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Carrying the load: a moderated mediation study exploring the link between perceived organizational support and burnout amongst management consultants (2025)
Journal Article
Bernard, D., McGuire, D., Harte, P., & Müller, P. (online). Carrying the load: a moderated mediation study exploring the link between perceived organizational support and burnout amongst management consultants. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, https://doi.org/10.1108/joepp-07-2024-0306

Purpose
This study investigates the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS), employee resilience and workload on burnout in the consulting sector, which is characterized by long working hours and high pressure.

Design/methodo... Read More about Carrying the load: a moderated mediation study exploring the link between perceived organizational support and burnout amongst management consultants.

HRD & Remote Working (2023)
Digital Artefact
McGuire, D., Li, J., & Farrer, L. (2023). HRD & Remote Working. [Podcast]

Season 4 Episode 7 of the ALLbyPODCAST

Skills audits: an integrative literature review (2022)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., McVicar, O., & Tariq, U. E. H. (2023). Skills audits: an integrative literature review. Industrial and Commercial Training, 55(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/ict-06-2021-0042

Purpose
Skills audits represent an important vehicle for analysing and monitoring skills coverage across organisations and nations and identifying skills gaps and mismatches that exist. In so doing, they provide valuable data on the competitive posi... Read More about Skills audits: an integrative literature review.

Using Developmental Relationships to Foster Trust in Effective Virtual Teams: Lessons in Emergency Preparedness from the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Book Chapter
Germain, M.-L., & McGuire, D. (2022). Using Developmental Relationships to Foster Trust in Effective Virtual Teams: Lessons in Emergency Preparedness from the COVID-19 Pandemic. In R. Ghosh, & H. M. Hutchins (Eds.), HRD Perspectives on Developmental Relationships (273-303). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85033-3_12

Globalization and cost-saving initiatives undertaken by organizations continue to play an essential role in the transition from face-to-face to virtual team environments (Mancuso et al., in Advances in Developing Human Resources 12:681–699, 2010). Th... Read More about Using Developmental Relationships to Foster Trust in Effective Virtual Teams: Lessons in Emergency Preparedness from the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Business support and training in minority-ethnic, family-run firms: the case of SMEs in Scotland (2019)
Journal Article
Cunningham, J., & McGuire, D. (2019). Business support and training in minority-ethnic, family-run firms: the case of SMEs in Scotland. Human Resource Development International, 22(5), 526-552. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2019.1608124

Minority-ethnic, family-run SMEs perform an increasingly important role in the Scottish economy. Yet, research has identified that such businesses are less likely to access publicly funded business support and training opportunities. This paper draws... Read More about Business support and training in minority-ethnic, family-run firms: the case of SMEs in Scotland.

Unlocking hospitality managers career transitions through applying Schein’s career anchors theory (2017)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., Polla, G., & Heidl, B. (2017). Unlocking hospitality managers career transitions through applying Schein’s career anchors theory. European Journal of Training and Development, 41(7), 578-592. https://doi.org/10.1108/ejtd-04-2016-0022

Purpose

This paper seeks to unlock the career transitions of hospitality managers through applying Schein’s career anchors theory. It seeks to understand how Schein’s Career Anchors help explain the career transitions of managers in the Scottish h... Read More about Unlocking hospitality managers career transitions through applying Schein’s career anchors theory.

The use of gendered language in speeches made by Trump and Clinton adhered to stereotypes of the roles of male and female leaders (2017)
Digital Artefact
McGuire, D., MacKenzie, A., & Kissack, H. (2017). The use of gendered language in speeches made by Trump and Clinton adhered to stereotypes of the roles of male and female leaders. [Blog post]

Speeches delivered by Donald J. Trump and Hillary Rodham Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign contained many uses of gendered language. David McGuire, Abbi MacKenzie and Heather Kissack evaluate the use of first person singular pronouns, ang... Read More about The use of gendered language in speeches made by Trump and Clinton adhered to stereotypes of the roles of male and female leaders.

Positive and inclusive language and imagery can help candidates win over voters in times of crisis. (2017)
Digital Artefact
McGuire, D., Cunningham, J., & Garavan, T. (2017). Positive and inclusive language and imagery can help candidates win over voters in times of crisis. [Blog post]

On the eve of the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America, David McGuire, James Cunningham and Thomas Garavan look back at the historic 2008 campaign of Barack Hussein Obama and examine how he used speech... Read More about Positive and inclusive language and imagery can help candidates win over voters in times of crisis..

The Use of Imagery in the Campaign Speeches of Barack Hussein Obama and John McCain during the 2008 US Presidential Election. (2016)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., Garavan, T. N., Cunningham, J., & Duffy, G. (2016). The Use of Imagery in the Campaign Speeches of Barack Hussein Obama and John McCain during the 2008 US Presidential Election. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 37(4), 430-449. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-07-2014-0136

Purpose – The use of imagery in leadership speeches is becoming increasingly important in shaping the beliefs and actions of followers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of speech imagery and linguistic features employed during the... Read More about The Use of Imagery in the Campaign Speeches of Barack Hussein Obama and John McCain during the 2008 US Presidential Election..

Testing the existence of a Green Contract: an exploratory study. (2015)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., & Germain, M.-L. (2015). Testing the existence of a Green Contract: an exploratory study. Advances in developing human resources, 17(4), 489-503. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422315599622

The Problem: Climate change has been identified as one of the most significant challenges of this generation. Yet, little is known about the reciprocal expectations that organizations and customers have in relation to environmental issues. Moreover,... Read More about Testing the existence of a Green Contract: an exploratory study..

Knowledge sharing in small family firms: a leadership perspective. (2015)
Journal Article
Cunningham, J., Seaman, C., & McGuire, D. (2016). Knowledge sharing in small family firms: a leadership perspective. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 7(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.10.002

Knowledge sharing is considered critical in the development of a knowledge resource to contribute to the strategic development of the firm. However, how this key organisational activity takes place in small family firms is unknown, as much of the sur... Read More about Knowledge sharing in small family firms: a leadership perspective..