An accredited University research centre, COERC provides a platform for the conduct, dissemination and debate of interdisciplinary research into employment, work organisation and equality and diversity in comparative and international perspective.
The Centre’s activities contribute to knowledge informing private and public dialogue and policy making, enabling organisations, groups and individuals to develop their full potential. This mission is underpinned by a commitment to the symbiotic relationship between sustainable economic advances, personal development and social justice principles.
The Centre has a membership drawn from a wide range of disciplines within the University. It encourages a critical review of business, trade union, employment and management studies in order to explore the implications of an increasingly diverse labour force and markets for government, business, consumers, trade unions, non-governmental organisations and other socio-economic groups in an increasingly integrated global economy.
Core research and consultancy streams include comparative organisation and development in emerging and transforming economies; corporate ethics and governance; cross-cultural management; employment law and public policy; employment relations; equality/diversity and work; gender and entrepreneurship; human capital development; (international); human resource management; organisational structure and culture; and corporate and trade union/social movement strategy and practice.
COERC members are involved in the supervision of full and part-time PhD students. Applications for MPhil/PhD should be made via the Research and Graduate School Office, which then involves COERC in admissions decisions and for supervision.
Located within the Department
of Management and Professional Development, COERC is affiliated to the
Working Lives Research Institute.
The TUC Library Collection
and the Women’s
Library provide useful assets for research.
COERC enquiries and comments to:
Fiona Colgan (f.colgan@londonmet.ac.uk)
and Dr. Stephen J. Perkins (s.perkins@londonmet.ac.uk)
277-281 Holloway Road, London N7 8HN
Tel: 020 7753 063 / Fax: 020 7753 5051
Colgan,
Fiona (f.Colgan@londonmet.ac.uk)
Is Senior Research Fellow in Employment Studies, and the Course Leader of
the MA Employment Studies and HRM. Her track record in equalities, industrial
relations and HRM research (funded by Canadian High Commission, ESRC, ESF,
Canadian High Commission; London Borough of Hackney, Low Pay Commission and
various trade unions) includes books (published by Macmillan, Routledge, Palgrave),
conference papers and refereed academic journal publications (eg. Gender
Work and Organisation; Industrial Relations; Work, Employment and Society).
She is a member of the MPD Research Committee, WLRI Executive Board, the university
Gender Research Network and a member of BUIRA.
Perkins,
Stephen, Dr. (s.perkins@londonmet.ac.uk)
An Oxford University trained researcher, with a complementary prior background
as a FTSE Top-30 executive, Perkins’ track record in corporate governance
and comparative organisation studies includes books/book chapte rs released
through quality publishing houses (e.g. CIPD; Kogan Page, Routledge); conference
papers and refereed academic journal publications (e.g. Academy of Management,
August 2004; International HRM Conference, June 2005; Journal of Management
Studies, November, 2005); as well as leading practitioner journals and
conferences (e.g. People Management; EAPM 2005). He is a Chartered
FCIPD and holds CIPD research funding to research and write on international
employee reward management. Perkins is Course Leader, MA International HRM
and a member of WLRI Executive Board and MPD Research Committee.
Altman, Yochanan, Professor (y.altman@londonmet.ac.uk)
Professor of International HRM, MPD with research interests focused on the following themes: Comparative Management, Careers, Personal Development; Sectors: Hi Tech, Telecommunications, Leisure, FMCGs, Defence; Regions: West/Central Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia Pacific and Countries; Israel, France, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Hong Kong, Australia. He is a member of CIPD, a range of professional bodies and is on the editorial board of a range of journals (eg Journal of Managerial Psychology, Human Resource Planning.) He has a strong track record of publication in refereed academic journals as well as leading practitioner journals and international HRM conferences and is an experienced PhD supervisor.
