Ruth Simpson

Teaching

Issues and Controversies in Management
Gender and Organizations
Management Context and Environment

Research Interests

• Gender and organizations
• Management education
• Gender and emotions
• Gender and identity in organizations

Research Centres

Work and Organisation Research Centre (WORC)

Publications

Journal Papers

(2013) Simpson, R., Hughes, J. and Slutskaya, N., Notions of Sacrifice in Dirty Work: Men’s Construction of Meaning in the Butcher Trade, Work, Employment and Society

(2011) Lewis, P. and Simpson, R., Kanter Revisited: Gender, Power and (In)Visibility, International Journal of Management Reviews

(2011) Simpson, R., Slutskaya, N. and Hughes, J., Emotional dimensions of dirty work: men’s encounter with taint in the butcher trade, International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion 4 (2) : 195- 212

(2011) Broadbridge, A. and Simpson, RC., 25 years on: Reflecting on the past and looking to the future in gender and management research, British Journal of Management 22 (3) : 470- 483

(2011) Ituma, A., Simpson, RC. and Mordi, C., Four ‘Domains’ of Career Success: How Managers in Nigeria evaluate Career Outcomes, International Journal of Human Resource Management 22 3638- 3660

(2011) Simpson, R., Men Discussing Women and Women Discussing Men: Reflexivity, Transformation and Gendered Practice in the Context of Nursing Care, Gender, Work and Organization 18 (4) : 377- 398

(2011) Simpson, RC., 25 years on: Reflecting on the Past and Looking to the Future in Gender and Management Research, British Journal of Management 22 (3) : 470- 483

(2011) Singh, S., Simpson, RC., Mordi, C. and Okafor, C., Motivation to become an Entreprenuer : A study of Nigerian women's decisions, African Journal of Economics and Management Forthcoming

(2010) Lewis, P. and Simpson, R., Centring and engendering emotions in service work: Hochschild’s managed Heart and the valuing of feelings in organisation research, International Journal of Work Organization and Emotion 3 (1) : 56- 64

(2010) Mordi, C., Simpson, R., Singh, S. and Okafor, C., The role of cultural values in understanding the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Gender in Management: An International Journal 25 (1) : 5- 21

(2010) Simpson, R., Lewis, P. and Ross-smith, A., Merit, special contribution and choice: how women negotiate between sameness and difference in their organizational lives, Gender in Management: An International Journal 25 (3) : 198- 207

(2010) Simpson, R., Ross-Smith, A. and Lewis, P., Merit, special contribution and choice: How women negotiate between sameness and difference in their organizational lives, Gender in Management 25 (3) : 198- 207

(2010) Lewis, P. and Simpson, RC., Meritocracy, Difference and Choice: Women’s Experience of Advantage and Disadvantage at Work, Gender in Management: An International Journal 3 165- 170

(2010) Mordi, C., Simpson, R., Singh, S. and Okafor, C., The role of cultural values in understanding the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Gender in Management 25 (1) : 5- 21

(2010) Simpson, R., Sturges, J. and Weight, P., Transient, unsettling and creative space: Experiences of liminality through the accounts of Chinese students on a UK-based MBA, Management Learning 41 (1) : 53- 70

(2009) Lewis, P. and Simpson, R., Centring and engendering emotions in service work: Hochschild's managed heart and the valuing of feelings in organisation research, International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion 3 (1) : 56- 64

(2009) Pullen, A. and Simpson, R., Managing difference in feminized work: Men otherness and social practice, Human Relations 62 (4) : 561- 587 Download publication

(2009) Ituma, A. and Simpson, R., The 'boundaryless' career and career boundaries: applying an institutionalist perspective to ICT workers in the context of Nigeria, Human Relations 62 (5) : 727- 761

(2009) Simpson, R. and Ituma, A., Transformation and feminisation: The masculinity of the MBA and the "un-development" of men, Journal of Management Development 28 (4) : 301- 316

(2009) Simpson, R. and Ituma, A., Transformation and feminization: The masculinity of the MBA and the "un-development" of men, Journal of Management Development 28 (4) : 301- 316 Download publication

