Young People’s Expectations of Work and the Readiness of the Workplace for Young People: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Report
Grant, K., Egdell, V., & Vincent, D. (2021)
Young People’s Expectations of Work and the Readiness of the Workplace for Young People: Two Sides of the Same Coin?. Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
This research examines high-potential Generation-Z’s expectations of work and the contemporary workplace. The expectations of these young people on the cusp of making their ed...
Talent management in public services in Scotland: Practitioner report
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.
HRD and global talent development
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.
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...
Extreme work in organizations: mapping the field and a future research agenda
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Grant, K., Holland, P., Bartram, T., & Mackenzie, C. (in press)
Extreme work in organizations: mapping the field and a future research agenda. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 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, ...
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...
Leadership in the public sector: A renewed call to action
Report
Grant, K., & Williams, R. (2019)
Leadership in the public sector: A renewed call to action. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University
The UK public sector is facing unprecedented challenges, with a growing demand for leaders and leadership to improve the delivery of sustainable public services. This Reflecti...
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...