Contact Professor Emma Parry
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- Email: emma.parry@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Professor Parry joined Cranfield University in 2002 as a Research Fellow within the Human Resource Research Centre. She has a PhD from Cranfield and an MSc in Applied (Occupational) Psychology, also from Cranfield.
Professor Parry is the author of Managing People in a Contemporary Context (Routledge) and editor of six other books.
Current activities
Professor Parry is Head of the Changing World of Work Group. She is a recognised expert in Human Resource Management (HRM) and plays a leading role in a number of global research projects in this area. These include Cranet, a worldwide network of over 40 business schools that conducts comparative HRM research, and 5C, a global research project involving around 30 academic institutions, examining cultural and age differences in attitudes towards careers.
Professor Parry's research interests relate to the impact of the changing external context on managing people. In particular, she undertakes research on the influence of technological advancement, age demographics and generational diversity, and national context. Professor Parry has also undertaken a large number of research projects in relation to human capability within defence.
Professor Parry is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM). She is also the Series Editor for the book series The Changing Context of Managing People (Emerald). She is also currently President of the Executive DBA Council (EDBAC), and an elected member of the British Academy of Management (BAM) Council.
Professor Parry is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management and an Honorary Fellow for the Institute for Employment Studies, as well as a Visiting Research Fellow at Westminster Business School. She is also an Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Professor Parry teaches on graduate and executive programmes in the areas of Human Resource Management, Talent Management, Organisational Behaviour and Research Methods.
Clients
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
Home Office
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation
Forces in Mind Trust
Department for International Development (DFID)
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Kirk S, Foster C, Kougiannou N, Parry E & Collins C. (2025). Dr Who? Identity Crucibles and the DBA Doctoral Degree. British Journal of Management
- Goštautaitė B, Kim N, Steindórsdóttir BD, Parry E, Dello Russo S, .... (2025). Age and career resilience through the lens of life course theory: examining individual mechanisms and macro‐level context across 28 countries. Human Resource Management Journal, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Cooke FL, Dickmann M & Parry E. (2024). Developing organizations’ dynamic capabilities and employee mental health in the face of heightened geopolitical tensions, polarized societies and grand societal challenges. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 35(5)
- Renshaw PSJ, Parry E & Dickmann M. (2024). Exploring the organizational value of international assignments: home versus host. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Wilkinson E, Kutsch E, Parry E & Turner N. (2023). Two world views? How regular and reserve Royal Marines perceive each other. Armed Forces & Society, 51(1)
- Cooke FL, Dickmann M & Parry E. (2023). Building a sustainable ecosystem of human resource management research: reflections and suggestions. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 34(3)
- Andresen M, Apospori E, Gunz H, Cotton R, Hall DT, .... (2023). Individuals' career perceptions in different institutionalized contexts: a comparative study of career actors in liberal, coordinated, hierarchical and mediterranean market economies. Human Resource Management Journal, 34(4)
- Parry E & Battista V. (2023). The impact of emerging technologies on work: a review of the evidence and implications for the human resource function. Emerald Open Research, 1(4)
- Oleškevičiūtė E, Dickmann M, Andresen M & Parry E. (2022). The international transfer of individual career capital: Exploring and developing a model of the underlying factors. Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research, 10(3)
- Reichel A, Lazarova M, Apospori E, Afiouni F, Andresen M, .... (2022). The disabling effects of enabling social policies on organisations’ human capital development practices for women. Human Resource Management Journal, 33(1)
- Cooke FL, Dickmann M & Parry E. (2022). Building sustainable societies through human-centred human resource management: emerging issues and research opportunities. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(1)
- Papavasileiou E, Parry E & Stergiou D. (2022). Generations in the Tourism Workforce: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analytic Insights. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022(1)
- Briscoe JP, Parry E & Mayrhofer W. (2022). Covid-19’s Impact Upon Careers: Findings from a Global Study. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022(1)
- Stavrou E, Parry E, Gooderham P, Morley M & Lazarova M. (2021). Institutional duality and human resource management practice in foreign subsidiaries of multinationals. Human Resource Management Journal, 33(1)
- Parry E & Urwin P. (2021). Generational categories: a broken basis for human resource management research and practice. Human Resource Management Journal, 31(4)
