Risky business: HRM implications from pilots' accounts of critical incidents in UK commercial Aviation
Presentation / Conference
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 techno...
Opening the black box: A JD-R evaluation of job stress, fatigue and boredom among commercial airline pilots
Presentation / Conference
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 hol...
Young people’s expectations of work, and readiness of the workplace: Two sides of the same coin?
Presentation / Conference
Egdell, V., Grant, K., & Vincent, D. (2021, April)
Young people’s expectations of work, and readiness of the workplace: Two sides of the same coin?. Paper presented at The 39th International Labour Process Conference, University of Greenwich, London
Since the 2008 economic downturn, the education-to-work transitions of young people have been a concern for governments across Europe (Coppola & O’Higgins 2016). Young people ...
High performance work practices: exploring manager and employee perceptions in Scotland
Conference Proceeding
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. A. (2015)
High performance work practices: exploring manager and employee perceptions in Scotland. In Conference Proceedings
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. ...
Skills utilisation in Scotland: exploring the views of managers and employees
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/appr...
The shifting terrain of commercial aviation: Implications for HRM
Conference Proceeding
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. (2018)
The shifting terrain of commercial aviation: Implications for HRM. In Conference Proceedings
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 gr...
Global Issues: The Technological Framework
Book Chapter
Bratton, J., & Grant, K. (2018)
Global Issues: The Technological Framework. In The International Business Environment (251-288). (Fourth edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press
No abstract available.
Definitions and the Evolution of Learning and Development Research and Practice
Book Chapter
Garavan, T., O'Brien, F., Duggan, J., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., …Grant, K. (2020)
Definitions and the Evolution of Learning and Development Research and Practice. In Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness (7-22). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48900-7_2
The concepts of learning and development are used in different ways throughout the literature. This chapter considered the nature of learning and development and differentiate...
Strategic talent management: A macro and micro analysis of current issues in hospitality and tourism
Journal Article
Sheehan, M., Grant, K., & Garavan, T. (2018)
Strategic talent management: A macro and micro analysis of current issues in hospitality and tourism. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 10(1), 28-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-10-2017-0062
Purpose
This article provides an academic viewpoint on contemporary factors associated with talent management (TM) in the hospitality and tourism sector.
Design/Methodology
A ...
Skills utilisation and high performance working: An analysis of line manager and employee perceptions
Presentation / Conference
Grant, K. (2012, September)
Skills utilisation and high performance working: An analysis of line manager and employee perceptions. Paper presented at British Academy of Management
no abstract available.