Sue Kinsey

1.BA (Hons.) Modern Languages (Frenchand German)-2i (Leeds-1984) 2. MSc in Organizational Behaviour (passed with merit)
(London-2002) 3. PGCE-Learning and Teaching in HE (Wolverhampton-2004)


Room: C4/5 DB
Tel: +44 (0) 115 8231404
Email: lixsk10@nottingham.ac.uk

Current Status: Completed
Year of Registration: 2004
Expected Completion Date: /09/2010

Primary Funding Source:
Employer

Research Topic:
A Discourse Analytic Study of the Identity Construction of HR Practitioners in Local Government

Research Details:
The study aims to investigate how the discourses of HRM and public sector "reform" are drawn upon as discursive resources in the identity construction of HR practitioners in English local government.My research draws on critical and postmodern discourse analysis approaches to analyse the "texts" of interviews with HR employees from four West Midlands local authorities.

Research Supervisor/s: Christine Coupland and Michael Humphreys