- Peretz H, Fried Y & Parry E. (2021). Generations in context: the development of a new approach using Twitter and a survey. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95(2)
- Renshaw PSJ, Dickmann M & Parry E. (2021). The value of international assignments through the lens of real-options-reasoning. Journal of Business Research, 151(November)
- Mayrhofer W, Smale A, Briscoe J, Dickmann M & Parry E. (2020). Laying the foundations of international careers research. Human Resource Management Journal, 30(3)
- Parry E, Farndale E, Brewster C & Morley MJ. (2020). Balancing rigour and relevance: the case for methodological pragmatism in conducting large scale multi-country comparative management studies. British Journal of Management, 32(2)
- Cooke FL, Dickmann M & Parry E. (2020). IJHRM after 30 years: taking stock in times of COVID-19 and looking towards the future of HR research. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(1)
- Renshaw PSJ, Parry E & Dickmann M. (2020). The organizational value of international assignments – the relational underpinning. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(1)
- Renshaw PSJ, Parry E & Dickmann M. (2020). International assignments – extending an organizational value framework. Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research, 8(2)
- Dello Russo S, Parry E, Bosak J, Andresen M, Apospori E, .... (2020). Still feeling employable with growing age? Exploring the moderating effects of developmental HR practices and country-level unemployment rates in the age–employability relationship. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(9)
- Cooke FL, Dickmann M & Parry E. (2020). Important issues in human resource management: introduction to the 2020 review issue. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(1)
- Reichel A, Afiouni F, Andresen M, Apospori E, Bagdadli S, .... (2020). Disabling Effects of Enabling Social Policies on Gender Equality in Organizational HR Development. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1)
- Parry E. (2020). Generations Z in Asia: Foreword. The New Generation Z in Asia: Dynamics, Differences, Digitalization
- Parry E. (2020). Foreword. Conflict and Shifting Boundaries in the Gig Economy: An Interdisciplinary Analysis
- Parry E, Dickmann M, Cooke FL & Lepak D. (2019). Introduction: Review issue. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(1)
- Galanaki E, Parry E, Bučiūnienė I & Panayotopoulou L. (2019). Demographic challenges for management: fad or reality?. Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship, 7(1)
- Andresen M, Apospori E, Gunz H, Suzanne PA, Taniguchi M, .... (2019). Careers in context: An international study of career goals as mesostructure between societies’ career-related human potential and proactive career behavior. Human Resource Management Journal, 30(3)
- Parry E. (2019). Series Editor Foreword. Generations Z in Europe: Inputs, Insights and Implications
- Cleaver J, Dickmann M, Parry E, Dowling P & Smith P. (2018). A tribute to Professor David Lepak. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(1)
- Lepak D, Dickmann M & Parry E. (2018). Introduction: Review Issue. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(1)
- Hirsh J, Hu J, Parry E, Brightenburg ME, Francioli S, .... (2018). Millennials in the Workplace. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018(1)
- Smale A, Bagdadli S, Cotton R, Dello Russo S, Dickmann M, .... (2018). Proactive career behaviors and subjective career success: the moderating role of national culture. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40(1)
- Bourne H, Jenkins M & Parry E. (2017). Mapping espoused organizational values. Journal of Business Ethics, 159(1)
- Dickmann M, Parry E & Keshavjee N. (2017). Localization of staff in a hostile context: An exploratory investigation in Afghanistan. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(11)
- Di Stefano G, Scrima F & Parry E. (2017). The effect of organizational culture on deviant behaviors in the workplace. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(17)
- Parry E & Urwin P. (2017). The evidence base for generational differences: where do we go from here?. Work, Aging and Retirement, 3(2)
- Berkery E, Morley MJ, Tiernan S, Purtill H & Parry E. (2017). On the uptake of flexible working arrangements and the association with human resource and organisational performance outcomes. European Management Review, 14(2)
- Kuyken K, Shimada S & Parry E. (2017). Generations in Organizations: Context-Related, Interactional and Edentity-Based perspectives. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1)
- Parry E. (2017). Foreword. Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Ethical Public Relations: Strengthening Synergies with Human Resources
- Parry E. (2017). Foreword. Electronic HRM in the Smart Era
- Parry E. (2017). Foreword. Managing the Ageing Workforce in the East and the West
- Bondarouk T, Parry E & Furtmueller E. (2016). Electronic HRM: four decades of research on adoption and consequences. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28(1)
- Marler JH & Parry E. (2016). Human resource management, strategic involvement and e-HRM technology. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27(19)
- Mayrhofer W, Briscoe JP, Hall DT, Dickmann M, Dries N, .... (2016). Career success across the globe: Insights from the 5C project. Organizational Dynamics, 45(3)
- Peretz H & Parry E. (2016). Impact of National Culture on the Use and Outcomes of E-HRM. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016(1)
