Mike Richardson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3673776 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mike Richardson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mike |
| FAMILY NAME | Richardson |
| SIGNATURE | RICHARDSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of England |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5433-6250 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Adapting a Live Streamed Digital Theatre Experience Using Physiological Synchrony
Digital theatre broadcasting has risen in popularity, yet it remains relatively novel, meaning the production norms for such content have yet to be established. We measured heart rate synchrony within three live streamed performances and provided data to the filming team to inform the creative direction for the following performance. The audience demonstrated greater heart rate synchrony on the final night compared to the first two nights and rat…
Methods used to study audience experience of screen-based media: A scoping review
The consumption of film, television, and virtual reality are major global art forms. The methods employed to study the audience experience of these temporal arts are diverse and originate from multiple fields, including psychology, media studies, human-computer interaction, and neuroscience. In this scoping review, we aimed to explore the methods used and to identify how methods are typically combined to understand audience experience. We also ai…
From story to heartbeats: Physiological synchrony in theater audiences
Stories have the potential to emotionally and cognitively absorb us, and the degree to which audiences become immersed in narrative content (e.g. films, plays) is reflected in synchronization of their physiological response, including heart-rate. This heart-rate synchrony (HRS) has been repeatedly demonstrated in laboratory-based studies using pre-recorded content such as television or film. For live events, HRS has so far only been demonstrated …
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows’: Public sector reform and its impact upon climatology scientists in the UK
This paper provides case study analysis of the workplace experiences of British scientists working in the field of climatology. In the context of the restructuring of work organisation brought about by the interplay between the commercialisation of science and state modernisation policies, the paper provides evidence of a deterioration in scientists' quality of working life
Partnership, high performance work systems and quality of working life
The paper measures the effects of workplace partnership and selected high performance work practices on four different dimensions of employee experience. Whilst the partnership– high performance work systems nexus seems to have little impact on employees’ job satisfaction or sense of attachment, it does, however, have a negative impact on both workplace stress and employee evaluations of union performance. The analysis thus questions common assum…
Capital Mobility, Job Loss, and Union Strategy: The Case of the UK Aerospace Industry
Drawing on case study data, this article analyzes contrasting workplace union responses to organizational restructuring in the United Kingdom's aerospace industry. It critically evaluates two distinct union strategies that resonate with contemporary debates governing the future role of trade unions in the British workplace. The first response is based on “partnership” with management while the second reflects traditional “oppositionalism” via the…
John Arnfield Heap, CMG
John Heap's whole working career was one devoted to the polar regions, primarily the Antarctic — as scientist, then as a distinguished, internationally respected polar diplomat, and finally to holding the Directorship of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge (Fig. 1). Much of the stability and innovative development of the Antarctic Treaty System during the crucial period of the 1970s and 1980s can be attributed to Heap's long tenure as…
High performance work systems and workplace partnership: A case study of aerospace workers
This article provides case study analysis of the impact of high performance work practices and workplace partnership on skilled workers in the UK's aerospace industry. In contrast to assumptions that such practices increase empowerment and participation we find evidence of a democratic deficit in workplace decision‐making and deterioration in the quality of working life
New unionism', organising and partnership: A Comparative Analysis of Union Renewal Strategies in the Public Sector
The TUC's 'New Unionism' project contains contradictory tendencies in its promotion of both partnership relationships with employers and the adoption of more aggressive organising techniques. This paper investigates the impact of partnership-organising tensions on union activity at the workplace level in local government and the NHS. We explore these tensions by considering three dimensions of workplace union organisation: management-union relati…
Trade Union Strategy and Renewal: The Restructuring of Work and Work Relations in the UK Aerospace Industry
The adoption of new management strategies and flexible working practices in the manufacturing industry has caused a fragmentation of the traditional collective base of British trade unions. Such changes have led some commentators to argue that, in order to survive, manufacturing unions must reject oppositional stances and instead offer support for company objectives, work reforms and partnership relations with management at the workplace level. T…
Partnership, high performance work systems and quality of working life
The paper measures the effects of workplace partnership and selected high performance work practices on four different dimensions of employee experience. Whilst the partnership– high performance work systems nexus seems to have little impact on employees’ job satisfaction or sense of attachment, it does, however, have a negative impact on both workplace stress and employee evaluations of union performance. The analysis thus questions common assum…
New unionism', organising and partnership: A Comparative Analysis of Union Renewal Strategies in the Public Sector
The TUC's 'New Unionism' project contains contradictory tendencies in its promotion of both partnership relationships with employers and the adoption of more aggressive organising techniques. This paper investigates the impact of partnership-organising tensions on union activity at the workplace level in local government and the NHS. We explore these tensions by considering three dimensions of workplace union organisation: management-union relati…
Trade Union Strategy and Renewal: The Restructuring of Work and Work Relations in the UK Aerospace Industry
The adoption of new management strategies and flexible working practices in the manufacturing industry has caused a fragmentation of the traditional collective base of British trade unions. Such changes have led some commentators to argue that, in order to survive, manufacturing unions must reject oppositional stances and instead offer support for company objectives, work reforms and partnership relations with management at the workplace level. T…