Bhopal, Mhinder (m.Bhopal@londonmet.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer in HRM, MPD and Corporate Member of CIPD (MCIPD). His research
interests focus on comparative employment systems, HRM/Industrial relations
and issues of ethnicity and gender in HRM, particularly in Malaysia and the
Far East. He has published his research in academic journals (eg International
Journal of HRM, Asian Pacific Business Review, Economic and Industrial Democracy)
and presented at UK and international conferences (eg British Academy
of Management Annual Conference, International Employee Relations Association).
He is leading the development of the BA International HRM in MPD.
Creegan,
Chris (c.creegan@londonmet.ac.uk)
Senior Research Officer, MPD. He has worked on a range of CERB research projects
including race quality in local government; trade union organising and diversity
in the ISTC, Unifi and TGWU; tackling multiple discrimination and social exclusion
at work: an examination of the intersection of gender, race, age and sexual
orientation. He has taught on MAESHRM and MALTUS research methods and managing
equality and diversity modules and supervised dissertations. Has presented
research at conferences (eg Gender, Work and Organisation,Work Employment
and Society) and is now working with colleagues to turn these into quality
journal outputs for the RAE (eg Work,Employment and Society).
Green, Miriam
(m.green@londonmet.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer Organisation Studies, MPD. She teaches across a range of organisation
theory, organisation studies and managing change and innovation modules at
undergraduate and postgraduate level and supervises MA dissertations. Her
research interests include: teaching and learning strategies for the study
of organizations; learning and reflection; sociological paradigms and management
accounting research; representation of organisation and management theory.
She is developing academic outputs from recent research through conference
papers (British Academy of Management, Critical Accounting Studies Conference)
and academic journals (Journal of Knowledge Management, Philosophy of
Management).
Holley, Debbie (d.hollie@londonmet.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, BSSM. She teaches
across undergraduate and postgraduate marketing, purchasing and management
modules. Her research interests focus on the transport sector particularly
women in management, the glass ceiling and restructuring; technology including
critical thinking and embedding technology in the curriculum. She has given
a range of conference papers at academic and practitioner conferences and
is publishing her work in journals (eg. Journal of Managerial Psychology)
and quality practitioner outputs (eg Croner Management Briefing Series).
She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport, the Institute of
Logistics and the Royal Society of Arts and is a Member of the Chartered Institute
of Purchasing & Supply.
Kalsi, Kiran (k.kalsi@londonmet.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer, Learning and Development, MPD. She teaches across a range
of cross-cultural management and learning and development modules. Her research
interests focus on cross-cultural management, entrepreneurship and Asian women
in management. She has given a range of conference papers at academic and
practitioner conferences (British Academy of Management) and is publishing
her work in journals (Gender, Work and Organisation) and quality
practitioner outputs
May, Margaret, Dr.,(m.may@londonmet.ac.uk)
Principal Lecturer Human Services and Human Resource Management, MPD. She
teaches a range of undergraduate and postgraduate HRM, public policy and welfare
modules and supervises MA and PhD dissertations. Her research interests lie
in the areas of human service management, occupational welfare, gender and
work life balance and comparative welfare policy. She has published research
in Social Politik, a range of book chapters and is currently co-authoring
a book with COERC colleague, Brunsdon Understanding Work Life Balance
(2004) Bristol, Policy Press. She is a Corporate Member of the Institute of
Management, a member of the Social Policy Association and the Work Foundation.
McKearney, Aidan (aidan.mckearney@londonmet.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer Human Resource Management in MPD. He teaches across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate HRM, research methods and managing equality and diversity modules and supervises MA HRM/HRD dissertations. His research interests focus on equality and diversity and he is a member of the research team for the European Social Fund project ‘Tackling ‘Multiple Discrimination’ and social exclusion at work: an examination of the intersection between gender, race, age and sexual orientation.’
