Dr Anna Galazka
Lecturer in Management, Employment and Organisation
- GalazkaA@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76736
- Adeilad Aberconwy, Ystafell Room F22b, Rhodfa Colum, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
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Trosolwyg
I am a social scientist with an interest in alternative healthcare organizing and a researcher in the field of organizational and sociological aspects of care. I am fascinated by the development, nature and role of social relations in hidden and stigmatised communities and their potential to fuel social innovation for individual empowerment and collective emancipation. After completing my doctorate on organising healthcare with a focus on clinician-patient relations in wound healing at Cardiff Business School, I worked as a post-doctoral research consultant at the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre in collaboration with Cardiff Business School. I now work as a Lecturer in Management, Employment and Organisation where I teach research methods and engage with social theory, sociological literature on stigma and medical professions and critical realist methodologies.
My research interests oscillate around an idea that in an ageing society, communities must cultivate their social fabric to maintain health and well-being. Looking at social innovation in community care, I study how Lindsay Leg Clubs, partnerships between people with leg problems, community volunteers and nurses, generate social value. In my post doctoral service evaluation of UK Leg Clubs I demonstrated that creating a sense of community, fostering collective learning, safeguarding health and offering older volunteers spaces for continued societal functioning are meaningful generators of social health. I have disseminated my findings at public university lectures conferences and through podcasts during the Global Public Health Weeks and via Health Shared. I also lecture on the MSc Wound Healing and Tissue Repair at Cardiff University School of Medicine. Being the first to put Leg Clubs on the social science research agenda, I aspire to become an interdisciplinary, translational researcher who solidifies the value of qualitative evidence in policy evaluation.
To learn more about my work with the Leg Clubs, take a look here:
OUR RESEARCH IN REGARD TO PATIENT EXPERIENCES WITHIN A LEG CLUB SETTING PART 1
OUR RESEARCH IN REGARD TO PATIENT EXPERIENCES WITHIN A LEG CLUB® SETTING PART 2
Cyhoeddiad
2023
- Verbuyst, R. and Galazka, A. M. 2023. Introducing ‘navigating failure in ethnography’: a forum about failure in ethnographic research. Journal of Organizational Ethnography 12(1), pp. 61-75. (10.1108/JOE-10-2022-0027)
- Galazka, A. 2023. Social models in leg care: understanding Lindsay Leg Club volunteering. Wounds UK 19(1), pp. 11-16.
- Galazka, A. M. and Wallace, J. 2023. Challenging the ‘dirty worker’ – ‘clean client’ dichotomy: Conceptualising worker-client relations in dirty work. International Journal of Management Reviews (10.1111/ijmr.12330)
- Galazka, A. 2023. Everyday dirty work: invisibility, communication, and immigrant labor by Alvarez, W. [Book Review]. Work and Occupations (10.1177/07308884231151627)
2022
- Crispin, F., Holloway, S. and Galazka, A. 2022. Members’ experience of Lindsay Leg Clubs®: a thematic metasynthesis of published narratives in qualitative research. Journal of Wound Management, pp. 150-159. (10.35279/jowm2022.23.03)
- Galazka, A. M. 2022. Putting a spotlight on the Lindsay Leg Club volunteers. Wounds UK 18(4), pp. 88-89.
