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It’s not what you do; it’s the way that you do it: An exploratory study of talent management as an inherently motivational process in the hospitality sector (2019)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., & Ramdhony, A. (2019). It’s not what you do; it’s the way that you do it: An exploratory study of talent management as an inherently motivational process in the hospitality sector. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 31(10), 3992-4020. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-11-2018-0905

Purpose: This paper draws on the key tenets of self-determination theory (SDT) to explore the possibility of deploying Talent Management (TM) as an inherently motivational process within the hospitality industry and examines the role of managers in... Read More about It’s not what you do; it’s the way that you do it: An exploratory study of talent management as an inherently motivational process in the hospitality sector.

Learning whilst working: perceptions on barriers and enablers to transfer of learning amongst part-time students on a professional MSc programme Education + Training (2019)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., & Barron, P. (2019). Learning whilst working: perceptions on barriers and enablers to transfer of learning amongst part-time students on a professional MSc programme Education + Training. Education and Training, 61(2), 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-04-2018-0098

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine student-learner perceptions of benefits, barriers and enablers in learning whilst working, specifically focussing on learning transfer from a university MSc in Human Resource Management to students’ pr... Read More about Learning whilst working: perceptions on barriers and enablers to transfer of learning amongst part-time students on a professional MSc programme Education + Training.

Strategic Talent Management in Hospitality (2018)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2018). Strategic Talent Management in Hospitality. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 10(1),

2018 DAnnunzio-Green, Edited edition of Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes (WHATT) on Strategic Talent Management, March 2018 Vol 10, No1, 2018.

Reflections on the theme issue outcomes: Is talent management a strategic priority in the hospitality sector? (2018)
Journal Article
D’Annunzio-Green, N., & Teare, R. (2018). Reflections on the theme issue outcomes: Is talent management a strategic priority in the hospitality sector?. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 10(1), 124-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-11-2017-0073

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to profile the WHATT theme issue “Is talent management a strategic priority in the hospitality sector?” with reference to the experiences of the theme editor and writing team. Design/methodology/approach This p... Read More about Reflections on the theme issue outcomes: Is talent management a strategic priority in the hospitality sector?.

Cornerstones of talent management as a strategic priority in the hospitality (2018)
Journal Article
D’Annunzio-Green, N. (2018). Cornerstones of talent management as a strategic priority in the hospitality. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 10(1), 5-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-10-2017-0070

Purpose This paper aims to introduce the theme issue and the rationale for the theme issue question: Is talent management a strategic priority in the hospitality sector? Design/methodology/approach This paper re-visits the conclusions of an earl... Read More about Cornerstones of talent management as a strategic priority in the hospitality.

A dialogic reframing of talent management as a lever for hospitableness (2018)
Journal Article
Ramdhony, A., & D’Annunzio-Green, N. (2018). A dialogic reframing of talent management as a lever for hospitableness. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 10(1), 14-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-10-2017-0066

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider how the talent of hospitableness can be transposed to commercial settings without a wholesale erosion of its altruistic and moral core and how it can be effectively leveraged within the talent managem... Read More about A dialogic reframing of talent management as a lever for hospitableness.

Talent management practices in small- and medium-sized enterprises in the hospitality sector: An entrepreneurial owner-manager perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Chung, K. L., & D’Annunzio-Green, N. (2018). Talent management practices in small- and medium-sized enterprises in the hospitality sector: An entrepreneurial owner-manager perspective. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 10(1), 101-116. https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-10-2017-0065

Purpose This paper aims to examine talent management (TM) practices in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the hospitality industry. Specifically, the views of SME owner-managers in the hotel and restaurant sector are examined. There a... Read More about Talent management practices in small- and medium-sized enterprises in the hospitality sector: An entrepreneurial owner-manager perspective.

Conclusion: is talent management a strategic priority in the hospitality sector? (2018)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2018). Conclusion: is talent management a strategic priority in the hospitality sector?. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 10(1), 117-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-10-2017-0071

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a conclusion to the theme issue question “Is talent management a strategic priority in the hospitality sector?” Design/methodology/approach The issues and debates relevant to the strategic question... Read More about Conclusion: is talent management a strategic priority in the hospitality sector?.

HRD and global talent development (2017)
Book Chapter
Bratton, A., Garavan, T., D'Annunzio-Green, N., & Grant, K. (2017). HRD and global talent development. In T. Garavan, A. McCarthy, & R. Carbery (Eds.), Handbook of International Human Resource Development: Context, Processes and People, 417-443. Edward Elgar Publishing

No abstract available.

