Dr Oonagh Harness

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

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Key Publications

Blurry service relationships – Exploring recurrent encounters in personal training through photo-elicitation interviews, Harness, O. 7 Aug 2025, In: Culture and Organization
Emotional labour, Harness, O. 15 Apr 2025, Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies, Edward Elgar
‘Running Towards the Bullets’: Moral Injury in Critical Care Nursing in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Griffin, M., Hamilton, P., Harness, O., Credland, N., McMurray, R. 1 Apr 2024, In: Journal of Management Inquiry
The impact of COVID-19 on mental health and well-being in critical care nurses: a longitudinal, qualitative study, Credland, N., Griffin, M., Hamilton, P., Harness, O., McMurray, R. 1 Jan 2024, In: Nursing in critical care
Toxic Absence: Why Leader Presence Matters in Times of Crisis, McMurray, R., Credland, N., Griffin, M., Hamilton, P., Harness, O. 7 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Nursing Management
Emotional Labor: Concept and Practical Categorizations in Light of COVID Critical Care Nursing , McMurray, R., Credland, N., Griffin, M., Hamilton, P., Harness, O., Jamie, K. 30 Dec 2022, Shifting Categories of Work, New York, NY, United States, Taylor & Francis
Life during furlough: Challenges to dignity from a changed employment status, Hamilton, P., Harness, O., Griffin, M. 1 Nov 2022, In: Industrial Relations Journal
Occupational stigma among further education teaching staff in hair and beauty: Mild but challenging, Harness, O. 1 Sep 2022, In: Gender, Work & Organization
‘They’ve Been with Me the Whole Journey’: Temporality, Emotional Labour and Hairdressing Work, Harness, O., Jamie, K., McMurray, R. 1 Dec 2021, In: Work, Employment and Society

Professional Activity

Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: 14th International Conference on Organizational Discourse 2022
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism 2019

Qualifications

Management PhD December 03 2020
Sociology BSc (Hons) June 30 2016

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