2021
- Galazka, A. 2021. Understanding ICT use in labour administration: taking stock. In: Heyes, J. and Rychly, L. eds. The Governance of Labour Administration: Reforms, Innovations and Challenges. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA; Geneva, Switzerland: Edward Elgar & ILO, pp. 68-89., (10.4337/9781802203158)
- Galazka, A. and Prosser, T. 2021. Social partners’ bargaining strategies in Germany and Spain after the introduction of the Euro: a morphogenetic perspective on corporate agency. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 289-306. (10.1177/0959680120970755)
- O'Mahoney, J., Sturdy, A. and Galazka, A. 2021. Acquiring knowledge through management consultancy: national culture perspective. Journal of Management and Organization (10.1017/jmo.2021.46)
- Galazka, A. and O'Mahoney, J. 2021. The socio-materiality of dirty work: a critical realist perspective. Work, Employment and Society (10.1177/09500170211011321)
- McIntyre, N., Galazka, A., Lindsay, E., Bawden, R. and Renyi, R. 2021. A relational database within the Leg Club Network: an audit. International Wound Journal 18(2), pp. 233-241. (10.1111/iwj.13522)
- Galazka, A. M., Edwards, T. and Harding, K. 2021. Realist evaluation of social outcomes in community care: the application of affordance theory to the Lindsay Leg Clubs. Journal of Critical Realism 20(3), pp. 280-299. (10.1080/14767430.2021.1918969)
- Galazka, A. 2021. Bennet, J.S. Managing Diabetes: The cultural politics of disease [Book Review]. Sociology of Health and Illness 43(2), pp. 545-546. (10.1111/1467-9566.13083)
- Galazka, A. 2021. Moore, M.D. Managing Diabetes, Managing Medicine. Chronic Disease and Clinical Bureaucracy in Post-war Britain [Book Review]. Sociology of Health and Illness 43(2), pp. 548-549. (10.1111/1467-9566.13197)
- Galazka, A. 2021. From ‘dirty wound care’ to ‘woundology’: a professional project for wound healing clinicians. Sociology of Health and Illness 43(1), pp. 99-115. (10.1111/1467-9566.13200)
2020
- Galazka, A., Brooke, C. and Spencer-Veale, D. 2020. Leg Clubs and the coronavirus: keeping a community feel in times of physical distancing. British Journal of Community Nursing 34(4)
- Galazka, A. 2020. Evidence of social value in the Lindsay Leg Club network: an evaluation. British Journal of Nursing 29(20), pp. S12-S13.
- Galazka, A. 2020. Leg Clubs re-entering a post-lockdown world: an update. British Journal of Community Nursing 25(Supple), pp. S41-S42. (10.12968/bjcn.2020.25.Sup9.S41)
- Galazka, A. M., Beynon, M. and Edwards, T. 2020. Index of information and communication technology use in labour administration: its need, its pertinence and its potential use. International Review of Administrative Sciences 86(2), pp. 240-260. (10.1177/0020852318769142)
2019
- Galazka, A. M. 2019. Beyond patient empowerment: clinician-patient advocacy partnerships in wound healing. British Journal of Healthcare Management 25(6), article number: 30. (10.12968/bjhc.2019.0030)
- Galazka, A. M. 2019. Lindsay Leg Clubs: how social infrastructure can improve wound healing. Innov-age Magazine 24, pp. 16-16.
2018
- Galazka, A. M. 2018. Managing stigma: A relational analysis of wound healing in the UK. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Articles
- Verbuyst, R. and Galazka, A. M. 2023. Introducing ‘navigating failure in ethnography’: a forum about failure in ethnographic research. Journal of Organizational Ethnography 12(1), pp. 61-75. (10.1108/JOE-10-2022-0027)
- Galazka, A. 2023. Social models in leg care: understanding Lindsay Leg Club volunteering. Wounds UK 19(1), pp. 11-16.
- Galazka, A. M. and Wallace, J. 2023. Challenging the ‘dirty worker’ – ‘clean client’ dichotomy: Conceptualising worker-client relations in dirty work. International Journal of Management Reviews (10.1111/ijmr.12330)
- Galazka, A. 2023. Everyday dirty work: invisibility, communication, and immigrant labor by Alvarez, W. [Book Review]. Work and Occupations (10.1177/07308884231151627)
- Crispin, F., Holloway, S. and Galazka, A. 2022. Members’ experience of Lindsay Leg Clubs®: a thematic metasynthesis of published narratives in qualitative research. Journal of Wound Management, pp. 150-159. (10.35279/jowm2022.23.03)
- Galazka, A. M. 2022. Putting a spotlight on the Lindsay Leg Club volunteers. Wounds UK 18(4), pp. 88-89.
