Visiting academics

Karin Sanders is a leading authority in the study of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. She is a Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology in the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Organisational Psychology and HRD. She has published extensively.

A significant part of Professor Sydow’s current research centres on the interface of global inter-firm networks on the one hand and work and industrial relations on the other. His research activities at the ASB will focus on this interface. More specifically, it will look at the impact of International Framework Agreements on organization and work in transnational production and supply networks.

Virginia Doellgast is a lecturer in the Department of Management, London School of Economics, United Kingdom. Her research focuses on Industrial and Labour Relation Studies.

Paul Edwards is a Professor of Industrial Relations at the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. His research focuses on industrial relations and the sociology and management of work.

Stephen Barley’s Research interests include Technology's role in occupational and organizational change. Science and innovation in industrial settings. Organizational and occupational culture. Social network theory. Macro-organizational behavior. His teaching interests are: Organization theory. Technological change. Sociology and anthropology of work and occupations. Research Methods. Network Theory.

Giulio Sapelli is a leading international scholar, recognized for his voluminous and influential publications (many in translation), the distinguished positions he has held around the world and the receipt of fellowships and awards in many countries. He is also a major figure in public policy, business life and management education in Italy. He has received an discharged a range of senior roles for government and business. For example, he is a leading international expert on corporate governance and business corruption and was Italy’s representative to Transparency International. His book Morality and Corporate Governance: Firm Integrity and Spheres of Justice, has just been published by Edward Elgar.

 

He was also, for many years, the Italian government’s representative on the Board of Directors of the giant Italian petrochemical corporation, ENI.

Stephen Ackroyd is a leading authority in Management and Organisational Behavioural studies. He has published extensively.

Sara Rynes-Weller's is a leading authority in Organisation and Management studies. She was the editor-in-chief of The Academy of Management Journal, which was recently ranked by ISI Web of Science as having the highest global Impact Factor in the "Business" journal category, and second in the "Management" category.

Karin Sanders is a leading authority in the study of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. She is a Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology in the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Organisational Psychology and HRD. She has published extensively.

Wayne Lewchuk’s research is regarding how precarious employment has adverse impacts on occupational health and safety outcomes. Along with Michael Quinlan he has developed theoretical models to explain this that overlap to some degree. His visit will entail facilitating the development of cutting edge theories of why the shift to more flexible work arrangements is having adverse OHS effects which , in turn, will inform the development of better policy interventions.