Outputs (204)

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.

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.

Talent management in public services in Scotland: Practitioner report (2017)
Report
Gadsden, S., McLaughlin, D., Grant, K., Mackie, R., Cassidy, N., & Derbyshire, H. (2016). Talent management in public services in Scotland: Practitioner report. Edinburgh: Improvement Service

No abstract available.

Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Neil, J., & Ellis, V. (2018, June). Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector. Presented at BUIRA History of Industrial Relations Study Group, University of Westminster

This paper examines how employment in the Scottish oil industry is changing as the industry declines, shedding in excess of 120,000 jobs between 2014 and 2016 as oil prices fell. Yet, the absence of workers’ voice in policy discussions about how best... Read More about Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector.

'(Not working) nine-to-five, what a way to make a living': The impact of flexible work practices on call centre workers' (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & Barnes, A. (2007, April). '(Not working) nine-to-five, what a way to make a living': The impact of flexible work practices on call centre workers'. Paper presented at 25th International Labour Process Conference, Amsterdam

No abstract available.

Behind the Beer: An examination of the labour process within the Scottish microbrewing industry (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & O'Neil, J. (2018, March). Behind the Beer: An examination of the labour process within the Scottish microbrewing industry. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference, Buenos Aires

Much of the contemporary discourse on the future of work centres on the robot revolution and the continued automation of production processes. Long predicted by labour process theorists such as Braverman, the deskilling of work has produced increasin... Read More about Behind the Beer: An examination of the labour process within the Scottish microbrewing industry.

Satire and shop-talk: The purpose and importance of sounding off in cyberspace (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richards, J., & Ellis, V. (2008, March). Satire and shop-talk: The purpose and importance of sounding off in cyberspace. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference

No abstract available.

'Creating, Connecting and Correcting: Motivations and Meanings of Work Blogging Amongst Public Service Workers (2009)
Book Chapter
Ellis, V., & Richards, J. (2009). 'Creating, Connecting and Correcting: Motivations and Meanings of Work Blogging Amongst Public Service Workers. In S. C. Bolton (Ed.), Work Matters, 250-268. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

No abstract available.

Working Together? An investigation of managers' perceptions of trade unions in the UK (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & Munro, A. (2013, June). Working Together? An investigation of managers' perceptions of trade unions in the UK. Paper presented at British Universities Industrial Relations Association, Glasgow

No abstract available.

The Enemy Within or Partners? Investigating Managers' Perceptions of Trade Unions (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & Munro, A. (2013, March). The Enemy Within or Partners? Investigating Managers' Perceptions of Trade Unions. Paper presented at 31st International Labour Process Conference, Rutgers University, New York

No abstract available.

Profit before people: Workers' experiences of privatisation at British Gas and NS&I (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & Smith, A. (2009, April). Profit before people: Workers' experiences of privatisation at British Gas and NS&I. Paper presented at 27th International Labour Process Conference, Edinburgh

No abstract available.

Returning to the Heart of Labour Process Theory; A Historical Analysis of the Changing Organisation and Experience of Clerical Work at Scottish Gas 1966-2002 (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V. (2004, April). Returning to the Heart of Labour Process Theory; A Historical Analysis of the Changing Organisation and Experience of Clerical Work at Scottish Gas 1966-2002. Paper presented at 22nd International Labour Process Conference

No abstract available.

You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & Taylor, P. (2005, March). You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre. Paper presented at 21st International Labour Process Conference, Glasgow

This paper locates the emergence of call centres within the broader political economy. We demonstrate how British Gas responded to privatisation, restrictive regulation and the need to deliver shareholder value by radically changing work organisation... Read More about You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre.

A Unique Working Environment: Health, Sickness and absence Management in UK Call Centres (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, P., Baldry, C., Bain, P., & Ellis, V. (2003, June). A Unique Working Environment: Health, Sickness and absence Management in UK Call Centres. Paper presented at 22nd International Labour Process Conference, University of Stirling

No abstract available.

The Managed Academic? An Examination of the Academic Labour Process (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & de Turberville, S. (2013, March). The Managed Academic? An Examination of the Academic Labour Process. Paper presented at 31st International Labour Process Conference, Rutgers University

No abstract available.

The changing nature of academic work. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & de Turberville, S. (2013, September). The changing nature of academic work. Paper presented at Work, Employment and Society, University of Warwick

No abstract available.

Working Together? Investigating Managers' Attitudes Towards Trade Unions (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & Munro, A. (2013, September). Working Together? Investigating Managers' Attitudes Towards Trade Unions. Paper presented at Work, Employment and Society, University of Warwick

No abstract available.

From Commitment to Control: A Labour Process Study of Workers' Experiences of the Transition from Clerical to Call Centre Work at British Gas (2007)
Thesis
Ellis, V. From Commitment to Control: A Labour Process Study of Workers' Experiences of the Transition from Clerical to Call Centre Work at British Gas. (Thesis). University of Stirling. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1203160

Despite their continuing importance to the UK economy and their employment of significant numbers of workers from a range of professions, the utilities have received scant attention from critical scholars of work. This neglect represents a missed opp... Read More about From Commitment to Control: A Labour Process Study of Workers' Experiences of the Transition from Clerical to Call Centre Work at British Gas.

Developing and managing talent in public services: Navigating the collaborative landscape (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., Mackie, R., Gadsden, S., & McLaughlin, D. (2018). Developing and managing talent in public services: Navigating the collaborative landscape. In Conference Proceedings

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.

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.