Peter Stokes

Personal profile

Peter Stokes is Professor of Leadership and Professional Development at Leicester Castle Business School. His broad career path spans four decades and comprises, among other roles: a tractor factory industrial apprenticeship, computer programming, IT management based in Paris overseeing European marketing operations, sales management, business consultancy, academic department and school leadership and a professorship at the University of Chester Business School where, in addition to completing successful assignments as Faculty Deputy Dean (2012-2015), Acting Faculty Executive Dean (2012-2014), and, Faculty Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer (2014-2015) he also played a leading role in building the University’s national and international student recruitment in addition to developing research and knowledge transfer projects. He has also successfully completed the Chartered Association of Business Schools Deans/Deputy Deans Programme and the Research Directors Programme.

He has published a rich and varied body of work in, and reviewed extensively for, world-class journals in the areas of, among others: Human Resource Management; Leadership Values and Behaviours; Business Ethics; Management Philosophy; Organizational Design, Strategy, Critical Management Studies, and Research Methodology. His writing and ideas have appeared in many high ranking journals including: Journal of Organizational Behaviour (USA); Human Resource Management (USA); Organization; Studies in Higher Education; International Journal of Human Resource Management; Journal of Organizational Change Management; Employee Relations; Entrepreneurship and Regional Development; Group and Organization Management; International Business Review; and, Thunderbird International Business Review. In addition, he has published books on research methods, postgraduate research, critical management studies and organizational management. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Organizational Analysis (Emerald), Associate Editor of Journal of Creating Value (Sage) and serves on a number of international journal boards including the EuroMed Journal of Business (Emerald) and the Journal of Knowledge Management (Emerald). He has regularly been invited to undertake visiting professor, external examiner and academic advisor roles to businesses and university business and management schools in a number of countries including: United Kingdom, France, Holland, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Vietnam, Morocco, Hong Kong, China, India, Ireland, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Nigeria, Senegal and has, for example, been a guest speaker with the MBRF Foundation and the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University) in Dubai; La Sorbonne (Paris I) HEC and Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)(France); IIM Ahmedabad (India’s Top Business School) and the University of Delhi (India).

He has applied his work in national and international knowledge transfer and consultancy projects across a range of business sectors encompassing utilities, construction, publishing, aerospace, diplomatic bureaux, mental health facilities, emergency and rescue services and local government. He currently holds a number of positions on major international bodies including: Vice-President-Business Relations and UK Country Director for the EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI); UK Ambassador for the Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines (French Academic HR Association-AGRH); Organizing Committee of the Research Methodology SIG – British Academy of Management; member of the British Standards Institute (BSI) Human Capital Standards Committee. Beyond the professional domain, he does long distance running, mountain walking and has organised and led mountaineering expeditions in the mountain regions of the United Kingdom and European Alps.

Research group affiliations

Professor Stokes is actively involved in the work of a number of international bodies and associations:

EMRBI - Euromed Research Business Institute

AGRH - Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines

BAM - British Academy of Management – Research Methodology SIG

Creating Value Alliance

Publications and outputs

Stokes, P., (1993) The European Industrial Placement Environment: A United Kingdom Perspective, Journal of European Business Education, 3(1) 85‑101.

Stokes, P. and Martin, L. (2006) Reading Lists Under the Spotlight: Cinderella or Superstar? SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries), 37:33-36.

Stokes, P. and McCulloch, A (2006) Beyond the Doctoral Process: A Call for the Re-focusing of the “How to…Get a PhD Literature, Journal of Graduate Education, 3(4):107-115.

Stokes, P., Bishop, R and Phillips, J. (2007) Introduction: Militarization and International Business? in Stokes, P., Bishop, R and Phillips, J (Eds) (2007) in the special Issue on Militarization and International Business Critical Perspectives on International Business, 3(1): 5-10. [ABS level 2* journal].

Stokes, P. (2007) The “Militarizing” of Organization and Management Studies: Reconnoitring the Tensions – Problems and Possibilities for Reshaping the Terrain? in Stokes, P., Bishop, R and Phillips, J (Eds) (2007) in the special Issue on ‘Militarization and International Business “Critical Perspectives on International Business, 3(1): 11-26. [ABS level 2* journal].

Dereli, C. and Stokes P. (2007) Reconceptualising Modernity for Management Studies: Exploring the Tension between the Scientific and the Spiritual in the Age of Modernism, Philosophy of Management 6(2): 131-139.

Stokes, P. and Martin, L. (2008) Reading Lists: A Study of Tutor and Student Perceptions, Expectations and Realities, Studies in Higher Education, 33(2): 113-125. [ABS level 3* journal].

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. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 8(1):23-39. [ABS 1* journal].

Ryding, D. and Stokes, P (2008) Convergence & Divergence of Educational Experience in European Contexts, International Journal of Management Cases, 11(2): 453-461.

Stokes, P. (2009) An Evaluation of the use of Competencies in Human Resource Development – a Historical and Contemporary Contextualisation in Vrontis, D., Weber, Y, Kaufmann, R. and Tarba, S. (2009) Managerial and Entrepreneurial Developments in the Mediterranean Area, Cyprus, EuroMed Press, pp.1534-1552.

Stokes, P. and Gabriel Y. (2010) Engaging with Genocide – the Challenge for Organization and Management Studies, Organization, 17(4): 461-480. [ABS level 3* journal].

Scott, P, McIntosh, A, and Stokes, P. (2011) Medical Doctors’ Perceptions of Influences on Prescribing Behaviour and the Implications of Sales and Strategic Marketing Practices in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Business Research Challenges in a Turbulent Era, Published Proceedings of the 4^th Annual EuroMed Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business pp.1620-1641, Cyprus, EuroMed Press.

Moore, N and Stokes, P (2011) Recontextualising and Reconceptualising Typologies of Elite Interviewing: Cases from the Football Industry, Business Research Challenges in a Turbulent Era, Published Proceedings of the 4^th Annual EuroMed Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business pp.1239-1268, Cyprus, EuroMed Press.

XiaoYan, Q, Yong, H, Qingli, and Stokes, P (2012), Reverse Logistics Network Design Model Based on E-Commerce, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 20(2): 251-261. [Paper received notation as a highly downloaded paper by Emerald Publishing – September 2013].

Stokes, P and Harris, P. (2012), Micro-Moments, Choice and Responsibility in Sustainable Organizational Change and Transformation – The Janus Dialectic, The Journal of Organizational Change Management, 25(4):595-611. [ABS level 2* journal]

Moore, N and Stokes, P. (2012) Elite Interviewing and the role of Sector Context: An Organizational Case form the Football Industry, Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 15(4): 438-464.

Stokes, P and Oiry, E (2012) An Evaluation of the Use of Competencies in Human Resource Development – a Historical and Contemporary Recontextualisation, Euromed Journal of Business 7(1):4-23. [Awarded best paper in journal at 2013 EuroMed Conference].

Paulson, S. and Stokes, P. (2013) Globalization of Business Activity and the Demise of Postmodernism, Global Business and Economics Review, 15(2-3): 251-264.

Scott, P, McIntosh-Scott, A, and Stokes, P. (2013) Sales and Strategic Marketing Practices in the Pharmaceutical Industry – Doctors as Customers and Their Decisions, Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 7(1): 37-51.

