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Biography

Dr Adrian Wright is Associate Dean and the Director of the Institute for Research in Organisations, Work and Employment in the School of Business at the University of Central Lancashire. Adrian's research interests include work and employment, employment relations, management, creative work and technology work.

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Employment (6)

University of Central Lancashire: Preston, England, GB

(School of Business )
Employment
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University of Central Lancashire: Preston, United Kingdom, GB

2020-01-07 to present | Deputy Head of School (School of Management)
Employment
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University of Central Lancashire: Preston, United Kingdom, GB

2018-01-01 to 2020-07-31 | Director of Institute for Research into Orgainsations Work and Employment (Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise)
Employment
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University of Central Lancashire: Preston, United Kingdom, GB

2017-01-01 to 2018-01-01 | Principal Lecturer (Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise)
Employment
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Adrian Wright

University of Central Lancashire: Preston, Lancashire, GB

2016-10-01 to 2017-12-31 | Senior Lecturer (School of Business )
Employment
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Adrian Wright

University of Central Lancashire: Preston, Lancashire, GB

2010-09-01 to 2016-09-31 | Lecturer (Lancashire Business School )
Employment
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Manchester: Manchester, Manchester, GB

2009-09-01 to 2015-12-15 | PHD (Alliance Manchester Business School )
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University of Manchester: Manchester, Manchester, GB

2006-09-01 to 2007-08-31 | Corporate Communications and Reputation Management (Manchester Business School )
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Manchester Metropolitan University: Manchester, Manchester, GB

2001-09-01 to 2005-08-31 | Hospitality and Licensed Retail Management (School of Hospitality and Tourism)
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Professional activities (3)

RSA: London, GB

Fellow
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Higher Education Academy: York, GB

Fellow
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Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development: London, England, GB

2023-07-01 to present | Academic Fellow
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Funding (9)

Enhancing Line Management Capabilities

2024-04 to 2025-04 | Contract
UK Shared Prosperity Fund (London, GB)
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Adrian Wright

Employee Relations in the NHS

2023-10 to 2025-03 | Contract
Healthcare People Management Association (Lancashire, GB)
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Adrian Wright

Business Health Matters Evaluation

2021 to 2024 | Contract
Innovate UK (Swindon, England, GB)
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Just and Learning Culture

2021 to 2023 | Contract
ACAS (London, GB)
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Adrian Wright

Employee Relations in the NHS

2021 to 2022 | Contract
Healthcare People Management Association (London, GB)
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Adrian Wright

Unison Participation Project

2021 to 2022 | Contract
Trade Union (anonymised) (Manchester, GB)
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Adrian Wright

Mediation in East Lancashire

Creative Industries and Preston Model

2020-02 to 2022 | Award
Arts and Humanities Research Council (Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, GB)
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Determinants of Productivity Differentials between Lancashire and Other Regional Economies

2016-01 to 2017-01 | Contract
Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (Preston, United Kingdom, GB)
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Adrian Wright

Works (11)

A Critical Assessment of the Effectiveness of Employment Relations in the NHS

The Healthcare People Management Association.
2025 | Report
Contributors: Adrian Wright
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Adrian Wright

Student Working Lives

University of Central Lancashire
2025 | Report
Contributors: Adrian Wright
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Adrian Wright

A Critical Assessment of the Effectiveness of Employment Relations in the NHS in the New Normal

The Healthcare People Management Association.
2022 | Report
Contributors: Adrian Wright
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Driving Local Growth in the Creative Industries, Lessons from the Preston Model

2022 | Report
Contributors: Adrian Wright
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Mediation and Early Resolution in East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

ACAS
2022 | Report
Contributors: Adrian Wright
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Rationalising Work in the Digital Games Sector

, Research Handbook on Sociology of Organizations, Edward Elgar.
2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Adrian Wright
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Favours within 'the tribe': Social support in coworking spaces

New Technology, Work and Employment
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Adrian Wright; Dorota Marsh; Gemma Wibberley
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A precarious game: The illusion of dream jobs in the video game industryErginBulutCornell University Press: New York, (2020). Available for $23.95 in paperback

New Technology, Work and Employment
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Adrian Wright
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A Darker Side of Creative Entrepreneurship

The Design Journal
2019-04-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1460-6925
Part of ISSN: 1756-3062
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Adrian Wright

Understanding Self-Exploitation in the Digital Games Sector

The new digital workplace. How new technologies revolutionise work: Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment Series
2017-04-01 | Book chapter
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It’s all about games: enterprise and entrepreneurialism in the digital games sector

New Technology, Work and Employment
2015-03-15 | Journal article
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