Dr Lynn Nichol

Principal Lecturer in HR Management

Worcester Business School

Contact Details

email: l.nichol@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 54 2642

Lynn is Head of the Management and Finance Department, a Principal Lecturer in HR and course leader for the Doctorate in Business Administration at Worcester Business School. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academic. She has supervised seven PhDs, one DBA and one MRes to completion.

Her own research interests are located in Human Resource Development and learning and her current work focuses on working lives, professional identity, work and problem based learning and coaching doctoral students. Her PhD was awarded for a thesis entitled ‘exploring working lives through the framework of the Psychological Contract. A study of Clergy in the Church of England in the 21st Century’

Qualifications

BA
MSc
PhD
Chartered Fellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Teaching & Research

Teaching & Research

Human Resource Management – employee relations, organisational change, employee engagement, the psychological contract, HR in the third sector Human Resource Development – work based learning, training and development and reflective practice

Research Methods – qualitative methods

Recent doctoral supervisions include:

How do NHS executive leaders experience personal resilience?      

The impact of mLearning on the effective management of incoming ICT support inquiries

Using Open Source Intelligence to vet job applicants: Peeling back the layers to make trust-based selection decisions

An exploration of survivors’ experience of organizational downsizing in German manufacturing

Archetypes and stereotypes: The use of symbolic interaction to explore employee in-group behaviour and career growth

Generational difference, career paths and the British hospitality manager

Working lives – the early years practitioners' perceptions of OFSTED Inspection

Part-time telework – the experience of the Conseil-General du Finistere France

Corporate culture: An investigation into the operationalization of the concept and divergences between management and staff

Capital Accrual: the influence of personality and interaction on career success       

The personal impact of adults undergoing an assessment within a work-based context

Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies

Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)

 

Publications

Publications

Curtis, R. Nichol, L. Williams, S (2014). Working self concepts: The Impact of Work Based Learning on self-identity amongst HRM/HRD Practioners. In Proceedings of UFHRD Conference 2014. HRD: Reflecting upon the past, Shaping the Future . Edinburgh.

Nichol, L. (1996) Mapping the Knowledge for Professional Administrators. Competence Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 1.

Nichol, L (1998) The elusive church and the significance of structure, culture and role to the effectiveness of management development for the clergy. In: Proceedings, Organisational Effectiveness Conference, Edge Hill University College.

Nichol, L. (1999) Legal Context. In: Osuch, D (ed. ) 21st Century Administrative Management. IAM Management Services Ltd.

Nichol. L (2011) Exploring working lives through the framework of the Psychological Contract: A study of Clergy in the Church of England in the early 21st Century. Church of England Research Colloquium, 2012 Faith in Research Conference, Church of England Research & Statistics Department, and the Oxford Centre for Ecclesiology & Practical Theology. London.

Nichol, L. Williams, S (2012) Work based learning: its impact on HRD/M practitioners’ development and professional identity. Working paper 13th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice. Portugal.

Nichol, L. (2013) The power of the historical working life on contemporary workers: an exploration of current working lives in the Church of England. In: 2013 Management History Research Group Conference. Lancaster.

Nichol L. Williams S. (2013) Constructing professional identity – the experience of work based learning candidates. In: 20th Annual AHRD International Research Conference in the Americas, celebrating 20 years of Leading HRD Through Research. Washington, USA.

Williams, S. Nichol, L (2013) Learning about belonging to a HR profession: reflections from part time, practising HR professionals. In: UFHRD Conference 2013. HRD in Turbulent Seas – Continued Global Economic Uncertainty: Challenges and Opportunities. Brighton.

Nichol, L. Williams, S (2014). Constructing professional identity; the experience of work based learning candidates. American Journal of Management, Vol 14(1).

Cook, J. Nichol. L. Loon, M (2015). An exploration of the use of coaching and mentoring in the supervision of doctoral students in UK university business schools. In Proceedings of UFHRD Conference 2015: Towards Evidence Based HRD Practice: Bridging the Gap. Cork.

Lewis, R. A. Nichol, L. Ward, P (2015) The Effects of French Organisational Relationships on Telework Job Roles: An Exploratory Role Set Analysis. Organizational Cultures: An International Journal, Volume 15, Issue 3, October 2015, pp.1-13.

Accepted for publication March 2016:

Turner, A. Nichol, L (2016) Development Assessment Centres: Practice implications arising from exploring the participant voice. International Journal of HRD Practice, Policy & Research. Vol 1. Issue 1. Pp 85-99.

Cook, Janice and Nichol, Lynn (2016) Doctoral Supervisor: Coach, Mentor or Master? Developing an Alternative Paradigm for Doctoral Supervision. In: 17th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, 8-10 June 2016, Manchester. (In Press)

Nichol, Lynn and Palmer, Gerry and Watts, Helen (2016) Invaluable but Invisible: an Initial Investigation of Chinese Graduate Skill Development and Subsequent Skill Use. In: 17th International Conference on Human Resource Development, Research and Practice across Europe, 8th - 10th June 2016, Manchester.

Ross, C.  Nichol. L., Elliot, C, Sambrook, S, Stewart, J (2017) The Impact of HRD/M Research on Practice: An analysis of the REF2014 Impact Case Studies: In: 18th International Conference on Human Resource Development, Research and Practice across Europe, 7th– 9th June 2017, Lisbon.

 

External Responsibilities

External Responsibilities

External Examiner University of Bedfordshire

External Examiner University of Hull Business School

External Examiner University of Hull

Council Member - University Forum for HRD (UFHRD)

HR Advisor to the Diocese of Worcester Resources Executive

Reviewer, American Academy of Human Resource Development Conference

Reviewer, University Forum for HRD European Conference

Reviewer Action Learning; Research and Practice

 

 

 

 

Current PhD Projects

Expertise: 

Work Based Learning
Professional Identity
Narrative Research/ethnography
Psychological contract/survivor syndrome/downsizing
Learning and Development
Careers
Employee Relations
Faith based organisation

 

 

Current student projects:

 How do NHS executive leaders experience personal resilience?

The impact of mLearning on the effective management of incoming ICT support inquiries

Using Open Source Intelligence to vet job applicants: Peeling back the layers to make trust-based selection decisions

Cross-cultural approaches to doctoral supervision

 

 

 

 

 

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