SL in Sustainable & Responsible Business
Management, Work and Organisation University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
I joined Stirling Management School in 2022 having previously worked at the School of Management, University of St Andrews . My research focuses on economic inclusion and democracy through a consideration of fair work in inclusive economies, and business ecosystems for inclusive economies and sustainable communities
My professional activities include member of the editorial board of the European Management Journal.
I welcome enquiries from potential research students in the following areas: Worker-owned firms, Inclusive economies, Participation at work.
My programme of research on sustainable and responsible organisations engages directly with UN Sustainable Development Goals and is comprised of two interrelated work streams: the role of fair work in inclusive economies; and business ecosystems for inclusive economies and sustainable communities. I often explore these areas using an identity work perspective. By means of a critical engagement with ‘inclusive growth’ debates, my work seeks to positively disrupt traditional business models that underpin the problems the SDGs seek to address. In the same vein, my teaching focuses on fair work, organisational justice, ethics, alternative organisations (especially worker ownership), PRME principles, and inclusive growth.
Employee Owned Businesses - Access to Funding
PI: Professor Ronald McQuaid
Funded by: Scottish Enterprise
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Article
Opting out of corporate careers: Portraits from a women's magazine
Summers J, Eikhof DR & Carter S (2014) Opting out of corporate careers: Portraits from a women's magazine. Employee Relations, 36 (1), pp. 33-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-03-2013-0028
Article
"Women doing their own thing": Media representations of female entrepreneurship
Eikhof DR, Summers J & Carter S (2013) "Women doing their own thing": Media representations of female entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 19 (5), pp. 547-564. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-09-2011-0107
Book Chapter
“Women doing their own thing”: Our picture of modern women at work?
Eikhof DR & Summers J (2012) “Women doing their own thing”: Our picture of modern women at work?. In: Kelliher C & Richardson J (eds.) New Ways of Organizing Work: Developments, Perspectives, and Experiences. First ed. Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development, 19. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 46-61.
Article
Hallier J & Summers J (2011) Dilemmas and outcomes of professional identity construction among students of human resource management. Human Resource Management Journal, 21 (2), pp. 204-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2010.00132.x
Article
Work and life: can employee representation influence balance?
Hyman J & Summers J (2007) Work and life: can employee representation influence balance?. Employee Relations, 29 (4), pp. 367-384. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450710759208
Article
Lacking balance? Work-life employment practices in the modern economy
Hyman J & Summers J (2004) Lacking balance? Work-life employment practices in the modern economy. Personnel Review, 33 (4), pp. 418-429. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480410539498
Article
A Lexicon of Conflict under Concertive Control Conditions
Summers J (2004) A Lexicon of Conflict under Concertive Control Conditions. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 25 (3), pp. 447-473. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X04044834
Presentation / Talk
"A Friendly Working Atmosphere"? Informal Controls and Conflicts in a Workgroup
Summers J (2002) "A Friendly Working Atmosphere"? Informal Controls and Conflicts in a Workgroup. Sixth International Workshop on Teamworking (IWOT 6): 16-17 September 2002: Malmo, Sweden, Malmo, Sweden, 16.09.2002-17.09.2002.
Research Report
Putting family-friendly working policies into practice
Bond S, Hyman J, Summers J & Wise S (2002) Putting family-friendly working policies into practice. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Policy Press. http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/putting-family-friendly-working-policies-practice
I am module coordinator and lecturer for 'Responsible Business' (BUSU9RB).
I am also module coordinator for: BUSU9MB, BUSU9RB (Planet One), BUSU9OB, BUSU9MB, BUSU9OB (Planet One).