Dr Joshua Haist

Lecturer in Human Resource Management

Changing World of Work

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Background

Dr Joshua Haist is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management in the Changing World of Work Group at Cranfield School of Management. Before joining Cranfield University, he worked as a Lecturer at Newcastle University Business School. He holds a Ph.D. in Business and Management with a focus on organisational psychology from Newcastle University, a MSc in Performance Psychology from The University of Edinburgh, and a B.A in Industrial Psychology from the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, Germany.

His research interests combine international HRM, organisational behaviour, and occupational psychology and include stress, personality, engagement, expatriation, and health and well-being at work.

Joshua is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and currently serves as the co-track chair and elected member of the British Academy of Management HRM SIG Committee. He has over 6 years of teaching experiences across a range of courses in HRM, International Management, Research Methods, and Organisational Behaviour at different levels of Higher Education (Undergraduate, Master, MBA).

Current activities

Joshua lectures in the areas of international HRM, research methods, organisational behaviour, and leadership. He is a reviewer for the following journals: International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Global Mobility, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of International Management, and Journal of Culture and Organisation.

Conference Papers

Haist J (2019) The role of grit in predicting work-related stress. In: British Academy of Management (BAM) 33rd Annual Conference 2019, Birmingham, 3-5 September 2019.
Haist J & Procter S (2019) Grit a necessary condition for performance in the workplace? A conceptual development of grit in business. In: The 11th Biennial International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network 2019 "The Societal Impact of HRM", Tilburg University, Netherlands, 13-15 November 2019.
Haist J & Procter S (2019) Grit, resilience and psychological capital. An examination of an empirical distinction in the UK business context. In: The 11th Biennial International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network 2019 "The Societal Impact of HRM", Tilburg University, Netherlands, 13-15 November 2019.
Haist J & Procter S (2018) The role of grit in predicting individual performance: An analysis in the UK. In: British Academy of Management (BAM) 32nd Annual Conference 2018, University of the West of England, 4-6 September 2018.
Haist J & Procter S (2018) The role of grit in predicting work-related stress: Preliminary findings of a UK Based Study. In: British Academy of Management (BAM) 32nd Annual Conference 2018, University of the West of England, 4-6 September 2018.
Haist J, Procter S & Brookes M (2017) The role of grit in predicting individual performance. A preliminary analysis in the UK. In: Dutch HRM Network Conference, Nijmegen.

Books

Haist J (2021) Understanding grit in an organisational context: the concept of grit and its role as a predictor of work-related stress and employee performance. Newcastle: Newcastle University, ed. [PhD thesis].