Sally is Emerita Professor of Human Resource Development, and former Deputy Head at Bangor Business School.  She also held senior posts as Director of Postgraduate Studies (Business and Management) and Director of the Centre for Business Research.  As Professor of Human Resource Develpment (HRD), Sally has been recognised as the 5th top overall and top female HRD scholar in the world (Pham-Duc 2022) based on bibliometrics. Sally is a founding member of the University Forum for HRD, an international association, and served on the Board of the American Academy of HRD.  Before entering academia, she worked in various large and small firms, qualified as a nurse and became involved in nurse education, training and personnel management.  Sally has always been fascinated by people at work, how they are managed and what motivates them to learn and develop. Sally employs a critical and autoethnographic approach to HRD research, particularly management learning.  She has published widely on HRD, health management, research methods and doctoral supervision, won numerous awards and held various editorial roles on HRD journals. Since taking early retirement and becoming a freelance academic, Sally has continued to research and publish.  She has also been involved in supporting several PhD programmes in UK universities and engages in online doctoral supervision of DBA students and is an Honorary Supervisor at Liverpool University Management School.

  • PhD: ‘Models and Concepts of Human Resource Development: Academic and Practitioner Perspectives’ – an ethnographic case study of HRD in the British National Health Service
    1998

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2016

  • CyhoeddwydAutoethnography: a novel way to study HRM
    Sambrook, S. A., 26 Awst 2016, Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods on Human Resource Management: Innovative Techniques. Townsend, K., Loudoun, R. & Lewin, D. (gol.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, t. 42-60 (Handbooks of Research Methods in Management Series).
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  • CyhoeddwydEmployee engagement in the public sector
    Sambrook, S. A. & Jones, N., 1 Meh 2016, Human Capital Management Research: influencing practice and process. Blackman, D., O'Donnell, M. & Teo, S. (gol.). Edward Elgar, (Contemporary Perspectives in Human Capital and Development).
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  • CyhoeddwydManaging the psychological contract within doctoral supervisory relationships
    Sambrook, S. A., 30 Maw 2016, Emerging Directions in Doctoral Education: Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning Volume 6. Blessinger, P. & Stockley, D. (gol.). Emerald Group Publishing, Cyfrol 6. t. 61-87 (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning; Cyfrol 6).
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2015

  • CyhoeddwydConcluding “Reflexions"
    Callahan, J. L., Stewart, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. A. & Trehan, K., 1 Medi 2015, Realising Critical HRD: Stories of Reflecting, Voicing, and Enacting Critical Practice. Callahan, J. L., Stewart, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. & Trehan, K. (gol.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, t. 284-290 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing).
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  • CyhoeddwydHRD Programs in the United Kingdom
    Stewart, J., Mills, S. & Sambrook, S. A., 23 Chwef 2015, Yn: Advances in Developing Human Resources. 17, 2, t. 162-179
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  • CyhoeddwydIn (re)search of the self: Autoethnography in HRD research
    Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S., Saunders, M. (Golygydd) & Tosey, P. (Golygydd), 31 Gorff 2015, Handbook of Research Methods on Human Resource Development. Edward Elgar, t. 92-107
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  • CyhoeddwydIntroduction
    Callahan, J. L., Stewart, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. A. & Trehan, K., 1 Medi 2015, Realising Critical HRD: Stories of Reflecting, Voicing, and Enacting Critical Practice. Callahan, J. L., Stewart, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. & Trehan, K. (gol.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, t. 2-11 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing).
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  • CyhoeddwydRealising Critical HRD: Stories of Reflecting, Voicing, and Enacting Critical Practice
    Callahan, J. (Golygydd), Stewart, J. (Golygydd), Rigg, C. (Golygydd), Sambrook, S. A. (Golygydd) & Trehan, K. (Golygydd), 1 Medi 2015, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 305 t.
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2014

