University of Exeter Business School

Professor Graham Perkins

Professor Graham Perkins

Associate Professor in Human Resource Management / Director of Taught Programmes

 G.Perkins@exeter.ac.uk

 6462

 +44 (0) 1392 726462

 Streatham Court 1.68

 

Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK

Overview

Graham Perkins is Director of Taught Programmes for the Business School and an Associate Professor in Human Resource Management. Graham has both professional and academic experience within the HRM field, having completed both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the subject area, as well as working in a number of operational HR focused roles.

Graham’s areas of research interest cut across both the innovation and human resource management fields, with a particular interest in how organisations create people structures that promote creativity. His thesis examined organisational factors that affect idea generation in SME contexts including the impact of leadership, network ties and the physical working environment. He has since published articles in journals such as Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Small Business Management, Human Resource Development Quarterly, and Creativity and Innovation Management, as well as Higher Education Policy.

In addition to his work at the Business School, Graham also works extensively with the CIPD across their level 7 qualifications.  He is the national lead for two units; Personal Effectiveness, Ethics and Business Acumen, and Business Research In People Practice.  He is also a Lead Moderator for the CIPD.

Nationality: British

Qualifications

  • BA Personnel Management
  • MA Personnel and Development
  • PhD Business and Management

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Research

Research interests

  • Idea generation and creativity in SMEs
  • Human resource development and life-long learning
  • Hierarchy, power, and organisational politics

Graham’s primary area of research interest surrounds the generation of ideas, and how organisations stimulate and sustain creative thought.  Connected with this are a variety of issues including aspects of leadership, the impact of relationships both internal and external to organisations and how working environments impact on creative thought.  He is also interested in aspects of human resource development, and how hierarchy and power structures impact upon the journey of creative ideas from initial idea generation through to implementation.

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Publications

Books

Taylor S, Perkins G (2021). Work and Employment in a Changing Business Environment., Kogan Page.

Journal articles

Perkins G, Gilmore S, Guttormsen D, Taylor S (2022). Analyzing the Impacts of Universal Basic Income in the Changing World of Work: Challenges to the Psychological Contract and a Future Research Agenda. Human Resource Management Journal, 32(1), 1-18.
Perkins GM (2019). Exploring the mechanisms through which strong ties impact upon the development of ideas in SME contexts. Journal of Small Business Management, 57(4), 1464-1484.
Perkins GM (2019). The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and its impact on academic identity within a research-intensive university. Higher Education Policy, 32(2), 297-319.
Perkins GM (2018). How Does Self-Direction within Learning Operate to Affect Idea Generation in SME Contexts?. Human Resource Development Quarterly
Perkins GM, Lean J, Newbery R (2017). The role of organisational vision in guiding idea generation within SME contexts. Creativity and Innovation Management, 26(1), 75-90.
Woodhams C, Lupton B, Perkins G, Cowling M (2015). Multiple disadvantage and wage growth: the effect of merit pay on pay gaps. Human Resource Management, 54(2), 283-301. Abstract.

Chapters

Perkins G (2022). Human Resource Development. In Taylor S, Woodhams C (Eds.) Studying Human Resource Management, Kogan Page.
Perkins G, Woodhams C (2022). Research and Evidence-Based Practice in HRM. In Taylor S, Woodhams C (Eds.) Studying Human Resource Management, Kogan Page.
Perkins G, Woodhams C (2022). Reward Management. In Taylor S, Woodhams C (Eds.) Studying Human Resource Management, Kogan Page.
Perkins GM, Johns T (2016). Developing Professional Practice. In Woodhams C, Taylor S (Eds.) Studying Human Resource Management, London: CIPD, 67-87.
Woodhams C, Perkins GM, Wilkinson K (2016). Developing the Knowledge and Skill of the HR Professional. In Taylor S, Woodhams C (Eds.) Studying Human Resource Management, London, UK: CIPD Publishing.
Perkins GM (2016). Human Resource Development. In Taylor S, Woodhams C (Eds.) Human Resource Management: People and Organisations, London: CIPD, 143-164.
Perkins GM, Woodhams C (2016). Reward Management. In Woodhams C, Taylor S (Eds.) Managing People & Organisations, London, UK: CIPD Publishing.
Perkins GM, Woodhams C (2016). Using Information in Human Resources. In Taylor S, Woodhams C (Eds.) Studying Human Resource Management, London, UK: CIPD Publishing.
Perkins GM, Johns T (2012). Developing Professional Practice. In Taylor S, Woodhams C (Eds.) Studying Human Resource Management, London: CIPD.
Perkins GM, Woodhams C (2012). Knowledge Management. In Stewart J, Rogers P (Eds.) Developing People & Organisations, London: CIPD.

Conferences

Perkins GM (2016). Encouraging creativity in SME contexts – Reconceptualising HRM as a non-linear activity. British Academy of Management 2016. 6th - 8th Sep 2016. Abstract.

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Teaching

Graham’s core area of teaching interest is Human Resource Management.  He lectures across a wide variety of areas including general management modules, human resource development, international human resource management and research methods.

Modules

2023/24


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