# Event Details

- **Event Name**: WEI Seminar with Professor Keith Townsend
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 03:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Professor Keith Townsend presents on how understanding of employee voice has deepened across a variety of studies.About this EventInformality, Pathways, Time and the Future: Gaps and Future of Employee Voice ResearchProfessor Keith Townsend, Department of Management, Griffith University, AustraliaThis presentation traces a two-decade program of research into employee voice from Griffith University, examining how understanding in the field has deepened across five interconnected studies. Beginning with the notion that informal voice between employees and line managers performs an essential role overlooked by formal institutional channels, the research progressively expanded in scope and conceptual ambition. Cross-sectoral analysis revealed that employee involvement and participation systems are rarely coherent architectures — they are patchwork accumulations shaped by historical contingency and managerial preference. The concept of voice pathways reconceptualised voice as a temporal journey rather than a discrete act, while research in emergency services demonstrated that peer-to-peer informal voice can be critical to psychological survival, yet remains highly vulnerable to operational change. Most recently, a systematic review of 256 longitudinal studies identified a fundamental gap: the field has largely failed to engage with time as a theoretical variable. Finally, we outline some preliminary results from an ongoing project longitudinal voice project.Speaker BioAcademia was a second career for Keith Townsend, who is currently employed at Griffith University in the Department of Management. After completing his PhD at Griffith in 2005, he took a position at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in the School of Management before being lured back to Griffith in 2008. While his research interests are vast, Keith’s primary research interests include employee voice, frontline managers and human resource management implementation. He has published more than 120 journal articles, as well as thirteen edited books and research monographs including How to Keep your Research Project on Track. Keith’s research has appeared in top journals including British Journal of Management, Work, Employment and Society, Human Resource Management Journal and Human Resource Management. Throughout his career he has won six Australian Research Council grants investigating various topics within the broad area of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/manchester/wei-seminar-with-professor-keith-townsend/100001989382398306
- **Event Categories**: workshops
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- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
  - Location: Alliance Manchester Business School
  - Languages: English

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- **city**: Manchester
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- **country**: United Kingdom
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- **Q**: When and where is WEI Seminar with Professor Keith Townsend being held?
  - **A:** WEI Seminar with Professor Keith Townsend takes place on Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 03:30 pm at Alliance Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, United Kingdom.
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- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** WEI Seminar with Professor Keith Townsend is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Manchester, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If WEI Seminar with Professor Keith Townsend sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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