Currently researching into People Management and organisational performance, the growing use of contingent labour and HR in telephone call centres. Recently completed research projects include a study of lean organisations, performance related pay, new forms of employee relations in the European car industry, the human resource implications of mergers and acquisitions, the effectiveness of the ACAS Advisory Service and an investigation of the extent to which private sector ideas are now being applied to the public service sector. He has published over 80 papers and chapters mostly utilising research insights. He joined the University of Bath in 1995 and was previously a Fellow of Templeton College and lecturer at Oxford University. Previous appointments at the University of Nottingham, the National University of Singapore and the University of Wales, Cardiff.
Subject discipline is industrial and organisational sociology.
Recent research in the social and organisational dimensions of Japanese manufacturing systems. Manufacturing businesses in Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and South China are being studied. Formerly a plant manager and personnel manager with ICI and National Co-ordinator of the ESRC s Open Door Scheme. ACAS-appointed Independent Expert on Equal Pay. Institute of Personnel Management and Associate Examiner for Reward Management .