All Outputs (41)

Extreme work in organizations: mapping the field and a future research agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Grant, K., Holland, P., Bartram, T., & Mackenzie, C. (in press). Extreme work in organizations: mapping the field and a future research agenda. International Journal of Human Resource Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2024.2329399

Despite the growing interest in the phenomenon of extreme work amongst academics, policy makers and the media, the area is characterized by different constructs, terminology, and disparate research findings on both contexts and outcomes. The aim of t... Read More about Extreme work in organizations: mapping the field and a future research agenda.

Re-configuring the jigsaw puzzle: Balancing time, pace, place and space of work in the Covid-19 era (2023)
Journal Article
Grant, K., McQueen, F., Osborn, S., & Holland, P. (in press). Re-configuring the jigsaw puzzle: Balancing time, pace, place and space of work in the Covid-19 era. Economic and Industrial Democracy, https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x231195686

Drawing on the principles of Conservation of Resources (COR) theory and the Work–Home Resources (W-HR) model, this research captured the lived experiences of 19 parents from across Scotland during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. The data were derive... Read More about Re-configuring the jigsaw puzzle: Balancing time, pace, place and space of work in the Covid-19 era.

Work design, technology, and commercial airline pilots: Are we unlearning the lesson of management history? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Holland, P., Grant, K., & Tham, T. L. (2023, June). Work design, technology, and commercial airline pilots: Are we unlearning the lesson of management history?. Paper presented at 16th International Human Resource Management Conference, London

Job crafting as a means of shifting emphasis from ‘work-life balance’ towards managing ‘work-home conflict’ in the post Covid-19 era (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Grant, K., McQueen, F., Osborn, S., & Holland, P. (2023, June). Job crafting as a means of shifting emphasis from ‘work-life balance’ towards managing ‘work-home conflict’ in the post Covid-19 era. Paper presented at 16th International Human Resource Management Conference, London

Implicit Bias Training is Dead, Long Live Implicit Bias Training: The evolving role of human resource development in combatting implicit bias within organizations (2022)
Book Chapter
McFadden, C. (2022). Implicit Bias Training is Dead, Long Live Implicit Bias Training: The evolving role of human resource development in combatting implicit bias within organizations. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM (383-398). Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-779-420221037

Critical Human Resource Development: Challenges and Prospects (2022)
Book Chapter
McFadden, C., & L. Bierema, L. (2022). Critical Human Resource Development: Challenges and Prospects. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM (243-259). Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-779-420221025

Sustainable Human Resource Management and Organizational Sustainability (2022)
Book Chapter
Bratton, A., & Paulet, R. (2022). Sustainable Human Resource Management and Organizational Sustainability. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM. Bingley: Emerald

The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM (2022)
Book
Holland, P., Bartram, T., Garavan, T., & Grant, K. (Eds.). (2022). The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM. Bingley: Emerald

Technology advancement and the widespread impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have had a major impact on both the contours and terrain of work, employment, and the management of people. Understanding these complex developments requires fresh perspective... Read More about The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM.

Wicked leadership development for wicked problems (2022)
Book Chapter
Howieson, W. B., & Grant, K. (2022). Wicked leadership development for wicked problems. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces, and Disruptive Issues in HRM (303-316). Bingley: Emerald

Conclusion: Work, workplaces, and human resource management in times of disruption (2022)
Book Chapter
Holland, P., Bartram, T., Garavan, T., & Grant, K. (2022). Conclusion: Work, workplaces, and human resource management in times of disruption. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces, and Disruptive Issues in HRM (597-602). Bingley: Emerald

Human resource management, leadership, and knowledge management: Never the twain shall meet (2022)
Book Chapter
Garavan, T., Grant, K., Darcy, C., O'Brien, F., & Clarke, N. (2022). Human resource management, leadership, and knowledge management: Never the twain shall meet. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces, and Disruptive Issues in HRM (129-148). Bingley: Emerald

Introduction: Work, workplaces, and human resource management in a disruptive world (2022)
Book Chapter
Holland, P., Bartram, T., Garavan, T., & Grant, K. (2022). Introduction: Work, workplaces, and human resource management in a disruptive world. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces, and Disruptive Issues in HRM (1-12). Bingley: Emerald

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.

