RESEARCH PROFILE
- International profile: The department has a high international profile in our core areas of research through which our academic staff have made a major contribution to the shaping and development of management theory and practice.
- Research income: We attract a substantial amount of research income, from both research councils (ESRC, EPSRC, AHRC) and from other institutions such as the Leverhulme Trust, EU, CIPD, CIMA, RPSGB and several government bodies.
KEY FACTS
Student destinations
Academic careers, consultancy work in industry and the public sector.
Head of group/division
Professor Samuel Aryee
Duration
Expected to be: MPhil two years FT, four years PT; PhD three years FT, six years PT.
Location
Waterloo Campus.
Year of entry 2013
Offered by
School of Social Science and Public Policy
Department of Management
Closing date
For September entry 2 July and for January entry 12 November. Students interested in applying for funding should be aware that deadlines for this differ and may be earlier, therefore applicants should view the graduate funding pages at
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/funding/sources/index.aspx for more information.
Approximately 10 FT/PT.
Fees
CONTACTS
Contact information
Postgraduate Officer, Centre for Arts & Sciences Admissions (CASA)
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RESEARCH DESCRIPTION
The Department of Management was ranked joint fifth of all UK management departments in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. With highly regarded and internationally recognised scholars and research groups, students are provided with a stimulating and friendly intellectual environment within which to undertake doctoral research. Very broadly, members of the Department undertake research in the areas of work, organisation and governance. Their research includes projects funded by the UK Research Councils, the EU IST Programmes and various UK Government Departments. Many of these projects involve close collaboration with academic partners and with public and private sector organisations in both the UK and abroad. The Department is part of the King's ESRC Doctoral Training Programme in the Social Sciences.
Research is built around a number of strategic research centres and groupings:
- Human Resource Management & Employment Relations;
- Accounting & Accountability;
- International Business & Marketing;
- Work, Interaction & Technology;
- Public Services Management.
Groups are inclusive, encouraging cross-group membership, multidisciplinarity, and collaboration with members of the Department, others in the College as well scholars and practitioners based in academic institutions and private and public sector institutions both in the UK and abroad. Projects include both theoretically-driven as well as more applied research.
Staff interests associated with the research programme and its research groups
Accounting & Financial Management
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Executive compensation, multiple directorships, managerial labour markets, director reputation,corporate governance.
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Professor Clubb’s research focuses on theoretical models of the role of accounting information in equity valuation and on the empirical analysis of use of accounting information in capital markets, while his main teaching interest is in the field of financial statement analysis. He also has a broad research interest in the economic and social context of accounting and its implications for development of accounting practice.
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Mingzhu Wang's current research interests include:
• Asset Pricing Models
• Financial Institutions
• Corporate Governance
• Earnings Quality
• CSR Reporting
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* Roles of financial market intermediaries in corporate governance
* Use of accounting and non-accounting information by financial market intermediaries
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Tarik Driouchi's research interests: investments; real options and options markets.
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Inter-relationship of public policy, financial reporting, and financial management of financial institutions, particularly related to corporate sponsored pensions. She is also expanding her research into the association between corporation governance, firm performance and executive compensation. She is currently completing research projects focusing on: pension actuarial assumptions; pension risk management; firm performance and executive compensation.
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Human Resource Management, Employment Relations & Organisational Behaviour
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HRM and performance, employment contracts, the psychological contract and worker well-being; careers in public and private sector organisations.
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UK business law and employment law; the impact of government legislation on trade union democracy and activity; harassment and bullying and employee well-being; the character and impact of equality and diversity policies; trade union renewal.
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Employment relations and work organisation in East Asia; Internal labour markets and their changes; changes in employment relations and work organisation in the service industry; flexible work arrangements and related policy studies; changes in collective bargaining systems; labour market intermediaries.
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The employment relationship; careers; the psychological contract; work/life balance and conflict.
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Workforce diversity; gender and organisations; working-time and the work-family interface.
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Identification at work; organisational commitment; applications of organisational Identification and commitment at work; employer branding; individual and organisational linkages and well-being.
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Impact of HRM on employee and organisational outcomes; HRM differentiation; Psychological and Employment Contracts; Employee Uncertainty.
