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Dr Shiona Chillas

Dr Shiona Chillas

BA(Hons) Human Resource Management, MRes, PhD, GradCIPD

Lecturer in Management

Employability Link (Careers Liaison)

Contact details

Tel: +44 (0)1334 462797
Fax: +44 (0)1334 462812

Teaching 2011/2012

  • MN3202 Research Methods 2 (module manager)
  • MN4209 Dissertation Project (module manager)
  • MN4213 Human Resource Management
  • MN5481 Master Class in Managing Human Resources

Research Specialisms

Graduate labour market, employability, sociology of professions, knowledge work and workers

PhD Thesis

The changing nature of graduate work and employment

Selected recent publications and conference papers

Chillas, S. (2010) Degrees of fit: matching in the graduate labour market, Employee Relations, 32(2), 156-170.

Chillas, S. (2010) The graduate labour market, trends and implications for HRM, Paper presented to the CIPD Conference: HRM at a time of economic challenge. Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow.

Chillas, S. (2010) No mismatch but multiple matching: changes in graduate work and employment, Paper presented to Skills Development Scotland Conference, Glasgow.

Chillas, S. (2010) Work-readiness: what employers really want from graduate employees, Paper presented to the International Labour Process Conference, Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Chillas, S. (2009) A critical realist approach to researching graduate work and employment, Paper presented to Critical Realism in Action Group, University of Warwick.

Chillas, S. (2009) Reconciling the labour market for graduates with the labour process in graduate jobs, Paper presented to the International Labour Process Conference, Edinburgh.

Chillas, S. (2008) Degrees of fit? Reflections on the use of qualifications in the graduate labour market, Paper presented to International Labour Process Conference, Dublin.

Chillas, S. (2007) The graduate labour market in Scotland, Paper presented to European Science Foundation Conference 2007: higher education and social change at the beginning of the 21st century, Vadstena.

Chillas, S. (2007) Higher education and the professional project, Paper presented to European Sociological Conference 2007, Glasgow.