Professor Pauline Dibben

Management School

Chair in Human Resource Management

Pauline Dibben.
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p.dibben@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Pauline Dibben
Management School
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Profile

Pauline has published widely on employment relations in the UK and emerging economies. She has also attracted funding from the ESRC, EPSRC and UK Government departments.

She is currently PI for a large interdisciplinary ESRC project examining supply chain accounting and employment practices in the rising economies.

Pauline is also Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Work, Organisation and Well-being at Griffith University, Australia, and Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development.

Research interests

Pauline's recent research has been focused in the area of employment security, with two sub-themes: employment security and the role of the trade unions in emerging economies, and job security for those with health conditions.


Employment Security and the role of trade unions in emerging economies:

This research programme has considered different dimensions of work and employment and includes the development and analysis of large scale surveys in South Africa and Mozambique in addition to in-depth qualitative research.


Job security for those with health conditions:

Pauline continues to explore the dynamics of sickness absence and return to work, and the policies and practices surrounding this.

Publications

Books

  • Dibben P, Klerck & Wood G (2011) Employment Relations. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development - Kogan Page. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, Wood G, Roper I & James P (2007) Modernising Work in Public Services. Palgrave Macmillan. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, Wood G & Roper I (2004) Contesting Public Sector Reforms. Palgrave Macmillan. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Dibben PJ, Matos de Meira J, Linhares C, Bruce R & Wood G (2020) . International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(2), 254-271. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben PJ, Wood G & O'Hara R (2018) . Employee Relations. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben PJ, Brewster C, Brookes M, Cunha R, Webster E & Wood G (2017) . International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28(18), 2519-2537. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Natukunda L, Johnson P & Dibben P (2016) . Africa Journal of Management, 2(4), 422-437. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wood G, Dibben PJ & Meira J (2016) . International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27(20), 2398-2414. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben PJ & Wood G (2016) . Labor History, 57(1), 126-140. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, Wood GT, Linhares C & Meira J (2016) . Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016(1), 12333-12333. RIS download Bibtex download
  • DIBBEN P, WOOD G & WILLIAMS CC (2015) . Revue internationale du Travail, 154(3), 407-428. RIS download Bibtex download
  • DIBBEN P, WOOD G & WILLIAMS CC (2015) . Revista Internacional del Trabajo, 134(3), 401-422. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, Klerck G & Wood G (2015) . Business History, 57(3), 461-483. RIS download Bibtex download
  • DIBBEN P, WOOD G & WILLIAMS CC (2015) . International Labour Review, 154(3), 373-392. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wood G, Dibben P & Ogden S (2014) . International Journal of Management Reviews, 16(4), 384-396. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wood G, Dibben P & Klerck G (2013) . Labor History. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P & Williams CC (2012) . INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 51, 563-582. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, Wood G & Mellahi K (2012) . Industrial Relations Journal, 43(6), 494-510. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P & Nadin S (2011) . Relations Industrielles, 66(1), 54-73. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wood G, Dibben P, Stride C & Webster E (2011) . Journal of World Business, 46(1), 31-41. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, Wood G, Le H & Williams CC (2011) . Human Resource Management Journal, 21(4), 379-394. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben PJ (2010) Deprivation, Delivery and Union Mobilization: The Case of the Congress of South African Trade Unions. Irish Journal of Management, 29(2), 67-87. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P (2010) . Work, Employment and Society, 24(3), 468-486. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wood G & Dibben P (2008) . Relations Industrielles, 63(4), 671-693. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cunningham I, James P & Dibben P (2006) . Public Management Review, 8(2), 207-225. RIS download Bibtex download
  • James P, Cunningham I & Dibben P (2006) . Employee Relations, 28(3), 290-303. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P (2006) . Public Administration, 84(3), 655-672. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wood G & Dibben P (2005) . Maritime Policy and Management, 32(2), 139-157. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cunningham I, James P & Dibben P (2004) . British Journal of Management, 15(3), 273-290. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Brookes M, Hinks T, Wood G, Dibben P & Roper I (2004) . Relations Industrielles, 59(4). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P (2003) . Municipal Engineer, 156(2), 105-110. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P (2003) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer, 156(2), 105-110. RIS download Bibtex download
