Nick Marsden, MSc Leadership and Management

Nick graduated last summer with a distinction and Portsmouth Business School's prize for best research which is sponsored by the Institute of Leadership and Management. His research has recently been published in "Human Resource Bulletin: Research and Practice" and reported on by the media.

His research showed that trust in the workplace is being hampered by a lack of understanding of what it actually means. As a result of the research, Dorset Fire and Rescue Service has approached the problem by defining their own meaning of trust which, in essence, is when a line manager is clear about the boundaries an employee needs to work within to enable that employee is able to talk comfortably with their manager without fear of repercussion.

His tutor David Hall said: “Nick’s research was inspired by what he saw and questioned in his own workplace. It was innovative and extremely insightful, which has allowed Nick and his management team to build on this in the workplace. It was an excellent piece of research.”