Our research focuses on developing comprehensive strategies to address critical social issues within organizations, such as inequality, diversity, and sustainability. We explore how organizations can align their practices with social values, fostering ethical and responsible management. Our work spans multiple disciplines, including strategy, organization studies and human resource management (HRM), to examine how businesses can better integrate social considerations into their operational and financial decisions. By linking these areas, we aim to enhance organizational effectiveness while promoting social equity and accountability.

Our areas of research cover, not exhausted, the following streams:

Strategy

• Sustainability/ESG
• Corporate governance
  • Board-CEO relationship
  • CEO and TMT
• Corporate strategy
  • Competitive dynamics and multi-market competition
  • Environmental and social performance

• Global strategy
  • Environmental innovation
  • State-owned enterprises

Social issues & values

• Gender equality
• Gender leadership
• Business Ethics and Integrity
• Corruption and Anti-Corruption
• Modern slavery
• Political ideology

Organisation Studies and HRM

• Alternative forms of organisation and organising
  • Non-hierarchical structures
  • Participatory forms of governance
  • Inclusive organisational processes
• The social organisation of space and time
• Employees' emotions and attitudes to work
• Wellbeing and wellness programmes

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Post-integration