Prof. Peter  John Stokes
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Prof. Peter John Stokes

Professor
University of Chester, United Kingdom


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Business Management from Brunel University, UK

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Biography

Peter Stokes is Professor in the University of Chester Business School where he has successfully completed faculty-wide Deputy Dean (2012-2015), Acting Executive Dean (2012-2014) and Head of Research and Knowledge Transfer (2014-2015) assignments. He is director for a number of doctoral theses and also teaches research methods at masters level and publishes, and reviews extensively, in world-class journals in the areas of, among others: Management Learning and Development, Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Management and Research Methodology. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Organizational Analysis and holds senior positions in a range of international academic associations. He speaks French and Spanish fluently and has applied his work extensively through national and international knowledge transfer and consultancy projects across a range of business sectors.

Area of Interest:

Business Management and Accounting
100%
Organizational Behavior
62%
Business Ethics
90%
Human Resource Management
75%
Research Methodology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
0
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Stokes, P., N. Moore, P. Scott and C. Rowland, 2016. Organizational Management. Kogan, London.
  2. Stokes, P., C. Baker and J. Lichy, 2016. The role of embedded individual values, belief and attitudes and spiritual capital in shaping everyday postsecular organizational culture. Eur. Manage. Rev., 10.1111/emre.12065.
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  3. Rao-Nicholson, R., Z. Khan and P. Stokes, 2016. Making great minds think alike: Emerging market multinational firms' leadership effects on targets' employee psychological safety after cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Int. Bus. Rev., 25: 103-113.
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  4. Hickman, M. and P. Stokes, 2016. Beyond learning by doing: An exploration of critical incidents in outdoor leadership education. J. Advent. Educat. Outdoor Learn., 16: 63-77.
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  5. Stokes, P., Y. Liu, S. Smith, S. Leidner, N. Moore, C. Rowland, 2015. Managing talent across advanced and emerging economies: HR issues and challenges in a Sino-German strategic collaboration. Int. J. Hum. Resour. Manag., 10.1080/09585192.2015.1074090.
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  6. Stokes, P., N. Moore, D. Moss, M. Mathews, S.M. Smith and Y. Liu, 2015. The micro-dynamics of intraorganizational and individual behavior and their role in organizational ambidexterity boundaries. Hum. Resour. Manag., 54: s63-s86.
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  7. Stokes, P., M. Larson, N. Russell, S. Adderley and N. Moore et al., 2015. Smart cities-Dynamic sustainability issues and challenges for old world economies: A case from the United Kingdom. Dynam. Relationsh. Manage. J., 4: 3-22.
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  8. Stokes, P., 2015. NVQs and Competency Approaches in the UK: Contexts, Issues and Prospects. In: Competence-Based Vocational and Professional Education: Bridging the World of Work and Education, Mulder, M. and J. Winterton (Eds.). Springer, New York.
  9. Stokes, P. and T. Ward, 2015. Business Briefings-Research Methodology. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.
  10. Smith, S. and P. Stokes, 2015. Signs and wonders: Exploring the effects and impact of the investors in people logo and symbols. Eur. J. Train. Dev., 39: 298-314.
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  11. Singh, S. and P. Stokes, 2015. Organizational excellence in the middle east. Int. J. Organiz. Anal., 23: 337-504.
  12. Bamel, U.K., S. Rangnekar, P. Stokes and R. Rastogi, 2015. Managerial effectiveness: An Indian experience. J. Manage. Dev., 34: 202-225.
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  13. Baker, C., J. Lichy and P. Stokes, 2015. Values, belief and attitudes: The implications for organisational culture. Eur. Foundat. Manage. Dev., 9: 37-39.
  14. Smith, S.M., P. Stokes and J.F. Wilson, 2014. Exploring the impact of investors in people: A focus on training and development, job satisfaction and awareness of the Standard. Employee Relat., 36: 266-279.
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  15. Russell, N., S. Adderley, P. Stokes and P. Scott, 2014. The competing dynamics and relationships in corporate and local government agency constructions of place. Dynam. Relationsh. Manage. J., 3: 3-16.
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  16. Moore, N. and P. Stokes, 2014. Business and organizational development: global perspectives, cultures and domains. J. Int. Bus. Entrepreneursh. Dev., 7: 179-180.
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  17. Davoine, E., E. Oiry and P. Stokes, 2014. Organizations and organizing in a french context. Int. J. Organiz. Anal., 22: 426-572.
  18. Stokes, P., N. Moore, S. Brooks, W.P. Caulfield and Jessica, 2013. Sustainable and responsible business: Focal cases, sectors and contexts. EuroMed. J. Bus., Vol. 8. 10.1108/EMJB-05-2013-0029.
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  19. Stokes, P., N. Moore, M. Hickman, P. Scott and C. Rowland, 2013. Recasting the technologies of outdoor management development: An interpretivist perspective on the tools, models and processes used in the field. J. Global Bus. Adv., 6: 299-317.
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  20. Stokes, P., M. Larson, S. Balasubrahmanyam and S.K. Singh, 2013. Organizations and organizing in an Indian context. Int. J. Organiz. Anal., 21: 243-471.
