Professor of Human Resource Management; Co-Director, Comparative Organization and Equality Research Centre (COERC); Associate Member, WLRI.
Stephen J. Perkins held a series of senior management posts in industry during privatization and internationalization initiatives. He spent a period as a management consultant, building an international profile, as an advisor to state owned and stock market listed companies, prior to embarking on an academic career.
A visiting senior research fellow at the Cass Business School, City University, since 1996, he joined University of North London at the beginning of 2000. He serves as a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Vice-President Reward Panel, and as an external examiner at Birkbeck College, London.
Stephen conducts research under the rubric of comparative and international organization and employment studies. His writing features in a number of refereed academic journals including Human Resource Management Journal; Journal of European Industrial Training; Journal of Management Studies; Organization Studies; Personnel Review; and Thunderbird International Business Review and Work Employment and Society; as well as in leading practitioner journals such as People Management (in the UK) and World at Work (USA).
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Perkins, S. J. and White, G. (2008) Employee Reward: Alternatives, Consequences and Contexts. London: CIPD.
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Perkins, S. J. (2008) ‘Executive remuneration’, in White, G. and Drucker, J. (eds., 2nd edition) Reward Management: A Critical Text. London: Routledge.
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Festing, M. and Perkins, S. J. (2008) ‘Rewards for internationally mobile employees’, in Brewster, C. Sparrow, P., and Dickmann, M. (eds., 2nd edition) International HRM: Contemporary Issues in Europe. London: Routledge.
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Perkins, S. J. and Shortland, S. (2006) Strategic International Human Resource Management: Choices and Consequences in Multinational People Management. London: Kogan Page.
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Perkins, S. J. (2006) Research Report: International Reward and Recognition. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
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Perkins, S.J. (1999) Globalization - The People Dimension. London: Kogan Page.
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Perkins, S. J and Hendry, C. (1999) IPD Guide to International Reward and Recognition. London: Institute of Personnel and Development
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Perkins, S. J (1999) ‘Changing the Way we work’, Chapter in Tolley’s Working Time. London: Butterworths Tolley
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Bradley, P., Hendry C. and Perkins, S. J. (1999) ‘Global or multi-local? The significance of international values in designing reward policy’, in Brewster, C., and Harris, H. (eds.) International HRM: Contemporary Issues in Europe. London: Routledge.
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Perkins, S. J. and Hendry, C. (1999) ‘International compensation’, in (Morton, B. and Joynt, P. eds.) The Global HR Manager: Creating the Seamless Organisation, London: IPD.
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Perkins, S. J. and Sandringham, S. (eds.) (1998) Trust Motivation and Commitment: A Reader. Faringdon: SRRC
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Azolukwam, V. and Perkins, S. J. (2008) ‘Managerial Perspectives on HRM in Nigeria: Evolving Hybridization’, Cross Cultural Management, An International Journal (invited resubmission).
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Perkins, S. J. and Daste, R. (2007) ‘Pluralistic Tensions in Expatriating Managers’, Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 550-569.
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Brown, D. and Perkins, S. J. (2007) ‘Reward strategy: making it happen’, World at Work Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 82-93.
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Perkins, S. J. (2007) Book Review: ‘Sociological perspectives on labour markets’, Work Employment and Society, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 176-177.
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Gollan P. J. and Perkins, S. J. (2007) ‘Conference Review: Voice and value: dilemmas of workforce "incorporation"?’, Human Resource Management Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, pp.94-96.
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Perkins, S. J. and Hendry, C. (2005) ‘Ordering top pay: interpreting the signals’, Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 1443-1468
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Olson N.; Perkins S.J.; Mantere S.; Üsdiken B.; Wexler M. (2004) Special Book Review: ‘The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory’ and ‘The Blackwell Companion to Organizations’, Organization Studies, vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 669-680.
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Perkins, S. J. (2003) ‘Globalisation and HRM: partners in comparative perspective?’ Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 27, No. 9, pp 461-472.
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Perkins, S. J. (2003) ‘Balancing tensions in curriculum design: innovating for coherence, distinctiveness and cost-effectiveness in a postgraduate programme’, Investigations in University Teaching and Learning, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 15-18, 2003
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Perkins, S.J. (2002) Book Review: ‘Leading HR - Delivering competitive advantage’, Human Resource Management Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 86-87.
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Perkins, S. J. Book Review (2002): ‘Sociological Paradigms and Human Resources: An African Context’, Personnel Review, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 114-121.
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Perkins, S. J. and Hendry, C. (2001) ‘Global champions: Who’s paying attention’ Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 53-75.
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Hendry, C., Woodward, S., Bradley, P and Perkins, S.J. (2000) ‘Performance and rewards: Cleaning out the stables’, Human Resource Management Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 46-60
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‘Modernising Pay in the UK Public Services: What’s going on? What’s implied?’ (with Geoff White) 1st European Reward Management Conference, Brussels, December 17-18, 2007.
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‘Agency-structure considerations in multinational organizational restructuring under global governance imperatives’ WES 2007 Conference, University of Aberdeen, September 12-14, 2007.
