Kate Rowlands

Lecturer

• Maxwell 309
• T: 0161 295 5812
• E: k.e.rowlands@salford.ac.uk
• SEEK: Research profile

Weds 10.00-13.00

Fri 10.00-13.00

I am currently a lecturer in Human Resource Management at Salford Business School. Before taking up a full time position within the University Of Salford I worked as a Senior Manager within the retail sector for over ten years. It is this work background that has led to my focus in teaching and research activities within the field of HRM policy and practice with particular relevance in developing and transitional countries. I am currently a member of the International Strategy and People Management discipline group within Salford Business School. This cluster manages a number of key postgraduate programmes within the School including the MSc Human Resource Management and Development.

I am also currently in the process of completing a Doctorate qualification, the area of research focusing on the transferability of westernized HRM policy to developing countries.

Main teaching areas are:

• International HRM
• HR Policy and Practice
• Resourcing and Talent Management
• Managing People
• Strategic HRM

Main area of research involves HRM policy and practice within the context of developing and transitional countries.

Research also undertaken in the following disciplines:

• Change Management
• Workplace legislation and practice
• Stress and workplace implications

• BA (Hons) in Business Administration and French
• MSc Human Resource Management
• pgCAP
• Chartered Fellow of the CIPD
• Fellow of the HEA

• Rowlands.K.E, Rees.C.J, "The Implications Of Managing Change and Workplace Stress: A Case Study From The U.K Public Sector’. The European Institute Of Advanced Management Studies; 7TH COLLOQUIUM ON ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE & DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, Bern, Switzerland, September 2012.

‘Rowlands.K.E, A Methodological Approach Of The Transferrable HRM Practices From A Multinational To A Host Company’. The 11^th European Conference On Research Methods, June 2012.

Redfern.D, Rees, C, Rowlands.K  2008, Social Partner Divergence on the Causes of Employee Stress in UK workplaces: The Potential for Intervention by Training and Development Specialists, Paper, Industrial Relations in European Conference, University of Greenwich, 23-25 June, 2008.

Redfern.D & Rees, C & Rowlands.K, D 2008, 'Occupational Stress: Consensus or Divergence? A Challenge for Training and Development Specialists, Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 40, No.6, pp. 287-294.', Industrial and Commercial Training, 40(6), pp.287-294.