Outputs (18)

Bridging the Gaps In Evidencing Prevention: Key Findings from a Multi-site Study of Local Area Coordination (2025)
Report
Jessop, B., Cook, J., & Thierry, H. (2025). Bridging the Gaps In Evidencing Prevention: Key Findings from a Multi-site Study of Local Area Coordination. National Institute for Health and Social Care Research

Executive Summary:
The transformative potential of second wave preventative interventions (Local Area Coordination, Neighbourhood Networking, place-based hubs, etc.), lies in their perceived ability to relieve demands and financial strain on formal... Read More about Bridging the Gaps In Evidencing Prevention: Key Findings from a Multi-site Study of Local Area Coordination.

Developing Responsible Leadership in the context of Corporate Governance of the Nigerian Banking System (2024)
Thesis
Titus, O. Developing Responsible Leadership in the context of Corporate Governance of the Nigerian Banking System. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866452

The daily challenges faced by many Nigerian banks are compounded by increasing stakeholder demands. Managers find themselves juggling multiple accountabilities to both stakeholders and shareholders, positioning bank leadership in a delicate balance b... Read More about Developing Responsible Leadership in the context of Corporate Governance of the Nigerian Banking System.

'I'm not Doing It for the Company' -Examining Employee Volunteering Through Employees' Eyes (2022)
Journal Article
Cook, J., Burchell, J., Thiery, H., & Roy, T. (in press). 'I'm not Doing It for the Company' -Examining Employee Volunteering Through Employees' Eyes. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640221114309

This article contributes to research on Employee Volunteering (EV) by focusing on the experiences of individuals in order to address the current over-emphasis upon collective organisational outcomes. Drawing on qualitative research with employees and... Read More about 'I'm not Doing It for the Company' -Examining Employee Volunteering Through Employees' Eyes.

Playing to the audience? Multilevel interactions between stakeholders and institutions around CSR in Bangladesh (2022)
Journal Article
Roy, T., Burchell, J., & Cook, J. (in press). Playing to the audience? Multilevel interactions between stakeholders and institutions around CSR in Bangladesh. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-11-2019-4229

Purpose: While corporate social responsibility (CSR) research and practice has expanded and evolved rapidly in recent years, little is known about how MNC subsidiaries develop their CSR strategies and how they reconcile global and local demands and p... Read More about Playing to the audience? Multilevel interactions between stakeholders and institutions around CSR in Bangladesh.

Wild Yeast Economies :Control and spontaneity in alternative forms of organising. (2022)
Thesis
Kruglanski, A. J. Wild Yeast Economies :Control and spontaneity in alternative forms of organising. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4873566

The Wild Yeast Economies research project explored alternative forms of organising through a culinary metaphor. The question I asked is whether there could be recipes for alternative forms of organising, the kinds created by activists in hopeful aspi... Read More about Wild Yeast Economies :Control and spontaneity in alternative forms of organising..

The experience of female academics in Saudi Arabian universities (2021)
Thesis
Alsalman, A. I. Y. (2021). The experience of female academics in Saudi Arabian universities. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4922454

This PhD thesis explores the lived experiences of women professionals as represented by female academics and how they negotiate their working lives/careers in the social and cultural context of Saudi Arabia. My study is motivated by a desire for self... Read More about The experience of female academics in Saudi Arabian universities.

Ageing and intergenerational care in rural China: a qualitative study of policy development (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, J., & Cook, J. (2020). Ageing and intergenerational care in rural China: a qualitative study of policy development. Contemporary Social Science, 15(3), 378-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2018.1448943

The large-scale migration of younger workers from rural to urban China since the 1990s has separated many adult children from their ageing parents, thereby challenging traditional patterns of familial support in rural villages. Existing studies on ag... Read More about Ageing and intergenerational care in rural China: a qualitative study of policy development.

Bridging the gaps in employee colunteering: Why the third sector doesn't always win (2017)
Journal Article
Cook, J., & Burchell, J. (2018). Bridging the gaps in employee colunteering: Why the third sector doesn't always win. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 47(1), 165-184. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764017734649

Employee Volunteering (EV) schemes represent a cornerstone of many company Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies, being identified as a classic “win-win” situation in which businesses contribute significant resources into local communities... Read More about Bridging the gaps in employee colunteering: Why the third sector doesn't always win.

Gendered systemic analysis : systems thinking and gender equality in international development (2016)
Thesis
Lewis, E. D. Gendered systemic analysis : systems thinking and gender equality in international development. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219033

Systemic intervention (Midgley, 2000) and Feminist Systems Thinking (Stephens, 2013a), both branches of Critical Systems Thinking, have been used widely to improve social and organisational systems. According to Midgley (2000), a systemic interventio... Read More about Gendered systemic analysis : systems thinking and gender equality in international development.

Can 'distant water ... quench the instant thirst'? The renegotiation of familial support in rural China in the face of extensive out migration (2016)
Journal Article
Cook, J., & Liu, J. (2016). Can 'distant water ... quench the instant thirst'? The renegotiation of familial support in rural China in the face of extensive out migration. Journal of Aging Studies, 37, 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2016.02.002

This article addresses debates on modernisation, ageing and intergenerational support in developing/emerging economies. By examining the impact of rural to urban migration on elder support in Chinese rural families, it examines how support is being r... Read More about Can 'distant water ... quench the instant thirst'? The renegotiation of familial support in rural China in the face of extensive out migration.