All Stories

  1. When deep acting is damaging: Emotional labour and negative emotions in contemporary debt collection

    Article • Human Relations, August 2026, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  2. Unlearning and consent in the UK Fire and Rescue Service

    Article • Human Relations, July 2021, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  3. Situating human resource management in the political economy: Multilevel theorising and opportunities for kaleidoscopic imagination

    Article • Human Resource Management Journal, November 2020, Wiley

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  4. Rethinking Situated Learning: Participation and Communities of Practice in the UK Fire and Rescue Service

    Article • Work Employment and Society, May 2020, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  5. Clear, rigorous and relevant: publishing quantitative research articles in Work, employment and society

    Article • Work Employment and Society, April 2014, SAGE Publications

    Prof Robert MacKenzie, Prof Irena Grugulis

  6. A Two-Year Stretch

    Article • Journal of Management Inquiry, February 2014, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  7. Reflections on work and employment into the 21st century: between equal rights, force decides

    Article • Work Employment and Society, June 2013, SAGE Publications

    Prof Robert MacKenzie, Prof Irena Grugulis

  8. Social Capital and Networks in Film and TV: Jobs for the Boys?

    Article • Organization Studies, August 2012, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  9. Writing articles for Work, Employment and Society: different voices, same language

    Article • Work Employment and Society, February 2012, SAGE Publications

    Prof Robert MacKenzie, Prof Irena Grugulis

  10. The missing middle: communities of practice in a freelance labour market

    Article • Work Employment and Society, June 2011, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  11. The Determinants of Retail Productivity: A Critical Review of the Evidence

    Article • International Journal of Management Reviews, May 2010, Wiley

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  12. Skill and Performance

    Article • British Journal of Industrial Relations, March 2010, Wiley

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  13. Whose skill is it anyway?

    Article • Work Employment and Society, December 2009, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  14. Politics and power in training and learning: The rise and fall of the NHS university

    Article • Management Learning, November 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor John Storey, Prof Irena Grugulis

  15. Skills, Training and Human Resource Development: A Response

    Article • The Economic and Labour Relations Review, July 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  16. Information but not consultation: exploring employee involvement in SMEs

    Article • The International Journal of Human Resource Management, July 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adrian Wilkinson, Prof Irena Grugulis

  17. Understanding construction employment: the need for a fresh research agenda

    Article • Personnel Review, June 2007, Emerald

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  18. Introduction

    Article • Work Employment and Society, December 2005, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  19. Human Resource Management and the Permeable Organization: The Case of the Multi‐Client Call Centre*

    Article • Journal of Management Studies, October 2004, Wiley

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  20. The Contribution of National Vocational Qualifications to the Growth of Skills in the UK

    Article • British Journal of Industrial Relations, August 2003, Wiley

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  21. Putting skills to work: learning and employment at the start of the century

    Article • Human Resource Management Journal, April 2003, Wiley

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  22. The rise of the ‘network organisation’ and the decline of discretion

    Article • Human Resource Management Journal, April 2003, Wiley

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  23. Reviews

    Article • Management Learning, March 2003, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  24. New technology and changing organisational forms: implications for managerial control and skills

    Article • New Technology Work and Employment, November 2002, Wiley

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  25. The impact of Investors in People: a case study of a hospital trust

    Article • Human Resource Management Journal, July 2002, Wiley

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  26. Managing Culture at British Airways: Hype, Hope and Reality

    Article • Long Range Planning, April 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Adrian Wilkinson, Prof Irena Grugulis

  27. Nothing Serious? Candidates’ Use of Humour in Management Training

    Article • Human Relations, April 2002, SAGE Publications

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  28. Cultural Control and the `Culture Manager': Employment Practices in a Consultancy

    Article • Work Employment and Society, March 2000, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adrian Wilkinson, Prof Irena Grugulis

  29. The management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance

    Article • Journal of Vocational Education and Training, March 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  30. 'Best practice' human resource management: perfect opportunity or dangerous illusion?

    Article • The International Journal of Human Resource Management, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  31. “Looking out of the black‐hole”

    Article • Employee Relations The International Journal, June 1999, Emerald

    Professor Adrian Wilkinson, Prof Irena Grugulis

  32. “Real” managers don’t do NVQs: a review of the new management “standards”

    Article • Employee Relations The International Journal, August 1998, Emerald

    Prof Irena Grugulis

  33. The consequences of competence: a critical assessment of the Management NVQ

    Article • Personnel Review, December 1997, Emerald

    Prof Irena Grugulis