(2007) Ituma, A., Simpson, R., Bo, X., Woods, A. and Sturges, J., Forms of capital and career benefits of the MBA in China and the UK, International Journal of Management Education 6 (2) : 63- 79 Download publication

(2007) Ituma, A. and Simpson, R., Moving beyond Schein's typology: individual career anchors in the context of Nigeria, Personnel Review 36 (6) : 978- 995

(2006) Simpson, R., Masculinity and management education: Feminizing the MBA, Academy of Management Learning and Education 5 (2) : 182- 193 Download publication

(2006) Ituma, A. and Simpson, RC., The chameleon career: an exploratory study of the work biography of information technology workers in Nigeria, Career Development International 11 (1) : 48- 65

(2006) Ituma, A. and Simpson, R., The chameleon career: An exploratory study of the work biography of information technology workersin Nigeria, Career Development International 11 (1) : 48- 65

(2005) Simspon, R. and Lewis, P., An investigation of silence and a scrutiny of transparency: Re-examining gender in organization literature through the concepts of voice and visibility, Human Relations 58 (10) : 1253- 1275 Download publication

(2005) Simpson, R., Men in non-traditional occupations: Career entry, career orientation and experience of role strain, Gender Work & Organization 12 (4) : 363- 380 Download publication

(2005) Simpson, R. and Lewis, P., An investigation of silence and a scrutiny of transparency: Re-examining gender in organization literature through the concepts of voice and visibility, Human Relations 58 (10) : 1253- 1275

(2005) Harrison, AT., Simpson, R. and Kaler, P., Emotions in the organisation: The psychological contract of hotel and catering workers, International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion 1 (1) : 87- 102

(2005) Simpson, RC., Harrison, AT. and Kaler, P., Emotions in the organization: the psychological contract of hotel and catering workers, International Journal of Work Organization and Emotion 1 (1) : 87- 102

(2005) Simpson, R., Sturges, J., Altman, Y. and Woods, A., Gender, age and the MBA: An analysis of extrinsic and intrinsic career benefits, Journal of Management Education 29 (2) : 218- 247 Download publication

(2005) Simpson, R. and Smith, S., Introduction, International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion 1 (1) : 1- 3

(2005) Simpson, R., Men in non-traditional occupations: Career entry, carrer orientation and experience of role strain, Gender, Work and Organization 12 (4) : 363- 380

(2004) Simpson, R., Masculinity at work: The experiences of men in female dominated occupations, Work Employment & Society 18 (2) : 349- 368 Download publication

(2004) Simpson, R., Sturges, J., Woods, A. and Altman, Y., Career progress and career barriers: Women MBA graduates in Canada and the UK, Career Development International 9 (5) : 459- 477 Download publication

(2004) Simpson, R. and Cohen, C., Dangerous work: The gendered nature of bullying in the context of higher education, Gender Work and Organization 11 (2) : 163- 186 Download publication

(2004) Simpson, R., Masculinity at work: The experiences of men in female dominated occupations, Work, Employment and Society 18 (2) : 349- 368

(2003) Woods, A., Simpson, R. and Holley, D., The significance of seniority for women managers' interpretations of organizational restructuring, Journal of Managerial Psychology 18 (7-8) : 680- 690

(2003) Simpson, R., Holley, D. and Woods, A., The significance of seniority for women managers’ interpretations of organizational restructuring, Journal of Managerial Psychology 18 (7) : 680- 690 Download publication

(2000) Simpson, R., A voyage of discovery or a fast track to success: Men, Women and the MBA, Journal of Management Development 19 (9) : 764- 782 Download publication

(2000) Simpson, R., Winners and Losers: Who Benefits Most from the MBA?, Management Learning 31 (3) : 331- 351

Conference Papers

(2008) Simpson, R., The making and marking of men’s bodies in the context of nursing care, European Group of Organizational Studies Download publication

Books

(2010) Lewis, P. and Simpson, R., Revealing and concealing gender. Palgrave MacMillan

(2009) Simpson, R., Men in caring occupations: doing gender differently. Palgrave Macmillan