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Chris Grey is Emeritus Professor of Organization Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, and was previously a Professor at Cambridge University and Warwick University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). He originally studied Economics and Politics at Manchester University, where he also gained a PhD on the regulation of financial services.
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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 12 September 2015 English
The British Labour Party has, against early predictions, resoundingly elected a new leader, Jeremy Corbyn. A veteran left-winger, his success can be seen as an emphatic rejection of the New …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 13 July 2015 English
The way that work is rewarded is central to organizations, and pay is only one part of it. Associated benefits such as pensions, maternity and paternity pay, and sick pay …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 July 2015 English
So Greece has voted 'Oxi'. The consequences are unclear, but the reaction so far from Germany, in particular, does not make my hope of a write-off and reconstruction very likely …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 July 2015 English
A large number of organization studies academics – not including me, as it happens – are currently gathering for their main European conference, the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 June 2015 English
The British National Health Service (NHS) is one of the largest and most interesting organizations in the world. It is perhaps the key legacy of the post-1945 Labour government, establishing …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 May 2015 English
I’m going to continue with my posts about what is now the aftermath of the British election but before doing so I just want to restate why I am doing …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 3 April 2015 English
This is the second of my posts on the British General Election, this time on the televised debate between the party leaders which was held last night. This is only …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 March 2015 English
This is the first of what I plan to be a series of posts about the UK general election in the run up to polling day on May 7th. I …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 13 February 2015 English
Tax evasion, by both individuals and corporations, is the story of the moment, and it’s a global one. In Australia, the Tax Justice Network estimates corporate tax avoidance (we’ll come …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 February 2015 English
It seems clear that we live in an age of growing inequality, as a recent BBC analysis showed. And this inequality has a particular shape to it, because its prime …