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      Dr Ian Roper

      ROLE: Associate Professor in HRM
      SCHOOL: Business School
      DEPARTMENT: Management Leadership & Organisations
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 2220
      EMAIL: I.Roper@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        BA (Hons) Government and Public Policy (CNAA)

        MPhil (Northumbria)

        PhD (Glasgow)

        Ian Roper is Associate Professor in the Department of Management Leadership and Organisation. He has previously had roles as Director of Programmes and acting Head of Department. Externally Ian is an member of the British Sociological Association and an Academic Member of the Chartrered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is an editor for the journal Work, Employment and Society. He was visiting research fellow at the University of Sydney in 2010.


        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        • Employment Relations
        • Contemporary Issues in HRM

        Co-editor of "Contemporary Issues in HRM" (2018 forthcoming; MacMillan)

        From 2004 - 2013, Director of Programmes for HRM subject area.

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        • HRM as profession
        • The impact of reform on public service employment
        • The state regultation of work-life balance policy
        • The social reporting of employment-related corporate behaviour

        Journal Articles (recent)

        Parsa, S., Roper, I. and Muller-Camen, M. (2018) Have labour practices and human rights disclosures enhanced corporate accountability? The case of the GRI framework. Accounting Forum (forthcoming. DOI:10.1016/j.accfor.2018.01.001

        Roper, I., Etherington, D. and Lewis, S. (2017) Hollowing out national agreements in the NHS? The case of ‘Improving Working Lives’ under a ‘Turnaround’ plan. Employee Relations. 39, 2: 145-159 DOI 10.1108/ER-05-2015-0092


        Ehnert, I, Parsa, S., Roper, I., Wagner, M. and Muller-Camen, M. (2016)         Reporting on Sustainability and HRM: A comparative study of sustainability reporting practices by the World's largest companies" International Journal of Human Resource Management (DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2015.1024157)

        Edited books (recent)

        Klarsfeld, A., Booysen, L, Ng, E., Roper, I., Tatli, A. (2014), International Handbook of International Diversity Management at Work. (second edition) London, Edward Elgar

        Roper, I., Prouska, R. and Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. (2010), Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. London, CIPD

        Chapters in books (recent)

        Roper, I. and Tatli, A. (2014), UK Update: the Big Society Under Austerity in Klarsfeld, et al. (eds) Handbook of International Diversity Management at Work. (second edition) London, Edward Elgar

        Klarsfeld, A., Booysen, L., Ng, E., Roper, I. and Tatli, A. (2014), 'Introduction: Equality and Diversity in 14 Countries – Analysis and Summary in Klarsfeld, et al. (eds) Handbook of International Diversity Management at Work. (second edition) London, Edward Elgar

        Roper, I., Prouska, R. and Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. (2010), ''Introduction' (in) Roper, I., Prouska, R. and Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. 'Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. CIPD

        James, P. and Roper, I. (2010), 'Politics, the Regulatory Environment and HRM' (in) Roper, I., Prouska, R. and Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. 'Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. CIPD

        Leigh, S. and Roper, I. (2010), 'Critical Issues in Employee Relations (1) From Employee Consent to Employee Engagement (in)Roper, I., Prouska, R. and Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. 'Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. CIPD

        Martinez-Lucio, M. and Roper, I. (2010). ''HRM in Public Services' (in) Roper, I., Prouska, R. and Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, U. 'Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. CIPD

        Lewis, S. and Roper, I. (2008), 'Flexible Working Arrangements: From Work Life Balance to Gender Equity Policies' (in) Cartwright, S. and Cooper, C. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology. Oxford University Press

        Roper, I and Lewis, S. (2008), 'The Flexible Organisation and Work-Life balance' (in) Muller-Camen, M., Croucher, R. and Leigh, S. (eds) Human Resource Management: A Case Study Approach.  CIPD

        Publication Feed

        Have labour practices and human rights disclosures enhanced corporate accountability? The case of the GRI framework

        Parsa, Sepideh and Roper, Ian and Muller-Camen, Michael and Szigetvari, Eva (2018) Have labour practices and human rights disclosures enhanced corporate accountability? The case of the GRI framework. Accounting Forum . ISSN 0155-9982 (Published online first)

        Hollowing out national agreements in the NHS? The case of ‘Improving Working Lives’ under a ‘Turnaround’ plan

        Roper, Ian and Etherington, David and Lewis, Suzan (2017) Hollowing out national agreements in the NHS? The case of ‘Improving Working Lives’ under a ‘Turnaround’ plan. Employee Relations, 39 (2). pp. 145-159. ISSN 0142-5455

        What most makes HR a profession? The difference of views at national and organisational levels

        Roper, Ian and Higgins, Paul (2016) What most makes HR a profession? The difference of views at national and organisational levels. In: CIPD Applied Research Conference 2015 The shifting landscape of work and working lives, 8 December 2015, Warwick University, The Shard.

        HRM as an emerging new managerial profession

        Higgins, Paul and Roper, Ian and Gamwell, Sophie (2015) HRM as an emerging new managerial profession. In: Perspectives on Contemporary professional Work. Wilkinson, Adrian and Hislop, Donald and Coupland, Christine , eds. New Horizons in Management . Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 286-312. ISBN 9781783475575 (Accepted/In press)

        Ethics and spirituality in the workplace: the growing role of the business case in reforms

        Freeman, Tim and Kunter, Aylin and Douglas, Carlis and Roper, Ian (2015) Ethics and spirituality in the workplace: the growing role of the business case in reforms. Human Resource Management International Digest, 23 (5). pp. 43-44. ISSN 0967-0734

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        Ian Roper, Paul Higgins "The Professionalisation of Human Resource Management in Hong Kong and the UK" ESRC/Hong Kong RGC Bilateral grant (ES/J017299/1) £110,385. (Sept 2012 - Feb 2015)

        *A study into the content and practice of HR as a professional project, particularly looking at the comparative development - and the East-West flows of influences - between the UK and Hong Kong. One day event held, "The Professionalisation of HRM" January 2015.

        Sepideh Parsa (PI) with Ian Roper, Michael Muller-Camen and Eva Szigetvari "Labour and Human Rights Reporting Practices: a Comparative Study of British and German Companies" British Academy £9,985.64 (2013-2014)

        Sepideh Parsa (PI) with Ian Roper and Michael Muller-Camen "Social Audit of Employment Relations Practices of the World's Largest Companies" British Academy (SG110640) £5,000 (2011-2012)

        *Both of these are studies into the use of the GRI reporting standard for disclosing employment-related activity of multinational firms.

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        Editor: Work, Employment and Society, 2018 -

        Editorial board member: Work, Employment and Society, 2010 - 2013

        Editorial board member: Community, Work and Family, 2009 -

        BUIRA Annual Conference 2018 (event organising committee and co-host) https://www.buira.org/conferences

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