All Outputs (17)

Curating salutogenic spaces in post-pandemic hybrid work environments: A photo-elicitation qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article

This article investigates the lived experience of hybrid working and the impact this has on knowledge workers’ psychosocial health and wellbeing. Specifically, we focus on how the workplace can promote or hinder wellbeing and how hybrid working is ex... Read More about Curating salutogenic spaces in post-pandemic hybrid work environments: A photo-elicitation qualitative study.

From data to strata? How design professionals “see” energy use in buildings (2023)
Journal Article

Improving design for efficient energy use in the built environment is a critical area for decarbonisation policy and practice. To date, this research emphasises improving tools and technology for predicting and managing energy use in buildings. No st... Read More about From data to strata? How design professionals “see” energy use in buildings.

Learning to inhabit the liquid liminal world of work: An auto-ethnographic visual study of work-life boundary transitions (2022)
Journal Article

This article explores a conceptually modified notion of liminality in order to make better sense of contemporary ‘flexible’ working life. Previous conceptualizations of liminality rely on the assumed existence of socially sustained boundaries and the... Read More about Learning to inhabit the liquid liminal world of work: An auto-ethnographic visual study of work-life boundary transitions.

Reflections from the field (mountain, cityscape and park): Walking for management development and links to being-in-the world, belonging and ‘Ba’ (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper, based on reflections from practice, is to shed light on the realities of using walking as a tool for learning and development. This is done through an initial analysis of longitudinal reflective data spanning seven... Read More about Reflections from the field (mountain, cityscape and park): Walking for management development and links to being-in-the world, belonging and ‘Ba’.

Desperately seeking ‘selfish’ space: The year of Covid-19, lockdown, and making dens (2021)
Journal Article

Scarred objects and time marks as memory anchors: The significance of scuffs and stains in organisational life (2020)
Journal Article

This article lays the workplace under the microscope to examine how scuffs on floors and battered corners on desks – things we define as ‘scarred objects’ – become material autobiographical archives and are made into memory anchors by workers. We exp... Read More about Scarred objects and time marks as memory anchors: The significance of scuffs and stains in organisational life.

Functional spaces for team working (2019)
Journal Article

With an increased focus on flexible working practices, employers need to be conscious of creating an environment which enhances learning, creativity and knowledge transfer so when teams do come together, they are in the best environment to achieve ma... Read More about Functional spaces for team working.

The sounds of the office (2018)
Journal Article

Think about the sounds of your office or place of work. Phones ringing; printer printing; coffee machines percolating; office banter; traffic; laughter; raised voices; steps down a corridor; the hubbub of the canteen; the lift ‘pinging’; the clicking... Read More about The sounds of the office.

Working from home: How to create a stylish yet motivating study room or home office (2018)
Journal Article

Creating a stylish, practical home office is more appealing than ever, with more and more people opting for flexible working or the freelance life. As such, functional work spaces are fast becoming one of the most important features of a home. But i... Read More about Working from home: How to create a stylish yet motivating study room or home office.

Let art do the work (2018)
Journal Article

In today’s hectic working world, it can often feel like we’re spending more time in the office than we are in our own homes. It’s therefore becoming increasingly important for employers to do what they can to reduce stress, instil a sense of calm and... Read More about Let art do the work.

Grounded Visual Pattern Analysis: Photographs in Organizational Field Studies (2017)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2017. Visual methodologies for researching organizational life have grown in popularity over the past decade, with conceptual and methodological foundations now well documented. However, analytical critique has not kept pace, and so i... Read More about Grounded Visual Pattern Analysis: Photographs in Organizational Field Studies.

In the car on the M4 - my transitory dwelling place, my space in-between (2017)
Journal Article

As Work Wise Commute Smart Week comes to a close, I thought I might write a piece that, I hope, will raise some thoughts and reflections about how and why our commutes might offer a space for escape and freedom. Taking a critical, analytical view her... Read More about In the car on the M4 - my transitory dwelling place, my space in-between.

Liminality, space and the importance of ‘transitory dwelling places’ at work (2014)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2015. This article draws attention to the spaces in-between and employees’ lived experiences of liminal spaces at work. It illustrates how and why liminal spaces are used and made meaningful by workers, in contrast to the dominant spa... Read More about Liminality, space and the importance of ‘transitory dwelling places’ at work.

Sounds of the salon: The auditory routines of hairdressers at work (2013)
Journal Article

This article broadens the landscape of sensual ways of knowing and understanding and takes account of what we hear at work. In particular, I examine what role sounds play in the everyday lives of employees and why sounds are notable in organisational... Read More about Sounds of the salon: The auditory routines of hairdressers at work.

Evaluation in management education: A visual approach to drawing out emotion in student learning (2013)
Journal Article

This article introduces a confluent method of evaluation from the qualitative paradigm that encourages student feedback via a sensory route, namely, participant-produced drawings. Through a phenomenological qualitative inquiry carried out at a UK uni... Read More about Evaluation in management education: A visual approach to drawing out emotion in student learning.

Fringe benefits: valuing the visual in narratives of hairdressers' identities at work (2012)
Journal Article

In this article, we focus on the use of respondent-led photography, as a narrative method through which we may research identity at work. We base our argument on empirical data drawn from a wider research study, the aim of which was to explore the id... Read More about Fringe benefits: valuing the visual in narratives of hairdressers' identities at work.

Identityscapes of a hair salon: Work identities and the value of visual methods (2012)
Journal Article

This article considers how one group of workers, hairdressers, use aspects of their material landscape of work as important resources in the production and re-production of their work identities. It shows how the participants of the study use the spa... Read More about Identityscapes of a hair salon: Work identities and the value of visual methods.