emotional language in the construction of identity and during the process of identity work. This was the basis of my doctoral research and considers two functions of emotional language, as a working through of negative emotions that arise when identities are challenged, and the rhetorical function of emotional language, looking at what it enables people to do with their talk.
- Organizational change in a health service context.
- Identity as a discursive construct.
Teaching Interests
I am interested in organisational psychology and qualitative research methods.
Professional Activities
I am a member of the British Psychological Society.
Reviewer for Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
Current Projects
The QUART Study - maximising the role of qualitative research in trials. Funded by the MRC Methodology Programme. PI Prof Alicia O´Cathain (July 2010 – July 2012)
Key Publications
- Drabble, S. J. & Patterson, M. The role of emotional language in identity work. Working paper.
- Drabble, S. J. (2010). Discourses of resistance: A critical analysis of resistance to organisational change as an explanation for negative emotions in others. Paper presented at the 2nd Biennial Institute of Work Psychology Conference on Work, Well-being and Performance, Sheffield, June 29 – July 1st, 2010.
- Drabble, S. (2009). How people justify emotions in organizational change narratives: a discursive psychological approach. Paper presented at European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Conference (EAWOP). Santiago de Compostela, May, 2009.
Section
Sarah Drabble is based in the Medical Care Research Unit in Health Services Research