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Commercial Airline Pilots’ Stress Across the Travel Cycle: Multi-Level Stressors, Spillover Effects, and the Role of Resources (2024)
Journal Article
Grant, K., Garavan, T., & Holland, P. (online). Commercial Airline Pilots’ Stress Across the Travel Cycle: Multi-Level Stressors, Spillover Effects, and the Role of Resources. Journal of Travel Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875241269999

Commercial airline pilots (CAPs) are a key employee group within the travel industry who are exposed to multi-level institutional and organizational demands that impact their lived experience of stress potentially leading to accidents and incidents.... Read More about Commercial Airline Pilots’ Stress Across the Travel Cycle: Multi-Level Stressors, Spillover Effects, and the Role of Resources.

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. (2024). Extreme work in organizations: mapping the field and a future research agenda. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 35(9), 1603-1625. 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. (2024). Re-configuring the jigsaw puzzle: Balancing time, pace, place and space of work in the Covid-19 era. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 45(3), 794-815. 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.

Supporting sales professionals in continuous professional development: a framework for training, mentoring and coaching (2022)
Journal Article
Mackenzie, C., & Bauer, A. C. (2022). Supporting sales professionals in continuous professional development: a framework for training, mentoring and coaching. Wirtschaft und Management, 32, 67-85

This conceptual paper has the aim of providing a tool suitable for supporting the continuous professional development of sales management and staff.

Previous research highlighted a lack of poor ongoing training and opportunities for continuous... Read More about Supporting sales professionals in continuous professional development: a framework for training, mentoring and coaching.

A new paradigm for CPD in Sales (2021)
Journal Article
Mackenzie, C., & Bauer, A. C. (2021). A new paradigm for CPD in Sales. International Journal of Sales Transformation, 7(4), 10-13

This concept paper discusses the benefits of a continuous Training, Mentoring and Coaching cycle for sales managers and sales executives. It explains the different stages of the cycle and gives suggestions on what each cycle could contain. It is a me... Read More about A new paradigm for CPD in Sales.

Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography (2020)
Journal Article
Patrick-Thomson, H., & Kranert, M. (2021). Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography. Work, Employment and Society, 35(6), 1034-1052. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020952630

While increasing academic attention has been paid to the precariousness of contemporary work, less research has examined how workers organise in response. This article examines how a group of precarious workers—commercial photographers—use an online... Read More about Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography.

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.

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.

Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work (2020)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., Cimini, N., Post, J., & Corry, J. (2020). Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 44(1), 5-12. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4401

This paper argues that trade unions represent natural allies for career services, as they have shared interests in addressing issues of social justice at work. This potentially valuable partnership has been underdeveloped. Two case studies of innovat... Read More about Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work.

Training and Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Temporal, Institutional and Organizational Context Moderators (2020)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., McCarthy, A., Lai, Y., Murphy, K., Sheehan, M., & Carbery, R. (2021). Training and Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Temporal, Institutional and Organizational Context Moderators. Human Resource Management Journal, 31(1), 93-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12284

Drawing on systems theory, we conducted a moderated meta-analysis of the training and organizational performance relationship using 119 primary studies. We examined the moderating effects of quality versus quantity of training, time, institutional,... Read More about Training and Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Temporal, Institutional and Organizational Context Moderators.

Transformational leadership and work unit innovation: A dyadic two-wave investigation (2019)
Journal Article
Sheehan, M., Garavan, T. N., & Morley, M. J. (2020). Transformational leadership and work unit innovation: A dyadic two-wave investigation. Journal of Business Research, 109, 399-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.10.072

Mobilising arguments from conservation of resources theory (COR) and employing time-lagged, multi-source data, we propose and test a model connecting unit level transformational leadership (TFL) to work unit innovation performance. We theorise that u... Read More about Transformational leadership and work unit innovation: A dyadic two-wave investigation.

