Overview
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.
Qualifications
- 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
Publications
2024
- PublishedCritical HRD
Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., Oct 2024, The Sage handbook of Human Resource Development. Rocco, T. S., Lane, M. L. & Poell, R. F. (eds.). Sage
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - Published“That's not a proper ethnography”: a hybrid “propportune” ethnography to study nurses' perceptions of organisational culture in a British hospital
Sambrook, S., Hillier, C. & Doloriert, C., 28 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography. 13, 1, p. 63-78
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedSustaining the critical in CHRD in higher education institutions: the impact of new public management and implications for HRD
Ross, C., Stewart, J., Nichol, L., Elliott, C. & Sambrook, S., 6 Sept 2022, In: Human Resource Development International. 26, 4, p. 356-377 25 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedDiscourses of practice: an examination of KEF and its effects on the AL/HRD community
Ross, C., Nichol, L., Elliott, C., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 2021, In: Action Learning: Research and Practice. 18, 3, p. 227-249 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedFrom chain to net: assessing interdisciplinary contributions to academic impact through narrative case studies
Ross, C., Nichol, L., Elliott, C., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., Nov 2021, In: Studies in Higher Education. 46, 11, p. 2309-2324 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedManagement education through autoethnography
Sambrook, S., May 2021, In: Human Resource Development International. 24, 3, p. 244-261 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe life-cycle of engagement: towards a divergent critical HR/pluralist conceptualization
Sambrook, S., Nov 2021, In: Human Resource Development International. 24, 5, p. 468-489 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedThe role of HRD in bridging the research-practice gap: the case of learning and development
Ross, C., Nichol, L., Elliott, C., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 2020, In: Human Resource Development International. 23, 2, p. 108-124 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTowards a model of collaborative organizational autoethnography: The more the merrier?
Sambrook, S. & Doloriert, C., 17 Jul 2020, The Routledge International Handbook of Organizational Autoethnography. Herrmann, A. (ed.). 1 ed. London: Routledge, p. 399-414 16 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2019
- PublishedA discourse analysis of managerialism and trust amongst nursing professionals
McCabe, T. J. & Sambrook, S. A., Dec 2019, In: IRISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT. 38, 1, p. 38-53
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAnalysing HRD research in the UK research excellence framework
Stewart, J. & Sambrook, S., 2019, In: Human Resource Development International. 22, 2, p. 140-157
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedOrganisational autoethnography: possibilities, politics and pitfalls
Sambrook, S. & Herrmann, A. F., 2018, In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography. 7, 3, p. 222-234
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
2017
- PublishedConnecting theory and practice: The role of the UKR REF2014
Stewart, J. & Sambrook, S., 2017, In: International Journal of Human Resource Development. 2, 1, p. 83-89
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedFacilitating Collective and Social Learning
Doloriert, C., Boulton, W. & Sambrook, S., Jan 2017, Studying Learning and Development: Context, Practice and Measurement. CIPD
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedMaking sense of our self in HRD: self-less, self-ish and self-ie?