- Galazka, A. and Prosser, T. 2021. Social partners’ bargaining strategies in Germany and Spain after the introduction of the Euro: a morphogenetic perspective on corporate agency. European Journal of Industrial Relations 27(3), pp. 289-306. (10.1177/0959680120970755)
- O'Mahoney, J., Sturdy, A. and Galazka, A. 2021. Acquiring knowledge through management consultancy: national culture perspective. Journal of Management and Organization (10.1017/jmo.2021.46)
- Galazka, A. and O'Mahoney, J. 2021. The socio-materiality of dirty work: a critical realist perspective. Work, Employment and Society (10.1177/09500170211011321)
- McIntyre, N., Galazka, A., Lindsay, E., Bawden, R. and Renyi, R. 2021. A relational database within the Leg Club Network: an audit. International Wound Journal 18(2), pp. 233-241. (10.1111/iwj.13522)
- Galazka, A. M., Edwards, T. and Harding, K. 2021. Realist evaluation of social outcomes in community care: the application of affordance theory to the Lindsay Leg Clubs. Journal of Critical Realism 20(3), pp. 280-299. (10.1080/14767430.2021.1918969)
- Galazka, A. 2021. Bennet, J.S. Managing Diabetes: The cultural politics of disease [Book Review]. Sociology of Health and Illness 43(2), pp. 545-546. (10.1111/1467-9566.13083)
- Galazka, A. 2021. Moore, M.D. Managing Diabetes, Managing Medicine. Chronic Disease and Clinical Bureaucracy in Post-war Britain [Book Review]. Sociology of Health and Illness 43(2), pp. 548-549. (10.1111/1467-9566.13197)
- Galazka, A. 2021. From ‘dirty wound care’ to ‘woundology’: a professional project for wound healing clinicians. Sociology of Health and Illness 43(1), pp. 99-115. (10.1111/1467-9566.13200)
- Galazka, A., Brooke, C. and Spencer-Veale, D. 2020. Leg Clubs and the coronavirus: keeping a community feel in times of physical distancing. British Journal of Community Nursing 34(4)
- Galazka, A. 2020. Evidence of social value in the Lindsay Leg Club network: an evaluation. British Journal of Nursing 29(20), pp. S12-S13.
- Galazka, A. 2020. Leg Clubs re-entering a post-lockdown world: an update. British Journal of Community Nursing 25(Supple), pp. S41-S42. (10.12968/bjcn.2020.25.Sup9.S41)
- Galazka, A. M., Beynon, M. and Edwards, T. 2020. Index of information and communication technology use in labour administration: its need, its pertinence and its potential use. International Review of Administrative Sciences 86(2), pp. 240-260. (10.1177/0020852318769142)
- Galazka, A. M. 2019. Beyond patient empowerment: clinician-patient advocacy partnerships in wound healing. British Journal of Healthcare Management 25(6), article number: 30. (10.12968/bjhc.2019.0030)
- Galazka, A. M. 2019. Lindsay Leg Clubs: how social infrastructure can improve wound healing. Innov-age Magazine 24, pp. 16-16.
Book sections
- Galazka, A. 2021. Understanding ICT use in labour administration: taking stock. In: Heyes, J. and Rychly, L. eds. The Governance of Labour Administration: Reforms, Innovations and Challenges. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA; Geneva, Switzerland: Edward Elgar & ILO, pp. 68-89., (10.4337/9781802203158)
Thesis
- Galazka, A. M. 2018. Managing stigma: A relational analysis of wound healing in the UK. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Ymchwil
Research interests
Primary
- dirty work
- stigma
- transformative power of positive relationships
- community
- reflexivity
- social innovation
- emancipation
- professionalisation
- wound healing medical work
- qualitative research methods, including ethnography
Secondary
- entrepreneurship
- new ways of working and organising work with use of digital technologies
- digitisation of global labour administration
Research grant applications
- Spring 2021: Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Award: ‘Supporting women entrepreneurs in Wales through the Covid-19 crisis’
- Winter 2021: CARBS Seedcorn Funding: ‘Conceptualising innovative community volunteering: an exploratory study of the Lindsay Leg Clubs’
- Summer 2022; Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Award: ‘Scoping a digital communication solution for Lindsay Leg Clubs through user testing and co-production’
Addysgu
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advanced HE). I am currently teaching on research methods modules that form part of the postgraduate training delivered to both taught and research students. I am a co-coordinator and co-leader on three modules that form part of the MSc Social Science Research Methods programme and a leader on the Healthcare Planning Dissertation module.
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Qualifications
PhD in Organisation Studies from the Cardiff Business School (2019)
MSc in Social Science Research Methods from Cardiff Business School (2013)
MSc in Management of Learning from Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (2011)
BSc in Human Resource Management from Cardiff Business School (2010)
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