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  21. Scott, P., A.E. McIntosh-Scott and P. Stokes, 2013. Sales and strategic marketing practices in the pharmaceutical industry: Doctors as customers and their decisions. J. Int. Bus. Entrepreneur. Dev., 7: 37-51.
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  22. Paulson, S.K. and P. Stokes, 2013. The globalisation of business activity: structures, processes and prospects for the demise of postmodernism. Global Bus. Econ. Rev., 15: 251-264.
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  23. Mathews, M. and P. Stokes, 2013. The creation of trust: The interplay of rationality, institutions and exchange. Entrepreneur. Regional Dev., 25: 845-866.
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  24. Foster, C., N. Moore and P. Stokes, 2013. Rethinking Talent Management in Organizations: Towards a Boundary-Less Model. In: Innovative Business Practice: Prevailing a Turbulent Era, Vrontis, D. and A. Thrassou (Eds.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, pp: 17-41.
  25. Bamel, U.K., S. Rangnekar, P. Stokes and R. Rastogi, 2013. Organizational climate and managerial effectiveness: An Indian perspective. Int. J. Organiz. Anal., 21: 198-218.
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  26. Yan Q.X., H. Yong, D. Qinli and P. Stokes, 2012. Reverse logistics network design model based on e‐commerce. Int. J. Organizational Anal., 20: 251-261.
  27. Stokes, P., 2012. The Janus Dialectic of Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Corporate Social Irresponsibility: The Role of Micro-Moments. In: Corporate Social Irresponsibility: A Challenging Concept, Tench, R., W. Sun and B. Jones (Eds.). Emerald, Bingley, pp: 64-83.
  28. Stokes, P., 2012. Reframing corporate social responsibility: Lessons from the financial crisis. Society Bus. Rev., 7: 104-105.
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  29. Stokes, P. and E. Oiry, 2012. An evaluation of the use of competencies in human resource development - a historical and contemporary recontextualisation. EuroMed J. Bus., 7: 4-23.
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  30. Stokes, P. anbd P. Harris, 2012. Micro-moments, choice and responsibility in sustainable organizational change and transformation: The Janus dialectic. J. Organiz. Change Manage., 25: 595-611.
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  31. Moore, N. and P. Stokes, 2012. Elite interviewing and the role of sector context: An organizational case from the football industry. Qual. Market Res.: Int. J., 15: 438-464.
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  32. Stokes, P., 2011. Key Concepts in Business and Management Research Methods. Palgrave-Macmillan, Basingstoke.
  33. Stokes, P., 2011. Critical Concepts in Management and Organization Studies. Palgrave-Macmillan, Basingstoke.
  34. Stokes, P., 2010. Engaging with genocide: The challenge for organization and management studies. Organization, 17: 461-480.
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  35. Stokes, P., 2009. Challenges of Simulation in Management Development. In: Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: A-H, Torres-Coronas, T. and M. Arias-Oliva (Eds.). IGI Global, USA., pp: 124-130.
  36. Stokes, P., 2009. An Evaluation of the Use of Competencies in Human Resource Development - a Historical and Contemporary Contextualisation. In: Managerial and Entrepreneurial Developments in the Mediterranean Area, Vrontis, D., Y. Weber, R. Kaufmann and S. Tarba (Eds.), EuroMed Press, Cyprus, pp: 1534-1552.
  37. Stokes, P., 2008. Outdoor management development as organizational transformation: A study of Anglo-French paradoxical experience in the application of alternative human resource development approaches. Int. J. Crosss-Cult. Manage., 8: 23-39.
  38. Stokes, P., 2008. Genocide' Commissioned Entry. In: Organizing Words: A Creative Thesaurus of Key Words in Social and Organizational Theories, Gabriel, Y. (Ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp: 116-117.
  39. Stokes, P. and L. Martin, 2008. Reading lists: A study of tutor and student perceptions, expectations and realities. Stud. Higher Educ., 33: 113-125.
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  40. Ryding, D. and P. Stokes, 2008. Convergence and divergence of educational experience in european contexts. Int. J. Manage. Cases, 11: 453-461.
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  41. McCulloch, A. and P. Stokes, 2008. The Silent Majority: Meeting the Needs of Part-Time Research Students, SRHE Issues in Postgraduate Education: Management, Teaching and Supervision. Society for Research in Higher Education, London.
  42. Stokes, P., R. Bishop and J. Phillips, 2007. Introduction: Militarization and international business? Crit. Perspect. Int. Bus., 3: 5-10.
  43. Stokes, P., 2007. The "militarizing" of organization and management studies: Reconnoitring the tensions - problems and possibilities for reshaping the terrain? Crit. Perspect. Int. Bus., 3: 11-26.
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  44. McCulloch, A. and P. Stokes, 2007. Normalizing the Part-Time Student Experience: Making the Rhetoric of diversity Real. In: Skills Training in Research Degree Programmes: Politics & Practice, Hinchcliffe, R., T. Bromley and S. Hutchinson (Eds.). Open University Press, Milton Keynes.
  45. Dereli, C. and P. Stokes, 2007. Reconceptualising modernity for management studies: Exploring the tension between the scientific and the spiritual in the age of modernism. Philosophy Manage., 6: 131-139.
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  46. Stokes, P. and L. Martin, 2006. Reading lists under the spotlight: Cinderella or superstar? SCONUL., 37: 33-36.
  47. Stokes, P. and A. McCulloch, 2006. Beyond the doctoral process: A call for the re-focusing of the 'How to...Get a PhD' literature. J. Grad. Edu., 3: 107-115.
  48. Stokes, P., 1993. The European industrial placement environment: A United Kingdom perspective. J. Eur. Bus. Educ., 3: 85-101.