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The impact of HRM on organisational performance; involvement and participation in organisations; organisational commitment; customer-orientated behaviour.
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Strategic human resource management; organizational justice; workplace trust; work-family interface; leadership; and workplace safety.
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Industrial relations; health sector employment relations; public sector management; public service pay determination and work organisation; migration of health workers.
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HRM and call centres; employee turnover; new forms of work-organisation; individualisation in employment relations.
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Vandana Nath is Teaching Fellow in Human Resource Management. She is principally interested in studying the nature of customer service work and worker well-being. Her research has examined the work experiences of frontline employees in offshored Indian call centres. Vandana is also interested in early career expectations, work experiences and individual career management in healthcare.
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International Business, Comparative Management & Marketing
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Interaction and experience of museums and other cultural organisations; interaction in retail and shopping environments; health care interaction; social media; ethnomethodology; ethnography; video analysis of interaction.
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Technology management in emerging economies; The impact of offshoring on technical skills generation in advanced economies; Economic and technology policymaking in developing countries under globalization.
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Retailing; culture; cross-border knowledge management; internationalisation.
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My primary interest is in marketing in the creative industries/ arts marketing. I am particularly interested in marketing film, music, visual art and theatre. I am more broadly interested in the interplay between marketing and society. I adopt interpretive research methods such as observation, interviews, diary studies etc.
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Dr. Mattison Thompson’s research interests focus on consumer privacy intrusion through organisational data management and marketing processes. She also conducts research into cultural behaviour, international marketing and consumer loyalty behaviour. Through her work in China, recentwork also includes insights into Chinese consumer behaviour.
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Interplay between institutional and corporate change in the field of corporate governance. Using a historical institutionalist approach, he analyses the way in which institutions influence corporate actors’ behaviour and how this behaviour, in turn, shapes the institutional setting. He adopts a comparative perspective with a focus mainly on small European states.
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Arts consumption; arts marketing; symbolic, experiential and aesthetic consumption; the consumer interest and empowerment; consumer culture.
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Pervez Ghauri completed his PhD at Uppsala University Sweden, where he also taught for several years. He received an Honorary Doctor of Economics degree from Turku School of Economics and Management (Finland) in 2005. He also held leadership positions at the University of Uppsala (Sweden), Norwegian School of Management (Norway), and University of Groningen (Netherlands). He served as a visiting professor at Michigan State University (USA), University of International Business and Economics (China), Robert Schuman University (France), Henrick-Heine University (Germany), Maastricht University (Netherlands), Vaasa University (Finland) and Lund University (Sweden). Professor Ghauri’s principal research areas are market driving strategies, international business, international marketing and international business negotiations. He has published twenty two books including: The Internationalization of the Firm (with Peter Buckley), International Marketing (with Cateora), Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks (with Johanson and Hadjikhani), International Business Negotiations (with Usunier), Research Methods in Business Studies (with Gronhaug) and Doing Business in Emerging Markets (with Cavusgil). In addition he is editor for the book series on International Business and Management published by Elsevier Science. He is also author of more than 60 journal articles in journals such as: Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Research, Journal of World Business, Management International Review, Industrial Marketing Management, International Marketing Review and European Journal of Marketing. Professor Ghauri is elected Vice President of Academy of International Business (AIB Worldwide), member of the board for European International Business Academy (EIBA), Fellow for EIBA and the founding editor of International Business Review, an ISI journal that is also official journal of EIBA. He has served on the board of Academy of International Business (AIB UK) and as chair for international business track for the British Academy of Management (BAM). He has served as conference Chair for a number of conferences including: AIB UK, AMS Biannual, CIMaR and IMP. He also serves as Editor for Europe for the Journal of World Business. Professor Ghauri has served as a consultant to a number of organisations such as: Airbus Industries, Ericsson, Philips, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Netherlands and Norwegian Export Council. Professor Ghauri is often consulted by national media to comment on current affairs and has appeared on BBC, Sky News, and ITV television as well as BBC radio 4.
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International entrepreneurship and strategy; resource-based view of the firm.
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Sónia’s main research interests are in the fields of development economics and political economy. She has worked on research projects that analyse the links between public service delivery and participatory democracy in Brazil, as well as between media and political accountability.