High performance work systems and workplace partnership: A case study of aerospace workers
This article provides case study analysis of the impact of high performance work practices and workplace partnership on skilled workers in the UK's aerospace industry. In contrast to assumptions that such practices increase empowerment and participation we find evidence of a democratic deficit in workplace decision‐making and deterioration in the quality of working life
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows’: Public sector reform and its impact upon climatology scientists in the UK
This paper provides case study analysis of the workplace experiences of British scientists working in the field of climatology. In the context of the restructuring of work organisation brought about by the interplay between the commercialisation of science and state modernisation policies, the paper provides evidence of a deterioration in scientists' quality of working life
Capital Mobility, Job Loss, and Union Strategy: The Case of the UK Aerospace Industry
Drawing on case study data, this article analyzes contrasting workplace union responses to organizational restructuring in the United Kingdom's aerospace industry. It critically evaluates two distinct union strategies that resonate with contemporary debates governing the future role of trade unions in the British workplace. The first response is based on “partnership” with management while the second reflects traditional “oppositionalism” via the…
New unionism', organising and partnership: A Comparative Analysis of Union Renewal Strategies in the Public Sector
The TUC's 'New Unionism' project contains contradictory tendencies in its promotion of both partnership relationships with employers and the adoption of more aggressive organising techniques. This paper investigates the impact of partnership-organising tensions on union activity at the workplace level in local government and the NHS. We explore these tensions by considering three dimensions of workplace union organisation: management-union relati…
Trade Union Strategy and Renewal: The Restructuring of Work and Work Relations in the UK Aerospace Industry
The adoption of new management strategies and flexible working practices in the manufacturing industry has caused a fragmentation of the traditional collective base of British trade unions. Such changes have led some commentators to argue that, in order to survive, manufacturing unions must reject oppositional stances and instead offer support for company objectives, work reforms and partnership relations with management at the workplace level. T…
High performance work systems and workplace partnership: A case study of aerospace workers
This article provides case study analysis of the impact of high performance work practices and workplace partnership on skilled workers in the UK's aerospace industry. In contrast to assumptions that such practices increase empowerment and participation we find evidence of a democratic deficit in workplace decision‐making and deterioration in the quality of working life
John Arnfield Heap, CMG
John Heap's whole working career was one devoted to the polar regions, primarily the Antarctic — as scientist, then as a distinguished, internationally respected polar diplomat, and finally to holding the Directorship of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge (Fig. 1). Much of the stability and innovative development of the Antarctic Treaty System during the crucial period of the 1970s and 1980s can be attributed to Heap's long tenure as…
Capital Mobility, Job Loss, and Union Strategy: The Case of the UK Aerospace Industry
Drawing on case study data, this article analyzes contrasting workplace union responses to organizational restructuring in the United Kingdom's aerospace industry. It critically evaluates two distinct union strategies that resonate with contemporary debates governing the future role of trade unions in the British workplace. The first response is based on “partnership” with management while the second reflects traditional “oppositionalism” via the…
Partnership, high performance work systems and quality of working life
The paper measures the effects of workplace partnership and selected high performance work practices on four different dimensions of employee experience. Whilst the partnership– high performance work systems nexus seems to have little impact on employees’ job satisfaction or sense of attachment, it does, however, have a negative impact on both workplace stress and employee evaluations of union performance. The analysis thus questions common assum…
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows’: Public sector reform and its impact upon climatology scientists in the UK
This paper provides case study analysis of the workplace experiences of British scientists working in the field of climatology. In the context of the restructuring of work organisation brought about by the interplay between the commercialisation of science and state modernisation policies, the paper provides evidence of a deterioration in scientists' quality of working life
From story to heartbeats: Physiological synchrony in theater audiences
Stories have the potential to emotionally and cognitively absorb us, and the degree to which audiences become immersed in narrative content (e.g. films, plays) is reflected in synchronization of their physiological response, including heart-rate. This heart-rate synchrony (HRS) has been repeatedly demonstrated in laboratory-based studies using pre-recorded content such as television or film. For live events, HRS has so far only been demonstrated …
Adapting a Live Streamed Digital Theatre Experience Using Physiological Synchrony
Digital theatre broadcasting has risen in popularity, yet it remains relatively novel, meaning the production norms for such content have yet to be established. We measured heart rate synchrony within three live streamed performances and provided data to the filming team to inform the creative direction for the following performance. The audience demonstrated greater heart rate synchrony on the final night compared to the first two nights and rat…
Methods used to study audience experience of screen-based media: A scoping review
The consumption of film, television, and virtual reality are major global art forms. The methods employed to study the audience experience of these temporal arts are diverse and originate from multiple fields, including psychology, media studies, human-computer interaction, and neuroscience. In this scoping review, we aimed to explore the methods used and to identify how methods are typically combined to understand audience experience. We also ai…
Political science (7 works) · Public relations (6 works) · General partnership (5 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Industrial Relations (3 works)