L&D professionals in organisations: much ambition, unfilled promise (2019)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Heneghan, S., O'Brien, F., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., Duggan, J., Lannon, R., Sheehan, M., & Grant, K. (2020). L&D professionals in organisations: much ambition, unfilled promise. European Journal of Training and Development, 44(1), 1-86. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-09-2019-0166

This monograph reports a study investigating the roles of learning and development (L&D) professionals in Irish, UK European and US organisations. The study investigates the contextual factors influencing L&D roles in organisations, the strategic and... Read More about L&D professionals in organisations: much ambition, unfilled promise.

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.

Upward Influence Tactics and their Effects on Job Performance Ratings and Flexible Working Arrangements: The Mediating Roles of Mutual Recognition Respect and Mutual Appraisal Respect (2019)
Journal Article
Clarke, N., Alshenalfi, N., & Garavan, T. (2019). Upward Influence Tactics and their Effects on Job Performance Ratings and Flexible Working Arrangements: The Mediating Roles of Mutual Recognition Respect and Mutual Appraisal Respect. Human Resource Management, 58(4), 397-416. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21967

Supervisor’s HR decisions have a significant impact on the employees they manage but have been found to be subject to bias. The upward influence tactics use by subordinates can play a role in this. We investigated the effects of seven upward influenc... Read More about Upward Influence Tactics and their Effects on Job Performance Ratings and Flexible Working Arrangements: The Mediating Roles of Mutual Recognition Respect and Mutual Appraisal Respect.

An ecosystems perspective on international human resource development (IHRD): a meta-synthesis of the literature. (2019)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., McCarthy, A., & Carbery, R. (2019). An ecosystems perspective on international human resource development (IHRD): a meta-synthesis of the literature. Human Resource Development Review, 18(2), 248-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484319828865

There has been significant growth of interest in both international human resource development (IHRD) and ecosystems research. Both literatures highlight important characteristics of each concept; however, to date, they have not yet been linked. We p... Read More about An ecosystems perspective on international human resource development (IHRD): a meta-synthesis of the literature..

The Impact of Agricultural Knowledge Transfer Resources on Farm Level Profitability during the Economic Recession – A Quantitative Study (2019)
Journal Article
Cawley, A., O'Donoghue, C., Heanue, K., Hilliard, R., & Sheehan, M. (2019). The Impact of Agricultural Knowledge Transfer Resources on Farm Level Profitability during the Economic Recession – A Quantitative Study. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 25(2), 161-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224X.2019.1583816

Purpose: The outcomes from agricultural knowledge transfer (KT) are dependent on the access to and the quality of services available, coupled with the motivation of prospective clients to implement new skills. Within this context, the allocation of r... Read More about The Impact of Agricultural Knowledge Transfer Resources on Farm Level Profitability during the Economic Recession – A Quantitative Study.

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.

Building capabilities in disabled job seekers: A qualitative study of the Remploy Work Choices programme in Scotland (2018)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2018). Building capabilities in disabled job seekers: A qualitative study of the Remploy Work Choices programme in Scotland. Social Work and Society: International Online Journal, 16(1), 1-15

This article reports on a qualitative study of the UK’s labour activation pathway for jobseekers with disabilities and health conditions. The aim was to explore the experiences of Work Choices programme participants, specifically to identify barrier... Read More about Building capabilities in disabled job seekers: A qualitative study of the Remploy Work Choices programme in Scotland.

Commercial airline pilots’ declining professional standing and increasing precarious employment (2018)
Journal Article
Maxwell, G. A., & Grant, K. (2021). Commercial airline pilots’ declining professional standing and increasing precarious employment. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(7), 1486-1508. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2018.1528473

With the advent of low cost employment systems for pilots in commercial airlines, we address two questions: What are experienced UK-based, commercial airline pilots’ perspectives on their current professional standing? What are their perspectives on... Read More about Commercial airline pilots’ declining professional standing and increasing precarious employment.