Dr Daniel Wintersberger

Department of Management
Lecturer in Human Resource Management

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8387
Email: d.wintersberger@bham.ac.uk

Address: University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Daniel Wintersberger joined Birmingham Business School as a teaching fellow in 2014 and became a lecturer in 2018. Before joining the school, he held teaching posts at Cardiff and Swansea University and worked as a pay and reward specialist with the British Airline Pilots’ Association.

Daniel's doctoral research (funded by the International Transport Workers’ Federation and supervised by Prof Geraint Harvey - Swansea) examined the impact of the low cost model on Work, Employment and Trade Union Representation in the Indian and Brazilian Civil Aviation Industry. He currently serves as the Brazil lead for the College of Social Sciences and teaches on the MSc International Business, BSc Accounting & Finance, as well as the full time and executive MBA programmes in Birmingham and Singapore.

Qualifications

PhD in International Employment Relations
MSc in Management
BA (hons) in Geography
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Biography

A human geographer by training, Daniel Wintersberger has held managerial and industrial relations roles in the service occupations and retail trades before undertaking funded research on industrial relations in civil aviation, which formed the foundations of his doctoral research. The project (funded by the International Transport Workers’ Federation - ITF) examined the impact of the low cost model on work, employment and trade union representation in the Indian and Brazilian civil aviation industry following the deregulation of both markets. Findings from Daniel's research were used by the ITF as well as the International Labour Organisation. He has presented his research widely at academic conferences (including the International Labour Process Conference) as well as to trade union and practitioner audiences.

Daniel is currently focusing his attention on the manufacturing sector, working on a FAPESP-funded project (led by Prof Jorge Muniz – UNESP) on tacit knowledge sharing on automotive assembly lines in Brazil.

Teaching

Daniel currently runs OB, HRM and IHRM modules on the following programmes:

Full time MBA
Exec MBA (Singapore)
MSc International Business
BSc Accounting & Finance

He has previously taught on the following modules at UG and MSc level:

Critical analysis in management
The firm and the business environment
Training & development
Business, Organisation and Management
Global talent management
Employee relations
Contemporary issues in work, employment and people management
Researching work and employment
International perspectives on industrial relations
Change management

Postgraduate supervision

Daniel is interested to hear from candidates who would like to conduct research into employment relations issues in transport, particularly civil aviation, as well as shop floor perspectives on industry 4.0 implementation in a range of sectors.

Research

Research interests

HRM and Industrial Relations in the Transport Sectors
Knowledge management and Industry 4.0

Current projects

Worker tacit knowledge and industry 4.0 implementation: Insights from Brazil and China.

Publications

Harvey, G.; Turnbull, P. and Wintersberger, D. (2018) ‘Contradiction and resistance in safety critical airline work’ Work, Employment and Society (ABS 4*)

Wintersberger, D. (2017) International Human Resource Management: A Case Study Approach, Kogan Page, London.

Wintersberger, D.; Harvey, G.; & Turnbull, P. (2013) ‘Development of the Low Cost Model in India and Brazil’, International Transport Workers’ Federation, London.

Wintersberger, D., Pullen, A., & Williams, H. (2013). HRM at Low Fares Airlines in BRICs: Commitment and Insecurity. Proceedings of the Nascent Connections Conference, Swansea University, April 2013.

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