Event

The Department of Management Studies invites all interested persons to attend a timely public lecture presented by Professor Rosalind H. Searle as she examines the growing challenge of trust in contemporary organisations on February 23, 2026 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Daaga Auditorium, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

 

In an age of declining confidence in both public and private institutions, this lecture draws on extensive international research to explore how organisational trust is built, maintained and protected. Using evidence from studies of harm and trust violations, the presentation highlights why preserving trust is far more effective than attempting to rebuild it once damaged, and outlines the critical leadership skills required to sustain credible, high-trust organisations.

 

-          Date: Monday, February 23, 2026

-          Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

-          Venue: Daaga Auditorium

 

This event is free and open to the public.

 

About Professor Rosalind H. Searle

 

Professor Rosalind H. Searle holds the chair in Human Resource Management and Organisational Psychology at the University of Glasgow’s Adam Smith Business School, in Scotland, UK, and founding director of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology’s Impact Incubator (www.Eawopimpact.org). She is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science (FASS), the British Psychological Society (BPS), the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), the Royal Society of Arts, and an academic fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Her work examines trust in organisations, identifying Human resources policies and practices and key psychological processes such as moral disengagement. She has published books and articles in leading journal including in Long Range Planning, Human Relations, and the Journal of Organizational Behaviour. Since 2023, she has sat on NHS England’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Taskforce, the Royal College of Surgeons (England) working party of sexual violence in surgery, and most recently NHS Scotland’s network on sexual misconduct. She is a member of the Poverty Alliance - Scotland’s Living Wage Leadership Team.