Sambrook, S., 2017, In: Human Resource Development International. 20, 5, p. 382-392 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedAutoethnography: a novel way to study HRM
Sambrook, S. A., 26 Aug 2016, Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods on Human Resource Management: Innovative Techniques. Townsend, K., Loudoun, R. & Lewin, D. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 42-60 (Handbooks of Research Methods in Management Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedEmployee engagement in the public sector
Sambrook, S. A. & Jones, N., 1 Jun 2016, Human Capital Management Research: influencing practice and process. Blackman, D., O'Donnell, M. & Teo, S. (eds.). Edward Elgar, (Contemporary Perspectives in Human Capital and Development).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedManaging the psychological contract within doctoral supervisory relationships
Sambrook, S. A., 30 Mar 2016, Emerging Directions in Doctoral Education: Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning Volume 6. Blessinger, P. & Stockley, D. (eds.). Emerald Group Publishing, Vol. 6. p. 61-87 (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning; vol. 6).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2015
- PublishedConcluding “Reflexions"
Callahan, J. L., Stewart, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. A. & Trehan, K., 1 Sept 2015, Realising Critical HRD: Stories of Reflecting, Voicing, and Enacting Critical Practice. Callahan, J. L., Stewart, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. & Trehan, K. (eds.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 284-290 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedHRD Programs in the United Kingdom
Stewart, J., Mills, S. & Sambrook, S. A., 23 Feb 2015, In: Advances in Developing Human Resources. 17, 2, p. 162-179
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIn (re)search of the self: Autoethnography in HRD research
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S., Saunders, M. (Editor) & Tosey, P. (Editor), 31 Jul 2015, Handbook of Research Methods on Human Resource Development. Edward Elgar, p. 92-107
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedIntroduction
Callahan, J. L., Stewart, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. A. & Trehan, K., 1 Sept 2015, Realising Critical HRD: Stories of Reflecting, Voicing, and Enacting Critical Practice. Callahan, J. L., Stewart, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. & Trehan, K. (eds.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 2-11 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedRealising Critical HRD: Stories of Reflecting, Voicing, and Enacting Critical Practice
Callahan, J. (Editor), Stewart, J. (Editor), Rigg, C. (Editor), Sambrook, S. A. (Editor) & Trehan, K. (Editor), 1 Sept 2015, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 305 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2014
- PublishedAction Learning: How Learning Transfers from Entrepreneurs to Small Firms
Sambrook, S. A., Jones, K., Sambrook, S., Pittaway, L. & Henley, A., 1 Jun 2014, In: Action Learning: Research and Practice. 11, 2, p. 131-166
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCritical HRD
Sambrook, S., 30 Dec 2014, Handbook of HRD. Chalofsky, N. E., Rocco, T. & Morris, M. L. (eds.). 2014 ed. John Wiley & Sons, p. 145-163
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedEmployee Engagement and HRD: Intersections of Theory and Practice
Sambrook, S. A., Poell, R. F. (Editor), Rocco, T. (Editor) & Roth, G. (Editor), 8 Oct 2014, Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development. 2014 ed. Routledge, p. 531-541
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedEmployee engagement and autoethnography: being and studying self
Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. H., Sambrook, S., Jones, N. & Doloriert, C., 1 May 2014, In: Journal of Workplace Learning. 26, 3/4, p. 172-187
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIndividual and Collective Learning
Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. H., Doloriert, C., Stewart, J., Sambrook, S. & Cureton, P. (Editor), 1 May 2014, Designing: Delivering and Evaluating L&D Essentials for Practice. CIPD, p. 7-25
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedInternational Critical Perspectives
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Poell, R. F., 1 Aug 2014, In: Advances in Developing Human Resources. 16, 4, p. 471-480
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRealising the critical in HRD: strategies for research and practice
Sambrook, S. A., Stewart, J., Callahan, J., Rigg, C., Sambrook, S. & Trehan, K., 29 Sept 2014, In: Human Resource Development International. 17, 4, p. 379-383
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSocial Networking and HRD
Sambrook, S. A., Roberts, G. & Sambrook, S., 7 Nov 2014, In: Human Resource Development International. 17, 5, p. 577-587
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Rigor of Management Education and the Relevance of Human Resource Development: Natural Partners or Uneasy Bedfellows in Management Practice?
