Doctor Claire Holland PhD, MSc, BSc
Division Head
Summary
Dr Claire Holland is Division Head for Business Management and People and part of Sheffield Business School Senior Leadership Team. As well as having oversight for the People, Portfolio and Products of the Division, Claire also has oversight of the Apprenticeship provision in the Business School.
About
Dr Claire Holland is Division Head for Business Management and People and part of Sheffield Business School Senior Leadership Team. With 15 years of higher education teaching experience, she plays a pivotal role in driving strategic initiatives at both the school and university levels. She also undertakes a variety of professional engagement activities, and her research interests and publications focus on the social context of work and the future of work, the value of work based learning and the role of the academic advisor.
Claire studied Hospitality Business Management at undergraduate level and worked for a range of international organisations such as Marriott and Copthorne as well as small UK based businesses. Having undertaken her master’s, Claire completed her doctorate whilst working as a full-time lecturer as part of the Hospitality Subject group at Sheffield Hallam University. Since joining Sheffield Business School, she has taught a range of subjects including consultancy and reflective practice as well as supervising PhD and DBA students. In her Leadership roles, Claire has contributed to the delivery of the institution’s strategic plan, and as Apprenticeship Lead worked both internally and externally to ensure high-quality provision and best practice in apprenticeship design and delivery.
Claire actively engages with businesses and educational bodies, including the Chartered Association of Business Schools. Her professional activities encompass sharing pedagogical research, undertaking consultancy work, chairing panels, and delivering invited guest lectures. She has also served as an external examiner, validation panel member, and journal reviewer.
Teaching expertise
- Cultural Studies
- Hospitality including Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour and Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Research
- Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
- Including Lifetsyle entrepreneurs, lifestyle migration and lifestyle mobilities
- Service Sector Management
Industry Links
- CPD/ Training
- Partnership development
Teaching
Sheffield Business School
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
UG, PG and Apprenticeship provision
Modules
- Consultancy Module
- Reflective and Personal Development Skills
- Organisational Development
Research
- Social and Economic Research Institute
Research interests are on the value of work based learning, work-life balance and the future of work
Featured research projects
Funded research including: Ali, A., Egan, D., Haynes, N. and Holland, C. (2022). The Future of Hospitality Management Education. Commissioned Follow up White Paper
Publications
Journal articles
Holland, C., Westwood, C., & Hanif, N. (2020). Underestimating the relationship between academic advising and attainment: a case study in practice. Frontiers in Education – Special edition - Leadership in Education “Academic Advising and Tutoring for Student Success in Higher Education: International Perspectives”. http://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00145
Holland, C., Westwood, C., & Hanif, N. (2020). Underestimating the relationship between academic advising and attainment: a case study in practice. Frontiers in Education, 5, 145. http://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00145
Holland, C., & Haynes, N. (2018). Education and Industry - Two Sides of the Same Coin. Hospitality Quarterly.
Holland, C., & Martin, E. (2015). Lifestyle migration and work choices. Hospitality & Society, 5 (1), 23-42. http://doi.org/10.1386/hosp.5.1.23_1
Holland, C., & Martin, E. (n.d.). Work-life balance: beyond a three dimensional approach. Work, Employment and Society.
Conference papers
Ahsan, R., Darabi, F., Johnson, S., & Holland, C. (2022). Challenges in collecting documentary evidence: an exploration of Academic Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. In BAM 2022 Conference, Manchester, 2022 - 2 September 2022. https://www.bam.ac.uk/events-landing/conference.html
Holland, C., & Conneally, A. (2021). Reflections on the future of Talent Management Innovations in the international hospitality industry. In EUROCHRIE.
Holland, C., & Millman, C. (2021). Utilising Insights Discovery to support applied projects and drive self-development. In Transforming Learning Conference 2021.
Holland, C. (2019). The modern worker: a framework for individual choice. In British Academy of Management, Birmingham. British Academy of Management: https://www.bam.ac.uk/identity-0
Holland, C., & Westwood, C. (2019). The relationship between academic advising and student attainment. In UK Advising and Tutoring Conference, Plymouth, UK, 11 April 2019 - 12 April 2019.
Holland, C., & Martin, E. (2011). Shifting Lifestyles, Migration and Employee Relations in Hospitality.
Holland, C., Millman, C., & Piearcey, S. Understanding the Work in Work Based Learning. In Transforming Learning Conference.
Book chapters
Holland, C. (2023). Temporality and the lifestyle operator. In Tourism A Temporal Analysis. (pp. 131-148).
Reports
Ali, A., Egan, D., Haynes, N., & Holland, C. (2022). The future of hospitality management education addendum. CHME. https://www.instituteofhospitality.org/updated-report-on-the-future-of-hospitality-management-education-now-available/
Ali, A., Egan, D., Haynes, N., Holland, C., & Martin, E. (2020). The Future of Hospitality Management Education. Council for Hospitality Management Education. https://www.instituteofhospitality.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/June-2020Update-Future-of-Hospitalty-Management-Education-CHME-Report1.pdf
Theses / Dissertations
Ahsan, R. (2024). Academic entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Darabi, F., Johnson, S., & Holland, C. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00604
Presentations
Holland, C. (2015). From a passion for adventure to the realities of mountain guiding in Chamonix.
Holland, C. (2015). Being a hospitable host: impacts on lifestyle migrant workers in Chamonix.
Holland, C. (2014). Review of The importance of ethics from a doctoral student perspective.
Holland, C. (2014). Lifestyle Migration and work: the case of tourism lifestyle migrants in Chamonix.
Holland, C. (2013). Lifestyle Migration and work.
Holland, C. (2013). Lifestyle Migration and work: the case of lifestyle migrants in the wider regions of Europe.
Holland, C. (2012). Lifestyle, Migration and the Relationship with Work in Hospitality.
Other publications
Holland, C. (2019). Addressing the post-Brexit immigration guidelines and the impact upon hospitality. Yorkshire Post
Other activities
External responsibilities
Chartered Association of Business Schools External Examiner
Postgraduate supervision
I have supervised a ranged of research projects across a broad range of business related topics.