Bamel, U. and Stokes, P. (2013) Organizational Climate and Managerial Effectiveness: An Indian Context, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 21(2): 198-218. [ABS level 1* journal]

Stokes, P., Moore, N. Hickman, M, Scott, P, Rowland, Russell, N. and Visser, M. (2013) Recasting the ‘Technologies’ of Outdoor Management Development: an Interpretivist Perspective on Tools, Models and Processes Used in the Field, Journal of Global Business Advancement, 6(4): 299-317.

Stokes, P. Moore, N. Brooks, S., Caulfield, P., Wells, J. (2013) Editorial - Sustainable and Responsible Business: Focal Cases, Sectors and Contexts, EuroMed Journal of Business, 8(3). [ABS level 1* journal]

Mathews, M. and Stokes, P. (2013) The Creation of Trust – The Interplay of Rationality, Institutions and Exchange, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 25(9-10): 845-866. [ABS 3* journal]

Smith, S, Stokes, P & Wilson, J. (2013)Exploring the impact of Investors in People: A Focus on Training and Development, Job Satisfaction, and Awareness of the Standard, Employee Relations, 36(3): 266-279. [ABS level 2* journal – Highly Commended Paper Award – Emerald Publishing Awards 2015].

Abhimalla, R. K. , Dash, D. P., Baba, V. V., Stokes, P., & D’Cruz, P (2014). Doing and disseminating meaningful research. Research World, 11, Article S11.1. Retrieved from http://www1.ximb.ac.in/RW.nsf/pages/S11.1 (linked to a keynote presentation made at IIM Ahmedabad, India).

Russell, N, Adderley, S, Stokes, P, Scott, P. (2014) The Competing Dynamics and Relationships in the Competing Dynamics and Relationships in Corporate and Local Government Agency Constructions of Place, Dynamic Relationships Management Journal, 3(1): 3-16.

Plane, J-M, Stokes, P and Brown, T. (2014) Editorial: L’avenir du management et l’interculturalité: vers un renouveau des recherches et des productions en GRH, revue@GRH, 2(11): produced on-line at http://www.cairn.info/revue-@grh-2014-2.htm, 3-6.

Smith, S. and Stokes, P. (2015), Signs and Wonders: Exploring the Effects and Impact of the Investors in People Logo and Symbols, European Journal of Training and Development, 39(4): 298-314 [ABS level 1* journal]

Bamel, U., Rangnekar, S, Stokes, P. and Rastogi, R. (2015) Managerial Effectiveness: An Indian Experience, Journal of Management Development 34 (2): 202 – 225. [ABS level 1* journal].

Baker, C., Stokes, P., and Lichy, J. (2015) Values, Belief and Attitudes: The Implications for Organizational Culture, EFMD Global Focus (publication of the European Foundation for Management Development EFMD) 9(2): 37-39.

Stokes, P, Larson, M., Russell, N., Adderley, S., Moore, N., Mathews, M., Smith, S., Lichy, J., Scott, P., Ward, T., and Brindley, C.(2015) Smart Cities – Dynamic Sustainability Issues and Challenges for ‘Old World’ Economies: a Case from the United Kingdom, Dynamic Relationships Management Journal, 4(2): 3-22.

Stokes, P. Moore, N, Mathews, M, Moss, D, and Smith, S., Liu, Y (2015) The Micro-Dynamics of Intra-Organizational and Individual Behavior and their Role in Organizational Ambidexterity Boundaries, Human Resource Management (USA), 54(1): 63-86. [ABS level 4* journal].

Stokes, P, Liu, Y., Smith, S., Leidner, S., Moore, N. and Rowland, C. (2015) Managing talent across advanced and emerging economies: HR issues and challenges in a Sino-German strategic collaboration, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27(20): 2310-2338. [ABS level 3* journal].

Rao-Nicholson, R., Khan, Z., Stokes, P. (2015) Making great minds think alike: Emerging market multinational firms’ leadership effects on targets’ employee psychological safety after cross-border mergers and acquisitions, International Business Review, 25(1):103-113. [ABS level 3* journal]

Hickman, M and Stokes, P. (2016) Sights and insights: Vocational outdoor students’ learning through and about reflective practice in the workplace, Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 19(1): 22-32.

Hickman, M., & Stokes, P. (2016). Beyond learning by doing: an exploration of critical incidents in outdoor leadership education. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 16(1): 63-77.

Moore, N., Stokes, P. and Scott, P. (2016) Staging and managing match events in the English professional football industry: an SME learning perspective, Journal of Global Business Advancement, 9 (2): 179-194.

Hickman, M., Stokes, P., Gammon, S., Beard, C. & Inkster, A. (2016) Moments like diamonds in space: Savoring the ageing process through positive engagement with adventure sports, Annals of Leisure Research, 1-19.

Stokes, P., Baker, C., and Lichy, J. (2016) The Role of embedded individual values, belief and attitudes and spiritual capital in shaping everyday postsecular organizational culture, European Management Review, 13(1): 37-51. [ABS level 3* journal]

Stokes, P., Moore, N., Smith, S., M.J. Larson and Brindley, C. (2017) Organizational Ambidexterity and the Emerging-to-Advanced Economy Nexus: Cases from Private Higher Education Operators in the UK, Thunderbird International Business Review, 59(3): 333-348. [ABS level 2* journal].

Hickman, M., Stokes, P., Beard, C., and Inkster, A. (2017) Doing the plastic fantastic: ‘artificial’ adventure and older adult climbers, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. 19(2): 172-182.

Kabadayi, S and Stokes, P. (2017), Comments by Guest Editors, Value Creation Conceptualisation, Journal of Creating Value, 3(2), ix–xii.

Scott, P., Scott, T., Stokes, P., Moore, N., Rowland, C. and Ward, T. (2017) The consumer journey in The Digital Age: the challenges faced by destination and place marketing agencies. International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism (2)1: 28-45.

Scott, P., Scott, T., Stokes, P., Moore, N., Smith, S.M., Rowland, C. and Ward, A. (2017) Reconceptualising Buyer Behaviour in the Digital Era: An Emergent Journey. International Journey of Technology Marketing 12 (2):165-179.

Bamel, U, Budhwar, P., Stokes, P. Paul, H (2017) Dimensions of Role Efficacy and Managerial Effectiveness: Evidence from India, Journal of Organisational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 4(3): 218-237. [ABS level 1* journal].

Cooper, C., Stokes, P., Liu, Y, and Tarba, S. (2017) of Micro-Foundations of Organizational Behavior and Sustainability: Issues, Drivers and Trajectories? Journal of Organizational Behavior (JOB-USA) [ABS level 4* ranked USA journal – A top ranked management journal - collaboration with Sir Cary Cooper and senior academics Drs Tarba and Liu].

