The Applied Research Conference (ARC) is an annual meeting place for academic researchers and practitioners working in people management, employment policy and related fields. It holds a unique place in bringing together these two communities to hear about cutting edge research in HR and discuss how it can be applied in practice.  

ARC is an interdisciplinary conference that covers a wide range of aspects of people management, employment, learning and development and organisational development. In all areas covered, we set out to discuss the practical application of research insights to organisational life and labour markets.

The 2021 conference was hosted for the first time entirely online, on 21 January 2021.

Conference papers

The 2021 papers and submissions are available to download below. We hope you find them interesting.

Organisational learning from COVID-19 – a cross divisional study on the impact of the rapid shift to homeworking

Authors:
Tanya Alcock, BT
Jonathan Malpass, BT
Stephen Cassidy

Organisational learning from COVID-19 – a cross divisional study on the impact of the rapid shift to homeworking

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‘It’s not just a private matter’: Developing effective policy and procedure for addressing the impact of domestic abuse in the workplace

Authors: 
Dr Tony Bennett, Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Gemma Wibberley, iROWE, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
Anne Paterson, Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University

‘It’s not just a private matter’: Developing effective policy and procedure for addressing the impact of domestic abuse in the workplace

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Diversity in mentoring: A case of women of African origin in the UK

Authors: 
Loliya Akobo Kagher  |  Jim Stewart
Liverpool John Moores University

Diversity in mentoring: A case of women of African origin in the UK

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Tackling the issue of occupational stress and employee burnout in the work-from-home context during Covid-19

Authors
Prakriti Dasgupta, People in Business (India) LLP
Randhir Kumar, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Tackling the issue of occupational stress and employee burnout in the work-from-home context during Covid-19

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‘Lots of little jobs’ – building local skills ecosystems for the precarious worker

Authors: 
Dr Tricia Jolliffe  |  Helen Collins
Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Kim Jolliffe, Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

‘Lots of little jobs’ – building local skills ecosystems for the precarious worker

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Conference submissions

This conference proceedings contains the accepted submissions for the ARC 2021 research papers. The papers are grouped into 12 thematic streams and are presented in the order in which they appear in the programme.

Applied Research Conference submissions 2021

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