Research in progress

Researching People, Organisations & Entrepreneurship

Strategic Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour & Entrepreneurship

My research in progress explores how people, organisational practices, and entrepreneurial thinking interact to influence workplace and organisational outcomes. My current research interests span strategic human resource management, organisational behaviour, human resource development, management, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on producing rigorous scholarship that can contribute to both academic knowledge and practical understanding.

Details

Research Areas:

Strategic Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Development, Management, and Entrepreneurship

Current Focus:

Entrepreneurial intentions, entrepreneurial cognition, entrepreneurial alertness, venture performance, psychological contract violation, green human resource management, sustainable work behaviour, and high-performance work systems

Research Foundation:

My doctoral research examined experienced high-performance work systems in the public healthcare sector, focusing on their conceptualisation, scale validation, measurement, and potential “dark side.”

Research Focus

Strategic HRM:

Examining how strategic human resource practices and high-performance work systems influence employees, organisations, and workplace outcomes.

Organisational Behaviour:

Exploring employee experiences, psychological processes, workplace behaviour, and the factors that shape organisational outcomes.

Entrepreneurship:

Exploring entrepreneurial intentions, cognition, behaviour, venture performance, and factors influencing entrepreneurial outcomes.

What You Need to Know

My research is grounded in an interest in understanding how people, organisations, management practices, and contextual factors shape experiences and outcomes at work. My doctoral research examined experienced high-performance work systems in the public healthcare sector, while my broader research interests extend across strategic HRM, organisational behaviour, human resource development, management, and entrepreneurship.

Strategic Human Resource Management:
- Research examining high-performance work systems, strategic HR practices, and their influence on employees and organisations.
Organisational Behaviour:
- Research exploring employee experiences, psychological contract violation, workplace behaviour, wellbeing, and sustainable work behaviour.
Entrepreneurship:
- Research examining entrepreneurial intentions, entrepreneurial alertness, cognition, behaviour, and venture performance.
Human Resource Development:
- Research exploring how people and organisational practices can support development, effectiveness, wellbeing, and sustainable work.
Research-to-Practice:
- Developing rigorous research that can contribute to academic knowledge while providing useful insights for organisations, managers, employees, and entrepreneurs.

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