  • James P, Dibben P & Cunningham I (2002) . Society in Transition, 33(2), 213-226. RIS download Bibtex download
  • James P, Cunningham I & Dibben P (2002) . Human Resource Management Journal, 12(2), 82-94. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, James P, Cunningham I & Smythe D (2002) . International Journal of Social Economics, 29(6), 453-467. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bartlett D & Dibben P (2002) . Local Government Studies, 28(4), 107-121. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, James P & Cunningham I (2001) . Public Money and Management, 21(4), 55-60. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P & Bartlett D (2001) . Local Government Studies, 27(3), 43-58. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, James P & Cunningham I (2001) . Personnel Review, 30(4), 454-467. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bartlett D, Corrigan P, Dibben P, Franklin S, Joyce P, McNulty T & Rose A (1999) . Local Government Studies, 25(2), 102-118. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, Cunningham I, Bakalov N & Xian H () Conceptualising employee voice in the majority world: Using multiple intellectual traditions inspired by the work of Mick Marchington. Human Resource Management Journal. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, Wood G, Crockett G & Bakalov N () Justifying (non)discrimination against disabled workers in emerging economies: Managerial choice, business vs moral case arguments and home vs host country effects. British Journal of Management. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Dibben P & Wood G (2024) Institutional theory - organisational, A Guide to Key Theories for Human Resource Management Research (pp. 113-118). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P & Wood G (2024) Institutional theory - comparative, A Guide to Key Theories for Human Resource Management Research (pp. 107-112). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P, Wood G, Bonnin D, Crockett G, Haines R, Meira J & Cullen J (2023) , Managing Human Resources in Africa (pp. 199-225). Springer Nature Switzerland RIS download Bibtex download
  • Melo VA, Maria do Carmo Alonso C & Dibben P (2021) , Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) (pp. 201-210). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben PJ, Johnson P, Wood G, Cullen J, Meira J, Bonnin D, Miranda L, Crockett G & Linhares C (2019) Reconfiguration and regulation of supply chains and HRM in times of economic crisis In Collings D, Wood G & Szamosi L (Ed.), Human Resource Management: A critical approach (pp. 156-170). Abingdon: Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Johnson P, Wood GT, Dibben P, Cullen J, Meira J, Bonnin D, Miranda L, Crockett G & Linhares C (2018) , Human Resource Management (pp. 156-170). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P & Wood G (2018) Employment relations in Africa, The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations (pp. 418-431). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben P (2017) Social movement unionism, Trade Unions and Democracy: Strategies and Perspectives (pp. 280-302). RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2013) Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bartlett D, Corrigan P, Dibben P, Franklin S, Joyce P, Mcnulty T & Rose A (2013) Preparing for best value, Managing Local Services: From CCT to Best Value (pp. 102-118). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben PJ & Wood G (2011) Union Renewal: Objective Circumstances and Social Action, International Handbook on Labour Unions: Responses to Neo-liberalism Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben PJ (2007) Employment Security and Job Insecurity in Public Services: Two Sides of the Same Coin?, Modernising Work in Public Services: Redefining Roles and Relationships in Britain’s Changing Workplace (pp. 121-138). London: Palgrave. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dibben PJ & James P (2007) Introduction: Is Modern Necessarily Better, Modernising Work in Public Services: Redefining Roles and Relationships in Britain’s Changing Workplace (pp. 1-10). London: Palgrave. RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Dibben P, Williams CC & Wood G (2010) Regulation of work in emerging economies: conceptualising the institutional framework in Mozambique. British Academy of Management Conference, September 2010. RIS download Bibtex download

Other

  • Dibben P, Cullen J, Crockett G & Meira J (2020) A tool to strengthen the supply chain. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Centre for Decent Work

Pauline is a member of the Work, Organisation and Employment Relations Research Centre, and of the Cluster for Research on the Informal Sector and Policy, and is on the steering group for the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Institute for International Development.

Grants

Currently, a major project is the ESRC research grant entitled '' (Grant Reference: ES/K006452/1), which Pauline is leading, together with a team of six Co-Investigators.

This research involves fieldwork within South Africa, Brazil and the UK.

Teaching activities

Pauline´s teaching is strongly research led. She currently teaches on International Human Resource Studies at postgraduate level and Industrial Relations at undergraduate level:

  • MGT670 International Human Resource Studies
  • MGT309 Industrial Relations

Through her teaching style, Pauline aims to challenge students to think critically and to consider employment practices within both advanced and emerging economies.

She encourages critical thinking through the use of case studies and student-led debates.