
Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at University of Birmingham, Business School
Coventry, United Kingdom

Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at University of Birmingham, Business School
Coventry, United Kingdom
My core interest is research into work and organisations. Where this is of help and mutual interest I also work with industry. I have done work on organisational development and associated strategic issues; for instance, advising on the connections between HR strategy and organisational learning. I have also carrried out commissioned research or reports for the CIPD, Diageo, DCLG and IDeA and numerous NHS organisations; as well as various anonymised / uncredited work for different higher educational institutions and some fairly high profile academics. Some of my consultancy has been more direct 'delivery' style, either corporate training (i.e. use of SPSS and multivariate analytical techniques) or bespoke materials / tailored lectures specific to HR topics. Recently I represented the Unviersty of Birmingham at the annual conference on HRM for the Confederation of Indian Industry in Delhi where I was invited to speak about communication, ethics and leadership.
International reputation in diverse topics including leadership, business ethics and managing employee turnover. High capability in data analysis, both qualitative and quantitative.
(Human Resources industry)
2007 — Present (3 years )
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Kevin's research interests include Leadership, Ethics and Governance, but both his academic and consultancy interests are very broad ranging. He has published widely and reviews other work for about two-dozen journals in a wide variety of disciplines including applied psychology, organization theory / management, politics, public administration, sociology and ethics.
Kevin wrote the tutors’ guidance for the CIPD core text Human Resource Management at Work and has designed distance learning materials. His website www.kevinmorrell.org.uk contains more detail on publications and some free handouts. Kevin enjoys working with industry, he has carried out corporate training in use of SPSS and multivariate analytical techniques. Kevin recently represented Birmingham at the annual conference on HRM for the Confederation of Indian Industry in Delhi where he spoke about communication, ethics and leadership.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
December 2003 — August 2007 (3 years 9 months)
Resarch on Political Leadership, Employee Turnover, Quality and Innovation in the Public Sector, Governance, Public Value.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
July 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 7 months)
Won a prestigious award from the ESRC to continue work studying employee turnover.
PhD , Organisational Behaviour , 1999 — 2002
Passed with no corrections & completed the PhD in 2 and a half years, which is unusually quick. Sponsored by a University/departmental scholarship.
MSc , Human Resource Development , 1998 — 1999
Finished top in class of 24
BA, MA Cantab , Philosophy , 1992 — 1995
A Levels , Maths English German
organisational behaviour (OB), human resource management (HRM), business ethics, philosophy, decision making, employee turnover, individual learning, NHS, leadership, organisational learning, resourcing, selection, analysis.
Academy of Management, European Business Ethics Network, LinkedIn
Scholarship to Eltham College, London
Scholarship to Loughborough University
Best paper at the Emerald/Personnel Review conference 2002
ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2002-4