Tarba, S. Ahammad, F., Junni, P.Stokes, P., Morag, O. (2017) The Impact of Organizational Culture Differences, Synergy Potential, and Autonomy Granted to the Acquired Hightech Firms on the M&A Performance, Group & Organization Management. 44(3): 483-520. [ABS level 3* journal]

Lichy, J and Stokes, P. (2018) Questioning the Validity of Cross-Cultural Frameworks in a Digital Era: The Emergence of New Approaches to Culture in the Online Environment, International Studies in Organisation and Management, 48(1):121-136. [ABS level 2* journal]

Ashta, A, Stokes, P and Hughes, P. (2018) Change Management in Indo-Japanese Cross-Cultural Collaborative Contexts: Parallels between Traditional Indian Philosophy and Contemporary Japanese Management, Journal of Organizational Change Management. 31(1): 154-172. [ABS level 2* journal]

Haldar, A., Shah, R., SVD, N. R., Stokes, P., Demirbas, D., & Dardour, A. (2018). Corporate performance: does board independence matter?-Indian evidence. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. 26(1): 185-200. [ABS level 1* journal].

Scott, P., Higson, P., Fletcher, T., and Stokes, P. (2018) An analysis of the transformations of leadership and direction-setting in place marketing: a UK contextual view and case study, International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism, 2(3): 239-254.

Seraphin, H., Smith S., Scott, P. and Stokes, P. (2018) Destination Management through Organizational Ambidexterity: A Study of Haitian Enclaves, Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. 9: 389-392.

Manning, P., Stokes, P. Visser, M., Rowland, C., and Tarba, S. (2018) Dark Open Innovation in a Criminal Organizational Context: the Case of Madoff’s Ponzi Fraud, Management Decision. 56(6):1445-1462. [ABS level 2* journal]

Paul, H, Bamel, U and Stokes, P. (2018) High-Performance Teams and Job Involvement: Exploring the Linkage to Augment Quality in Indian Education and Research, Industrial and Commercial Training. 50(5), 250-260 [ABS level 1* journal].

Stokes, P, Mahajan, G, Lucas, G and Hughes, P. (2018) Creating Value – Value Co-Creation and Value Destruction, EFMDGlobal Focus, 12(2): 44-47.

Ullah, S, Wang, Z., Stokes, P., Xiao, W. (2018) Risk Perceptions and Risk Management Approaches of Chinese Overseas Investors: An Empirical Investigation, Research in International Business and Finance. 47, 470-486. [ABS level 2* journal]

Stokes, P., Smith, S, Ward, T., Moore, N., Rowland, C., Ward, T. and Cronshaw, S. (2018) Resilience and the (Micro-)Dynamics of Organizational Ambidexterity: Implications for Strategic HRM, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(8): 1287-1322. [ABS level 3* journal]

Rodgers, P, Stokes, P, Tarba, S and Khan, Z. (2018), The Role of Non-market Strategies in Establishing Legitimacy: The Case of Service MNEs in Emerging Economies, Management International Review. 59(4), 515-540. [ABS level 3* journal]

Rodgers, P. Vershinina, N., Tarba, S, Stokes, P and Khan, Z (2018) Gaining legitimacy through proactive stakeholder management: The Experiences of high-tech women entrepreneurs in Russia, Journal of Business Research. [ABS level 3* journal].

Paul, H., Bamel, U., Ashok, A. and Stokes, P. (2019) Examining an integrative model of resilience, subjective well-being and commitment as predictors of organizational citizenship behaviors, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 27(4). [ABS level 1* journal]

Davoine, E., Barmeyer, C. and Stokes, P. (2019) When the “well-oiled machine” meets the “pyramid of people”: Role perceptions and hybrid working practices of middle managers in a bi-national organization – ARTE, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. [ABS level 2* journal].

Wankhade, P. Stokes, P, Tarba, S and Rogers, P. (2019) Work intensification and Ambidexterity - the Notions of Extreme and ‘Everyday’ Experiences in Emergency Contexts: Surfacing Dynamics in the Ambulance Service, Public Management Review. 1-27 [ABS level 3* journal].

Manning, P., Stokes, P. Tarba, S and Rodgers, P. (2019) Entrepreneurial stories, narratives and reading – Their role in building entrepreneurial being and behaviour, The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. [ABS level 2* journal]

Gabriel, Y. and Stokes, P. (2020) Organizations and history – Are there any lessons to be learned from genocide?, "Problemy Zarzadzania- Management Issues" (the scientific quarterly edited by Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, Poland) No 2. Special issue: Management as Symphonic (Hi)Story. Historical Approaches in Organizational Studies.

Special Issues

Stokes, P. Bishop, R. Phillips, J. (Eds) (2007) Special Issue on Militarization and International Business in Critical Perspectives on International Business, 3(1):5-102. [ABS level 1* journal].

Mihai-Yiannaki, S and Stokes, P. (2012) Risk Management for SMEs and Corporations Special Issue: International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 20 (4):374-447. [ABS level 1* journal]

Stokes, P. Larson, M, Balasubrahmanyam, S, Kumar Singh, S (2013) Organizations and Organizing in an Indian Context, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 21(3): 243-471. [ABS level 1* journal]

Stokes, P. Moore, N. Brooks, S., Caulfield, P., Wells, J. (2013) Sustainable and Responsible Business: Focal Cases, Sectors and Contexts, EuroMed Journal of Business, 8(3):195-272. [ABS level 1* journal]

Moore, N and Stokes, P. (2014) Special Issue – Business and Organizational Development: Global Perspectives, Cultures and Domains, Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 7(3).

Davoine, E., Oiry, E. and Stokes, P. (2014) Organizations and Organizing in a French Context, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 22(4): 426-572. [n.b. A unique collection of papers commissioned from leading French authors and presented to the FNEGE – the leading French management association].

Plane, J-M, Stokes, P and Brown, T. (2014) Meilleurs papiers du 25^e Congrès de l'AGRH à Chester (6-7 November 2014), revue@GRH, 2014/2, no.11: produced on-line at http://www.cairn.info/revue-@grh-2014-2.htm, 3-140. (n.b. A selection of the best papers from the CongresAGRH 2014 human resource management conference organized by Peter Stokes and Tim Brown at University of Chester, 6-7 November).

Singh, S. and Stokes, P. (2015) Special Issue: Organizational Excellence in the Middle East, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 23(3): 337-504 [Collaboration with the University of Abu Dhabi.] [ABS level 1* journal].

Bamel, U and Stokes, P. (2016) Special Issue: of “Flexibility in HR Practices”, Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management. Volume 17(1):1–3.

Scott, P., Moore, N. and Stokes, P. (2016) Stakeholder relations and innovation: The role of ethics, trust and sustainability, Journal of Global Business Advancement, 9(2): 109-211.

Kabadayi, S and Stokes, P. (2017) Value Creation Conceptualisation, Journal of Creating Value, 3(2), 117-242.

Hickman, M and Stokes, P. (2019) Ageing, adventure and the outdoors: issues, contexts, perspectives and learning, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (ISSN: 1472-9679 (Print) 1754-0402 (Online)

Scott, P., Stokes, P. & Gordon, D. (2018) Introduction – Dynamics, and discourses of place marketing: Events, media, narratives and trajectories, International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism, 2(3): 171-172.

Rademakers, M, Scheepstra, S and Stokes, P. (2019) Organizational Agility and Value Creation, Journal of Creating Value, 5(2).

Book Chapters

McCulloch, A. and Stokes, P. (2007) Normalizing the Part-Time Student Experience: Making the Rhetoric of diversity Real in Hinchcliffe, R, Bromley, T. and Hutchinson, S. (2007) Skills Training in Research Degree Programmes: Politics & Practice, Milton Keynes, Open University Press.

