Postgraduate research students

Brian Gilchrist

I can be contacted by email at brian.gilchrist@gla.systa-s.com and I'm also happy to chat via LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/brianjgilchrist , or BlueSky, where I can be found as @aldochlay.bsky.social

 

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0002-8474-3444

Research title: Wellbeing and the Post Pandemic Employment Relationship

Research Summary

My PhD research focuses on how employees in Scotland's Further Education sector develop their wellbeing capability, how this is supported or challenged by organisational or sectoral factors affecting the employment relationship, and whether individual conceptualisations of wellbeing have altered as a result of the pandemic experience.

As an experienced HR professional and senior leader, I also maintain my interests in:

  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Leadership
  • Human Resource Management
  • Employment Relations

I am interested in connecting with peers and colleagues researching in these topics.

 

 

 

Supervisors

Conferences

Gilchrist, BJ
"Wellbeing in the post-pandemic employment relationship: a study of Scotland's FE sector"
Work, Employment and Society (WES) [British Sociological Society]
Glasgow Caledonian University
September 2023
[Poster Presentation]

Gilchrist BJ
"Wellbeing in the post-pandemic employment relationship: a study of Scotland's Further Education Colleges"
6th Fairness at Work Conference
Work and Equalities Institute
University of Manchester
January 2025
[Workstream Presentation]

Gilchrist, BJ
"Who's nurturing us? Wellbeing in the post-pandemic working relationship: a study of Scotland's further education colleges"
International Critical Management Studies Conference
Manchester Metropolitan University
June 2025
[Workstream Presentation]

 

 

Teaching

My research activity has also been combined with teaching, where I deliver tutorials on the following units within the Adam Smith Business School:

  • MGT1022 Organisational Behaviour [Level 1 Undergraduate]
  • MGT2010 Business Decision Analysis [Level 2 Undergraduate]
  • MGT2011 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management [Level 2 Undergraduate]
  • MGT5270 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management [Level 5 Postgraduate]
  • MGT5488 Responsible Leadership [Level 5 Postgraduate]

I have also provided temporary lecturing cover for:

  • MGT5350 Operational and Strategic Human Resource Management [Level 5 Postgraduate]

Guest Lectures:

  • MGT4006 Human Resource Management [Level 4 Undergraduate]

Additional Information

Qualifications:

  • BA (Hons) Business and Management [2:i] - University of Paisley
  • Master of Business Administration [Distinction] - Glasgow Caledonian University
  • PGC Management Research Methods [Distinction] - University of Glasgow

Memberships / Accreditations

  • Associate Fellowship, Recognising Excellence in Teaching [RET] - University of Glasgow
  • Chartered Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development [CIPD]

Industry Experience

  • Assistant Principal, Further Education Sector
  • Head of HR, Charity and Education Sectors

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