Global System Change Research
My research focus is on progressive organizational strategy and relations. This involves the study of relations between public, private and civil sector organisations, and their employees, on matters of public interest. This includes environment, health, labour rights, human rights, democracy and social development with a particular focus on international dimensions to these issues. I am contributing to an inter-organisational relations theory. My PhD is in 'policy studies', an interdisciplinary field that integrates insights from organisation studies (OS), political science and sociology. Although I have used a range of quantitative and qualitative research methods on projects for the UN, my particular methodological expertise is in critical discourse analysis and action research.
Please get in touch if any of following current research projects are relevant:
Corporate Responsibility Trends Analysis, for Greenleaf, with various associates, for publication in Journal of Corporate Citizenship and the Lifeworth Annual Reviews
Global Justice Movement's (counter-globalization) Impacts on Public Policy on Corporations, for UNRISD, with Peter Utting, for journal article and UN programme paper.
NGO Accountability and Donor Accountability, for an academic book, with Jon Cohen.
Global Justice Movement (counter-globalisation) Trends Analysis, for a paperback, with Shilpa Shah.
Consciousness and Leadership, for University of Griffith Business School, with John Manoochehri and Alok Singh, for special issue of Journal of Corporate Citizenship and the Transcending Leadership study circle.
Partnership concepts, for Auckland University of Technology, with Kate Kearins, for academic journal article.
As I focus on present challenges in society, I treat theories as the servant not master of my work. Consequently most of my publications are in the interdisciplinary fields of corporate responsibility and international development studies, as these reach relevant practitioners and policy makers. Nevertheless, as OS scholars broaden their view to consider societal contexts of organisations, my background in political science and sociology, as well as experience in working in all organisational sectors, puts me in a good position to help theoretical development in OS. In addition, I believe that as OS moves in this direction its differentiating value will be derived from remaining relevant to people's organisational lives, which has been my own intention and experience.
My publications are available for download, and you can browse my main theoretical contributions
