Dr Malcolm Patterson
Senior Research Fellow
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Areas of Expertise
Organisational culture and climate
Cross-cultural behaviour
Human resource management and performance
Relationships between work conditions (e.g., job and work design) and well-being and behaviour
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Health care organisation and specifically the care of older people in the NHS
Current Areas of Research
I am leading a number of NHS funded research projects in the areas of culture change and quality of care for older people; human resource management and performance; and standardised care practices and staff behaviour and well-being. I am a member of the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for South Yorkshire, specialising in the theme of ‘translating knowledge into action. I am also engaged in a range of other research projects including exploring cultural explanations for cheating behaviour in professional footballers.
Research Impact and Esteem Factors
I am an experienced researcher conducting research into the impact of organizational practices and psycho-social factors on organisational performance and employee behaviour and well-being. This research stream has grown from my work at the Social and Applied Psychology Unit on a large scale, longitudinal study of organizational effectiveness funded by the ESRC, via the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics. This study was at the forefront of research in the UK in identifying and demonstrating the importance of human resource management to organizational performance. As a consequence of the CEP research, I have been involved in a number of projects that have developed the evidence base on the nature of the relationship between employee development and organizational effectiveness.
Specific examples include ongoing investigations into the relationship between individual, team, and organizational learning practices and performance; exploring the relative effects of modern management practices and HR on time series performance data; and examining the relationship between HR and health outcomes in the health sector. This work has been published in leading international journals (e.g., Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Personnel Psychology), and presented at major international academic conferences (e.g., Academy of Management Meeting, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meeting). I have also taken an extremely active role in disseminating research findings to both practitioners and policy makers (e.g., DTI, CIPD, Industrial Society).
Many of these research topics, which have been explored predominantly in the private sector, are now underpinning significant policy initiatives in the Health Sector. More recently, my research interests have focused on this sector where there is the opportunity to study the impact of such major policy initiatives on patient care, staff well-being and organisational effectiveness. I have recently been principal investigator on three major NHS funded projects, and contribute to a number of others across the university
I am a member of the Journal of Management Editorial Board.
Teaching
I teach on the
MSc in Occupational Psychology, MSc in Human Resource Management
and undergraduate psychology courses. My primary responsibility is for the
Research Methods
module on the MSC in Occupational Psychology and for the Occupational Psychology module delivered to Psychology undergraduates. My approach is theory led and critical in approach, leading on to practical implications and uses. I am able to draw on many examples from my own research and organizational experience to enhance teaching and casework. Where possible I am keen to employ multiple levels of analysis, including, for example, individual, organisational and policy concepts.
Qualifications
PhD Psychology, University of Sheffield
MSc Occupational Psychology, University of Sheffield 1991
BA (Hons) Psychology, University of Liverpool 1983
Example Publications
Mason, S., O’Keeffe, C., Knowles, E., Patterson, M., Stride, C., Rick, J., & Coleman, P. A pragmatic quasi-experimental multi-site community intervention trial (NEECaP) evaluating the impact of Emergency Care Practitioners in different UK health settings on patient pathways. Emergency Medicine Journal. (In press)
Mason, S., O’Keeffe, C., Knowles, E., Bradburn, M., Campbell, M., Patterson, M., Stride, C., Rick, J., Coleman, P. & O’Hara, R. (2011) A pragmatic quasi-experimental multi-site community intervention trial (NEECaP) evaluating the impact of Emergency Care Practitioners in different UK health settings on patient pathways. Emergency Medicine Journal
Patterson, M., Nolan, M., Rick, J., Brown., J. & Adams., R. (2011). From metrics to meaning: Culture change and quality of acute hospital care for older people. Report for NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme.http://www.sdo.nihr.ac.uk/projdetails.php?ref=08-1501-93
Patterson M, Rick J, Wood S, Carroll C, Balain S, Booth A. (2010). Systematic review of the links between human resource management practices and performance. Health Technology Assessment, 14, 1-363.
http://www.hta.ac.uk/execsumm/summ1451.shtm