Staff profiles
Professor Liz Doherty
Head of research and doctoral programmes/PhD; MA; BA Hons; CIPD Diploma, BA, MA, PhD, MCIPD
Phone 0114 225 5145
E-mail l.doherty@shu.ac.uk
Research centres and institutes associated with
Centre for Individual and Organisational Development
Subject areas
- human resource management (including strategic HRM)
- equality and diversity management
- alternative dispute resolution
- cross-cultural management
- international human resource management
Research interests
- women's experiences of work (eg barriers to progression, equal pay)
- work-life balance and family friendly work practices
- age diversity
- strategic HRM in different contexts (from multi-national companies to SMEs)
Profile
After completing her MA in Industrial Relations and working for a period as a research associate at the University of Oxford, Liz spent around 12 years working as a practitioner. She worked as an industrial relations officer, a personnel manager, a training manager and head of equal opportunities. This experience was gained in a range of different industries - nuclear energy, the voluntary sector and education.
Liz became an academic in 1991 at Oxford Brookes University and she joined Sheffield Hallam University in 2005. Her research has spanned two broad areas. One has been in evaluating human resource practice in a variety of different industries, and the other has been related to equality and diversity, particularly in relation to women's employment and, more recently, age diversity. Her recent work has been funded by a range of bodies including the European Social Fund, the DTI, the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and private industry.
From 2005-2008 Liz was a member of the ACAS panel of independent experts who work with employment tribunals on equal pay cases. She regularly advises a range of public, private and voluntary organisations on broad human resource matters and equality issues more specifically.
Teaching interests
- international human resource management
- employee relations
- change and innovation
- strategic human resource management
- research methods
Research and consultancy projects
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership Scheme (2006-2008) to develop HR interventions for an SME in the bakery industry
A study of age diversity in 12 universities (2006-2008) funded by HEFCE
A study to understand the barriers to women's progression in universities (2004-2005) funded by the European Social Fund
An exploration of leadership style and its relationship with work-life balance in the university sector (2004-2005) funded by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
The development of work-life balance initiatives and supporting culture (2002-2004) funded by the DTI
Research outputs - key publications since 2001
Doherty, L. (2008) 'Mind the gender gap' Hospitality, June
Doherty, L., Klenert, A. and Manfredi, S. (2007) 'Expanding to Asia: the Human Resource Challenge' in Tourism and Hospitality Research: the Surrey Quarterly, Vol 7, No 2
Doherty, L. and Manfredi, S. (2006) 'Women's Progression in English Universities' in Employee Relations, Volume 28, No 6
Doherty, L. and Manfredi, S. (2006) 'Using action research to develop work-life balance in a UK university' in Women in Management Review, Vol 21, Issue 3
Alleyne, P., Doherty, L. and Greenidge, D. (2006) 'Approaches to HRM in the Barbados Hotel Industry' in International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol 18, No 2
Groschl, S. and Doherty, L. (2006) 'The complexity of culture: using the appraisal process to compare French and British managers in a UK based international hotel organisation' in International Journal of Hospitality Management, Vol 25, Issue 2
Alleyne, P., Doherty, L. and Greenidge (2006) 'Human Resource Management and Performance in the Barbados Hotel Industry' in International Journal of Hospitality Management, Vol 25
Alleyne, P., Doherty, L. and Howard, M. (2005) 'A qualitative study of HRM and performance in the Barbados hotel industry' in Journal of Human Resources in in Hospitality and Tourism, Vol 4. No 2
Doherty, L. (2004) 'Work-Life Balance Initiatives: Implications for Women' Employee Relations, Vol 26, Issue 5
Groeschl, S. and Doherty, L. (2002) 'The Appraisal Process: Beneath the Surface' in Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism , No 1, Issue 3
Doherty, L. and Manfredi, S. (2001) 'Women's Employment in Italian and UK Hotels' in International Journal of Hospitality Management, Vol 20
