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Dr Claire Hedley

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Claire joined NBS in 2012 after a long career in human resource management.  She has wide-ranging experience in diverse, complex, multi-site organisations in the retail, sales, service and customer contact sectors, including Siemens plc, Arco, Pagebet, and S Jennings Ltd.  She is a specialist in organisation development, business acquisitions, and the management of large-scale HR-focussed projects.  Claire’s doctoral research is exploring the relationship between enterprise social networking and employee voice.

Key Publications

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Firms as quasi-traditions: the moral backbone of social legacy, Burton, N., Sinnicks, M., Hedley, C., Discua-Cruz, A., Wong, N., Smith, A. 5 Mar 2025, In: Academy of Management Perspectives
  • Evolving Sounds: Exploring the Relationship Between Enterprise Social Networks and Employee Voice, Hedley, C. Jul 2015, 2nd European Conference on Social Media (ECSM 2015)

Qualifications

  • Human Resource Management MA December 10 2012
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015

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