No Longer 'Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards'? Advances in Local State- Voluntary and Community Sector Relationships During Covid-19 (2023) Journal Article Cook, J., Thiery, H., & Burchell, J. (in press). No Longer 'Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards'? Advances in Local State- Voluntary and Community Sector Relationships During Covid-19. Journal of Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279422000939 Despite the significant influence of localism on policy discourses in the UK in recent decades, there has been limited evidence of any fundamental changes in state-civil society relationships. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 created a n... Read More about No Longer 'Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards'? Advances in Local State- Voluntary and Community Sector Relationships During Covid-19.
'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.
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. (2016). Gendered systemic analysis : systems thinking and gender equality in international development. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from 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.
‘I think I'm more free with them' : conflict, negotiation and change in intergenerational relations in African families living in Britain (2015) Journal Article Cook, J., & Waite, L. (2016). ‘I think I'm more free with them' : conflict, negotiation and change in intergenerational relations in African families living in Britain. Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 42(8), 1388-1402. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1073578 While the family is increasingly being recognised as pivotal to migration, there remain too few studies examining how migration impacts on intergenerational relationships. Although traditional intergenerational gaps are intensified by migration, argu... Read More about ‘I think I'm more free with them' : conflict, negotiation and change in intergenerational relations in African families living in Britain.
CSR : the role of stakeholder dialogue in achieving peaceful coexistence between host communities and multinational gold mining companies in Ghana (2014) Thesis Nartey, S. (2014). CSR : the role of stakeholder dialogue in achieving peaceful coexistence between host communities and multinational gold mining companies in Ghana. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216886 Gold mining has the potential for doing great good, and also causing environmental, socio-cultural and economic harm. This has increasingly become the focus of CSR orientated research. When conducted in a developing country context, it is argued that... Read More about CSR : the role of stakeholder dialogue in achieving peaceful coexistence between host communities and multinational gold mining companies in Ghana.
CSR, co-optation and resistance: the emergence of new agnostic relations between business and civil society (2013) Journal Article Burchell, J., & Cook, J. (2013). CSR, co-optation and resistance: the emergence of new agnostic relations between business and civil society. Journal of Business Ethics, 115(4), 741-754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1830-z This article examines the theoretical implications of the changing relationships between NGOs and businesses that have emerged as a response to the evolving agenda around CSR and sustainable development. In particular, it focuses upon examining wheth... Read More about CSR, co-optation and resistance: the emergence of new agnostic relations between business and civil society.
Sleeping with the enemy? : strategic transformations in business - NGO relationships through stakeholder dialogue (2012) Journal Article Burchell, J., & Cook, J. (2013). Sleeping with the enemy? : strategic transformations in business - NGO relationships through stakeholder dialogue. Journal of Business Ethics, 113(3), 505-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1319-1 Campaigning activities of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have increased public awareness and concern regarding the alleged unethical and environmentally damaging practices of many major multinational companies. Companies have responded by deve... Read More about Sleeping with the enemy? : strategic transformations in business - NGO relationships through stakeholder dialogue.
