What we are about 

The People in Employment Settings (PiES) Research Group is intended as an inter-disciplinary group to foster and promote investigation into people and the workplace, where possible drawing on expertise across the university and collaborating with local, regional and national organisations.  As a key focus the group seeks to promote research into the modern experience of individuals and their place in organisations across all areas of the economy.  Key research areas include (but are not limited to) Leadership, Motivation, HRM and HRD, Employability, and Psychological and Sociological Approaches to the world of work and work practises, particularly given the prevalence of such areas as key sites for challenging issues of social justice.  Operating as an umbrella group, PiES seeks to challenge and encourage researchers to develop research in a safe-space and be accountable for raising the profile of the group and YSJU within associated communities.   

Get in touch

As an eclectic research group, we welcome staff members, researchers and postgraduate research students from across the University, who have an interest in better understanding issues linked to people in employment settings.

or email s.cock@yorksj.ac.uk or a.johnston@yorksj.ac.uk

Who we are

Co-Chairs

Dr Steven Cock – York Business School – Senior Lecturer 

Dr Alan Johnston – York Business School – Senior Lecturer 

Members

Robert Avery – School of Science, Technology and Health – Senior Lecturer

Dr George Boak – York Business School – Associate Professor

Dr Sarah Crabbe – York Business School – Associate Professor

Panos Dimitriadis – York Business School – Lecturer & PGR

Dr Idris Ganiyu – York Business School – Senior Lecturer 

Stuart Healy – York Business School – Lecturer & PGR

Simon Kumar – School of Education, Languages and Psychology – Lecturer

Dr Berisford Lewis – York Business School – Senior Lecturer

Dr Ruby Mathew – York Business School – Lecturer 

Dr Owen Powell – York Business School – Lecturer 

Dr Winojith Sanjeewa – York Business School – Lecturer 

Dr Spencer Swain – School of Education, Languages and Psychology – Senior Lecturer

Charles Taylor – York Business School – Lecturer & PGR

Lynsey Walker-Smith – York Business School – Senior Lecturer 

Susan Walsh – York Business School – Lecturer & PGR

Richard Ward – York Business School – PGR

Professor David Weir – York Business School – Professor