Teaching, Doctoral Supervision & Research
Lynn works with practitioners who want to develop their skills and capacity to conduct research that will influence and change organisational life. She teaches reflective practice and research methods on the Doctorate in Business Administration and leads the Approaches to Research Module on the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods for Doctoral Students.
She supervises extensively on DBA and PhD programmes in the areas of Human Resource Development, Careers, Employee Relations and working in Faith Based Organisations.
Recent doctoral supervisions include:
What keeps experienced nurses in NHS roles?
The Human Resources Management challenge of predicting employee turnover using machine learning and system dynamics
New Entrant Christian Denominational Performance - the performance of Seventh Day Adventists and Christian Scientists, as new entrants to the market for religious services in Britain
How do NHS executive leaders experience personal resilience?
The impact of mLearning on the effective management of incoming ICT support inquiries
Using Open Source Intelligence to vet job applicants: Peeling back the layers to make trust-based selection decisions
An exploration of survivors’ experience of organizational downsizing in German manufacturing
Archetypes and stereotypes: The use of symbolic interaction to explore employee in-group behaviour and career growth
Generational difference, career paths and the British hospitality manager
Working lives – the early years practitioners' perceptions of OFSTED Inspection
Part-time telework – the experience of the Conseil-General du Finistere France
Corporate culture: An investigation into the operationalization of the concept and divergences between management and staff
Capital Accrual: the influence of personality and interaction on career success
The personal impact of adults undergoing an assessment within a work-based context
Publications
Ross, C. Stewart , J Nichol. L., Elliot, C, Sambrook, S, (2023) Sustaining the critical in CHRD in higher education institutions: the impact of new public management and implications for HRD. Human Resource Development International. Vol 26, No 4, 356-377. Available at . Winner of the Monica M. Lee Research Excellence Award.
Meddeb, Eya, Bowers, Christopher and Nichol, Lynn (2022) In: Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, August 23–26, 2022, Vienna, Austria. ISSN Series ISSN 0302-9743; Online ISBN 978-3-031-14463-9
Ross, C. Ross, C. Nichol. L., Elliot, C, Sambrook, S, Stewart. J (2021) Discourses of practice: an examination of KEF and its effects on the AL/HRD community. Action Learning: Research and Practice Available at
Harrison, P. Nichol, L. Gold, J, (2020) Redefining HRD roles and practice in the Machine Learning Revolution. Chapter 6 in The Future of HRD, Volume I. Innovation and Technology, ed Loon, M. Stewart, J, Nachmias, S. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-52410-4.
Gold, J. Nichol, L. Harrison, P (2020) L&D must be a participant not a bystander in machine learning. People Management. Available at
Ross, C. Nichol. L., Elliot, C, Sambrook, S, Stewart. J (2020) From Chain to Net: Re-modelling the knowledge translation process to assess interdisciplinary contributions to academic impact. Studies in Higher Education.
Emblen-Perry, K Nichol L. Ross C (2020) How do UK universities support commuter students? At Chartered Association of Business School (CABS) Online Festival of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience.
Welch, Ruel, Alade, Temitope and Nichol, L. (2020) Mobile learning adoption at the science museum group. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference - Mobile Learning. IADIS Press, pp. 39-46. ISBN 9789898704160.
Emblen-Perry, Kay, Nichol , Lynn Ross, Catharine (2020) Does commuting to university influence students’ personal and professional development and the likelihood of graduate level employment? The International Journal of Professional Management. ISSN 2042-2341.
Nichol, L., Bradley, E., Heathcote, C., Watt, H (2019) NHS Talent Management Innovation: End-to-End Talent Management’ What next? National Health Service.
Ross, C. Nichol. L., Elliot, C, Sambrook, S, Stewart (2019) The Role of HRD in Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: The case of Learning and Development Human Resource Development International. 10.1080/13678868.2019.1667691.
Lawless, A. Stewart, J. Nichol, L (2018) Scholarly practice: reconnecting the l, p and q. Action Learning: Research and Practice. Vol 15 No 3. 207-209.
Harrison, T. Nichol, L. Gatto, M. Wai M. Cox. A. Gold, J (2018) What will be the Surprises for HRD in 2028? A Futures Scenario. International Journal of HRD Practice, Policy and Research. Vol 3 No 2 63-71. doi 10.22324/ijhrdppr.3.113
Turner, A. Nichol, L (2016) Development Assessment Centres: Practice implications arising from exploring the participant's voice. International Journal of HRD Practice, Policy & Research. Vol 1. Issue 1. pp 85-99.
Lewis, R. A. Nichol, L. Ward, P (2015) The Effects of French Organisational Relationships on Telework Job Roles: An Exploratory Role Set Analysis. Organizational Cultures: An International Journal, , , October 2015, pp.1-13.