Stokes, P. (2009) Challenges of Simulation in Management Development, Torres-Coronas, T. and Arias-Oliva, M.(Eds) (2009) Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-HRM, Information Science Reference(IGI Global): 124-130 .

Stokes, P. (2008) ‘Genocide’ commissioned entry in Gabriel, Y. (2008) Organizing Words – A Creative Thesaurus of Key Words in Social and Organizational Theories, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 116-117.

Stokes, P. (2012) The Janus Dialectic of Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Corporate Social Irresponsibility – The Role of Micro-Moments in Tench, R, Sun, W, Jones, B. (2012) Corporate Social Irresponsibility: A Challenging Concept, Bingley, Emerald, pp.64-83.

Foster, C., Moore, N. and Stokes, P. (2013) Rethinking Talent Management in Organizations: Towards a Boundary-less Model, Innovative Business Practice: Prevailing a Turbulent Era, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 17-41.

Kraus, P., Britzelmaier, B., Moore, N., und Stokes, P. (2015): Corporate Social Responsibility in mittelständischen Unternehmen: Eine synoptische Betrachtung – Hildebrandt, A., und Landhäußer, W.,(Eds.), CSR und Energiewirtschaft, Springer, Germany, pp.273-294.

Stokes, P. (2016) ‘Chapter 2: Historical and Contemporary Contexts: The Representation and Character of ‘Modern’ Organizations’, Stokes, P., Moore, N., Smith, S., Rowland, C. and Scott, P (2016) Organizational Management. London. Kogan Page, pp.27-45.

Stokes, P. (2016) ‘Chapter 3: Using critical approaches in managing people and organizations’ in Stokes, P., Moore, N., Smith, S., Rowland, C. and Scott, P (2016) Organizational Management. London. Kogan Page, pp.51-66.

Thakur, M., Bansal, A. and Stokes, P. (2016) ‘The role of thriving and training in merger success: an integrative learning perspective, Finkelstein, S and Cooper, C. (2016) Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, 15: pp.1-35. Bingley, Emerald.

Hancock, C, Moore, N. and Stokes, P. (2016) “Globalisation and International Students: Remodelling Micro-international Aspects for the Entrepreneurial University” in Daly, P., Reid, K., Buckley, P., Doyle, E (eds) Innovative Business Education Design for 21st Century Learning, Switzerland, Springer.

Stokes, P. (2017) NVQs and Competency Approaches in the UK: contexts, Issues and Prospects in Mulder, M. (Ed.) (2017) Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education Bridging the Worlds of Work and Education.Cham: Switzerland, Springer International Publishing.

Kline, H and Stokes, P. (2017) The Dynamic of ICT and Smart Power: Implications for Managerial Practice in Muhlbauer, V and Harry, W. (2017) Redefining Management: Smart Power Perspectives, Germany, Springer, pp.31-46.

Kraus, P., Britzelmaier, B., Stokes, P. and Moore, N. (2018) Challenging the business case logic for sustainability as an instrument of CSR: Do consumer attitudes in Germany support a business case? The Critical State of Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe, Tench, R., Sun, W. and Jones, B. (2018) Bingley, Emerald.

Stokes, P. and Wall, T. (2018) ‘Human Capital, International Standards’, in Filho, W. (2018) Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Good Health and Well-Being, London, Springer.

Ashta, A., Stokes, P., & Hughes, P. (2019) Logic or Smiles?: International talent management across advanced and emerging economic contexts - Japanese expatriates’ cross-cultural communication friction in India. In Y. Liu (Ed.), Research Handbook of International Talent Management. Edward Elgar. pp 213 – 246

Published Books

McCulloch, A. and Stokes P. (2008) The Silent Majority: Meeting the Needs of Part-Time Research Students, SRHE Issues in Postgraduate Education: Management, Teaching and Supervision, London, Society for Research in Higher Education.

Stokes, P. (2011) Critical Concepts in Management and Organization Studies Basingstoke, Palgrave-Macmillan.

Stokes, P. (2011) Key Concepts in Business and Management Research Methods, Basingstoke, Palgrave-Macmillan.

Stokes, P and Wall T. (2015) Business Briefings – Research Methodology, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Stokes, P., Moore, N., Smith, S., Rowland, C. and Scott, P (2016) Organizational Management. London. Kogan Page.

Published Practitioner Books and Guides

Stokes, P, Harris, P., Millar, C, and Moss, D. (2011) Chester Forum II: Sustainable Business and Public Affairs, Chester Business School, University of Chester (ISBN: 978-1- 905929-96-2).

Stokes, P, Harris, P., Millar, C, and Moss, D. (2012) Chester Forum III: Strategic Competitive Advantage Through Innovation: Radical Thoughts and Conversations, Chester Business School, University of Chester (ISBN: 978-1-908258-09-8).

Moore, N., Stokes, P. Harris, P and Moss, D. (2013) Chester forum IV: Growth Through Exports and International Trade: challenges, Opportunities and New Horizons, Chester Business School, University of Chester – edited proceedings (ISBN: 978-1-908258-22-9)

Stokes, P. (2013) Principles for Responsible Management Education – Sharing Information on Progress Report, Chester Business School, University of Chester.

Passmore, J, Brown, H, Csigas, Z & the European Coaching and Mentoring Research Consortium (2017) The State of Play in European Coaching & Mentoring – Executive Report. Henley-on-Thames: Henley Business School and EMCC International
ISBN 978-1-912473-00-7

Passmore, J. Brown, H, Wall, T and Stokes, P. et al. (2018) Executive Report 2018 – The State of Play in Coaching in the United Kingdom, Henley, European Mentoring and Coaching Council/Henley Management School (University of Reading).

British Standards Institution (2018) PAS3002:2018 Code of Practice on Improving Health and Wellbeing Within an Organization, British Standards Institution, London, BSI Standards Limited (ISBN 978 0 580 96537 1) [Nominated member of the drafting consultative and committee].

Research interests/expertise

Professor Stokes undertakes inter-disciplinary research involving a number of common themes and concerns around organizational behaviour, ethics, values, beliefs, attitudes, culture and leadership and the strategic trajectories which micro-foundational choices (especially those made in the micro-moment) map out for individuals and organizations. This research has led to publications covering a range of areas, including:

Leadership, organizational culture – values and ethics
Training and development
International business
Outdoor and adventure-linked management development
Research paradigms and methodology
Managing in organizational extremes
Human resource management
Strategic change management

Areas of teaching

Organizational behaviour, culture and leadership

Research methodology and philosophies

Strategic choice and organizational human dynamics

Qualifications

Certificate in Executive and Organizational Coaching. University of Central Lancashire/ Pinna Consulting. 2009-2010

A1 NVQ Assessor Award. City and Guilds, London. 2008

Postgraduate Certificate in Research Degree Supervision. Edge Hill College (Lancaster University) 2000-2001

Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Management. Brunel University, Uxbridge, London. 1995-2000

Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Edge Hill College (Lancaster University) 1995-1996

Master of Business Administration. Strathclyde Graduate Business School (SGBS), Strathclyde University, Glasgow. 1990-1991

BA (Hons) in Modern Languages (2:1). University of Salford, Greater Manchester. 1986-1990

Advanced Certificate – French. Institute of Linguists. 1985

Higher National Certificate - Business Studies. Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry (part-time) 1979-1981

Ordinary National Certificate - Business Studies. Coventry Technical College (part-time) 1977-1979

Business Management Trainee Articles of Apprenticeship. Massey Ferguson UK and Europe (full-time) 1976-1981

Certificate in Office Studies (Distinction - prize awarded). Henley College, Coventry (part-time) 1976-1977

Courses taught

LCBS5050 - Leadership Practicum

LCBS5053 Leadership and Cultural in Organizational Contexts

HRMG5027 Change Management

DBA0001

Doctoral supervision, executive education courses

Programme director for Doctor of Business Administration

Programme Director for Executive MBA

Honours and awards

Leading Journal Editor Award (2012)

for Editor-in-Chief Role on International Journal of Organizational Analysis. Awarded by Emerald Publishing.