Merali, Faruk (f.merali@londonmet.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour in MPD. He teaches across a wide
range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules including the MBA and provides
research supervision for postgraduate students. His research interests include;
managerialism in public sector organizations, cultural change in the NHS,
effects of the recent NHS reforms on the managerial subculture within the
NHS, NHS managers and their public image, corporate social responsibility
& NHS managers. Earlier conference papers presented (eg. British Academy
of Management, Corporate Social Responsibility) are now being published
in refereed journals (eg. International Journal of Public Sector Management
and Social responsibility).
Mills, Valerie(v.mills@londonmet.ac.uk)
Project Director for Women into Enterprise, MPD and teaching short courses
for women entrepreneurs. Her research interests include entrepreneurship,
small business enterprise, impression management, women entrepreneurs, business
support programmes for entrepreneurs and SME's. Her track record for research
funding includes Specific research projects have included 2 ESRC projects
on HR & Training in SME's (1992) and Downsizing of UK Banks (1994). Women
in Management funded by ESF EMPLOYMENT NOW initiative (1999): Change Facilitator
research project funded by ESF ADAPT (1999-2001); Women Entrepreneurs ESF
funded and LCS funded (2001-2004): Women into Enterprise HEESF funded (2004-2006)
Pollert,
Anna, Professor (a.pollert@londonmet.ac.uk)
Professor of Work Sociology, she joined London Metropolitan University from
the University of Greenwich in 2004. She works in the WLRI and MPD and has
a strong funding and publications track record. Her research focuses on four
main themes: Labour organisation, workplace experience and consciousness;
Gender relations at work; the relationship between class and gender; the family-employment
interface; comparative gender relations and equal opportunities: Employment
and labour market change and policy; Post-Communist transformation in terms
of history, political economy, emerging social and employment relations and
organisational change; democracy; and questions raised by European Union enlargement
and global economic integration.
Schwabenland, Christina, Dr (c.schwabenland@londonmet.ac.uk)
Lecturer in Managing Equality and Diversity, MPD. She teaches
across undergraduate and postgraduate equality and diversity, cross-cultural
management and HRM modules and undertakes dissertation supervision. She is
a member of the University Gender Research Network. Her research interests
include: the oral tradition in partnership working, participatory leadership
in voluntary organisations in the UK and India and disability employment issues.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Voluntary Organisations and
a member of the International Society of Third Sector Research.
Shortland, Sue (s.shortland@londonmet.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer HRM, Course Leader of the Postgraduate Diploma in HRM and
CIPD Links Co-ordinator. She is a Chartered FCIPD. She teaches on a range
of undergraduate and postgraduate HRM, cross-cultural and international HRM
modules and supervises DHRM and MA dissertations. Her research interests include
international HRM, management of expatriates, particularly women; higher education
and peer and classroom observation for teaching professionals. She has presented
conference papers on these topics (eg American Academy of Management,
LTSN-BEST) and is publishing her research in refereed journals (eg. Women
in Management Review, International Journal of Management Education).
She is co-author with Perkins of Strategic International HRM: Choices
and Consequences in Multinational People Management (2006, in press).
Tomlinson,
Frances (f.tomlinson@londonmet.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and Management, MPD. She teaches
across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate organisation theory, psychology,
HRM and cross-cultural management modules. She is a member of the university
Gender Research Network. Her research interests include culture, diversity
and organising processes; inter-organisational collaboration and partnership;
volunteering and the employment trajectories of refugee women. Building on
her conference contributions (International Critical Management Studies Conference,
European Group Organization Studies) she is developing her publications track
record (eg Human Relations, Organization Studies).
