- Human Resource Management
- Leadership
- Work Design
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Kirsteen Grant is a Professor at the Business School of Edinburgh Napier University, where she conducts research and teaching in human resource management, leadership, work design, and employment relations. She is actively involved in research projects related to public sector leadership, psychological contracts in policing, and youth expectations of work. She supervises multiple PhD students and contributes to major academic publications and conferences. Professor, Business School, Edinburgh Napier University Associate Director (Development), Scottish Institute for Policing Research (2024–2027) Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD) Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (SFHEA) Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (CMBE) Her research focuses on human resource management, leadership, work-life balance, digitalization, and the future of work . She explores how technological changes, flexible working, and organizational restructuring impact employee wellbeing and professional identity. Her work often employs qualitative and mixed methods, especially in public sector and aviation contexts. Recent publications show a strong trend in work design, digitalization, precarious employment, and leadership development . Her co-edited Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM (2022) consolidates emerging themes in the field. She investigates how work intensification, remote work, and AI reshape work practices and employee experiences. Her scientific contributions include: Research on precarious employment in commercial aviation Studies on psychological contracts in policing Analysis of youth expectations of work Leadership challenges in the public sector Job crafting in post-pandemic workplaces Kirsteen Grant advises several PhD students, including Sara Whinnett, Meg Wright, Hong Neo, Annmarie Blackwood, and Ewurabena Wilson . She has secured funding from the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland for projects on police psychological contracts and youth workplace readiness. She is not part of a named lab but collaborates within research centers focused on policing and workforce development.