[Outstanding Reviewer Award (2012)]

For EuroMed Journal of Business. Awarded by Emerald Publishing.

Stokes, P and Oiry, E (2012) An Evaluation of the Use of Competencies in Human Resource Development – a Historical and Contemporary Recontextualisation, Euromed Journal of Business 7(1):4-23.

[Awarded best paper in journal at 2013 EuroMed Conference]

Smith, S and Stokes, P (2014)Exploring the impact of Investors in People: A Focus on Training and Development, Job Satisfaction, and Awareness of the Standard, Employee Relations, 36(3): 266-279.

[CABS level 2* journal – Highly Commended Paper Award – Emerald Publishing Awards 2015]

2015 - Nominated in the University of Chester Student Awards for the following categories: ‘Most helpful feedback’, ‘Most innovative lecturer’, ‘Outstanding postgraduate supervisor’

2018 – Winner of the Award for Research Excellence: Inspirational Researcher Award at the Research Oscars – Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK (this award was voted by the 30 members of the faculty professoriate).

Membership of external committees

2015-2018 Board member of the Spiritual Capital Development Company (London)

2014-2015: Institute of Directors (IOD)

2014-present: British Standards Institute/Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development – Member of Human Capital Standards Committee

2017-present: British Standards Institute – Steering Group Member - (PAS 3002 – Specification on the management of employee health and wellbeing)

2006-present: UK Country Director of the EuroMed Research Business Institute

2006-present: Vice-President of the EuroMed Research Business Institute

2010-present: Senior Fellow of the EuroMed Research Business Institute

2014: Sponsored invitation to the Arab Knowledge Summit, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Educational Foundation, Dubai, UAE

2009-present: Editor in Chief of the Editorial Board - International Journal of Organizational Analysis (Emerald Publishing)

2016-present: Associate Editor - Journal of Creating Value (Sage Publications)

2016-present: Editorial Board Member – Journal of Knowledge Management

2014-present: Member of Comité d’Orientation, Revue Management & Avenir

2014-present: Editorial Board Member, Management et Science Sociales, Kedge Business School (Bordeaux/Marseille, France)

2008-present: Editorial Board Member of the EuroMed Journal of Business (Emerald)

2008-present: Editorial Board Member of the Journal of the Slovenian Academy of Management - Dynamic Relationships Management Journal

2011-2014: Track Chair for the Sustainable and Responsible Special Interest Group -British Academy of Management

2006: Nominated member of the Advanced Institute of Management - ESRC Research Development Initiative (RDI)

Membership of professional associations and societies

Professor Stokes holds senior roles and is actively involved in the work of a number of international bodies and associations:

Chartered Management institute – Fellow

RSA – Fellow

HEA – Fellow

EMRBI - Euromed Research Business Institute – Vice-President an Senior Fellow

AGRH - Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines – UK Ambassador

BAM - British Academy of Management – Research Methodology SIG – Committee Member

BSI - British Standards Institute – Human Capital Standards Committee – Co-opted Committee Member.

Projects

A range of projects are in process including:

Character in organization and management in the 21st century

Value creation

Organizational ambidexterity and extremes.

Conference attendance

Stokes, P. (1999) ‘Stories as Research’, Paper delivered to the Doctoral Programme Research Seminar, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 18 March.

Stokes, P. (1999) ‘Observations as a Lived Experience’, Paper given as part of the Research Methodology Programme (Masters in Management Development), Edge Hill (Lancaster University) 25, March.

Stokes, P. (2001) ‘The Tortured Domain: Oppression and Narratives in Outdoor Management Development Communities’, Paper presented at the “Narratives of Oppressors and Narratives of Oppressed” Stream at the International Critical Management Studies Conference, UMIST, Manchester, July 11-13.

Stokes, P. (2001) ‘Perilous Journey: The Odyssey of Narrative in Outdoor Management Development’, Double refereed paper presented in “Sub Theme 1: Narratives We Organize By” in the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 17^th Colloquium, Université de Lyon (II & III), Lyon, France, July 5-8.

Stokes, P. (2002) ‘Politicising Mountains: Comparative Anglo-Saxon and Gallic Action and Reaction to the Use of the Outdoor Management Development Programmes.’, Double refereed paper presented at the Standing Workgroup No.2 “Management Ideas and Organizational Politics”(Profs, L.Engwall/M.Kipping) in the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 18^th Colloquium, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, July 4-6.

Stokes, P. (2002) ‘OMD ‘Technologies’: Accelerating Organizational Effectiveness or Just Orchestrating Manoeuvres in the Dark?’, 20^th Anniversary Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism: Speed: Research and Representation in the Age of the Instantaneous Organization, International Business School, Budapest, Hungary, July 10-13.

Greenbank, P. Mercer, J and Stokes, P. (2002) ‘Undergraduate Work Experience: An Alternative Approach’, poster presentation and accompanying paper, The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 3^rd Annual Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 26-28 June.

Stokes, P. (2002) ‘The Reflexive Learner, Personal Journals, Portfolios and Narratives’ PG Certificate in Research Degree Supervision Programme, Edge Hill College, Lancaster University, 29 October.

Stokes, P. and McCulloch, A. (2003) ‘Lived Experience on Doctoral Programmes’, Knowledge and Management Stream, British Academy of Management Conference, Harrogate, September.

Stokes, P. (2004) ‘Outdoor Management Development – Pourquoi Pas?: An Anglo-French Comparative Study of “Alternative” Human Resource Development Approaches’, Human Resource Management/Culture and Comparative Management Stream, Irish Academy of Management Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 1-3 September.

Dereli, C. and Stokes P (2004) ‘Exploring the Tension Between the Scientific and the Spiritual in the Age of Modernism: Implications for Management Theory in the Era of Postmodernity, Art of Management and Organization Conference, ESCP-EAP European School of Management, Paris, 7-10 September.

Martin, L and Stokes, P. (2005) ‘Reading lists: A Study of Tutor and Student Perceptions, Expectations and Realities’, Third International Conference of the Centre for Learning and Teaching Research, 21 January, Edge Hill College (Lancaster University).

Stokes, P and McCulloch, A (2005) ‘Student Doctoral Process: A Re-Focusing of the “How to…(Get a Ph.D) Literature’, Third International Conference of the Centre for Learning and Teaching Research, 21 January, Edge Hill College (Lancaster University).

