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exact optimisation, DEA, operation management, multi-variate analysis, biometrics, multimethodology and Soft OR/Systems.
People, Management and Organisation Research examines key themes in the areas of Employment Relations, Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at both national and international levels. The Group covers a wide range of research, including employment relationships, the role of social partners, the effects of skills, technology, and culture, on the world of work, employee engagement, and the role of leadership in determining organisational performance. The Group includes researchers from a variety of academic backgrounds. It therefore works from a multi-disciplinary perspective, utilising both historical and futuristic perspectives.
Strategy and International Business The Strategy and International Business (SIB) Group at the Kent Business School carries out research in Strategic Management and International Business. Current research topics include: • Corporate social responsibility • Dynamic capabilities and performance management • International business in Central and Eastern Europe • International strategic alliances • Internationalisation of professional services Firms • Management of multinational enterprises • Management of not-for-profit organisations • Non-market strategies.
Interdisciplinary research themes Kent Business School also offers supervision in a number of other areas that cut across its research groups.
Staff research interests Full details of staff research interests can be found on our website: www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/community/ staff/a-z-staff-list.html Faiza Ali: Lecturer in Human Resources Management Gender equality at work; cross-cultural studies; international HRM; ethnic privilege at workplace. Louise Ashley: Lecturer in Human Resources Management Career success; organisational politics; ethnic diversity; gender diversity; political skill; politicians; occupational psychology. Nader Azizi: Lecturer in Operations Management Operational research; operations management; optimisation; mathematical programming; computational intelligence; logistics; manufacturing. Xuemei Bian: Senior Lecturer in Marketing Consumer studies; consumption behaviour (cognitive process and emotional process); branding and brand management.
Luca Cacciolatti: Lecturer in Marketing SME marketing; supply chain management; value chains; market orientation; information use; information utilisation; SME growth; SME performance; ultivariate data analysis; multivariate statistics.
Dr Marian Garcia: Senior Lecturer in Agri-Environmental Economics Crowdsourcing; open innovation; online communities; co-creation; value creation; food industry; innovation performance; customer-valuefocused innovation.
Ashley Casson: Lecturer in Financial Accounting and Taxation Financial accounting; taxation.
Dr Mark Gilman: Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management Employment relations; regulation of labour, pay and reward; HRM; SME growth and performance; SMEs and HRM. Recent publications include: The Ten Characteristics of Successful SMEs (co-author, 2012).
Dr Vinh Chau: Senior Lecturer in Strategy Strategy; strategic management; policy deployment; performance management; service quality; retail banking; Chinese cultural values; regulation; balanced scorecards; public service; utilities; quality management tools; dynamic capabilities; global financial crisis; organisational effectiveness; Asia-Pacific management; health management. Recent publications include: Strategic Management: Principles and Practice (co-author, 2010). Dr Li-Cheng Chang: Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting Institutional theory and organisational change; performance measurement and balanced scorecard; behavioural aspects of budgetary and management control; public sector accountability. Dr Alison Dean: Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management; Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching Internationalisation/globalisation of professional service firms; engineering and managing change; knowledge, innovation and change; intellectual capital. Dr Gavin Dick: Lecturer in Operations Management Organisation commitment; management support; bullying; police; ISO9000; ISO9001; business performance; attribution; causation; quality management in higher education. Professor Andrew Fearne: Professor of Food Marketing and Supply Chain Management; Director, Centre for Value Chain Research Supply chain management; value chains; food marketing; consumer insight; loyalty card data; buyer-supplier relationships; value chain analysis; sustainability; consumer behaviour. Recent publications include: Regoverning Markets: A Place for Small-scale Producers in Modern Agrifood Chains? (co-ed, 2007). Dr Fragkiskos Filippaios: Senior Lecturer in International Business; Director of Graduate Studies Multinationals; foreign direct investment; culture; cultural distance; performance; political and civil liberties; roles of subsidiaries; technology. Professor Warwick Funnell: Professor of Accounting and Finance Public sector accounting; public sector accountability; accounting history; constitutional accountability. Recent publications include: In Government We Trust: Market Failure and the Delusions of Privatisation (co-ed, 2009); Critical Histories of Accounting: Sinister Inscriptions in the Modern Era (co-ed, 2012).
Dr David Godsell: Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting Auditing; auditing and corporate governance; auditors’ legal responsibilities. Dr Mark Hampton: Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management Tourism planning; tourism management; tourism impacts; developing countries; island tourism; island development; marine tourism; backpackers; south-east Asia; tax havens; offshore finance; political economy. Recent publications include: Backpacker Tourism and Economic Development in the Less Developed World (forthcoming). Dr Sue Hornibrook: Lecturer in Strategic Management and Corporate Responsibility Buyer supplier relationships; supply chain management; justice; corporate responsibility; social enterprise. Dr Abdullah Iqbal: Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance Market-based accounting research; corporate finance; corporate governance; earnings management; operating and stock return performance; seasoned equity offerings; initial public offerings; Islamic finance. Dr Robert Jupe: Reader in Accounting Rail privatisation; Railtrack; Network Rail; nuclear privatisation; British Energy; London Underground privatisation; accounting history. Recent publications include: In Government We Trust: Market Failure and the Delusions of Privatisation (co-ed, 2009). Dr Ortenca Kume: Lecturer in Finance Credit risk; corporate bond ratings; mutual fund performance; capital structure; alternative investment market listings and delistings. Des Laffey: Lecturer in e-Commerce Search engines; comparison websites; social media; online gambling; new venture creation. Dr Patricia Lewis: Senior Lecturer in Management Entrepreneurial identity; female entrepreneurs; mumpreneurs; femininity; postfeminism; gender and organisations. Recent publications include: Voice, Visibility and the Gendering of Organizations (coauthor, 2007); Gendering Emotions in Organizations (co-ed, 2007); Revealing and Concealing Gender: Issues of Visibility in Organisations (co-ed, 2010); Dirty Work: Concepts and Identities (co-ed, 2012).