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Identifying a research agenda for postgraduate taught education in the UK: lessons from a machine learning facilitated systematic scoping review (2023)
Journal Article
Macleod, G., Dozier, M., Marvell, R., Matthews-Smith, G., Macleod, M. R., & Liao, J. (2024). Identifying a research agenda for postgraduate taught education in the UK: lessons from a machine learning facilitated systematic scoping review. Oxford Review of Education, 50(1), 95-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2023.2203376

This research aimed to describe and evaluate research on the Postgraduate Taught (PGT) sector in the UK from January 2008 to October 2019. The focus on PGT allowed a detailed analysis of an often overlooked part of the HE sector. Methodologically, th... Read More about Identifying a research agenda for postgraduate taught education in the UK: lessons from a machine learning facilitated systematic scoping review.

Putting the individual and context back into national human resource development research: A systematic review and research agenda (2022)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Wang, J., Nolan, C., Lai, Y., O'Brien, F., Darcy, C., …McLean, G. (2023). Putting the individual and context back into national human resource development research: A systematic review and research agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews, 25(1), 152-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12308

Conceptualizations of NHRD emphasise that it is an ongoing process of developing the individual shaped by context. However, the extant literature has focused primarily on describing and evaluating NHRD policies and interventions in different countrie... Read More about Putting the individual and context back into national human resource development research: A systematic review and research agenda.

Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programmes: A Lifespan Development Perspective (2022)
Book Chapter
Garavan, T., O’Brien, F., Power, C., Matthews-Smith, G., & Buckley, J. (2022). Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programmes: A Lifespan Development Perspective. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM (335-365). Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-779-420221033

In this chapter, we propose that EETPs should be understood as a lifelong dynamic process and highlight how entrepreneur knowledge, skills and abilities develop across the lifespan (Bohlmann et al., 2017; Brieger et al., 2021). A lifespan theory pers... Read More about Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programmes: A Lifespan Development Perspective.

Rallying to the Flag - A Consolidated Picture of Armed Forces Children’s Education in Scotland in 2021: Laying Foundations & Promoting Development (2022)
Report
MacLeod, C., Short, G., & Matthews-Smith, G. (2022). Rallying to the Flag - A Consolidated Picture of Armed Forces Children’s Education in Scotland in 2021: Laying Foundations & Promoting Development. Edinburgh: Association of Directors of Education in Scotland

This report provides an overview of the numbers of armed forces children at national and local authority level, together with a review of how some authorities have responded to the needs of this part of the pupil population. It therefore marks a star... Read More about Rallying to the Flag - A Consolidated Picture of Armed Forces Children’s Education in Scotland in 2021: Laying Foundations & Promoting Development.

You’re in your own time now: Understanding current experiences of transition to civilian life In Scotland. Interim Report (2021)
Report
Matthews-Smith, G., MacKay, D., Scholl, S., & Thomas, L. (2021). You’re in your own time now: Understanding current experiences of transition to civilian life In Scotland. Interim Report. Edinburgh: Forces in Mind Trust

This report is structured as follows: ❖ Chapter 2 briefly outlines the background and context for the research. ❖ Chapter 3 outlines the research framework in relation to the mixed qualitative and quantitative methodologies and discusses the rese... Read More about You’re in your own time now: Understanding current experiences of transition to civilian life In Scotland. Interim Report.

Strategic Talent Management In The Hospitality Industry (2021)
Book Chapter
Garavan, T., Matthews-Smith, G., Marie Gill, A., & O’Brien, F. (2021). Strategic Talent Management In The Hospitality Industry. In S. Jooss, R. Burbach, & H. Ruël (Eds.), Talent Management Innovations in the International Hospitality Industry (9-29). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-306-220211002

Purpose: Talent management and in particular strategic talent management (STM) has emerged as an important issue for hospitality organisations worldwide. In this chapter, we address some of the complexities evident in hospitality organisations in rel... Read More about Strategic Talent Management In The Hospitality Industry.

Type A/B personality, work–family, and family–work conflict: The moderating effects of emotional intelligence (2021)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Srivastava, S., Madan, P., O’Brien, F., & Matthews-Smith, G. (2022). Type A/B personality, work–family, and family–work conflict: The moderating effects of emotional intelligence. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 33(3), 223-247. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21454

Many employees experience work-family conflict (WFC) and family-work conflict (FWC), multidimensional states of resource depletion. In this paper, we conceptualize Type A and B personality as resource depletion and resource gain scenarios that have i... Read More about Type A/B personality, work–family, and family–work conflict: The moderating effects of emotional intelligence.

