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Relational Self-Confidence: a Human Resources Executive Perspective on Power Group Influences and the De-centering of the Self
(2022-06-08)
This thesis develops the concept of relational self-confidence. In psychological and managerial research, self-confidence, and other related concepts: self-efficacy; self-esteem; organisation-based self-esteem (Bandura, ...
Sustaining Reflective Conversation: A Narrative Exploration of Advising and Learning with Small-Business Entrepreneurs
(2018-07-13)
This research examines my practice as a business adviser working with small firms under the government-funded ‘Business Link’ contract, and with other clients looking to develop their business activities. In exploring the ...
Taking Experience Seriously: a Critical Inquiry Into Consultant-Led Leadership Development Programmes in Global Corporations
(2017-09-21)
Corporate Leadership Development (LD) is a multi-billion dollar industry. It is estimated that in the US alone corporations spend between US$14-20 billion annually on LD (Pfeffer, 2015: 10), yet academics and practitioners ...
Becoming Savvy: Developing Awareness of Everyday Politics
(2016-04-18)
This thesis explores the experiences of an educational project manager/team leader, and at some point job-seeker, mostly in foreign countries. The focus lies, in conclusion, on developing awareness of everyday politics, ...
Making Sense of Leadership Development: Reflections on my Role as a Leader of Leadership Development Interventions
(University of Hertfordshire, 2011-12-09)
This thesis examines my experience of leading leadership development. During the last three years I have been researching my role as Head of Leadership and Organisational Development at the University of Hertfordshire (UH), ...
Practice as Role Enactment: Managing Purposive Sophisticated Cooperation
(2009-06-17)
This doctoral dissertation proposes a fuller, more inclusive account of practice than that which dominates current discourse on organizations, which typically turns upon occupations, professions and jobs as manifestations ...