Stokes, P (2005) ‘Outdoor management development and Anglo-Saxon representations: - stories exploring the sense-making boundaries of physical and psychological excess’, The Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism XXIII, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 8-10 July.

Stokes, P. (2005) ‘The “Militarizing” of Organization and Management Studies: Reconnoitring the Terrain – Possibilities for Reshaping the Battlefield?’ in the stream: “Militarizing Organizations: Recontextualising and Reconceptualising the Military in Organizational Theory and Lives”, 4^th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge, July.

Stokes P. (2005) ‘Militarization and Management” The Annual Research Seminar Series, Edge Hill (Lancaster University), 20 October.

Stokes, P. (2006) ‘The Cross-Cultural Transfer of Outdoor Management Development – A Critical Commentary on the Consequences of the Marginalisation of Anglo-Saxon representations in Outdoor Pursuits and Outdoor Education’, paper presented at The Third International Outdoor Education Research Conference, UCLan-Penrith, 4-7 July.

Stokes, P. (2006) ‘Effecting Genocide: A Call for a Deeper Questionning of ‘Ugly’ Silences on Genocidal Acts and Episodes in Organization and Management Studies’, paper presented at the SCOS XXIV The Good, the BAD and the Ugly: Organizations and Demons, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 12-15 July.

McCulloch, A. and Stokes, P. (2006) ‘Supporting Doctoral Training for All Researchers: The Possibilities of E-Delivery’, paper presented at Workshop 5, UK GRAD Fifth Annual Conference – Profiting from Postgraduate Talent, Guoman Tower, London, E1, September 7.

Stokes, P. (2006) ‘Outdoor Management Development as Organizational Transformation: An Anglo-French Comparative Study of Paradoxical Experience in the Application of Alternative Human Resource Development Approaches’ paper presented at the XVII Congrès Annuel de l’Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, RMS-IAE de Lille, November 16-17.

Stokes. P. (2007) ‘Competencies in the United Kingdom – An Organization and Management Theory Historical Contextualisation’ paper presented (in French) at AGRH-GRACCO, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, March 16.

McCulloch, A. and Stokes, P. (2007) ‘Power Relations and the Research Student Experience: Unexplored Dimensions’, paper presented at Leading the Way – Postgraduate Skills Training in the NW Conference (UK Grad Programme-NW Hub), Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, 25^th May.

Stokes, P. (2007) ‘Lessons from Genocide – Recontextualising Organizational Misbehaviour in Organization and Management Studies’ paper presented at: ‘Genocide, Individuals and Organization - Choices, Actions and Consequences for Contemporary Contexts’ Sub-theme no.10 at the 23^rd EGOS Colloquium, Wirtschaftuniversitat Wien, Vienna, Austria, ‘Beyond Waltz: Dances of Individuals and Organisations’, July 5-7.

Stokes, P. (2007) ‘A Consideration of Issues in the Application of Theoretical Tools and Models in Human Resource Development Approaches: A View from the Field’ XVIII Congrès Annual de l’Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines (AGRH) Université de Fribourg, Switzerland, 19-21 September.

Stokes, P. (2008) ‘Theoretical Models, Practical Tools and Actors – A Consideration of Relationships in Experiential Human Resource Development Approaches: A View from the Field’, 8^th European Academy of Management (EURAM) – Managing Diversity: European Destiny and Hope, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia/IDEC Bled School of Management, 14-17 May.

Stokes, P., and Martin, L. (2008) ‘Reading Lists: A Study of Tutor and Student Perceptions, Expectations and Realities’, 7^th CLTR conference – Transformations: Developing Learners and Learning Environments, Edge Hill University, 4 June.

Stokes, P. and McCulloch, A (2008) ‘Representation, Narrative and the Doctoral Process’, The Narrative Practitioner - 2^nd International Conference, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, Wrexham, 23-25 June.

Stokes, P. (2009) ‘An Evaluation of the Emergent Management Approaches in Relation to the Use of Competencies in Human Resources Development in the United Kingdom – a Historical and Contemporary Contextualisation’, XX Congrès de l’Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, Université Toulouse -1/ESC Toulouse, 9-11 September.

Stokes, P. and McCulloch, A. (2010) ‘A Generational and Construct Analysis of the “How to Get a PhD…” Literature: Towards a Classification of the Genre’, 9^th Quality of Postgraduate Research: Educating Researchers for the 21^st Century, Graduate Research School, Edith Cowan University, Adelaide, Australia 13^th-16^th April.

Stokes, P and Oiry, E. (2010) ‘An investigation into the lived experience of competences in human resource development in the United Kingdom - A historical and contemporary contextualisation, 3^rd Annual EuroMed Conference at the EuroMed Academy of Business – Business Developments Across Countries and Cultures, University of Nicosia, Cyprus, 4^th-5^th November.

Cockrill, C, Counsel, N. and Stokes, P. (2011) ‘The Influence of Servicescape on Counterfeit Purchasing: An Exploratory Study’, World Marketing Congress, Reims, France, 19-23 July.

Stokes, P. (2011) The Janus Dialectic of Corporate Sustainability and Corporate Unsustainability - Micro and Macro-Perspectives on Choice and Responsibility in Change and Transformation The Second Chester Forum - Sustainable Business and Public Affairs, Bank of America/University of Chester, 19^th-20^th May.

Stokes, P. and Harris, P, (2011) The Janus Dialectic of Sustainability and Unsustainability – Micro-Moments, Choice, Responsibility and Change, The Sustainability Challenge: Organisational Change and Transformational Vision, Ashridge International Research Conference.

Stokes, P. (2013) ‘Sustainable and Responsible Organizational Behaviour for the Twenty-First Century: Trajectories, Challenges and Grey Zones and the role of Micro-Moments, Inaugural Professorial Lecture, University of Chester, 26^th November.

Lichy, J., Merle, K. Stokes, P. and Groelich, V. (2014) ‘Catching the technology wave: an enquiry into perceptions and usage of ICT in higher education – Implications for HRD’, XVeme Congres de l’Association de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, University of Chester, Chester, UK, 5-7 November.

Kraus, P., Britzelmaier, B., Moore, N. and Stokes, P. (2015)‘A Critique of the Business Case Logic for Sustainability: Attitudes towards Sustainability in Germany from a Consumer Point of View’, Pforzheim Hochschule, Germany, NIBES, 2015 Research session: Thinking Sustainable Future.

Brown, T. and Stokes, P. (2015) ‘Event Management Models: Problems and Perspectives’, Association for Events Management Education, Falmouth, 16-17 July.

Moss, D., Sriramesh, K., Stokes, P.,Aparecida- Ferrari, A., Likely, F., Regeer, B. (2015) ‘Awakening a Sleeping Issue :Communication Department Structure’, An International Study, 22nd International Public Relations Research Symposium BLEDCOM 2015 - July 3 – 4.

Liu, Y., Cooper, C., Sarala, R., Stokes, P., Tarba, S. Xing, Y. (2015) Professional Development Workshop (PDW): ‘The Human Side of Collaborative Partnerships’, American Academy of Management Conference (AOM), Vancouver, August 2015.

Stokes, P. (2015) ‘Putting pen to paper – starting out in research’, Chester Business School Research Conference, University of Chester, September 7.