Sambrook, S. A. & Willmott, H., Feb 2014, In: Management Learning. 45, 1, p. 39-56
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- PublishedAccommodating the 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. & Sikes, P. (Editor), 1 Jun 2013, Autoethnography. Sage
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedAn exploration of the antecedents, attributes and consequences of trust amongst nurses and nurse managers: A concept analysis
Sambrook, S. A., McCabe, T. J. & Sambrook, S., 12 Oct 2013, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 51, 5, p. 815-827
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCritical perspectives on workforce development
Sambrook, S. A., Stewart, J., Sambrook, S., MacLeod Harris, R. (Editor) & Short, T. W. (Editor), 10 Dec 2013, Workforce Development: Perspectives and Issues. Springer, p. 329-349
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedEngaging students in group work to maximise tacit knowledge sharing and use
Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. H., Analou, B. D., Sambrook, S. & Doloriert, C., 17 Sept 2013, In: International Journal of Management Education. 12, 1, p. 35-43
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLeadership and knowledge management in UK ICT organisations
Sambrook, S. A., Analoui, B. D., Doloriert, C. H. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Management Development. 32, 1, p. 4-17
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLearning to lead for business growth – implications for supporting SMEs in Wales
Sambrook, S. A., James, K., Henley, A., Sambrook, S. & Norbury, H., 1 Jul 2013, In: Contemporary Wales. 26, 1, p. 1-23
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPsychological contracts and commitment amongst nurses and nurse managers: A discourse analysis
Sambrook, S. A., McCabe, T. J. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jul 2013, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 50, 7, p. 954–967
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedCritical human resource development: enabling alternative subject positions within a master of arts in human resource development educational programme
Sambrook, S. A., Lawless, A., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 11 Jun 2012, In: Human Resource Development International. 15, 3, p. 321-336
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEngaging students in group work to maximise knowledge sharing
Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. H., Sambrook, S., Analoui, B., Doloriert, C. & Kelsey, D. (Editor), 1 Jul 2012, Enhancing learning and teaching in higher education in Wales. p. 23-27
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedFood sector SMEs and innovation types
University, B., Rowley, J. E., Sambrook, S. A. & University, B., 19 Oct 2012, In: British Food Journal. 114, 11, p. 1640-1653
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInnovation in food sector SMEs
Baregheh, A., Rowley, J., Sambrook, S. A. & University, B., 11 May 2012, In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 19, 2, p. 300-321
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOrganisational autoethnography
Doloriert, C. H., Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2012, In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography. 1, 1, p. 83 - 95
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPower and emotion in doctoral supervision: implications for HRD
Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. H., Doloriert, C., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 1 Jul 2012, In: European Journal of Training and Development. 36, 7, p. 732-750
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Historical Development of Human Resource Development in the United Kingdom
Sambrook, S. A., Stewart, J. & Sambrook, S., 1 Dec 2012, In: Human Resource Development Review. 11, 4, p. 443-462
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWhat’s so critical about Human Resource Development?
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Lee, M. (Editor), 1 Jan 2012, Human Resource Development as we know it: Speeches that Have Shaped the Field. 2012 ed. Routledge, p. 21-36
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2011
- PublishedA Critical Time for HRD?
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 6 Dec 2011, Fundamentals of Human Resource Development. 2011 ed. Sage
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedA discourse approach to theorising HRD: opening a discursive space
Sambrook, S. A., Lawless, A., Sambrook, S., Garavan, T. & Valentin, C., 1 Mar 2011, In: Journal of European Industrial Training. 35, 3, p. 264-275
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAccommodating 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 Oct 2011, In: Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 40, 5, p. 582-615
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedManaging the Psychological Contract in Health and Social Care: the Role of Policy
Sambrook, S. A., Wainwright, D., Sambrook, S., Dickinson, H. (Editor) & Mannion, R. (Editor), 1 Dec 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 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 21-36
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedNursing students and the issue of voice: A qualitative study
Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Sambrook, S. & Irvine, F., 1 Aug 2011, In: Nurse Education Today. 31, 6, p. 628-632
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNursing 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 Jan 2011, In: Nurse Education Today. 31, 1, p. 107-111
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPsychological contracts of hospice nurses
Sambrook, S. A., Jones, A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Sept 2011, In: BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. 1, 2, p. 225-226
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTowards an innovation-type mapping tool
Rowley, J. E., Sambrook, S. A., Rowley, J., Baregheh, A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2011, In: Management Decision. 49, 1, p. 73-86
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWhat is theory?
Sambrook, S. A., Stewart, J., Harte, V. & Sambrook, S., 1 Mar 2011, In: Journal of European Industrial Training. 35, 3, p. 221-229
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
- PublishedDoctoral supervision: Towards a typology of supervisory relationships.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S., Doloriert, C. & Stewart, J., 1 Jan 2010.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedEmpowerment and being valued: a phenomenological study of nursing students' experiences of clinical practice.
Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Sambrook, S. & Irvine, F., 8 Aug 2010, In: Nurse Education Today.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEmpowerment of nursing students in clinical practice: spheres of influence.
Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Irvine, F. & Sambrook, S., 1 Aug 2010, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 66, 9, p. 2061-2070
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEvaluation of Health Reforms: explanatory power of General Systems Theory.