International Talent (2017)
Book Chapter
Bratton, A., Garavan, T., D'Annunzio-Green, N., & Grant, K. (2017). International Talent. In R. Carbery, A. McCarthy, & T. Garavan (Eds.), Handbook of International Human Resource Development Context, Processes and People. Edward Elgar Publishing

No abstract available.

Conceptualising sustainable leadership (2017)
Journal Article
D’Annunzio-Green, N., Gerard, L., McMillan, J., & D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2017). Conceptualising sustainable leadership. Industrial and Commercial Training, 49(3), 116-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/ict-12-2016-0079

Literature encompassing Sustainable Leadership and developing leaders sustainably are still in infancy (Lambert, 2011). Nevertheless indications identify leadership as a vital cog in achieving sustainable organisations. Sustainable leadership can all... Read More about Conceptualising sustainable leadership.

The Impact of Arts-Based Leadership Development on Leader Mind-Set: A Field Experiment (2015)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., McGarry, A., Watson, S., D'Annunzio-Green, N., & O'Brien, F. (2015). The Impact of Arts-Based Leadership Development on Leader Mind-Set: A Field Experiment. Advances in developing human resources, 17(3), 391-407. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422315588358

The Problem Arts-based leadership interventions have gained a foothold in the leadership development literature; however, few studies have investigated their effectiveness. These interventions include music, drama, art, and performance and are utiliz... Read More about The Impact of Arts-Based Leadership Development on Leader Mind-Set: A Field Experiment.

Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners (2013)
Journal Article
Christie, H., Barron, P., & D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2013). Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners. Studies in Higher Education, 38, 623-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2011.588326

This article investigates the dynamic transitions that college leavers make to university. It draws on qualitative research with a group of students who took direct entry to the second or third year of a degree programme at university, to show that s... Read More about Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners.

A smooth transition?: Education and social expectations of direct entry students (2009)
Journal Article
Barron, P., & D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2009). A smooth transition?: Education and social expectations of direct entry students. Active learning in higher education, 10(1), 7-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787408100190

While the most common type of student entering higher education falls within the 17—19-year-old age group, universities in the UK are keen to accept other categories of students onto programmes as a means of increasing diversity and maintaining stude... Read More about A smooth transition?: Education and social expectations of direct entry students.

Education and talent management: implications for the hospitality industry (2008)
Journal Article
Barron, P. (2008). Education and talent management: implications for the hospitality industry. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), 730-742. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110810897583

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore one of the biggest issues and challenges now faced by hospitality education and the hospitality industry: that of how to attract and retain a critical group of talented people. Design/methodology/appr... Read More about Education and talent management: implications for the hospitality industry.

Managing the talent management pipeline: Towards a greater understanding of senior managers' perspectives in the hospitality and tourism sector (2008)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2008). Managing the talent management pipeline: Towards a greater understanding of senior managers' perspectives in the hospitality and tourism sector. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), 807-819. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110810897628

Purpose– This paper aims to explore managers' views on the challenges and opportunities around the talent management (TM) pipeline in a range of hospitality and tourism organisations. The paper seeks to focus on drawing out key issues and suggesting... Read More about Managing the talent management pipeline: Towards a greater understanding of senior managers' perspectives in the hospitality and tourism sector.

Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism (2008)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., Maxwell, G., & Watson, S. (2008). Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), https://doi.org/10.1108/ijchm.2008.04120gaa.003

This commentary provides some discussion on emergent points from the articles presented in this thematic edition and re-visits our strategic question posed at the beginning of this theme issue, “what does the highly contemporary, human resource topic... Read More about Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism.

Journal of Contemporary Hospitality management (2008)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., Maxwell, G., & Watson, S. (2008). Journal of Contemporary Hospitality management. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7),

Human resource development and the psychological contract: Great expectations or false hopes? (2005)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., & Francis, H. (2005). Human resource development and the psychological contract: Great expectations or false hopes?. Human Resource Development International, 8(3), 327-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678860500199725

Our paper presents findings of an exploratory study of managers’ experiences of an emotion management leadership programme in a large retail company. Drawing on the concept of the psychological contract, we explore the signalling by the programme of... Read More about Human resource development and the psychological contract: Great expectations or false hopes?.