Beating the virus: an examination of the crisis communication approach taken by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during the Covid-19 pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., Cunningham, J. E. A., Reynolds, K., & Matthews-Smith, G. (2020). Beating the virus: an examination of the crisis communication approach taken by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during the Covid-19 pandemic. Human Resource Development International, 23(4), 361-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2020.1779543

The Covid-19 pandemic has severely tested the leadership and communication abilities of political leaders globally. Guiding an effective response to the global pandemic has required leaders to demonstrate not only effective planning and coordination... Read More about Beating the virus: an examination of the crisis communication approach taken by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Advancing national human resource development research: suggestions for multilevel investigations (2018)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Wang, J., Matthews-Smith, G., Nagarathnam, B., & Lai, Y. (2018). Advancing national human resource development research: suggestions for multilevel investigations. Human Resource Development International, 21(4), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2018.1429171

National human resource development (NHRD) is now an important area of investigation within human resource development with significant growth in publications over 49 years. Scholars have, however, highlighted the need for multilevel approaches to NH... Read More about Advancing national human resource development research: suggestions for multilevel investigations.

Evaluation (2016)
Book Chapter
Matthews-Smith, G., & Afseth, J. (2016). Evaluation. In Z. Havrdová, G. Matthews-Smith, & P. Huotari (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management, 39-58. Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Abstract not available.

Process of curriculum and module design. (2016)
Book Chapter
Agostinho, M., Afseth, J., & Havrdová, Z. (2016). Process of curriculum and module design. In Z. Havrdová, G. Matthews-Smith, & P. Huotari (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management, 31-38. Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Abstract not available.

Value-based Healthcare: Utopian vision or fit for Purpose. (2016)
Book Chapter
Garavan, T., & Matthews-Smith, G. (2016). Value-based Healthcare: Utopian vision or fit for Purpose. In A. Ortenblad, C. Abrahamson Lofstrom, & R. Sheaff (Eds.), Management Innovations for Healthcare organizations, 412-430. (1). Taylor & Francis

Intercultural Management. (2016)
Book Chapter
Afseth, J., Kokkonen, M., & Rebelo dos Santos, N. (2016). Intercultural Management. In Z. Havrdová, G. Matthews-Smith, & P. Huotari (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management, 99-114. Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Abstract not available.

Summary and Conclusions. (2016)
Book Chapter
Havrdová, Z., Matthews‑Smith, G., Huotari, P., & Agostinho, M. (2016). Summary and Conclusions. In Z. Havrdová, G. Matthews-Smith, & P. Huotari (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management, 59-70. Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Abstract not available.

Theoretical and organisational background. (2016)
Book Chapter
Matthews-Smith, G., Afseth, J., & Huotari, P. (2016). Theoretical and organisational background. In Z. Havrdová, G. Matthews-Smith, & P. Huotari (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management, 9-14. Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Abstract not available.

Embedding compassionate care in local NHS practice: developing a conceptual model through realistic evaluation (2016)
Journal Article
MacArthur, J., Wilkinson, H., Matthews-Smith, G., & Gray, M. A. (2017). Embedding compassionate care in local NHS practice: developing a conceptual model through realistic evaluation. Journal of Research in Nursing, 22(1-2), 130-147. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987116678901

The aim of this study was to critically analyse the impact of the ‘Leadership in Compassionate Care Programme’ and offer a conceptual model of factors that can embed compassionate care in contemporary health care environments. This three-year initiat... Read More about Embedding compassionate care in local NHS practice: developing a conceptual model through realistic evaluation.

Improving the experience of hip fracture care: A multidisciplinary collaborative approach to implementing evidence-based, person-centred practice (2015)
Journal Article
Christie, J., Macmillan, M., Currie, C., & Matthews-Smith, G. (2015). Improving the experience of hip fracture care: A multidisciplinary collaborative approach to implementing evidence-based, person-centred practice. International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, 19(1), 24-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijotn.2014.03.003

Background Hip fracture care is well supported by national guidelines and audit that provide evidence of safe interventions and an improved process. In the drive for organisational efficiency, complications have been reduced and length of stay sho... Read More about Improving the experience of hip fracture care: A multidisciplinary collaborative approach to implementing evidence-based, person-centred practice.

Mindfulness Life world Study: A longitudinal, phenomenological study of mindfulness-based stress reduction training as experienced by people with long term conditions (2014)
Report
Mathews, G., Matthews-Smith, G., Macmillan, M., & Gilbert, T. (2013). Mindfulness Life world Study: A longitudinal, phenomenological study of mindfulness-based stress reduction training as experienced by people with long term conditions. Scotland: Queens Nursing Institute

To explore the experience of mindfulness training as perceived by people living with differing forms of enduring conditions whilst participating in a year-long group intervention that sought to progress group members from beginner to self-managed sta... Read More about Mindfulness Life world Study: A longitudinal, phenomenological study of mindfulness-based stress reduction training as experienced by people with long term conditions.