  • CyhoeddwydAction Learning: How Learning Transfers from Entrepreneurs to Small Firms
    Sambrook, S. A., Jones, K., Sambrook, S., Pittaway, L. & Henley, A., 1 Meh 2014, Yn: Action Learning: Research and Practice. 11, 2, t. 131-166
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydCritical HRD
    Sambrook, S., 30 Rhag 2014, Handbook of HRD. Chalofsky, N. E., Rocco, T. & Morris, M. L. (gol.). 2014 gol. John Wiley & Sons, t. 145-163
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  • CyhoeddwydEmployee Engagement and HRD: Intersections of Theory and Practice
    Sambrook, S. A., Poell, R. F. (Golygydd), Rocco, T. (Golygydd) & Roth, G. (Golygydd), 8 Hyd 2014, Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development. 2014 gol. Routledge, t. 531-541
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  • CyhoeddwydEmployee engagement and autoethnography: being and studying self
    Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. H., Sambrook, S., Jones, N. & Doloriert, C., 1 Mai 2014, Yn: Journal of Workplace Learning. 26, 3/4, t. 172-187
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydIndividual and Collective Learning
    Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. H., Doloriert, C., Stewart, J., Sambrook, S. & Cureton, P. (Golygydd), 1 Mai 2014, Designing: Delivering and Evaluating L&D Essentials for Practice. CIPD, t. 7-25
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  • CyhoeddwydInternational Critical Perspectives
    Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Poell, R. F., 1 Awst 2014, Yn: Advances in Developing Human Resources. 16, 4, t. 471-480
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydRealising the critical in HRD: strategies for research and practice
    Sambrook, S. A., Stewart, J., Callahan, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. & Trehan, K., 29 Medi 2014, Yn: Human Resource Development International. 17, 4, t. 379-383
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  • CyhoeddwydSocial Networking and HRD
    Sambrook, S. A., Roberts, G. & Sambrook, S., 7 Tach 2014, Yn: Human Resource Development International. 17, 5, t. 577-587
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  • CyhoeddwydThe Rigor of Management Education and the Relevance of Human Resource Development: Natural Partners or Uneasy Bedfellows in Management Practice?
    Sambrook, S. A. & Willmott, H., Chwef 2014, Yn: Management Learning. 45, 1, t. 39-56
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  • CyhoeddwydA Critical Time for HRD?
    Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 6 Rhag 2011, Fundamentals of Human Resource Development. 2011 gol. Sage
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  • CyhoeddwydA discourse approach to theorising HRD: opening a discursive space
    Sambrook, S. A., Lawless, A., Sambrook, S., Garavan, T. & Valentin, C., 1 Maw 2011, Yn: Journal of European Industrial Training. 35, 3, t. 264-275
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydAccommodating an Autoethnographic PhD: The Tale of the Thesis, the Viva Voce, and the Traditional Business School
    Doloriert, C. H., Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. & Sambrook, S., 1 Hyd 2011, Yn: Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 40, 5, t. 582-615
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydManaging the Psychological Contract in Health and Social Care: the Role of Policy
    Sambrook, S. A., Wainwright, D., Sambrook, S., Dickinson, H. (Golygydd) & Mannion, R. (Golygydd), 1 Rhag 2011, The Reform of Health Care: Shaping, Adapting and Resisting Policy Developments, Organizational Behaviour in Health Care series: Adapting and Resisting Policy Developments (Organizational Behaviour in Health Care). 2011 gol. Palgrave Macmillan, t. 21-36
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  • CyhoeddwydNursing students and the issue of voice: A qualitative study
    Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Sambrook, S. & Irvine, F., 1 Awst 2011, Yn: Nurse Education Today. 31, 6, t. 628-632
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydNursing students' experiences of being a research participant: findings from a longitudinal study.
    Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Stewart, S., Irvine, F. & Sambrook, S., 1 Ion 2011, Yn: Nurse Education Today. 31, 1, t. 107-111
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydPsychological contracts of hospice nurses
    Sambrook, S. A., Jones, A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Medi 2011, Yn: BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. 1, 2, t. 225-226
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydTowards an innovation-type mapping tool
    Rowley, J. E., Sambrook, S. A., Rowley, J., Baregheh, A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Ion 2011, Yn: Management Decision. 49, 1, t. 73-86
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  • CyhoeddwydWhat is theory?
    Sambrook, S. A., Stewart, J., Harte, V. & Sambrook, S., 1 Maw 2011, Yn: Journal of European Industrial Training. 35, 3, t. 221-229
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  • CyhoeddwydA 'critical' time for HRD?
    Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Medi 2004, Yn: Journal of European Industrial Training. 28, 8-9, t. 611-624
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2003