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‘Theoretical perspectives on expatriate compensation: research and practice implications in a complex and changing environment’ (with Marion Festing) 9th International Human Resource Management Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, June 12-15, 2007.
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Convergence, divergence or cross-vergence trends:
Managerial perspectives on HRM practices in Nigeria (with Veronica Azolukwam) 9th International Human Resource Management Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, June 12-15, 2007.
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‘HEI-sourced management consultancy: pluralism, negotiation, and values’ (with Mhinder Bhopal) Symposium sponsored/hosted by Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (IEED) and InfoLab21, Lancaster University Management School, May 22-23, 2007.
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‘HR and Internationalization: International Reward Management Trends’, presentation to 66th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, August 11-16, 2006.
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‘International Employee Reward: Global-Scale Talent Performance Management Or Cost Minimization?’ Conference Proceedings: 8th Conference on International HRM, Cairns, June 14-17, 2005.
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‘A Warranted Manager’s Identity: Leadership Imperatives for Shareholder Value?’ Paper presented to 64th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, August 6-11, 2004.
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‘Mobilizing managers internationally: a stereotypical problem?’ Paper presented to 19th Workshop on Strategic Human Resource Management, Groupe HEC, Paris, April 22-24, 2004.
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‘Disciplinary Imperatives: Rationalizing Leadership Norms that Incorporate Strategic Overseers into a Shareholder Value Maximisation Project?’ Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, London Metropolitan University, September 3-5, 2003.
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‘Controlling Strategic Overseers: A Surplus Value Proposition?’ ESRC Critical Management Studies Conference, University of Cambridge, June, 25-26, 2002.
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Book review: ‘The extra mile: how to engage your people to win’, People Management, 21 February 2008, p. 69.
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Book review: ‘Mistakes, musings and Maltesers: Allan Leighton’s tips for making it to the top, People Management, 23 August 2007.
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‘An exchange of ideas will enhance delivery of benefits’, Employee Benefits, 5 March 2007.
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‘Managing the rewards for international mobility’, Worldlink, vol. 16, no. 4, October 2006, pp. 6-7.
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Book review: ‘Making The Business Case’, People Management, 24 November 2005.
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Book review: ‘Organization Design: The Collaborative Approach’, People Management, 15 September 2005.
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‘What the surveys say’, Croner Pay and Benefits, Issue 285, November 2004.
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Book review: ‘The new rules of engagement’, People Management, 28 October 2004.
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Book review: ‘The hidden power of social networks’, People Management, 12 August 2004.
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‘What the surveys say’, Croner Pay and Benefits, Issue 275, May 2004.
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Book review: Building Team-based Working, People Management, 11 March 2004.
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Book review: International HRM, People Management, 23 October 2003.
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‘Globalisation and the people management agenda’, People Management, 20 February 2003.
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Book review: ‘Quest for balance’, People Management, 9 January 2003.
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Book review: ‘Successful mergers’, People Management, 12 September 2002.
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Book review: ‘The motivation handbook’, People Management, 4 April 2002.
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‘A raised voice’, People Management, 21 March 2002 (with Gollan, P).
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The people dimension: A European perspective on globalization, Workspan, Vol. 43, No 10, (October 2000).
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Losing our most creative employees: why and how do we stop it? Croner Pay & Benefits Briefing (20 July 2000).
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International Reward Today Croner Pay & Benefits Briefing (17 September 1999).
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Social Reward Croner Pay & Benefits Briefing (9 July 1999).
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The search for global incentives Human Resources World (November/December 1998).
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Communication and the reward strategy agenda Croner Pay& Benefits Briefing (2 October 1998).
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Context for Compensation in New Europe ACA News B journal of the American Compensation Association (September 1998).
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How not to be an alien Human Resources World (July/August 1998).
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Is there a high performance role for compensation professionals? GROing Connexions (Second Quarter 1998).
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Successful performance managers ask the right questions Human Resources Guidance and Practice in the Public Sector (March 1998).
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Reward as a strategic investment Journal of Professional HRM (No. 10: January 1998).
Downsizing and retention: keeping the equation in balance Croner Pay & Benefits Briefing (15 December 1997).
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Taking the thrills and spills out of pay policy People Management (6 November 1997).
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A framework for evaluating competency-based reward solutions Croner Pay & Benefits Briefing (31 October 1997).
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Reward performance but don’t rock the boat People Management (11 September 1997).
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How to measure the value of top executives People Management (10 July 1997).
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Paying the price for a lack of premium talent People Management (29 May 1997).
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Missed a motivator? People Management (15 May 1997) (co-author).
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Is there a market for top pay? Governance (May 1997) (co-author).
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An overview of financial participation schemes in the United Kingdom Revue de la Bank-en Financiewezen (March 1997) (co-author).
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Choose the best model for peak performance People Management (23 January 1997).
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Top people’s pay: aligning rewards with business performance The Human Resource Management Yearbook (January, 1997).
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The Hunt for Talent First (Autumn Quarter, 1995).
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The need to create a rewards strategy Personnel Today (9 May 1995).
