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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.

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.

Global Issues: The Technological Framework (2018)
Book Chapter
Bratton, J., & Grant, K. (2018). Global Issues: The Technological Framework. In The International Business Environment (251-288). (Fourth edition). Oxford University Press

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The shifting terrain of commercial aviation: Implications for HRM (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. (2018, December). The shifting terrain of commercial aviation: Implications for HRM. Presented at CIPD Applied Research Conference, Nottingham Trent University

Safety is of paramount importance in commercial aviation. Human factors account for up to 80% of aviation accidents and incidents. Commercial aviation is experiencing rapid growth and change while facing intense competition from a large number of new... Read More about The shifting terrain of commercial aviation: Implications for HRM.

Risky business: HRM implications from pilots' accounts of critical incidents in UK commercial Aviation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. (2018, June). Risky business: HRM implications from pilots' accounts of critical incidents in UK commercial Aviation. Paper presented at International Human Resource Management Conference

Safety is of paramount importance in aviation in first-world countries. Commercial aviation here is highly reliable and ultra-safe, at least technically. However, while technology has significantly improved safety, human error has not decreased at a... Read More about Risky business: HRM implications from pilots' accounts of critical incidents in UK commercial Aviation.

Developing and managing talent in public services: Navigating the collaborative landscape (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., Mackie, R., Gadsden, S., & McLaughlin, D. (2018, June). Developing and managing talent in public services: Navigating the collaborative landscape. Presented at University Forum for Human Resource Development (UFHRD), Northumbria, UK

Against a background of significant public service reform and growing acceptance of the need for public service organizations to better co-ordinate and integrate approaches to workforce development and talent management (TM), this paper examines the... Read More about Developing and managing talent in public services: Navigating the collaborative landscape.

Developing high performance working through case study evidence (2018)
Journal Article
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. A. (2018). Developing high performance working through case study evidence. Development and Learning in Organizations, 32(2), 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/dlo-03-2017-0028

Purpose
The article theoretically proffers and empirically evidences five inter-related high performance working (HPW) groupings of value to practitioners interested in developing HPW in their organizations.
Design/methodology/approach
The empiric... Read More about Developing high performance working through case study evidence.

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.

Collaborative talent management in public services: evaluating the drivers, barriers and enablers (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., Mackie, R., Gadsden, S., & McLaughlin, D. (2017, December). Collaborative talent management in public services: evaluating the drivers, barriers and enablers. Paper presented at CIPD Applied Research Conference

Against a background of significant public service reform and growing acceptance of the need for increased collaborative activity within Scotland’s public services, our research examines senior stakeholders’ perceptions of the drivers for, barriers t... Read More about Collaborative talent management in public services: evaluating the drivers, barriers and enablers.

Opening the black box: A JD-R evaluation of job stress, fatigue and boredom among commercial airline pilots (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. (2017, November). Opening the black box: A JD-R evaluation of job stress, fatigue and boredom among commercial airline pilots. Paper presented at 10th International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network

The job demands-resources (JD-R) model is utilised to evaluate the interactions between the job demands and job resources of commercial airline pilots in the UK. The model holds that interaction between specific job demands and job resources contribu... Read More about Opening the black box: A JD-R evaluation of job stress, fatigue and boredom among commercial airline pilots.

HRM and High Performance Workplaces (2017)
Book Chapter
Grant, K. (2017). HRM and High Performance Workplaces. In J. Bratton, & J. Gold (Eds.), Human Resource Management, Theory and Practice. (6). Palgrave Macmillan

No abstract available.

Doors to manual and cross-check: professional and precarious aspects of commercial pilots’ employment (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. A. (2016, April). Doors to manual and cross-check: professional and precarious aspects of commercial pilots’ employment. Presented at 34th International Labour Process Conference

This paper centres on commercial airline pilots, an occupational group comprising around 130,000 pilots worldwide (Prendergast, 2015). Largely a group of ‘privileged professional men’ (Ashcraft, 2005; p67), commercial pilots have received comparative... Read More about Doors to manual and cross-check: professional and precarious aspects of commercial pilots’ employment.

High performance work practices: exploring manager and employee perceptions in Scotland (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. A. (2015, April). High performance work practices: exploring manager and employee perceptions in Scotland. Presented at 33rd International Labour Process Conference

The aim of this paper is to compare line manager and employee perceptions on high performance work practices (HPWPs) linked to employee skills utilisation in their workplace. The empirical study comprises questionnaires sent to line managers and empl... Read More about High performance work practices: exploring manager and employee perceptions in Scotland.

Skills utilisation in Scotland: exploring the views of managers and employees (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, K., Maxwell, G., & Ogden, S. (2014). Skills utilisation in Scotland: exploring the views of managers and employees. Employee Relations, 36(5), 458-479. https://doi.org/10.1108/er-09-2012-0069

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explore empirically manager and employee views on employees’ skills utilisation in organisations in Scotland.
Design/methodology/approach
– Questionnaires to managers and employees, plus three case studies... Read More about Skills utilisation in Scotland: exploring the views of managers and employees.