Professor Dennis Nickson, Department of Work, Employment and Organisation, has had his book – co-written with Professor Chris Warhurst – published.
The book – Aesthetic Labour – examines how using workers who look good and sound right is now mainstream in interactive service organisations in hospitality, retail and beyond. These workers are hired because of the way they look and talk – or how they can be made to look and talk. For employers, such workers produce a desired style of service. This is what Dennis and Chris term ‘aesthetic labour’ and their book examines this labour, placing it within the context of social and economic trends, how it is manifest in the workplace through the interactions of management employees and customers or clients, and then, in turn, its social and economic effects.
The first review of the book appeared in the journal Teaching Sociology and said, 'The authors produced an accessible text without diluting their intellectual contributions. Witty chapter titles and section headings reflect both the book’s approachability and the importance of popular culture to aesthetic labour. Warhurst and Nickson take care in explaining key concepts and using examples to help enforce reader comprehension.'
The Strathclyde Accounting and Finance Society has held a virtual internship event open to second- and third-year students looking to learn more about the application process and the overall experience.
Some of the Department’s current fourth year students who interned at a variety of accounting/finance companies and have been successful in securing graduate roles came along to give a brief presentation of their experience. Students then received the opportunity to gain further information in a Q&A at the end of the session which was very engaging on all parts.
The key information and useful tips from the speakers was then collated into one document which was issued for students who were unable to attend the session and also so they had it for future reference as they go through the application process. The feedback received by the Society is that it was hugely beneficial for the students looking towards their future career whilst progressing throughout university. Overall, it was a successful event that the Society hopes to run again in future.
Professor Phil Taylor of the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation has had articles accepted for publication – one in the Encyclopaedia for Critical Management Studies which will be published in 2024, and another in Work, Employment and Society entitled “Union equality structures and the challenge of democratic legitimacy: the case of the Fire Brigades Union”
Professor Taylor also contributed to the Scottish Government Call Centre Working Group in December and revised the Scottish Government Covid-19 and Contact Centre Working Guidelines this month for the Directorate for COVID Business Resilience and Support.
Dr Sreevas Sahasranamam, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, has had two papers accepted – in the Journal of Business Research, he has a paper “Dual institutional embeddedness and home country CSR Engagement: Evidence from Indian MNEs” and in the Journal of Business Research, he has a paper entitled “An exploratory study into emerging market SMEs’ involvement in the circular economy: evidence from India’s indigenous Ayurveda industry.”
Sreevas has been acting as a mentor for start-ups in ImpaktWISE social entrepreneurship competition. The ImpaktWISE Awards is a competition aiming to shed light on creative and innovative social business model ideas and is aimed at students and early-stage social entrepreneurs. The Mentorship programme personally matchmakes each project with a recruited mentor from a pool of experts. For more information, click here: https://www.impaktwise.org
Dr Itamar Megiddo, Professor Susan Howick and Le Nguyen of the Department of Management Science had a paper accepted at PLOS Computational Biology entitled "Hybrid simulation modelling of networks of heterogeneous care homes and the inter-facility spread of Covid-19 by sharing staff". It is based on the work that has been done for the UK Department of Health and the work with, and data provided by, Social Care and Health and Social Care Lanarkshire.
The model looks at the transmission dynamics of Covid-19 across care homes via bank/agency staff who work in multiple facilities and the impact of mitigation measures targeting this group of workers. It combines system-dynamics and agent-based modelling to capture intra- and inter-facility transmissions concurrently and, thus, allow for addressing research questions that are difficult to study with a single simulation method.
The DOI for the paper is https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009780
A familiar face to anyone who completed their MBA – or any part of it – in Glasgow – has retired. Senior Programme Administrator Margaret English worked at Strathclyde Business School for almost 40 years and retired in December.
She wrote a blog post to mark her retirement and you can read it in full here
Dr Brian Garvey, Department of Work, Employment and Organisation, has been awarded a Scottish Universities Insight KE Award for “(Un)earthing new pathways for a justice transition: cultivating hope and food on contested terrains in Scotland, Amazon and the Arctic”. The research award was for £13,200 and will run from February 1 to July 31 and will be completed with University of Aberdeen, CUNY, Sami Parliament Norway, and Xingu Vivo, Amazonia Brazil.
A team from the Department of Work Employment and Organisation has put out a request for abstracts for a special stream at the Gender Work and Organization conference which is titled “Reconnecting experiences of sexual harassment and workplace violence through intersectionality beyond borders.”
For any questions, please feel free to contact Tasos at a.hadjisolomou@strath.ac.uk
AAC Clyde Space is offering internships for MSc Project Management & Innovation students at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship (HCE). AAC Clyde Space is a key partner within the UK space ecosystem and specialises in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organisations to access high-quality, timely data from space. This data has a vast range of ecosystem applications, from weather forecasting to precision farming to environmental monitoring.
The PGT Director, Dr Aylin Ates (HCE), and Dr Steve Paton (Management Science) will mentor successful students through their placements. This is the first collaborative work SBS is undertaking to develop more long-term relations with AAC Clyde Space, which is currently going through a major transformation process for growth. The interns will support the growth ambitions of the Company and engage in research into servitisation and product life cycle management.
Dr Viktor Dörfler, Department of Management Science, has published three new papers which he has co-written with current and former PhD students.
"Practices of Creative Leadership: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis in Haute Cuisine" in Creativity and Innovation Management," was co-written with Miriam Feuls, David M Boje, Usha Haley and Marc Stierand who was Viktor's PhD student.
"Stepping into the Participants' Shoes: The Trans-Positional Cognition Approach (TPCA)" appeared in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods. This was co-written with Farhad Shafti and Obafemi Olekanma, who is also a former PhD student. Finally, "Sensing: The Elephant in the Room of Management Learning" appeared in Management Learning. This was co-written with Marta Sinclair and current PhD student Alina Bas. DOI: 10.1177/13505076221077226 (forthcoming)