Leadership & organisational behaviour
Leadership, organisational character, resilience and the micro-dynamics of change.
An academic life in ideas and practice
Professor
Peter Stokes
Exploring leadership, organisations, human values and the changing nature of management across international academic and professional contexts.
Editorial leadershipEditor-in-Chief, International Journal of Organizational Analysis
International engagementAcademic appointments and collaborations across Europe and beyond
Doctoral educationResearch supervision, examining and DBA programme leadership
01 / Profile
Scholarship beyond disciplinary boundaries.
Professor Peter Stokes works across an international portfolio of academic, advisory and consultancy appointments. His scholarship spans management learning and development, organisational behaviour, human resource management, business ethics, management philosophy and research methodology.
His career includes senior university leadership at the University of Chester and a professorship in leadership and professional development at De Montfort University. His current portfolio, as described in his supplied CV, includes work with the Business Science Institute, Leeds Beckett University and the EuroMed Research Business Institute.
His research brings critical perspectives to the relationship between people, organisations and society, while connecting academic ideas with professional practice.
02 / Areas of scholarship
Research interests
Human resources & cross-cultural management
Work, talent, values and management practices across international contexts.
Ethics, sustainability & critical management
Spiritual capital, responsible management and questions of organisational purpose.
03 / Scholarship
Selected publications
The potent nature and dynamics of “character” in organizations and management in the 21st century
Stokes, Visser, Lichy & Dekel-Dachs · International Studies in Management and Organisation · Special issue introduction
The presence and impact of generosity within spiritual capital in business organizations
Ashta & Stokes · International Studies in Management and Organisation · Online
Toxic leadership and spiritual capital: Japanese organizations in the USA and India
Ashta & Stokes · Management Decision, 63(12), 4113–4134
The expression of compassion in leadership in intercultural organizational situations
Ashta and colleagues, including Stokes · European Management Review
Organizational Management
Stokes, Moore, Smith, Rowland & Scott · Kogan Page · Book
Key Concepts in Business and Management Research Methods
Stokes · Palgrave Macmillan · Book
04 / Academic service
Appointments & recognition
Selected roles
- Professor / Fellow, Business Science Institute
- Visiting Professor, Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University
- Vice-President and Senior Fellow, EuroMed Research Business Institute
- UK Ambassador, Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines
- Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Organizational Analysis
Selected recognition
- Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute
- Research supervision excellence recognition, De Montfort University
- Academic Excellence Award, Amity University (2021)
- Leading Journal Editor Award, Emerald Publishing (2012)
05 / Connect
Academic exchange and collaboration.
For research interests, academic publications and professional background, explore the publicly shared professional profile below.
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