Dr. Anne Mcbride

Biography

Anne Mcbride is a Professor of Employment Relations at the University of Manchester, with research interests spanning employment relations, healthcare management, and gender diversity. Her work critically examines healthcare workforce inequalities and aims to centralize discussions on the structural bases of these inequalities, driving action among employers and human resources managers to promote equality, diversity, and inclusion within the sector. Mcbride is informed by intersectionality in her research and actively collaborates with colleagues to explore the implications of academics working at the research-practice interface. Her supervision of doctoral students includes topics such as union involvement in learning strategies and the development of non-traditional employee participation systems. Mcbride's expertise is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in relation to ensuring that work contributes positively to global objectives. She has been involved in several research collaborations and has contributed significantly to the discourse on skill mix changes in primary care. Additionally, she has organized workshops and participated in talks focused on themes of equality and diversity in employment relations. Mcbride’s work aims to empower various stakeholders in addressing and mitigating issues of inequality within the workforce.

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