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Public Services Management
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Public sector management; higher education and qualifications policy; professions; labour market skills.
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Impact of migration policies on employment and wages in the host and source country; evaluations of public policies targeted at the disadvantaged (low skilled, ethnic minorities); Detection of moral hazard in the market for healthcare;
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Privatisation, corporate governance, public organisations and political economy.
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My research lies in the area of organisational change in the public services, especially in professionalized settings such as health care and universities. I am interested in New Public Management and post NPM narratives of public policy reforming and the changing roles of professionals and managers, including clinical/managerial hybrids. I have also worked on the implementation of Evidence Based Medicine.
I have recently completed a big study of health care networks and am currently working on the nature of management knowledge and knowledge mobilisation processes in health care in two projects funding by NIHR SDO. I have also published on the ‘Business School Business’ and have an interest in alternative organisational forms in the Business School field.
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Applied econometrics of (i) efficiency measurement esp. in public sector & the effect of workforce substitution & skill-mix on this, and (ii) spatial econometrics & the role of location & distance.
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Juan's research focuses on health policy analysis. He has worked on various projects that have examined the impact of health reform programmes upon the macro, meso and micro levels of different health systems. Although much of his work has focused on the British NHS he has also carried out research in Chile, Mexico, Russia, Sweden and Australia. He is particularly interested in the impact of health reform upon the medical profession and how the medical profession influences health policy at the macro, meso and micro levels. Juan is currently engaged in an EU funded study that is investigating the implementation of research evidence into practice in stroke services in a number of EU countries.
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Economic methodology; critical realism in economics.
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Work, Interaction and Technology
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Workplace studies and organisational analysis; social interaction, technology and collaborative work; including studies of health care, markets, and museums and galleries.
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Gender at work; diversity in the workplace; technologies; young professionals; ethnography; discourse analysis.
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Workplace interaction; computer-supported co-operative work; ethnomethodology and conversation analysis.
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Studies of work, interaction and new technologies; ubiquitous systems,
computer supported co-operative work; human-computer interaction.
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ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
General entry advice
A 2:1 first degree in a relevant subject or equivalent for overseas students. Students should have completed a master's degree before undertaking a PhD in the department.
APPLYING TO KING'S
To apply for graduate study at King's you will need to complete our graduate online application form. Applying online makes applying easier and quicker for you, and means we can receive your application faster and more securely.
King's does not normally accept paper copies of the graduate application form as applications must be made online. However, if you are unable to access the online graduate application form, please contact the relevant admissions/School Office at King's for advice.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
A College online application form must be completed along with two academic references and copies of supporting documents. Applications should include a research proposal, outlining the intended area of research. Prospective students are strongly encouraged to identify a potential supervisor in the department before applying. Guidelines for applicants (including guidance about how to write a research proposal) are available on the department's website.
PERSONAL STATEMENT & SUPPORTING INFORMATION
A personal statement is required.
FUNDING
The School of Social Science & Public Policy and the Graduate School offer several PhD studentships. The ESRC research studentship competition is open to home students (EU students may apply for 'fees only' awards). School and College deadlines are usually early in the new year. Further details on studentships can be found in the Department of Management PhD prospectus and the Postgraduate Funding webpages:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/graduate/funding/database/
Student profiles
Management Research MPhil/PhDKing's presented a natural choice for my PhD studies. After completing an MSc in International Management at the university, I had come to know the academic staff in the Department of Management quite well. They are highly regarded and knowledgeable in their fields, but also approachable and supportive. This gave me the confidence that they would be able to provide me with excellent guidance and supervision for my PhD research. Indeed, my supervisors have always gone the extra mile when I needed quick support or hit an unexpected bump in the road.
Receiving a studentship, co-sponsored by the ESRC and the Graduate School, allows me to commit fully to the research and not have my focus diverted. At King's, I have found myself a friendly, yet engaging support network that makes me feel at home in the greater academic community. With all the support I receive at King's, I am confident that my PhD research will be a successful first step in my academic career.
I would encourage anyone considering King's for their graduate research to come onto campus, meet the staff, chat with us students and get a feel for the support available.