Academic Articles
International Journal Articles on Social Enterprise
Rory is a regular contributor to national and international conferences on governance, gender and social enterprise. To date, the following articles have been accepted for publication in international journals:
- Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2007) Communitarian Perspectives on Social Enterprise, Corporate Governance: An International Review, 15(2): 382-392. (Publisher's Web-page)
- Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2008) Social Enterprise as a Socially Rational Business, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 14(5), forthcoming.
Books
Rory's first book Silent Revolution: Creating and Managing Social Enterprises, grew out of debates in management seminars at the worker co-operative Computercraft Ltd (London). It captures some of the management thinking that informed the development of social enterprise during the period 1999-2001. The book was not published until early 2002 and received little publicity at the time (it served mainly as an internal management text). Nevertheless, electronic copies and a few printed copies influenced leading practioners of workplace democracy and the Employee Ownership Association. It also led to a PhD Studentship that allowed Rory to establish his academic career. Historically, the book holds a unique place in the early literature on social enterprise.
Rory's second book Emotion, Seduction and Intimacy: Alternative Perspectives on Organisation Behaviour is a product of Rory's doctoral research: a scholarly examination of the way emotional life contributes to social structures and inter-personal behaviour inside and outside the workplace. Informed by the recent research on gender dynamics and courtship at work, this ground-breaking book helps managers and consultants at all levels to rethink the application of democratic principles in the modern workplace.
RAE Submissions
Below is the full text of the four articles submitted for the Research Assessment Exercise 2007. Please note that due to copyright restrictions only final conference papers and accepted journal submissions (not the versions published in journals) are available from this page. The version of the 2007 article is identical to the published version in all respects except typography. The version of the 2006 article is the paper as presented to the 2006 conference (not the revised version accepted to the International Journal of Enterpreneurial Behaviour and Research). Left-click to view the PDF file, or right-click to save the file.
- Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2004) "Communitarian Goverance: The Development of Management, Governance and Ownership Models", paper to 6th International Management Control Association Conference, 12th-14th July, Edinburgh.
- Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2005) "Interpersonal Dynamics: A Communitarian Perspective", paper to the 1st ENROAC-MCA Conference, 7th-9th April, Antwerp.
- Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2006) "Social Enterprise as a Socially Rational Business", paper to the 3rd Social Enterpreneurship Research Conference, 22nd-23rd June, London.
- Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2007) "Communitarian Perspectives on Social Enterprise", Corporate Governance: An International Review, 15(2): 382-392.
Other Scholarly Papers and Academic Teaching Materials
Below are further article extracts and working papers used for teaching purposes (currently works in progress in respect of journal submissions).
- Contingent Ethics in Critical Ethnography (Working Paper)
- Gendering, Courtship and Equal Pay (Working Paper)
- Mediation: An Introduction (Working Paper)
- Naming Men as Men: A Critical Response (Extract)
- Social Dynamics During a TUPE Transfer (Working Paper)
- The Evolution of Corporate Cultures: A Grounded Theory (Extract)
Short articles for students (2000 - 2500 words) are available from Rory's page at SearchWarp.
Doctoral Thesis on Social and Economic Rationality
Lastly, below is an electronic version of Rory's PhD on Corporate Governance (for any masochists amongst you). Rory's work outlines gender dynamics in employee-owned organisations to produce new theory on the relationship between gender and governance. Although the work was undertaken in three established social enterprises, the theories generated are generic and can be utilised to understand human behaviour in multiple contexts.
The doctorate in available in hard copy from the libraries of Sheffield Hallam University, Social Enterprise London and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, and also from the British Library.
