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Lecturer in Organisaiton, Work and Employment

• PhD in Management, 2018, University 麻豆精选
• MBA, Widener University, PA, 2007
• BSc (Hons) in Management Information Systems, Bogazici University, 2006

Neve completed her PhD, supervised by Professor Mark Saunders, at the University 麻豆精选 in 2018. Her PhD thesis was the highly commended winner of the 2020 EFMD/Emerald Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in HRM. Neve published her first paper during her first year of PhD. This peer reviewed journal article titled ‘Why the epistemologies of trust researchers matter’, has been published as a thought piece in the Journal of Trust Research and received much acclaim from the trust research community. The paper also received University 麻豆精选’s the Michael K. O'Rourke Best Publication Award in 2016.

Currently, Neve works as a Lecturer in Work, Organisation, and Employment at Birmingham Business School. She is the undergraduate Dissertation Coordinator and the co-lead of COSS MA Social Research module Foundations in Qualitative Research. Neve has been teaching various modules on research methods, organisational behaviour, and HRM to postgraduate and undergraduate students. She is very passionate about enhancing student learning. Neve was the finalist for 2020 University 麻豆精选 Outstanding Teaching Award.

Neve has experience and expertise in conducting both quantitative, and qualitative research. Her research interests include research methodologies and philosophies, trust and distrust within organisational relationships, future of work and flexible working arrangements, responsible autonomy, power, control, and culture. 

• Foundations of Qualitative Research Methods (College of Social Sciences MA Research Methods/Doctoral Training Programme)
• Research Methods in Human Resource Management  (MSc in HRM)
• Qualitative Research Methods (MBA programme)
• Organisation Studies

Neve has been supervising, and is interested in supervising, research topics including:

• Human Resource Management
• Organisational Behaviour
• Trust and distrust in organisations
• Future of work, working from home, flexible working arrangements
• Culture
• Control and power
• Responsible Business
• Executive coaching

Research interests

Neve’s research interests include:

• Human Resource Management
• Organisational Behaviour
• Employee voice in organisations
• Trust and distrust in employment relationships
• Future of work, working from home, flexible working arrangements
• Culture
• Impact of culture on employee relationships
• Organisational power and control
• Executive coaching

Current projects

Neve is currently working on various research projects including:

• Future of work – Responsible autonomy, managerial control and trust in working from home arrangements
• Trust and distrust in management consultancies
• The role of executive coaching in global executive leadership teams