  • CyhoeddwydE-learning in small organisations.
    Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Medi 2003, Yn: Education and Training. 45, 8-9, t. 506-516
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2001

2015 - Co-Principal Investigator on a UFHRD £1,000 grant to investigate how HRD performed in the 2014 REF  

Link: Stewart, J & Sambrook, S. (2019) Analysing HRD research in the UK Research Excellence Framework.  Human  Resource Development International, 22 (2), 140-157 DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2019.1567209 

2010-15 – Principal Investigator, £1.2 million, WEFO, delivering and evaluating the LEAD programme for SME managers, developed at Lancaster University, in collaboration with Swansea University (part of £5m grant) 

Link: Jones K, Sambrook S, Pittaway L, Henley A (2014) Action Learning: How Learning Transfers from Entrepreneurs to Small Firms, Action Learning: Research and Practice, 11 (2), 131-166 https://doi.org/10.1080/14767333.2014.896249

2011 – Principal Investigator on a £2,500 Higher Education Academy (HEA) project exploring knowledge sharing and allocation to groups amongst undergraduate and postgraduate students (additional £2,500 match funded by Bangor Business School)

2010 – ESF KESS PhD student scholarship, in collaboration with NHS, awarded to Charlotte Hillier, £118,000

2008 – Co-Principal Investigator on a £1,000 UFHRD/Higher Education Academy (HEA BMAF) project exploring PhD Supervisory relationships (with Dr Clair Doloriert, and Professor Jim Stewart)

2007 – Principal Investigator on a £10,000 joint Local Health Board/County Council project evaluating health and social care practice based budgets with a view to joint budgeting (with Professor John Goddard)

2007 - Co-Principal Investigator on a £3,500 Higher Education Academy (HEA BMAF) project exploring the role of lectures in teaching and learning, and particularly the affects of posting lecture notes on the Blackboard VLE on student attendance at lectures (with Professor Jenny Rowley)

2006 - Co-Principal Investigator on a UFHRD £1,000 grant to investigate students’ perceptions of DBA doctoral supervision (with Professor Jim Stewart, Nottingham Business School)

2006 – Co-Principal Investigator on a £10,000 UFHRD/Higher Education Academy (HEA BMAF) project exploring Teaching, Learning and Assessing in HRD, (with Professor Jim Stewart, Leeds Business School)

2001 - Principal Investigator on a UFHRD £1000 grant to extend my doctoral research to explore how HRD is managed in two North Wales NHS Trusts and develop a local workforce development research agenda. 

Sally has received numerous awards for her teaching and research.  Most recently, she won the prestigious 2022 Monica M. Lee Research Excellence Award for her article 'Management Education through Autoethnography' published in Human Resource Development International

Her other academic qualifications include:

ILM Level 7 Executive Coaching & Leadership Mentoring, Bangor University (passed at 90%) 2012

Postgraduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education, Distinction level (University of Wales) 2001

Post-graduate Diploma in Training Management, Distinction, (Nottingham Business School) 1997

Post-graduate Certificate in Social Science Research Methods, (Nottingham Business School) 1996 

BA (Hons) Business Studies, First Class, (Nottingham Business School) 1994