News and events

We are pleased to share updates on recent events that members of our research centre have participated in:

HRM and OB Departmental Away Day (19 June 2024):

• Members of HRM and OB gathered at a local hotel to discuss how to further embed excellence into research and teaching.

Research Showcase Event (18th December 2023):

• Members (staff and PGRs) participated in a research showcase event.

PGR Conference (22 September 2023):

• Hosted by the Department of HRM and OB /Centre for Research on Work and Organisations (CRoWO).
• Expertly chaired by second-year PhD students Vivien Xiao Yu and Fabien Littel.

• Networking, knowledge sharing, and collaboration for the academic year ahead.

  Presentations from PGRs:

  • Leonara Amponsah-Asante: Organisational silence
  • Fabien Littel: Moral disengagement and climate change
  • Colin Linton: Contract management
  • Qingyang Xu: The gig economy

  Presentations from staff:

  • David Cross: Handling qualitative data
  • Eason Zhang: Overview of meta-analysis
  • Taposh Roy: Creating teaching opportunities for the PGR community

Research Away Day (19th June):

• Held at Wide Lane Sports Ground.
• Great attendance, showcasing a collegial approach to academically productive work.
• Members shared paper/grant ideas and received feedback.
• Discussions on best practices for impactful research.
• Commitment to future participation in similar events.

Research Seminar Series:

Presentations by scholars (external and internal):

• Professor Mina Beigi (Southampton Business School): 'We were all in it together: Managing work from home as dual-earner households with school-age children' 
• Dr. Matthew Sinnicks (Southampton Business School): 'Why journal rankings are good, actually'
• Dr. Yi-Ling Lai (Southampton Business School): 'The identity work of freelancers in the knowledge economy: focusing on coaches who support C-suites'
• Dr. Michael Marinetto (Cardiff Business School): 'Unfollow the Money: Over-Researching the Poor, Under-Researching the Rich and the Poverty of Plutocracy (Data)'
• Dr. Gloria Kutscher (Southampton Business School) and Dr. Derin Kent (Warwick Business School): ‘Relational boundary management in confined work settings’
• Dr. Min Zou (Henley Business School): 'A Study of New Labour Market Entrants’ Job Satisfaction Trajectories During a Series of Consecutive Job Changes'
• Dr. Jolanta Jaskiene (ISM University of Management and Economics): 'HRM and Research Performance in the Higher Education Context: Evidence from European Countries'
• Mehdi Boussebaa (University of Glasgow): ‘Unsettling West-centrism in management studies: insights from research on professional organisations’
• Sam Farley (University of Sheffield): ‘How does workplace bullying influence personality over time? Results from a Swiss panel study’
• Alan Felstead (Cardiff University): ‘Mutations at work: tracking how the character of homeworking has changed’
• See Hee Lee (Kent Business School): ‘The emergence of creative leaders within social networks: the case of Andy Warhol in the art world of New York’
• Donald Nordberg (Bournemouth University): ‘Hubris and leadership: the role of, and warning signs in, storytelling and mythmaking’
• Cara Reed (Cardiff Business School): ‘Expert authority in crisis: making authority real through struggle’