Scott, T., Scott, P., Stokes, P., Moore, N., Smith, S., Ward, T. ‘Reconceptualising the Consumer Journey in the Digital Age – An Exploratory Study of the United Kingdom Retail Sector’, EuroMed Conference – University of Verona, Italy, September 18-20.

Rowland, C., Hall, R. and Stokes, P. ‘New Thoughts on Leadership in Turbulent Times’, EuroMed Conference – University of Verona, Italy, September 18-20.

Hickman, M., Gray, P., Inkster, A., Passenger, N., Stokes P., and Beard, C. (2015) ‘Improving employability through research Informed Learning: enhancing student engagement on a vocational outdoor degree’, Inspire: Sharing great practice in Social Science teaching and learning Annual Social Sciences Conference2015, Higher Education Academy, The Studio, Manchester, 3-4 December.

Stokes, P. (2015) ,The Idea of Strategic Ambidexterity: Recognition, Understanding, Application and the Role of the Micro-Moment, Visiting Professor Guest Speaker Seminar Series, Edge Hill University, 20 October.

Stokes, P. (2016) ‘Emergent Oppositions, Dialectics and Juxtapositions in the Literature in Relation to Business Schools and Responsible Leadership’, British Academy of Management - Responsible Leadership Collaboratory (A joint initiative with BAM Leadership & Leadership Development and Sustainable Responsible Business SIGs), Tuesday 19th July, 2016 Henley Business School, Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames.

Stokes, P., Wankhade, P. and Tarba, S. (2017) ‘Ambidexterity, interoperability and the extreme and normal experiences in emergency service contexts: surfacing dynamics, dialectics and trajectories, 10^th International Critical Management Studies Conference, 3^rd-5^th July, Liverpool/Edgehill University.

Rosser, S., Hickman, M., Inkster, A. & Stokes, P. (2018). Understanding successful ageing through ‘Nature Challenge Activities’: Insights from older adult climbers, cavers and sea kayakers aged 55+. Paper presented at the International Conference for Coach Education for Adventure Sports Performance. Plas Y Brenin, North Wales. 11^th-12^th January.

Cronshaw, S., Stokes, P. and McCulloch, A. (2018) Mothers doing Doctorates, 13^th Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference (QPR2018), 17-19 April 2018 National Wine Centre, Adelaide, Theme: Impact, Engagement, and Doctoral Education.

Ashta, A., Stokes, P. and Hughes, P. (2018) An examination of the role of compassion in Japanese MNC’s leadership in India, 4^th International Management Conference on Advances in Management Through Research, Innovation and Technology, FIIB Campus, New Delhi, 19-20 December, 2018.

Conference Stream and Round Table Design, Convenorships and Chairing.

Stokes P., Bishop, R and Phillips, J. (2005) Design, Co-Convening and Organization for the stream: ‘Militarizing Organizations: Recontextualising and Reconceptualising the Military in Organizational Theory and Lives’, 4^th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge, July.

Gabriel, Y., Hilaire, C., Stokes P. and Wilson, J. (2007) ‘Genocide, Individuals and Organization - Choices, Actions and Consequences for Contemporary Contexts’ Sub-theme no.10 at the 23^rd EGOS Colloquium, Wirtschaftuniversitat Wien, Vienna, Austria, ‘Beyond Waltz: Dances of Individuals and Organisations’, July 5-7.

McCulloch A, Reynolds, P. and Stokes P. (2007) Organisation, Seminar Convening and Discussion Leadership for the Graduate Education and the Role of the Intellectual – 2^nd Annual Seminar of the International Journal of Graduate Education, Edge Hill College University, 28 September. Research Methods to Business and Management Students’, Manchester Business School, 5^th May.

Stokes, P. Lee, B and Cassell, C. (2008) ‘The British Academy of Management Research Methodology Special Interest Group Third Annual Workshop on Teaching, UCLan,

Stokes, P, Ryding, D, Harry, W. and Winterton, J. (2008) Stream Co-Convenorship ‘Cross Cultural Interactions and Transformations in Learning, Training and Development in the Mediterranean Region: Implications for Practice, The EuroMed Academy of Business 1st Annual EuroMed Conference - European and Mediterranean Trends and Challenges in the 21^st Century, Marseille, France, November 17-18.

Stokes, P, and Lichy, J. (2009) ICAR Research Seminar – Organizational Change and Development, IDRAC Université Professionelle International Rene Cassin (UPIL), Lyon, France, April.

Stokes, P. and Dereli, C. (2009) Workshop ‘Revisiting CMS Manifestos: Challenging to Re-Build – A Debate and Workshop’, International Critical Management Studies Conferences, Warwick University, July.

Worthington, F. Boden, R, Waring, M and Stokes, P (2009) Stream Convenorship on Academic Identities and work Organization at the European Academy of Management, University of Liverpool, July.

Stokes, P. (2009) Organizational Behaviour in Mediterranean Contexts Stream, 2^nd EuroMed Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, University of Salerno, Italy, October 25-28.

Stokes, P, and Lichy, J. (2010) ICAR Research Seminar – Blended Learning, IDRAC Université Professionelle International Rene Cassin (UPIL), Lyon, France, April 14.

Stokes, P.et al. (2010) Guest journal editor on ‘Meet the Editors Session’ panel at the International Association of Cross-Cultural Management Conference, UCLan, Preston, 23 June.

Stokes, P. (2010) Organizational Behaviour in Mediterranean Contexts Stream, 3^rd EuroMed Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, University of Nicosia, Cyprus, November 4-5.

Stokes, P. (2011) ‘The Trouble with Management and Organization: Recontextualising Perspectives on Culture, Values and Attitudes’, GLION. Les Roches-Gruyères, Bulle, Switzerland, March 9.

Stokes, P. (2011) ‘Collaborating for Business Success: Working with Business Schools’ Presentation to the Institute of Directors (Cheshire Branch), November 25.

Stokes, P. (2011) ‘Re-Engineering Organisations as Sustainable Business’, The Second Chester Forum - Sustainable Business and Public Affairs, Bank of America/University of Chester, 19^th-20^th May.

Stokes, P et al (2012) ‘Organizational Changes for Dynamic Stability’, 2nd International Conference on Management and Organization, - The Slovenian Academy of Management, June 8–9, 2012 Congress Center Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia.

Brooks, S, Caulfield, P, Stokes, P. (2012) ‘Sustainable and Responsible Business Track’, British Academy of Management: Building and Sustaining High Performance Organisations in a Challenging Environment, University of Cardiff, 11^th-13^th September.

Stokes. P. and Visser, M. (2012) Co-Chairs for the Track: Organizational Behaviour: ‘Re-assessing Theory, Analysis, Cases and Practice’, 5^th Annual EuroMed Conference, Glion-Montreux, Switzerland, October 4^th-5^th.

Stokes, P, Potts, C, Wells, J. (2012) ‘How Can Chester Businesses Benefit From the City’s New Theatre’, University of Chester, 6^th November.

Stokes, P et al (2014) The 3^rd international conference: ‘Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning’, 6-7 June at Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia – member of programme committee.

Stokes et al. (2014) Conference Chair and Organiser - XVeme Congres de l’Association de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, University of Chester, Chester, UK, 5-7 November.

