General Area of Academic Specialization
Industrial Relations, Business Negotiations, Strategic Human Resource Management
Academic Unit
Behavioural Sciences & General Management
My research covers a range of issues having to do with workplace relationships ranging from attitudes to work, workplace performance, ethics in the workplace to sexuality and work.
Some Research Highlights:
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
- Smart, Cherry-Ann M., and Cowell, Noel M. 2019. "A Role for Jamaica Libraries in Conflict Resolution." Library Philosophy & Practice. digitalcommons.unl.edu.
- West, Keon, and Cowell. Noel M. 2015. "Predictors of prejudice against lesbians and gay men in Jamaica." The Journal of Sex Research 52.3: 296-305.
- Cowell, Noel M., H. McDavid, and T.S. Saunders. 2012, Managing Guest Security in a High -Violence Society: The Case of the Jamaican Tourism Industry” in World Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 4(1), 32-47.
- Hilton A. McDavid, Noel M. Cowell, and Archibald McDonald. 2011. “Is Criminal Violence a Non-Communicable Disease? Exploring the epidemiology of violence in Jamaica.” West Indies Medical Journal.
- Cowell, Noel M., and T.S. Saunders. 2011. Exploring Heteronormativity in the Public Discourse of Jamaican Legislators Sexuality and Culture. Sexuality and Culture (15), 315-331.
- 2007 - Cowell, Noel M., Crick, A. P. & Martin, R. - Ethics at the workplace: A survey of ethical propensities of UWI students and HRM Professionals. In N.M. Cowell, A. Campbell, G. Chen, S. Moore (Eds.), Ethical Perspectives for Caribbean Business. Kingston: Arawak Publications, pp.229-60.
- Cowell, Noel M. 2004. Is ‘work’ a four-letter word? Work attitude and the myth of the lazy Jamaican worker. Social and Economic Studies 53: 1-29.
Undergraduate Courses
- MGMT3019: Business Negotiations
- MGMT3018: Industrial Relations
Graduate Courses
- SBHR6390: Strategic Human Resource Management
- SBHR6020: Industrial Relations and Negotiating Strategies