Faculty of Business, Oxford Brookes University - PhD Studentships 2014/15
The Faculty of Business at Oxford Brookes University is offering studentships to exceptional
candidates seeking to study for a full time PhD starting in September 2014.
These full-time studentships, which include a commitment of seminar teaching to
undergraduate students, will be for 3 years subject to satisfactory progress. The bursary will
be £20,000 per annum, plus student fees.
Applicants should have a good Honours degree as well as a good Master’s degree at merit
level or above that includes a thesis component.
Please state clearly in your application the department, cluster and research title.
Department: Business and Management
Cluster: Organisation Studies
This cluster investigates practices and processes of managing and organising in order to
further our understanding of ‘how things work’ in organisations. We adopt in-depth,
polyphonic, contextualised and situated understandings of organisation-related concerns
such as leadership, human resource management, employment relations, career
development, identity and belonging, networking, and organisational culture(s). Research is
characterised by exploring organisational and inter-organisational dynamics for a wide
variety of organisations (small to global, profit, non-profit and hybrid), across the world.
Typical themes include: organizational and professional identity formation; ethical leadership
and values; cultural change processes in organisations; corporate social responsibility; HRM
in multinationals; new forms of career trajectories; migration and changes to labour markets;
the gendered nature of management discourse; internal consultancy; and talent
management.
Research title: Ethnographic studies of the adoption of management philosophies
and practices
There is a bulk of work which focuses on the diffusion of management knowledge and which
looks at management fashions, different dissemination channels and nature of popular
management ideas. However, the process of translation of management knowledge has
received considerably less attention. In particular, empirical, longitudinal studies of adoption,
co-consumption and subversion of popular management concepts and philosophies are still
largely missing. Applicants are therefore invited to submit a proposal that seeks to explore
the processes of translating popular management concepts, philosophies and practices into
organisational realities. Due to the nature of the topic, qualitative and in particular
ethnographic methodologies would be welcome.
Contact for informal enquiries and further information about the project:
Dr. Sylwia Ciuk
sciuk@brookes.ac.uk
Contact for non-academic enquiries and information:
Chris Spurgeon
cspurgeon@brookes.ac.uk
Please sign up and complete the online application here:
https://pgapp.ukpass.ac.uk/ukpasspgapp/login.jsp
Please select programme number P046190 'Business Doctoral Programme'.
In order to be considered for the programme, all applicants must submit all of the following:
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A completed application through the UKPASS system
A Research proposal of no more than 2000 words, on a topic from our list of
available research areas and following the guidelines provided
Two academic references (submitted through UKPASS or using the attached
form).
Copies of your previous degree transcripts and certificates
Evidence of funding (if the candidate is receiving funding from a sponsor)
Non UK Applicants must also provide:
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Proof of ability with the English Language
A scan of your passport.
Applicants are responsible for contacting their own referees and requesting that
references be forwarded to the Faculty of Business.
Supporting documents should be sent directly to: Chris Spurgeon, Research Administrator,
Oxford Brookes University, Faculty of Business, Wheatley Campus, Wheatley, OX33 1HX or
email cspurgeon@brookes.ac.uk
Late applications cannot be considered.
Closing date: Tuesday April 1, 2014