Sambrook, S. A., James, D. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2010.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedGet me out of there – I’m on sabbatical!
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2010.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedManaging the psychological contract in a changing healthcare organisation: the role of local policies and employees' perceptions.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Wainwright, D., 1 Jan 2010.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedOrganisational innovation orientation.
Sambrook, S. A., Baregheh, A., Rowley, J., Sambrook, S. & Davies, D., 1 Jan 2010.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedPhenomenology and participant feedback: convention or contention?
Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Irvine, F. & Sambrook, S., 20 Jan 2010, In: Nurse Researcher. 17, 2, p. 25-33
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedStudent attitudes towards and use of webnotes.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Rowley, J., 1 Jan 2010, In: International Journal of Management Education. 8, 2, p. 31-41
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTeaching, learning and assessing HRD: Findings from a BMAF/UFHRD research project
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 1 Aug 2010, In: Journal of European Industrial Training. 34, 8/9, p. 710-734
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe best of HRD: fad, fact or factions?
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Apr 2010, In: Human Resource Development International. 13, 2, p. 121-124
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe ethics of data collection: unintended consequences?
Sambrook, S. A., Wainwright, D. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2010, In: Journal of Health Organization and Management. 24, 3, p. 277-287
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe role of the organisation in managing the psychological contract: what local policies say to practitioners.
Sambrook, S. A., Wainwright, D. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2010.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedTowards the effective use of web notes.
Sambrook, S. A., Rowley, J. & Sambrook, S., 1 Mar 2010, In: British Journal of Educational Technology. 41, 2, p. E22-E24
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWhat's the use of webnotes? Student and staff perceptions.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Rowley, J., 1 Feb 2010, In: Journal of Further and Higher Education. 34, 1, p. 119-134
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
- PublishedA concept analysis of trust amongst nurses and nurse managers.
Sambrook, S. A., McCabe, T. J. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedBecoming a community of critically reflective practitioners: an autoethnography of a public sector masters programme.
Sambrook, S. A., Lawless, A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedCritical HRD: a concept analysis.
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2009, In: Personnel Review. 38, 1, p. 61-73
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCritical pedagogy in a health service management development programme: Can "critically thinking" managers change the NHS management culture?
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Dec 2009, In: Journal of Health Organisation and Management. 23, 6, p. 656-671
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDiscourses in HRD.
Sambrook, S. A., Lawless, A., Sambrook, S., Valentin, C. & Garavan, T., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedDiscourses on commitment amongst nurses and their line managers.
Sambrook, S. A., McCabe, T. J. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedEthical confessions of the "I" of autoethnography: the student's dilemma.
Doloriert, C. H., Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2009, In: Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal. 4, 1, p. 27-45
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInnovation in food sector SME’s.
Sambrook, S. A., Baregheh, A., Rowley, J. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedInnovations in understanding doctoral supervision.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S., Roberts, C. & Stewart, J., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedThe phenomenological focus group: an oxymoron?
Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Sambrook, S. & Irvine, F., 1 Mar 2009, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 65, 3, p. 663-671
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe power and emotion of doctoral supervision.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S., Roberts, C. & Stewart, J., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedTowards a multidisciplinary definition of innovation.
Sambrook, S. A., Baregheh, A., Rowley, J. & Sambrook, S., 1 Aug 2009, In: Management Decision. 47, 8, p. 1323-1339
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedUnintended consequences? The ethics of data collection in an ethnographic study of the psychological contracts of health and social care employees.
Sambrook, S. A., Wainwright, D. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedWhat is a Theory?
Sambrook, S. A., Stewart, J., Hart, V. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedWorking at it: Autoethnographic accounts of the psychological contract between a doctoral supervisor and supervisee.
Sambrook, S. A., Wainwright, D. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2008
- PublishedDeveloping critical reflection in professional focused doctorates: a facilitator's perspective.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 1 Jan 2008, In: Journal of European Industrial Training. 32, 5, p. 359-373
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDiscourses of HRD in the NHS.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 1 Jan 2008, Human Resource Development in the Public Sector: the case of Health and Social Care. 2008 ed. Routledge, p. 15-39
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedDoctoral supervision . . . a view from above, below and the middle!
