Richard Saundry

Richard Saundry is Professor of HRM and Employment Relations at the University of Sheffield. He is one of the UKs leading experts in the management of workplace conflict. Richard started his working life at the National Union of Mineworkers where he was Head of Industrial Relations, and subsequently worked at the Universities of Leeds, Central Lancashire and Plymouth.

He is an author of ‘Managing Employment Relations’ the core CIPD text for Employee Relations and a co-editor of ‘Reframing Resolution’ published in 2016 by Palgrave Macmillan. His work has been published in a wide range of leading international academic journals including the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Journal and Work Employment and Society. He is currently working on a major project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) investigating the link between conflict competence, employee engagement and productivity.