Research from the Department of Human Resource Management & Employment Relations cuts across national, organisational, and individual levels of analysis, involving methodological and theoretical plurality. Within the private, public and not-for-profit sectors our research involves large-scale field studies that include quantitative surveys, diary studies, qualitative interviews, ethnography and visual approaches, as well as laboratory-based experiments.
Our research is published in leading international journals including Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Industrial Relations Journal, Human Resource Management Journal, Human Relations, Work Employment & Society, and Journal of International Business Studies. We have been awarded grants from a very wide range of major funders including the ESRC, National Institute for Health Research, British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust.
Department members are involved in editing journals such as the Academy of Management Review, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Work, Employment and Society, Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, and the International Journal of Management Reviews.
The department’s core research themes are:
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The role of human resource management within contemporary organisations
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Job quality, skills, fair work, employee voice and representation
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Careers, callings, job crafting and meaningful work
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The future of work, flexibility and hybrid work, and precarious work
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Comparative human resource management and comparative employment relations.
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Motivation, affect, employee proactivity and the psychological contract
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Worker health and wellbeing
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Leadership and leadership development
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Injustice and inclusion at work
The Department seeks PhD students under these themes and offers studentships each year.