
Background
With a background in Economics from Utrecht University (Netherlands) and practical experience in the automotive sector and political communication, I joined Leeds University Business School as a PhD researcher in 2017. Researching the interplay of employees’ fairness perceptions, shared values and union voice in the relationship between intra-workplace pay inequality and employee trust, my research takes an interdisciplinary approach merging labour economics, sociology of work and social psychology. I have also been involved in projects investigating the role and position of labour unions on climate change action, working time reduction and the role of values for climate policy support. My work is primarily of quantitative empirical nature, but I am also interested in mixed-methods approaches.
Research interests
- Inequality and inequality perceptions
- The interplay of technology, work, and inequality
- Values
- Socio-ecological transformation
Journal articles
Towards a Paradigm Shift: How Can Machine Learning Extend the Boundaries of Quantitative Management Scholarship?
Danat Valizade, Felix Schulz & Cezara Nicoara (2022) British Journal of Management
The effect of intra-workplace pay inequality on employee trust in managers: assessing a multilevel moderated mediation effect model
Schulz, F., Valizade, D., Charlwood, A. (2021) Human Relations
Digit Data Commentaries
Missing Data: Understanding UK firms’ investment in and use of new digital technologies at work
This Data Commentary examines the limitations of existing employer-level datasets for policymakers attempting to navigate the digital transformation of work.
Researchers present at BUIRA conference 2022
Digit researchers discuss their work at the BUIRA Annual Conference