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Decent Work

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Decent Work: Opportunities and Challenges

Edited by

Fiona Christie

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Marilena Antoniadou

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Kevin Albertson

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

And

Mark Crowder

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Dedication

We dedicate this book to:

Colleagues in the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University who have enabled its creation.

All those in Society who are campaigning to secure Decent Work as a key building block for the post-pandemic recovery.

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About the Contributors

Kevin Albertson is Professor of Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University with a background in statistics and political economics. He is co-author/editor of five books, including the Haynes Guide ‘How to Run the Country’. Kevin's recent work considers the impact of globalized liberal markets on the political-economic prospects of the UK; the ways, means and implications of privatization and marketization in the public sector; and the development of social, and responsible, innovation.

Dr Maria Allen is a Principal Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. Maria's research interests lie in the areas of employee voice, gender, equal opportunity and diversity management policies, comparative capitalisms and institutions. She has published in leading journals such as British Journal of Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management and Socio-Economic Review. Within the Faculty of Business and Law she has held a number of management posts and is currently the Faculty Lead for Employability, having responsibility for the employability strategy of the Faculty and enabling her to implement interventions to enhance student employability.

Dr Marilena Antoniadou is a Reader at the Department of People and Performance of Manchester Metropolitan University. She specializes in the role of emotions and emotional (self-)management in the workplace. She is the holder of the Newer Researchers Award for 2015 by the Society of Research into Higher Education. She is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Academic member of the CIPD, a member of the CMI, a Certified Management and Business Educator and a committee member of North-West committee of the Association for Business Psychology. She has published within the fields of educational management and organizational psychology.

Dr Lucy Brill is the Director of the international gender and labour rights NGO, Homeworkers Worldwide (HWW). She joined HWW in 2017, initially leading a study of working conditions in UK garment manufacturing, and completing gender reviews for two corporate members of the UK's Ethical Trading Initiative. Lucy's doctoral thesis (Bradford, 2004) explored gender and precarious work within a globalizing world, based on fieldwork in the UK and Chile. Prior to re-joining HWW in 2017 she worked for Oxfam on poverty in the UK (2007–2014), and as a researcher at universities in Bradford (2003–2007) and Manchester (2015–2017).

Dr Ciaran Burke is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of the West of England. His research focuses on access to higher education and graduate employment. Adopting a Bourdieusian theoretical lens, he has published extensively on issues including graduate employment, social justice and social theory.

Dr Fiona Christie is a Careers Professional who has moved into a research career. She is a Researcher in the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her professional life included advice and guidance, teaching and management in higher education. Her research areas include career studies, higher education, employability, graduate careers, and young people's working lives. She is the director of Research and Knowledge for the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services and is a Fellow of the National Institute of Careers and Educational Counselling.

Dr Mark Crowder is Education Lead for the Department of Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Business Psychology. He has more than 20 years' management experience, and studied at Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Liverpool before gaining his PhD in cognitive psychology at the University of Chester. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. Mark's research interests are split between educational management and cognitive psychology.

Vanessa Dodd is a Principal Lecturer within the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University. Her research interests are survey design, the HE student experience, school to work transitions and working lives. She received her degrees from Clemson University where she trained as an Applied Sociologist. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Reece Garcia is a Senior Lecturer of Employment Relations and HRM at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research focuses primarily on the effects of redundancy, both in terms of identity and behavioural responses, particularly through the lens of gender and class. Situated in the People and Performance department, Reece is also interested in what constitutes ‘decent work’ in the contemporary labour market.

Professor Janet Haddock-Fraser is Professor of Sustainability and Leadership at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Board member for the (1) Land Trust and (2) Peak District National Park Authority, in both of which she focuses on human resources and social–environmental sustainability. Between 2016 and 2020 she was Chair of Trustees for the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), a role which included judging Green Gown awards for sustainability reporting using the SDGs and Integrated Reporting. Her research spans leadership and decision-making for sustainability in its widest sense, with outputs including Leadership for Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018 (Bloomsbury), and WTO and Environmental Related International Trade Disputes, 2019 (World Scientific).

Professor Steve Johnson is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Sheffield Hallam University. His research focuses on the role of entrepreneurship and SMEs in job creation and economic development and the impact of policies to promote entrepreneurship and skills development at local and regional levels. He has published widely in journals including Work, Employment and Society and Human Relations, and he has undertaken applied research, evaluation and consultancy projects for several UK government departments and agencies, the European Union and OECD. His recent work explores the impact of research on policy and practice, with a particular focus on the role of business schools.

Dr Sumona Mukhuty is a Principal Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research interests include SME growth, leadership, humanitarian issues, workplace emotions and health care. She has worked on projects funded by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, UK and the European Fund. She is a member of the Research Centre for Decent Work and Productivity, and has worked as the Work in Small Enterprise platform lead. She is currently, Chair of the Organisational Psychology, special interest group at the British Academy of Management (BAM). She has also received awards for her research, from the Northern Leadership Academy and BAM.

Dr Orestis Papadopoulos is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Employment Relations at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research includes comparative employment relations, trade unions, political ideologies, youth employment, precarious work and violation of employment rights. His research has featured in academic journals including European Journal of Industrial relations, Economic and Industrial Democracy and Industrial Relations Journal.

Dr Christina Purcell is Lecturer in the Department of People and Performance at Manchester Metropolitan University and a member of the Work and Working Lives platform of the university's Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre. She has researched and published papers on agency labour in France and more recently had work published on the platform economy. Her interests lie in the changing forms of work under neoliberalism and how precarious work in experienced and responded to across variegated national forms of capitalism.

Dr Richard Whittle is a Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is an economist who teaches economics at all levels as well as on various professional and industry qualifications. Following a research career in industry where his consultancy reports were used to develop firms' strategy in negotiating with local government throughout the UK, he entered academia and completed a PhD in Economics and Econometrics at the University of Keele.

Dr Jason Woolley is a part-time Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology at Glyndŵr University. His PhD was sponsored through competitive bursary by MYRIAD (Manchester) and awarded by Manchester Met in 2011. Research interests include employability in the Creative Industries and beyond. Jason is also a practising professional musician and works freelance composing and producing music and sound from his own professional studio called Wanderlust Sound (www.wanderlustsound.co.uk). His music and sound productions have been published and broadcast by the BBC, ITV, RSL Awards, Trinity College London, Music Sales Ltd, Fortuna Pop and more.

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