Dr. Linda Trenberth
Linda joined Birkbeck in 2000 from Massey University in New Zealand. She gained her first degree in Education before taking an MA (Applied) in Recreation and Leisure Management. After working for two years as a project consultant for a local authority she was involved in setting up what is now the leading Sport Management Programme in New Zealand in the College of Business at Massey University. In this area Linda also contributed to and co-edited with Chris Collins the first and only texts in Sport Management in Australasia in 1994 and 1999, and more recently in 2005. She has also more recently published a sport business management text for the UK. Linda gained her PhD in 1997 which explored the relationship between work stress levels and leisure involvement in a large group of managers. Linda has recently completed a psychology qualification and her research and consulting interests include the management of the employee-employer relationship and performance, women in management, as well as work stress, health and work-life balance, career management and sport management. She is particularly qualified and interested in working with clients in the areas of training and development, career management, human resource management and performance, and work stress.