Finn, Rachael, Professor

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Professor Rachael Finn

Management School

Head of Work Psychology Group

Chair in Organisation Studies

r.l.finn@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3484

Room F009, 91ֱ�� University Management School

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Professor Rachael Finn
Management School
Room F009
91ֱ�� University Management School
Conduit Road
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S10 1FL

Profile

Professor Rachael Finn is Dean of the Management School. Rachael joined the Management School in 2011 as Professor of Organisation Studies and was appointed Interim Dean of the school in July 2019.

Prior to her appointment as Dean, Rachael served as Head of the Work, Employment, People and Organisations Division within the School and previously as Director for Postgraduate Research.

Her research lies within the field of Organisation Studies, with a particular focus on the realities of health and social care organisation. She has a particular interest in critical management and qualitative methodologies, including discursive perspectives on organisational life.

Rachael studied at the University of Nottingham for both her undergraduate degree (BA joint honours in Psychology and Sociology) and her PhD in Sociology.

Rachael is currently an External Examiner for the EMBA in Healthcare at the University of Nottingham Business School.

Research interests

Professor Finn’s research takes an organisation studies perspective, with a particular focus on policies and processes or organising in the health and social care context.

She has published extensively in the field of health care organisation, worked closely with external partners (including NHS and third sector), receiving grant funding from a range of funders (e.g. NIHR, ESRC, NHS and The Health Foundation) and taking an interdisciplinary approach (e.g. collaborating with colleagues from ScHARR, School of Nursing and Medical School). Current and recent research has included:

Evaluation of the Flow Coaching Academy Quality Improvement programme (The Health Foundation)
(The Health Foundation)
System Leadership role of Health and Wellbeing Boards in improving population health (National Institute for Health Research)
The Role of Lived Experience in the Training and Education of Mental Health Professionals (91ֱ�� Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust)

Publications

Journal articles

Perkins N, Hunter DJ, Visram S, Finn R, Gosling J, Adams L & Forrest A (2019) . Journal of Health Services Research & Policy.
Martin GP, Currie G, Weaver S, Finn RL & McDonald R (2017) . Organization Studies, 38(1), 103-127.
Lockett A, Currie G, Finn R, Martin G & Waring J (2014) . Academy of Management Journal, 57(4), 1102-1129.
Currie G, Lockett A, Finn R, Martin G & Waring J (2012) . Organization Studies, 33(7), 937-962.
Lockett A, Currie G, Waring J, Finn R & Martin G (2012) . Social Science and Medicine, 74(3), 356-363.
Martin GP & Finn R (2011) . Sociology of Health and Illness, 33(7), 1050-1065.
Martin GP, Currie G, Finn R & McDonald R (2011) . Implementation Science, 6(1).
Finn R, Learmonth M & Reedy P (2010) . Social Science and Medicine, 70(8), 1148-1154.
Finn R, Currie G & Martin G (2010) . Organization Studies, 31(8), 1069-1097.
Currie G, Finn R & Martin G (2010) . Organization Studies, 31(7), 941-961.
Martin GP, Currie G & Finn R (2009) . Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 19(4), 769-794.
Martin G, Currie G & Finn R (2009) . Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 14(4), 204-211.
Currie G, Finn R & Martin G (2009) . Work, Employment and Society, 23(2), 267-284.
Martin GP, Currie G & Finn R (2009) . Social Science and Medicine, 68(7), 1191-1198.
Currie G, Waring J & Finn R (2008) . Public Administration, 86(2), 363-385.
Currie G, Finn R & Martin G (2008) . Human Relations, 61(4), 539-564.
Finn R (2008) . Human Relations, 61(1), 103-130.
Martin GP, Finn R & Currie G (2007) . Familial Cancer, 6(2), 257-263.
Currie G, Finn R & Martin G (2007) . Journal of Health, Organisation and Management, 21(4-5), 406-417.
Finn R & Waring J (2006) . Public Money and Management, 26(2), 117-124.
Cohen L, Wilkinson A, Arnold J & Finn R (2005) . WORK EMPLOY SOC, 19(4), 775-796.
Finn R, Visram S, Hunter D, Neil P, Adams L, Gosling J & Forrest A () Health and Wellbeing Boards as theatres of accountability: A dramaturgical analysis. Local Government Studies.

Chapters

Finn R () (pp. 2429-2434). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Reports

Finn R, Birdi K, Wolstenholme D, Kapadi A, Bonham C, Campbell F, Fletcher R, Crimlisk H, Smith R, McCulloch G , Di Bona L et al (2019) Exploring the role of lived experience in mental health training: A scoping project
Finn R, Hunter D, Visram S, Perkins N, Adams L, Forrest A & Gosling J (2018) EVALUATING THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARDS AS DRIVERS OF HEALTH IMPROVEMENT AND INTEGRATED CARE ACROSS ENGLAND

Research group: Organisation Studies Research Cluster

Grants

Factors affecting the Retention of Mental Health Staff (RoMHS) The Health Foundation 2019-2022
Improving flow: Developing the capability to improve patient flow The Health Foundation, 91ֱ�� Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2018-2019 £19,904
Lived Experience in Mental Health Training 91ֱ�� Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 2017-2018 £9,973
Evaluating the leadership role of Health and Wellbeing Boards as drivers of health improvement and integrated care across England Department of Health 2016
Translating Knowledge into Action The Health Foundation, 91ֱ�� Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2016-2017 £6,201
For whose benefit? Mobilising service-user involvement for the co-design of public services: The case of quality improvement in the NHS 91ֱ�� Microsystem Coaching Academy 2016

Teaching activities

Rachael has a broad range of teaching experience across undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education, having taught across the fields of organisation studies, organisational behaviour and research methods.

Most recently, she has led and delivered MGT364 Language and Organisation, bringing her research expertise on discourse and micro-political organisational practices and into the classroom, encouraging critical thinking, reflexivity and awareness of organising as a socio-political process among students as future employees and managers.

Professional activities and memberships

PhD Supervision

Areas of PhD supervision:

Health and Social Care Organisation Studies
Patent and public involvement
Discourse and Organisation
Critical Management Studies