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Professor in Applied Psychology
Appointed Professor in Applied Psychology at the University of Huddersfield in 2007 having been appointed a Reader in Psychology in 1999, Nigel joined the department in 1992, from a post-doctoral research post in the Centre for Primary Care Research, University of Manchester. His interests outside work include music (from Haydn to Hawkwind), SF film and literature, and history.
Qualitative methods (Nigel has developed a web site devoted to the template analysis approach); phenomenological psychology; creativity and innovation; primary care - especially community palliative care; paranormal beliefs and experiences.
UNPICKING THE THREADS: HOW GENERALIST AND SPECIALIST NURSES WORK WITH PATIENTS, CARERS AND EACH OTHER IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT CANCER SURVIVORS
TEACHING ETHICS THROUGH REALITY TV
Centre for Constructions and Identity
Centre for Applied Psychological Research
Supervised five PhD candidates to successful completion – four as Director of Studies and one as Second Supervisor. Currently Supervising nine PhD (or MPhil/PhD) candidates as Director if Studies, four PhD candidates as Second Supervisor, and one EdD candidate as Second Supervisor.
External examiner at Birkbeck College, University of Sheffield (three times), the Open University, University College Dublin, University of Melbourne, Sheffield Hallam University, University of Hertfordshire. Seven times internal examiner at Huddersfield University.
King, N. & Anderson, N.R. (2002) Managing Innovation and Change: A Critical Guide for Organizations. London: Thompson Learning. (Spanish translation 2003)
King, N (2008) What will hatch? A constructivist autobiographical account of writing poetry. Journal of Constructivist Psychology. 21 (4): 274-287
King, N., Finlay, L., Ashworth, P., Smith, J., Langdridge, D. and Butt, T. (2008) ‘Can’t really trust that, so what can I trust?’: A polyvocal, qualitative analysis of the psychology of mistrust. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 5: 80-102.
Dornan, T., Boshuizen, H., King, N. and Scherpbier, A. (2007) Experience-based learning: a model linking the processes and outcomes of medical students' workplace learning. Medical Education, 41 (1): 84-91.
King, N., Thomas, K., Martin, N., Bell, D. and Farrell, S. (2005) ‘Now nobody falls through the net’: practitioners’ perspectives on the Gold Standards Framework for community palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 19(8): 619-627.
Dornan, T., Scherpbier, A., King, N. and Boshuizen, H. (2005) Clinical teachers and problem-based learning: a phenomenological study. Medical Education, 39: 163-170.
Ross, A., King, N., Firth, J. (2005) Interprofessional Relationships and Collaborative Working: Encouraging Reflective Practice. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Vol. #10 No. #1, Manuscript 3. Available: www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic26/tpc26_3.htm
King, N (2004) Using templates in the thematic analysis of text, in C.Cassell and G.Symon (Eds.) Essential Guide to Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research. London: Sage.
King, N (2004) Using interviews in qualitative research, in C.Cassell and G.Symon (Eds.) Essential Guide to Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research. London: Sage.
King, N, Bell, D & Thomas, K (2004) Family carers’ experiences of out-of-hours community palliative care: a qualitative study. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 10 (2), 76-83.
King, N and Ross, A (2004) Professional Identities and Interprofessional Relations: Evaluation of Collaborative Community Schemes. Social Work in Health Care.38 (2), 51-72.
King, N. (2003) Involvement in innovation: the role of identity, in L.Shavinina (ed.) International Handbook on Innovation. New York: Elsevier Science.
King, N, Butt, T, & Green, L (2003) Spanking and the corporal punishment of children: the sexual story. International Journal of Children’s Rights, 11 (2), 199-217.
King, N, Thomas, K, and Bell, D (2003) An out-of-hours protocol for community palliative care: practitioners’ perspectives, International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 9 (7), 277-282.
King, N. (2002) Developing innovation in organizations, in M.Pearn (Ed.), Individual Differences and Development in Organizations. Chichester: Wiley.
Green, L, Butt, T, & King, N (2002) Taking the chaste out of chastisement: An analysis of the sexual implications of the corporal punishment of children, Childhood, 9 (2) 205-224.
King, N. & Anderson, N.R. (2002) Managing Innovation and Change: A Critical Guide for Organizations. London: Thompson Learning. (Spanish translation 2003)
King, N, Carroll, C, Newton, P & Dornan, T (2002) ‘You can’t cure it so you have to endure it’: The experience of adaptation to diabetic renal disease, Qualitative Health Research, 12 (3), 329-346.
Meston, C & King, N (1996) Making sense of ‘resistance’: Responses to organizational change in a private nursing home for the elderly, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 5 (1), 91-102.
Anderson, N R & King, N (1993) Innovation in Organizations, in C L Cooper & I T Robertson (Eds.) International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Volume 8, 1-34.
King, N (1992) Modelling the innovation process: an empirical comparison of approaches, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 65, 89-100.
King, N, Melvin, J and Ashby, J (2008) Pictor: Developing and implementing a technique for exploring collaborative working. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Inaugural Conference, Unversity of Leeds, 2nd-4th September.
King, N., Crowley, C., Forrester, M., Gibson, S., Gordon-Finlayson, A., Riley, S., Shaw, R., Sullivan, C., and Wiggins, S. (2008) Workshop Presentation: Teaching qualitative research methods at undergraduate level: an interactive session
King, N and Melvin, J (2008) The ‘Pictor’ technique: exploring collaborative working in community palliative care. 6th EAPC Research Forum, Trondheim, 28th-30th May.
King N, Melvin J & Ashby J (2006) Community nursing roles in palliative care: a study in three localities. Trans-Pennine Palliative Care Research Network,.Sheffield 29th November.
King, N (2006) Professional identities and innovation: a phenomenological constructivist approach. British Academy of Management Conference, Belfast, 12th-14th September.
King, N (2006) ‘What will hatch?’ A constructivist autobiographical account of writing poetry. European Personal Construct Association Conference, Kristianstad, Sweden.8th-11th April.
King N, Bell D & Thomas K (2005) Carers’ experiences of out-of-hours palliative care services. Trans-Pennine Palliative Care Research Network, University of Liverpool, 20th October.
King N (2004) The evolving evidence base for GSF. Liverpool Care Pathway Conference, Royal Society of Medicine, London, 11th November.
King, N (2004) Construing Good and Evil in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. European Personal Construct Association Conference, University of Stuttgart, 5th-7th March.
King N, Thomas K, Farrell S, Bell D & Martin N (2004) Implementing the Gold Standards Framework: A Qualitative Evaluation. The Palliative Care Congress, University of Warwick, 17th-19th March.
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