Antonia Byatt, Director, The Women’s Library
Eddie, Brunsdon, Dr, Principal Lecturer, Human Service and HRM
Richard Charlesworth, Principal Lecturer, ABFS
Christine Coates, TUC Library Collection Librarian
Helen Crowley, Co-Director, Centre for Ethnicity and Gender, HAL
Gedalof, Irene, Co-Director, Centre for Ethnicity and Gender, HAL
Johnson, Linda, Principal Lecturer, BSSM
Murton, Adrian, Dr., Academic Leader, HR field, MPD
COERC provides a wide range of research and consultancy services focusing on employment, work organisation and equality and diversity in comparative and international perspective. If you are interested in finding out more about the research and consultancy services we offer, please send your enquiry to one or both Co-Directors:
Fiona Colgan (f.colgan@londonmet.ac.uk), or Dr Stephen J Perkins (s.perkins@londonmet.ac.uk).
Bhopal, M. and C. Rowley British Academy's Committee for South East Asian Studies 'Korean Multinational Companies in Malaysia: Human Resource Management Policies and Practises in Action.'
Colgan, C., Creegan, C. and McKearney, A. and Wright,
T. European Social Fund (ESF), ‘Tackling ‘Multiple
Discrimination’ and social exclusion at work: an examination of the
intersection between gender, race, age and sexual orientation.’ For
a full copy of the report, please go to
www.workinglives.org/docs/ESF_LGB_Report_5_June_2006.pdf
Mills, V. and Farnworth, H. HE European Social Fund: ‘Women in enterprise: Effectiveness of recent initiatives aimed at encouraging disadvantaged women into self-employment.’
Mills, V. and Farnworth, H. HE European Social Fund: ‘Forward Over Fifty: encouraging women over 50 to run and sustain a business.
Pollert, A. ESF ‘Experience of ethnic minority minority workers in the hotel and catering industries and problems at work.’
Erel, U.,Tomlinson, F. and Jefferys,S. London Development Agency-European Social Fund : Women Refugees - from Volunteers to Employees.’
Bhopal, M. and C. Rowley British Academy's Committee for South East Asian Studies 'Korean Multinational Companies in Malaysia: Human Resource Management Policies and Practises in Action.'
Perkins S. J., Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, ‘Research into international reward management – revised and updated CIPD Guide.’
Pollert, A. Matched funding, half from Central
European University, Budapest, Department of Gender Studies, half from Center
for Comparative Research, Yale University, ‘International Research Workshop
funding to develop project on Gender and
Recent consultancy projects include:
Baltic Management Institute: Employee Compensation – two-day workshop for Chief Executive Officers and Chief HR Officers, Lithuania (S. J. Perkins)
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development – revised Guide to International Reward and Recognition (S. J. Perkins)
Communication Workers Union Membership Survey (A Murton, S.Jefferys and F.Colgan)
London Borough of Hackney, Hackney Race Action Plan Survey of Employees (R. Charlesworth, F.Colgan C. Creegan and G. Robinson).
London Borough of Hackney, Employee Attitude Survey (D.Bartlett, F.Colgan, S.Jefferys and G.Robinson)
Low Pay Commission, The Minimum Wage in North London. Awareness and impact of the National Minimum Wage in area of deprivation and diversity (F. Colgan,S.Jefferys and M.Davis).
TGWU, Organising and Diversity: Reflections on the Case of TGWU. (F.Colgan, C.Creegan)
UNIFI, Organising and Diversity: Reflections on the Case of Unifi. (F.Colgan, C.Creegan)
MA Research (MRes) Employment Studies & HRM
MA Research (MRes) International HRM
Following its re-accreditation as a University Research Centre, COERC (incorporating the former Centre for Equality Research in Business (CERB) and the former Comparative Organization Research Centre (CORC)) members are planning a re-launched seminar series to disseminate research undertaken within the Centre’s multidisciplinary areas of interest for faculty members, postgraduate students, and interested colleagues in the wider community of which COERC is a part.
Further details will be published once the 2006/2007 schedule
is finalised.
The COERC seminar series will focus on the dynamic interplay between ‘Comparative,’ ‘Equality’ and ‘Organisation’ in research for example in the topics addressed, approaches taken and methodologies used. Seminars are open to interested postgraduate students, researchers, academics and practitioners.
