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The Influence of Workload, Employee Silence and Trust in Management on Work Outcomes Among Australian Allied Health Workers During COVID‐19 Open

Peter Anthony Holland, Hannah Meacham, Nadia K. Kougiannou, Patricia Pariona‐Cabrera, Haiying Kang , et al. · 2025

Little research has been undertaken on one of the largest and, arguably, critical workforces in the health sector—Allied Health (AH) professionals. These professionals encompass a diverse range of healthcare experts, including radiographer…

Dr Who? Identity Crucibles and the DBA Doctoral Degree Open

Susan Kirk, Carley Foster, Nadia K. Kougiannou, Emma Parry, C. D. Collins · 2025

This paper explores the triggers and identity crucibles facing professional doctorate students pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA). Unlike prior research, which centres on full‐time PhD students, our study examines the id…

‘We Are Not All the Same’: The Capacity of Different Groups of Food Delivery Gig Workers to Build Collective and Individual Power Resources Open

Pedro Mendonça, Nadia K. Kougiannou · 2024

This article explores how various groups of food delivery gig workers create and maintain distinct strategies to build collective and individual power resources, including institutional, associational, structural and mobility power. Drawin…

The changing nature of work, employment and flexibility Open

Peter Holland, Chris Brewster, Nadia K. Kougiannou · 2024

We are witnessing a significant structural change in work and employment. While work has continued to evolve, the rapid developments in information and communications technology (ICT) and artificial intelligence (AI), and, of course, major…

Mind the gap: DBA students, knowledge generation, transfer and impact Open

Carley Foster, Susan Kirk, Nadia K. Kougiannou, Tracy Scurry · 2023

Increasingly higher education institutions are expected to demonstrate their contribution to academia, society, and the economy. This is pertinent for business schools as a key purpose for them is to provide education that enhances managem…

Organisational voice and employee‐focused voice: Two distinct voice forms and their effects on burnout and innovative behavior Open

Helen Shipton, Nadia K. Kougiannou, Hoa Do, Amirali Minbashian, Nik Pautz , et al. · 2023

Scholars and practitioners have long emphasised the importance of employees speaking up about workplace issues. Yet, voice research remains divided on fundamental questions such as underlying purpose. Drawing on the Job Demands‐Resources M…

Informalization in gig food delivery in the <span>UK</span>: The case of hyper‐flexible and precarious work Open

Pedro Mendonça, Nadia K. Kougiannou, Ian Clark · 2022

This article examines the process of informalization of work in platform food delivery work in the UK. Drawing on qualitative data, this article provides new analytical insight into what drives individual formal couriers to both supply and…

Disconnecting labour: The impact of intraplatform algorithmic changes on the labour process and workers' capacity to organise collectively Open

Pedro Mendonça, Nadia K. Kougiannou · 2022

This article examines how gig economy platform companies, via algorithmic management, shape working conditions and collective organisation of food delivery couriers. Using qualitative data from one case study operating in a city in the Uni…

Inside the meetings: The role of managerial attitudes in approaches to information and consultation for employees Open

Nadia K. Kougiannou, Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon · 2021

Managerial attitudes are often seen as critical to sustainable employee participation practices, yet very little is known about how managers act within employee voice fora. We examine managements’ decision to actively consult with employee…

How is human resource management research (not) helping practice? In defence of practical implications Open

Nadia K. Kougiannou, Maranda Ridgway · 2021

This article provokes that human resource management (HRM) research is a long way from helping practice. Following a review of HRM empirical articles published in 2018, we show the limited focus academic journals place on practical implica…

Breaking the Managerial Silencing of Worker Voice in Platform Capitalism: The Rise of a Food Courier Network Open

Nadia K. Kougiannou, Pedro Mendonça · 2021

This paper examines food couriers’ utilization of voice mechanisms as mobilization against employer silencing within platform capitalism. The concepts of ‘worker silence’ and ‘worker voice’ are used to facilitate an understanding of the wa…

Worker voice and silence in platform capitalism: a case-study of UK food couriers Open

Nadia K. Kougiannou, Pedro Mendonça · 2019

This paper explores workers' self-initiated voice as a reaction to managerial driven silence in platform capitalism. The concepts of 'worker silence' and 'worker voice' are used as they can facilitate an understanding of the way in which w…

Forming Effective Employee Information and Consultation: A Five‐Stage Trust and Justice Process Open

Nadia K. Kougiannou, Tony Dundon, Adrian Wilkinson · 2019

In this paper we show how trust and justice influence the efficacy of employee information and consultation (I&C) bodies. Evidence is drawn from a 2‐year qualitative study of I&C participants in two organizations in the UK. The research bu…

Employee engagement in practice: examining the implementation of iMatter Open

Sarah Pass, D Watling, Nadia K. Kougiannou, Maranda Ridgway, C Abe · 2019

East Midlands Engage for Success Regional Group Open

Super Pass, Maranda Ridgway, Nadia K. Kougiannou, Abe Chieko, D Watling · 2019

Case study report: exploring employee engagement in the police force. Anonymised report Open

Sarah Pass, D Watling, Nadia K. Kougiannou, Maranda Ridgway, C Abe · 2019

Employee engagement is one of the most significant concepts in the management field (Crawford et al 2014; Fletcher et al 2018). Its importance was emphasised in the MacLeod Review (2009) and lead to the voluntary movement, Engage for Succe…

'All for one and one for all': line managers might be the catalyst but 'everyone's responsible' for employee engagement Open

Sarah Pass, Nadia K. Kougiannou, Maranda Ridgway, D Watling, C Abe · 2018

Issues of employee engagement have traditionally landed at the door of HR, tasked with undertaking annual employee engagement surveys and responding with initiatives devolved to line managers. However, recent research conducted on behalf o…

Dr Who? Identity work in DBA students Open

Samantha Kirk, Catherine Foster, Nadia K. Kougiannou · 2017

This paper argues that the challenges experienced by Professional Doctorate students in completing their doctoral studies can be best understood through an identity lens. We explore how doctoral students engage in identity work as they tra…

An exploration of impact and engaged scholarship among DBA students Open

Caitlyn D. Foster, Susan Kirk, Harold W. Shipton, Manyu Zhang, Nadia K. Kougiannou · 2016

The outcomes of works councils: the role of trust, justice and industrial relations climate Open

Nadia K. Kougiannou, Tom Redman, Graham Dietz · 2015

This article investigates trust and organisational justice as antecedents of works council ( WC ) effectiveness perceptions and the moderating role of industrial relations climate on this relationship. A 2‐year longitudinal study of WC par…

'To hell with it': a case study examination of organisational trustworthiness, and dependent stakeholder-organisation relations in the Milaki plant Open

Nadia K. Kougiannou, M Wallis · 2015

This paper investigates trust worthiness and dependent stakeholder relations with a contextualised case-study of the Milaki plant in Greece, owned and operated by a multinational concrete aggregates firm. We investigate the opinions of com…

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