Sambrook, S. A., Doloriert, C. H., Doloriert, C., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 1 Feb 2008, In: Journal of Further and Higher Education. 32, 1, p. 71-84
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHRD in Health and Social Care – The Emerging Challenges.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 1 Jan 2008, Human Resource Development in the Public Sector: the case of Health and Social Care. 2008 ed. Routledge, p. 409-417
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedHRD in Health and Social Care.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J., 1 Jan 2008, Human Resource Development in the Public Sector: the case of Health and Social Care. 2008 ed. Routledge, p. 3-14
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedHuman Resource Development in the Public Sector: The Case of Health and Social Care
Sambrook, S. A. (Editor), Stewart, J. (Editor) & Sambrook, S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2008, 2008 ed. Routledge.
Research output: Book/Report › Book - PublishedIntraprelearning within the NHS: the tale of two Welsh Trusts.
Doloriert, C. H., Sambrook, S. A., Roberts, C., Sambrook, S. & Stewart, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2008, Human Resource Development in the Public Sector: the case of Health and Social Care. 2008 ed. Routledge, p. 80-111
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedPeople, organizations and development - is HRD being stretched?
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jul 2008, In: Human Resource Development International. 11, 3, p. 219-221
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPower and empowerment in nursing: a fourth theoretical approach.
Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Sambrook, S. & Irvine, F., 1 Apr 2008, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 62, 2, p. 258-266
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2007
- PublishedEmpowerment of nursing students in the United Kingdom and Japan: a cross-cultural study.
Irvine, F. E., Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Irvine, F. & Sambrook, S., 1 Aug 2007, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 59, 4, p. 379-387
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedExploring HRD in two Welsh NHS Trusts: Analysing the discursive resources used by senior managers.
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2007, In: Journal of Health Organisation and Management. 24, 4/5, p. 418-431
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe meaning of empowerment for nursing students: a critical incident study
Bradbury-Jones, C., Sambrook, S. & Irvine, F. E., 1 Aug 2007, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 59, 4, p. 342-351
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedUnity and Detachment: A discourse analysis of doctoral supervision.
Sambrook, S. A., Bradbury-Jones, C., Irvine, F. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2007, In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 6, 4, p. 81-96
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2006
- PublishedExploring the notion of time and critical HRD.
Sambrook, S. A., Sambrook, S., Stewart, J. (Editor), Rigg, C. (Editor) & Trehan, K. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, Critical Human Resource Development: Beyond Orthodoxy. 2006 ed. Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, p. 23-41
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedManagement development in the NHS: nurses and managers, discourses and identities.
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2006, In: Journal of European Industrial Training. 30, 1, p. 48-64
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2005
- PublishedCorporate entrepreneurship and organizational learning: a review of the literature and the development of a conceptual framework.
Sambrook, S. A. & Roberts, C., 1 May 2005, In: Strategic Change. 14, 3, p. 141-155
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedExploring succession planning in small, growing firms.
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jan 2005, In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 12, 4, p. 579-594
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedFactors influencing work-related learning: synthesising findings from two research studies.
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Mar 2005, In: Human Resource Development International. 8, 1, p. 101-119.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2004
- PublishedA 'critical' time for HRD?
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Sept 2004, In: Journal of European Industrial Training. 28, 8-9, p. 611-624
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2003
- PublishedE-learning in small organisations.
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Sept 2003, In: Education and Training. 45, 8-9, p. 506-516
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2002
- PublishedFactors influencing learning in work: a comparison of two research projects (European- and United Kingdom-based).
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Feb 2002, In: European Educational Research Journal. 1, 3, p. 522-537
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2001
- PublishedHRD as an emergent and negotiated evolution: an ethnographic case study in the British National Health Service.
Sambrook, S. A. & Sambrook, S., 1 Jul 2001, In: Human Resource Development Quarterly. 12, 2, p. 169-193
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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Engaging students in group work to maximise knowledge sharing
16/05/2011 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)
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PhD Supervision: Towards a typology of supervisory relationships
01/02/2009 – 31/07/2010 (Finished)
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01/09/2007 – 16/07/2008 (Finished)
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Integrated Practice-Budget - Plas Menai
01/06/2007 – 31/12/2007 (Finished)
Other Grants and Projects
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.
Other Information
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