Key details
Dr Alexandra A.E.S. Stroleny
Senior Lecturer
Dr Alexandra Stroleny is a senior lecturer and researcher for the Centre for Research on Employment and Work (CREW) and the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU). Prior to joining the University of 糖心Vlog in 2018, she worked as a researcher at NatCen – the National Centre for Social Research.
Her expertise is in mixed-method, cross-country comparative research on employment relations and human resource management (HRM), with a specific focus on healthcare in Central and Eastern Europe. She obtained her PhD at King's College London (KCL). Her doctoral thesis examined how distinct national institutional contexts shape HRM practice in public sector hospitals in Germany and the Czech Republic. During her time at KCL she was involved in EU-funded research projects on the impact of austerity and the role of service users in the public sector in Europe.
More recent research with colleagues examines how employers have managed the global health crisis and how this has affected employees. She is currently part of a research team investigating industrial action in the health and care sector.
Responsibilities within the university
Module Leadership (e.g. Public Sector Management), Tutor on various modules (e.g. Business Research Methods, International HRM), Dissertation supervision at undergraduate and postgraduate level, Personal Tutoring, School Representative on the GBS Faculty Research Degrees Committee, Branch Union (UCU) Secretary, Member of the Centre for Research on Employment and Work (CREW) and Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU)
Awards
Nominated ‘outstanding personal tutor’ in 2023, shortlisted in 2021
Recognition
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research / Scholarly interests
Comparative Human Resource Management and Employment Relations; Public sector research
Key funded projects
- Public Services International [PSI] (2025): co-investigator
- British Academy of Management / Leverhulme (2021/2022): co-investigator
- Trade Union Congress [TUC] (2021): co-investigator
Recent publications
Cai, M, Tindal, S., Tartanoglu Bennett, S. & Stroleny, A. (2023) Between mundane and extreme: the nature of work on the UK supermarket frontline during a public health crisis, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 35 (9): 1626-1653.
Cai, M. Moore, S., Stroleny, A., Tartanoglu-Bennett, S. and Tindal, S. (2022) Workforce transitions and worker experiences during the pandemic, TUC report .
Stroleny, A. (2018) Assessing approaches to appraisal: A comparison of performance appraisal practices and consequences for hospital nurses in the Czech Republic and Germany, PhD Thesis, King’s College London, .
Bach, S. & Stroleny, A. (2017) A Tale of Two Cities: Employer and Trade Union Responses to Local Government Retrenchment in Britain, Sociologie du travail, 59 (1).
Bach, S. & Stroleny, A. (2014) Restructuring UK local government employment relations: pay determination and employee participation in tough times, Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 20 (3): 343-356.
Bach, S. & Stroleny, A. (2013) Public Service Employment Restructuring in Britain and Ireland: Social Partnership or Concession Bargaining?, European Journal of Industrial Relations, 19 (4): 341-357.