Anthony Hesketh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4009059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony Hesketh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony |
| FAMILY NAME | Hesketh |
| SIGNATURE | HESKETH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Prediction in Social Science
Despite inroads made by critical realism against the ‘scientific method’ in social science, the latter remains strong in subject-areas like human resource management. One argument for the alleged superiority of the scientific method (i.e. its scientificity) lies in the taken-for-granted belief that it alone can formulate empirically testable predictions. Many of those who employ the scientific method are, however, confused about the way they unde…
Prediction in social science
Despite inroads made by critical realism against the ‘scientific method’ in social science, the latter remains strong in subject-areas like human resource management. One argument for the alleged superiority of the scientific method (i.e. its scientificity) lies in the taken-for-granted belief that it alone can formulate empirically testable predictions. Many of those who employ the scientific method are, however, confused about the way they unde…
Beyond Measuring the Human Resources Management-Organizational Performance Link
One response to the possible outsourcing of the human resource (HR) function is to turn to ‘science’ and seek to demonstrate an empirical association between HR practices and increased organizational performance. This paper critically examines the shortcomings of the ‘scientific’ approach by first, reviewing the three distinctive versions of research on the Human Resources Management (HRM)-Performance link in an attempt to demonstrate their commi…
The Mismanagement of Talent
The challenge confronting governments around the world today is to enhance the employability of the workforce. Every effort must be made to expand access to higher education, disregard social circumstances, gender, and other such barriers to talent, and to harness human creativity and enterprise to meet the demands of the new economy. However, people who have attained higher education are having trouble finding jobs, with rising stakes for the wi…
Employability in a Knowledge-driven Economy
This article examines the concept of employability. The recent policy emphasis on employability rests on the assumption that the economic welfare of individuals and the competitive advantage of nations have come to depend on the knowledge, skills and enterprise of the workforce. Those with degree-level qualifications are seen to play a particularly important role in managing the 'knowledge-driven' economy of the future. But the rhetoric that shro…
Transforming Work Experience in Higher Education
It has frequently been claimed that work experience can contribute to higher educational standards in schools and in higher education and contribute to the development of a flexible, highly‐skilled and enterprising labour force. This potential was endorsed by the Dearing Report on higher education, although there is little research evidence about the contribution of work experience to the higher education curriculum. This article reports on four …
Towards an economic sociology of the student financial experience of higher education
This paper reports on an ongoing research project exploring the perceptions of finance held by undergraduate students and how these perceptions modify over time. It examines changing government policy on student finance in an historical context before moving on to provide a critique of contributions made to the sociology of the student experience thus far. The rationale underpinning the case for a new economic sociology of the undergraduate finan…
Postgraduates' choice of programme
This exploration of the nature of demand for postgraduate information draws on two studies. The first, presented in outline, consists of an exploratory investigation of the information materials that some UK higher education institutions have provided about taught master's programmes in three subject areas. The conclusion is that these documents are uneven and frequently did not give sufficient information about academic and practical aspects of …
Employability in a Knowledge-driven Economy
This article examines the concept of employability. The recent policy emphasis on employability rests on the assumption that the economic welfare of individuals and the competitive advantage of nations have come to depend on the knowledge, skills and enterprise of the workforce. Those with degree-level qualifications are seen to play a particularly important role in managing the 'knowledge-driven' economy of the future. But the rhetoric that shro…
Transforming Work Experience in Higher Education
It has frequently been claimed that work experience can contribute to higher educational standards in schools and in higher education and contribute to the development of a flexible, highly‐skilled and enterprising labour force. This potential was endorsed by the Dearing Report on higher education, although there is little research evidence about the contribution of work experience to the higher education curriculum. This article reports on four …
Towards an economic sociology of the student financial experience of higher education
This paper reports on an ongoing research project exploring the perceptions of finance held by undergraduate students and how these perceptions modify over time. It examines changing government policy on student finance in an historical context before moving on to provide a critique of contributions made to the sociology of the student experience thus far. The rationale underpinning the case for a new economic sociology of the undergraduate finan…
Postgraduates' choice of programme
This exploration of the nature of demand for postgraduate information draws on two studies. The first, presented in outline, consists of an exploratory investigation of the information materials that some UK higher education institutions have provided about taught master's programmes in three subject areas. The conclusion is that these documents are uneven and frequently did not give sufficient information about academic and practical aspects of …
Beyond Measuring the Human Resources Management-Organizational Performance Link
One response to the possible outsourcing of the human resource (HR) function is to turn to ‘science’ and seek to demonstrate an empirical association between HR practices and increased organizational performance. This paper critically examines the shortcomings of the ‘scientific’ approach by first, reviewing the three distinctive versions of research on the Human Resources Management (HRM)-Performance link in an attempt to demonstrate their commi…
Towards an economic sociology of the student financial experience of higher education
This paper reports on an ongoing research project exploring the perceptions of finance held by undergraduate students and how these perceptions modify over time. It examines changing government policy on student finance in an historical context before moving on to provide a critique of contributions made to the sociology of the student experience thus far. The rationale underpinning the case for a new economic sociology of the undergraduate finan…
Postgraduates' choice of programme
This exploration of the nature of demand for postgraduate information draws on two studies. The first, presented in outline, consists of an exploratory investigation of the information materials that some UK higher education institutions have provided about taught master's programmes in three subject areas. The conclusion is that these documents are uneven and frequently did not give sufficient information about academic and practical aspects of …
Transforming Work Experience in Higher Education
It has frequently been claimed that work experience can contribute to higher educational standards in schools and in higher education and contribute to the development of a flexible, highly‐skilled and enterprising labour force. This potential was endorsed by the Dearing Report on higher education, although there is little research evidence about the contribution of work experience to the higher education curriculum. This article reports on four …
Employability in a Knowledge-driven Economy
This article examines the concept of employability. The recent policy emphasis on employability rests on the assumption that the economic welfare of individuals and the competitive advantage of nations have come to depend on the knowledge, skills and enterprise of the workforce. Those with degree-level qualifications are seen to play a particularly important role in managing the 'knowledge-driven' economy of the future. But the rhetoric that shro…
The Mismanagement of Talent
The challenge confronting governments around the world today is to enhance the employability of the workforce. Every effort must be made to expand access to higher education, disregard social circumstances, gender, and other such barriers to talent, and to harness human creativity and enterprise to meet the demands of the new economy. However, people who have attained higher education are having trouble finding jobs, with rising stakes for the wi…
Prediction in Social Science
Despite inroads made by critical realism against the ‘scientific method’ in social science, the latter remains strong in subject-areas like human resource management. One argument for the alleged superiority of the scientific method (i.e. its scientificity) lies in the taken-for-granted belief that it alone can formulate empirically testable predictions. Many of those who employ the scientific method are, however, confused about the way they unde…
Prediction in social science
Despite inroads made by critical realism against the ‘scientific method’ in social science, the latter remains strong in subject-areas like human resource management. One argument for the alleged superiority of the scientific method (i.e. its scientificity) lies in the taken-for-granted belief that it alone can formulate empirically testable predictions. Many of those who employ the scientific method are, however, confused about the way they unde…
Beyond Measuring the Human Resources Management-Organizational Performance Link
One response to the possible outsourcing of the human resource (HR) function is to turn to ‘science’ and seek to demonstrate an empirical association between HR practices and increased organizational performance. This paper critically examines the shortcomings of the ‘scientific’ approach by first, reviewing the three distinctive versions of research on the Human Resources Management (HRM)-Performance link in an attempt to demonstrate their commi…
Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Critical Realism in Sociology (3 works) · Higher Education and Employability (3 works)