Undergraduate Courses

• MGMT 1001 Introduction to Management
• MGMT 2026 Production and Operations Management
• MGMT 3031- Business, Strategy and Policy
• TOUR 2004 Research Methods for Business

• MGMT 6901/SPSC6902  Research Methods for Business and Social Sciences

Research Interests

• Work-related Stress
• Emotional Intelligence 
• Health and Wellness
• Workplace Performance

• The Most Outstanding Researcher in Faculty of Social Sciences  (2013-2014)
• Best Applied Research Project  for the Barbados Transport Board Route Analysis and Service Quality Project in collaboration with  Dr. Dion Greenidge and Prof. Justin Robinson, Campus Research Week, University of the West Indies (2011-2012)

• King, J. and Devonish, D. 2021. Mental health and COVID-19 perceptions in a predominantly black population in the Eastern Caribbean: an exploratory study of residents of Barbados. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-07-2021-0085.
• Phillips, S., Lorde, T. and Devonish, D., 2019.   A structural model of HIV risk taking intentions in Barbados. HIV and AIDS Review 18(1) pp. 62-69.
• Persaud, N., Devonish, D., and Persaud, I., 2019. Nuts and bolts of research methodology. From conceptualization to write-up. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-976-637-973-5.
• Devonish, D., 2018. Effort-reward imbalance at work: the role of job satisfaction. Personnel Review 47(2), pp. 319-333.
• Devonish, D., 2017. Gender, effort-reward imbalance at work, and burnout. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 33(6) pp. 441-452
• Devonish, D., 2017. Managers’ perceptions of mental illness in Barbadian workplaces: an exploratory study. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice 12(3), pp.161-172.
• Teoh, K.R.H., Coyne, I., Devonish, D., Leather, P. and Zarola, A., 2016. The interaction between supportive and unsupportive manager behaviors on employee work attitudes.  Personnel Review, 45(6), pp.1386-1402.
• Greenidge, D., Devonish, D. and Alleyne, P., 2014. The relationship between ability-based emotional intelligence and contextual performance and counterproductive work behaviors: A test of the mediating effects of job satisfaction. Human Performance, 27(3), pp.225-242.
• Devonish, D., 2014. Job demands, health, and absenteeism: does bullying make things worse? Employee relations, 36(2), pp. 165-181.
• Devonish, D., 2013. Workplace bullying, employee performance and behaviors. Employee Relations, 35(6), pp. 630-647.
• Devonish, D., Kouvonen, A. and Coyne, I., 2012. The justice‐workplace health relationship: the mediating role of emotions. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 5(2), pp. 88-103.

• International Journal of Workplace Health Management 
• Employee Relations: International Journal
• Journal of Managerial Psychology
• Personnel Review Journal
• Management Research Journal 

Areas of Expertise

• Organisational Psychology
• Workplace Stress, Wellness and Performance 
• Business and Social Research
• Multivariate Analysis 

• Lead Research and Policy Coordinator/Developer and Author, of the National Committee for Workplace Wellness (for the National Workplace Wellness Policy), Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Government of Barbados ( 2016 - 2019)
• Chief Consultant and Researcher, Development of a Mental Health Unit/Facility for Children and Adolescents for the Psychiatric Hospital (Barbados) - Funding by Sandy Lane Trust  (2016)

• Member,  Continuing Education Committee -The Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychology (SIOP)  (2019)
• Lead Planner and Research Coordinator, Strategic Committee Responsible for the Barbados’ Social Partnership Annual Week of Excellence Programme (2016 - 2019)
• IStrategic Committee Advisor, Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s (QEH) Research Committee on Hospital Management (in the areas of workplace health management, wellness and employee behaviour) (2016-2017)
• Member, National Committee for Workplace Wellness ( 2019-Present)

UWI Service

Lead Research Coordinator on Committee on UWI’s Institutional Reaccreditation Process  (2018-2019)
Committee Member, UWI’s Business Process Review and Improvement Team (Cave Hill)  (2016)
Committee Member, Vice-Chancellor’s One-UWI Task Force (Cave Hill), (2015-2016)
Committee Member, Faculty of Social Sciences’ Non-Tenured Research Funds, (2015-present)
Committee Member. Faculty of Social Sciences’ Appointments and Promotions Committee, (2015-Present)
Committee Member, Locating Financing Opportunities for Barbadian Undergraduate Students required to pay tuition fees (2014)
Committee Member, Student Performance Review (Faculty of Social Sciences) (2012- Present)
Committee Member, Departmental Strategic Group: Research and Publications  (2012-Present)
Research Team Coordinator, UNDP-UWI project on Democratic Governance Assessment for Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda  (2011-2012)
Sub-Committee Member, Research Team of the Institutional Accreditation Process for the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus (2011)
Member, Research Team coordinating Ministry of Tourism’s Evaluation of Home Accommodation Sector in Barbados  (2010)
Lead Coordinator, Corporate Confidence Index Project of Businesses in Barbados and wider region (with Prof. J. Robinson and Dr. D. Greenidge)  (2009 - Present)