Young people’s expectations of work, and readiness of the workplace: Two sides of the same coin? (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Grant, K., Egdell, V., & Vincent, D. (2021, April). Young people’s expectations of work, and readiness of the workplace: Two sides of the same coin?. Paper presented at The 39th International Labour Process Conference, University of Greenwich, London

Since the 2008 economic downturn, the education-to-work transitions of young people have been a concern for governments across Europe (Coppola & O’Higgins 2016). Young people may experience complex, delayed and insecure education-to-work transitions.... Read More about Young people’s expectations of work, and readiness of the workplace: Two sides of the same coin?.

Learning and development effectiveness in organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness (2020)
Book
Garavan, T., O'Brien, F., Duggan, J., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., …Grant, K. (2020). Learning and development effectiveness in organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness. (1). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48900-7

This book offers an integrated and contextualised framework for learning and development (L&D) effectiveness that addresses both the nature of L&D and its antecedents and outcomes in organisations. Scholars and practitioners alike have recognised the... Read More about Learning and development effectiveness in organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness.

Coaction Interrupted: Logic Contestations in the Implementation of Inter‐organisational Collaboration around Talent Management in the Public Sector in Scotland (2020)
Journal Article
Grant, K., Garavan, T., & Mackie, R. (2020). Coaction Interrupted: Logic Contestations in the Implementation of Inter‐organisational Collaboration around Talent Management in the Public Sector in Scotland. European Management Review, 17(4), 915-930. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12404

Our study explores how Human Resources (HR) actors from 24 public sector organisations in Scotland interpret and address multiple and competing institutional logics in the context of the implementation of an inter-organisational collaboration within... Read More about Coaction Interrupted: Logic Contestations in the Implementation of Inter‐organisational Collaboration around Talent Management in the Public Sector in Scotland.

Editorial: Re-conceptualising management development (2020)
Journal Article
Howieson, B., & Grant, K. (2020). Editorial: Re-conceptualising management development. Journal of Management Development, 39(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-01-2020-0018

Howieson, B. and Grant, K. (2020), "Re-conceptualising management development", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 39 No. 1, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-01-2020-0018

The dark side of digitalization? A diary study of the impact of digital technologies on work intensification, work-life balance and wellbeing (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Grant, K., Venz, L., & Bottcher, K. (2020). The dark side of digitalization? A diary study of the impact of digital technologies on work intensification, work-life balance and wellbeing

New and advancing technologies challenge the requirements and possibilities for work practices and the ways in which people carry out their roles. Modern technologies and digitalisation have also led to an increase in autonomous and flexible working... Read More about The dark side of digitalization? A diary study of the impact of digital technologies on work intensification, work-life balance and wellbeing.

Drivers of and barriers to flexible working and work-life balance in the Building Services Sector: A mixed methods case study (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Grant, K., & Craig, J. (2020). Drivers of and barriers to flexible working and work-life balance in the Building Services Sector: A mixed methods case study

Changing workplace demographics such as more women, duel earning households, an aging workforce, the rise of one parent families, and digitally savvy millennials mean that contemporary workplaces have become more diverse. Moreover, societal, attitudi... Read More about Drivers of and barriers to flexible working and work-life balance in the Building Services Sector: A mixed methods case study.

Leadership in the public sector: A renewed call to action (2019)
Report
Grant, K., & Williams, R. (2019). Leadership in the public sector: A renewed call to action. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

The UK public sector is facing unprecedented challenges, with a growing demand for leaders and leadership to improve the delivery of sustainable public services. This Reflective Learning Paper is co-written by Kirsteen Grant, Associate Professor (Wor... Read More about Leadership in the public sector: A renewed call to action.