Yipeng, L., Cooper, C., Sarala, R., Stokes, P., Xing, Y., Tarba, S., Junni, P., Ahammad, M. (2015) ‘The Human Side of Collaborative Partnerships’, Professional Development Workshop, British Academy of Management conference, Portsmouth September.

Yipeng, L., Sarala, R., Stokes, P., Yijunjing, Tarba, S., Junni, P., Ahammad, M. (2015) Professional Development Workshop – ‘The Human Side of Collaborative Partnerships’, Academy of Management Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 7-11.

Clarkson, G., Stokes, P and Tarba, S. (2016) Publishing your Research Methodology Paper, Eighth ‘Sharing our Struggles’ Workshop, Research Methodology Special Interest Group – British Academy of Management, 9^th December, Leeds University Business School.

Visser, M, Stokes, P, Ortenblad, A. and Tarba, S. (2017) The Performative University: ‘Targets and Terror’ in Academia (Stream18), 10^th International Critical Management Studies Conference, 3^rd-5^th July, Liverpool/Edgehill University.

Stokes, P. (2017) Chair – Organizational Behaviour Track/Meet the Editor’s Session, Global and national business theories and practice: bridging the past with the future 10^th Annual Conference of the Euromed Academy of Business, Rome, Italy,13-15 September 2017.

Power, M; Baker, C and Stokes (2017), P. Beliefs, Values and Worldviews at Work, 10 Years After the Crash, Royal Society for the Arts (RSA), London, 14 September.

Stokes, P, (2018) Invited to Panel Discussion: Corporate Social Responsibility, Capacity Building and Developing Critical Skills for Regional Development in West Africa, Talent Agenda Series West Africa, Radisson Blu Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria, 25^th-26^th April.

Stokes, P, (2018) Invited to Panel Discussion: Creating a Culture of Leadership in Africa, Talent Agenda Series West Africa, Radisson Blu Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria, 25^th-26^th April.

Visser, M., Örtenblad, A., Jones, D., Deem, R.,Tarba, S-Y., Stokes, P., Rodgers, R (2018) The Performative University - ‘Targets and Terror’ in Academia: Implications for Learning in Business and Management Contexts, Management Learning Journal Special Issue Workshop ,17^th July Bournemouth University. [n.b. A workshop team organised to support and promote a special issue secured in Management Learning Journal – forthcoming in 2019 involving a team assembled of academics from: Radboud University, The Netherlands; Nord University, Norway; Bournemouth University, UK; Royal Holloway (University of London). UK; University of Birmingham, UK; De Montfort University, UK; Leicester University, UK.]

Stokes, P. et al (2019) Co-Founder and Co-Convenor of the First Global Conference on Creating Value, Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, 23-24 May.

Stokes P. et al (2020) Co-convenor/co-ordinator – Second Global Conference on Creating Value, Gabelli Business School, Fordham University, New York, 14-15 May.

Additional Conference/Seminar Attendance.

2002 ‘The Future of Business and Management Research in the United Kingdom, Association of Business Schools/British Academy of Management, UMIST Conference Centre, 30 April.

2002 Conference on Archive Resources in the North West in Association with the Regional Archive Council, Edge Hill, 25 January.

2002 Guest attendee at the inaugural lecture of Gabriel, Y. (Prof. of Organisation Theory) “Glass Palaces and Glass Cages: Organisations in Times of Flexible Work, Fragmented Consumption and Fragile Selves”, The Management School, Imperial College London, 12 March.

2003 4^th Storytelling Seminar, Cass Business School, City University, London, 1 July.

2003 and 2004 NW Hub of the UKGRAD Conference, Manchester.

2004 British Academy of Management/Advanced Institute of Management, “Paper Publishing Two-Day Workshop”, London Business School, 4 April.

2006 Advanced Institute for Management Research Capacity Development Initiative, Leeds University, 17 March.

2006 Research Capacity Workshops, University of Central Lancashire, (29 and 30 March).

2006 Research Methodologies in Business and Management workshop, Sheffield University (6 April).

2006 ‘Circulation, Editorial and Promotions’ Conference, Manchester, 27 March as part of a familiarization process for the e-learning research methods project.

2006 GDR GRACCO ‘Attitudes, comportements et competences dans les sciences de la Gestion – quelles relations avec quels effets entre les quatre composantes de la gestion des Competences?’ at the XVII Congrès Annuel de l’Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, RMS-IAE de Lille, November 16-17.

2006 GDR GRACCO, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, March 16.

2006 ‘Lightening the Load, Increasing the Learning – Making Assessment Manageable’ Workshop by Professor Phil Race, 15 September, University of Central Lancashire.

2007 Stewart Clegg ‘Theorising as if Power Matters’, Friday 20 April, 2-5pm, University of Liverpool Management School.

2009 Jonathan Adams of Evidence Ltd – ‘The Research Excellence Framework’, The UCLan University Conference, 23-27 June.

2010 Dr Jessica Lichy IDRAC,Lyon) ‘Inner City vs Suburban Internet Use’, Chester Business School Research Seminar Programme, 15^th December.

2011 Andy Lyon (CBS) ‘ Perceptions of Sustainable Tourism Development in the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve, S Africa, Chester Business School Research Seminar Programme, 12^th January.

2011 Jon Talbot (CBS) ‘Being Clear about Practitioner Enquiry: The Logic of Situated Knowledge Generation’, Chester Business School Research Seminar Programme, 16^th March.

2011 Dr Neil Moore (CBS) ‘The Football Match Day Event Life Cycle: Towards Management Model, Chester Business School Research Seminar Programme, 18^th May.

2011 His Excellency Hatem Atallah, Ambassador of Tunisia to the United Kingdom, ‘Perspectives on Tunisia and Tourism’, Chester Business School, University of Chester, 24^th June.

2013 Fanmakers’ Guild Annual Dinner, guest of honour, Skinners’ Guild Hall, London, 12^th June.

2014 Reflections of a 2012 Lord Mayor: Jubilee, Olympics and All Other Stuff, Cass Business School – Haberdashers’ Hall, London, 14, May – invited guest of the event convenor and organiser.

2014 Sustaining Leadership: Ensuring Succession, Praesta Partners, The Royal Aeronautical Society, London, 15^th October – invited guest of founding partner.

2015 Operations, Strategy and Risk: A Process Journey, Inaugural lecture by Professor Lawrence Bellamy, 22^nd January, Warrington Management School, Warrington.

2016 World Traders’ Tacitus Lecture, ‘A New International Monetary System in a New World Order’ by Sir Paul Tucker, Guildhall, London, 25^thFebruary.

2017 Chartered ABD Diversity Workshop, De Montfort University, 19 January.

2018 World Traders’ Tacitus Lecture, ‘The world is Our Oyster? Britain’s Future Trading Relationships’ by Sir Simon Fraser, Guildhall, London, 23rd February, invited guest of the event convenor and organiser.

2018 Chartered Management Institute – HE Conference, ETC Venues, Bishopsgate, London EC2, 21^st February.

2018 London Leadership Summit, London Stock Exchange, The City, London, 16^thMarch.

2018 Liverpool Ambassadors’ Assembly, Liverpool’s World Museum – Exhibition

and Meeting - China’s First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors, 21^st March.

2019 Positive Ageing and HR Response, Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, 1st May.

Key research outputs