- Ng ES & Parry E. (2016). Multigenerational Research in Human Resource Management. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, 34
- Gascoigne C, Parry E & Buchanan D. (2015). Extreme work, gendered work? How extreme jobs and the discourse of ‘personal choice’ perpetuate gender inequality. Organization, 22(4)
- Kelliher C & Parry E. (2015). Change in healthcare: the impact on NHS managers. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 28(4)
- Stavrou ET, Parry E & Anderson DA. (2015). Nonstandard work arrangements and configurations of firm and societal systems. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(19)
- Gooderham PN, Morley MJ, Parry E & Stavrou E. (2015). National and firm-level drivers of the devolution of HRM decision making to line managers. Journal of International Business Studies, 46(6)
- Martin G, Parry E & Flowers P. (2015). Do social media enhance constructive employee voice all of the time or just some of the time?. Human Resource Management Journal, 25(4)
- Tzafrir S, Parry E & Enosh G. (2015). Levels, processes, and social-issues in organizations: integrative introduction. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30(5)
- Scrima F, Lorito L, Parry E & Falgares G. (2014). The mediating role of work engagement on the relationship between job involvement and affective commitment. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25(15)
- Kramar R & Parry E. (2014). Strategic human resource management in the
A siaP acific region: similarities and differences?. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 52(4) - Bourne H, Jenkins M & Parry E. (2014). The Power of Words: Charting Espoused Organizational Values. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1)
- Strohmeier DEPAPS. (2014). HRM in the digital age – digital changes and challenges of the HR profession. Employee Relations, 36(4)
- Alcover CM, Topa G, Parry E, Fraccaroli F & Depolo M. (2014). Preface. Bridge Employment: A Research Handbook
- A. Buchanan D, Parry E, Gascoigne C & Moore C. (2013). Are healthcare middle management jobs extreme jobs?. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 27(5)
- Bown‐Wilson D & Parry E. (2013). Career progression in older managers. Employee Relations, 35(3)
- Parry E & Solidoro A. (2013). Social Media as a Mechanism for Engagement?. Advanced Series in Management, 12
- Shay T, Guy E, Emma P & Dianna S. (2013). CODIFYing social issues in organizations: scope and perspectives. Global Business Perspectives, 1(1)
- Parry E, Stavrou E & Lazarova M. (2013). Introduction: Human resource management across time and context: Comparative research and global trends in HRM. Global Trends in Human Resource Management
- McNamara TK, Parry E, Lee J & Pitt-Catsouphes M. (2012). The effect of training on organizational performance: differences by age composition and cultural context. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(6)
- Parry E & Tyson S. (2011). Desired goals and actual outcomes of e-HRM. Human Resource Management Journal, 21(3)
- Kelliher C & Parry E. (2011). Voluntary sector HRM: Examining the influence of Government. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 24(7)
- Denyer D, Parry E & Flowers P. (2011). "Social", "Open" and "Participative"? Exploring Personal Experiences and Organisational Effects of Enterprise2.0 Use. Long Range Planning, 44(5-6)
- Parry E, Stavrou-Costea E & Morley MJ. (2011). The Cranet International Research Network on Human Resource Management in retrospect and prospect. Human Resource Management Review, 21(1)
- Parry E. (2011). An examination of e-HRM as a means to increase the value of the HR function. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(5)
- Parry E & Olivas-Luján MR. (2011). Chapter 9 Drivers of the Adoption of Online Recruitment — An Analysis using Innovation Attributes from Diffusion of Innovation Theory. Advanced Series in Management, 8
- Parry E & Tyson S. (2010). Managing an age-diverse workforce. Managing an Age-Diverse Workforce
- Parry E & Tyson S. (2009). Organizational reactions to UK age discrimination legislation. Employee Relations, 31(5)
- Parry E & Kelliher C. (2009). Voluntary sector responses to increased resourcing challenges. Employee Relations, 31(1)
- PARRY E. (2009). Anthony Chiva and Jill Manthorpe (eds), Older Workers in Europe, Open University Press/McGraw-Hill Education, Maidenhead, UK, 2009, 200 pp., pbk £21.99, ISBN 13: 978 0 335 22275 9.. Ageing and Society, 29(8)
- Parry E & Wilson H. (2009). Factors influencing the adoption of online recruitment. Personnel Review, 38(6)
- Parry E & Tyson S. (2008). An analysis of the use and success of online recruitment methods in the UK. Human Resource Management Journal, 18(3)
- Parry E, Dickmann M & Morley M. (2008). North American MNCs and their HR policies in liberal and co-ordinated market economies. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19(11)
- Croucher R, Gooderham P & Parry E. (2006). The Influences on Direct Communication in British and Danish Firms: Country, 'Strategic HRM' or Unionization?. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 12(3)
- Parry E, Kelliher C, Mills T & Tyson S. (2005). Comparing HRM in the voluntary and public sectors. Personnel Review, 34(5)
- Buchanan DA, Denyer D, Jaina J, Kelliher C, Moore C, .... How do they manage? A qualitative study of the realities of middle and front-line management work in health care. Health Services and Delivery Research, 1(4)
- Parry E & Battista V. The impact of emerging technologies on work: a review of the evidence and implications for the human resource function. Emerald Open Research, 1