Dr Paul Higgins

Senior Lecturer

Department: Human Resource Department

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Qualifications

PGCert HE; BA; MA; PhD

Research Interests

  • Employee Relations
  • Public Sector Management
  • Student approaches to learning
  • Thinking styles

Teaching Interests

  • Employee Relations
  • International HRM
  • Qualitative Research Methods

Biography

Selected Publications:

  • Higgins, P, Roper, I and James, P, (2005), "The role of competition in Best Value: How far does it differ to CCT?", Local Government Studies, 31 (2), 219-235, ISSN: 03003930.
  • Higgins, P, (2005), "Contemporary Public Library Provision in England: A Content Analysis of the Highest and Lowest Scoring Inspection Reports", Public Policy and Administration, 20 (4), 76-89, ISSN: 0952-0767.
  • Higgins, P, Roper, I and James, P, (2004), "Best Value: Is it Delivering?", Public Money and Management, 24 (4), 251-258, ISSN: 1467-9302.
  • Higgins, P, Roper, I and James, P, (2005), "An investigation into the compatibility of consultation and performance comparison in the UK's policy of Best Value", 29 (2), 148-158, ISSN: 1470-6431.

Edited Books - Articles and chapters in edited books:

  • Higgins, P. and Croucher, R. (2007) Employment Relations in Muller-Camen, M., Croucher, R. and Leigh, S. (eds.) Human Resource Management: A Case Study Approach, London: Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD)
  • Higgins, P. and Frame, P. (2007) The Context of HRM – Economic, Social, Technological andEthical, in Muller-Camen, M., Croucher, R. and Leigh S. (eds.) Human Resource Management: A Case Study Approach, London: Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD)

  • P. Higgins and Dibben P (2004) New Public Management: Marketisation, Managerialism and Consumerism in Contemporary Public Sector Management: A critical International Perspective pp 37-55, London: Palgrave

Referred articles:

  • Zhang L-F. and Higgins, P. (forthcoming) The predictive power of socialization variables for thinking styles among adults in the workplace, Learning and Individual Differences

  • Roper, I., James, P. and Higgins, P. (2007) Shaping the Bargaining Agenda? The Audit Commission and the British Local Government Employment Relations System, International Journal of Human Resource Management, forthcoming, 38 pages
  • Roper, I., Higgins, P. and James, P. (2005) Workplace Partnership and Public Service Provision: The Case of the 'Best Value' Performance Regime, Work, Employment and Society, 19, 3, 639-649.
  • Higgins, P. (2005), Performance and User Satisfaction Indicators in Local Government: Lessons from a case study, Public Management Review, 7, 3, 445-446
  • Higgins, P. James, P. and Roper, I. (2004) Compulsory or Not Compulsory? The Use of Competition in British Local Government, The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 26, 2, 95-114.

Conferences:

  • Higgins, P. (2006) A comparison of the learning approaches of overseas Chinese students and domestic students in a British higher education setting. Third Annual Conference “The International Learner: Enhancing the student experience.” Southampton Solent University

  • Higgins, P. (2006) The learning approaches of overseas students in higher education: a comparison of the learning reviews of Chinese, Indian and European students, Responding to the needs of the Chinese learner: internationalising the university conference, University of Portsmouth.

 

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