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Emeritus Professor Stephen Frenkel
Stephen Frenkel is Emeritus Professor of Organization and Employment Relations. He is the author of over 80 journal articles and editor or author of 7 books. He is currently an editorial member of several journals including Industrial & Labor Relations Review, and Employment & Society. His current research interests include the comparative sociology of work, technology and management with a special interest in China and the impact of global supply chains on labour and environmental standards. Stephen’s expertise is in the sociology and social psychology of management and work.
Stephen was born in South Africa and educated mainly in the UK. He worked initially in Swaziland after which he gained a Master’s degree at the University of Warwick and a Ph.D at Cambridge University. He subsequently emigrated to Australia having obtained a lectureship at UNSW where he was employed as a Professor until Sept. 2019 and thereafter became an Emeritus Professor. He is married with two children.
Research Interests:
- New forms of work organization and work identity
- Human Resource Managers: their role, relationships and power
- Patterns of management-work relations especially in relation to new technology
- Knowledge work and designing for innovation
- Globalization and work
Research Grants:
- 2016-2019 Volkswagen Foundation with Wellcome Trust and Riksbanken Jubileumsfond, (co-leader with Elke Schuessler) Governance of Global Supply Chains in the Garment Industry after Rana Plaza (Euro 800,000) ($200,000 for UNSW)
- 2015 International Labour Organization Global Supply Chains in the Food Industry ($25,000)
- 2007: ARC Management and High Performance Work Organization in Call Centres (with M. Groth), $335,550
- 2004: ARC for Human Resource Managers (with Paul Gollan) $421,000.
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