Dr Sian Stephens


Dr Sian Stephens
NameDr Sian Stephens
Job titleSenior Lecturer
Research institute
Primary appointmentStrategy, Leadership & Operations
Email addressS.Stephens@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1293-8181
Contact categoryResearcher

Biography

Biography

Dr Siân Stephens completed her PhD in 2015, before which she worked with a number of national and international charities. Her research interests include the interaction between the public and private sector, with a focus on the extractives, energy, and the transition to a low-carbon economy. Siân co-leads the Business Ethics, CSR and Governance research cluster.

Qualifications

PhD in Corporate Social Responsibility, Middlesex University Business School

PGCert in Higher Education, Middlesex University

MSc Business Research Methods, Middlesex University

MRes Global Politics Birkbeck College

MA International Political Economy Newcastle University

BA (Hons) Philosophy University of Birmingham

Teaching

Siân specialises in teaching business ethics, cross-cultural management and research methods. Siân is the module leader for two post-graduate modules; Management in a Globalised Context and HRM and CSR. She is also the module leader for one undergraduate module, Global Organisations. 

Siân is currently supervising two post-graduate research projects, a PhD and a DProf. 

Education and qualifications

Grants

Prizes and Awards

External activities

Research outputs

Relational HR practices in Malaysian SMEs: An Ethics of Care perspective

Au, W.C., Stephens, S. and Ahmed, P.K. 2023. Relational HR practices in Malaysian SMEs: An Ethics of Care perspective. Journal of Business Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05458-1

Who invited the women? The double bind of a culturally respectful female (or feminist?) traveler

Stephens, S. 2023. Who invited the women? The double bind of a culturally respectful female (or feminist?) traveler. in: Riemer, F. (ed.) Re-centering women in tourism: Anti-colonial feminist studies Lexington Books. pp. 13-28

Final report: Wind Energy and the just transition. Political and socio-economic pinch points in wind turbine manufacturing and windfarm communities in Europe and South Africa’

Schulte, L., Stephens, S., Klindt, M., Umney, C. and Robinson, B. 2022. Final report: Wind Energy and the just transition. Political and socio-economic pinch points in wind turbine manufacturing and windfarm communities in Europe and South Africa’. Middlesex University UK & Aalborg University DK & University of Leeds UK, Nelson Mandela University ZA. https://doi.org/10.57685/EPRINTS.MDX.AC.UK.00036755

I am not just a nurse: The need for a boundaried ethic of care in the context of prolific relationality

Au, W. and Stephens, S. 2022. I am not just a nurse: The need for a boundaried ethic of care in the context of prolific relationality. Journal of Business Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05246-3

Wind Energy and the just transition. Political and socio-economic pinch points in wind turbine manufacturing and windfarm communities in Europe and South Africa

Schulte, L., Stephens, S., Klindt, M., Umney, C. and Robinson, B. 2022. Wind Energy and the just transition. Political and socio-economic pinch points in wind turbine manufacturing and windfarm communities in Europe and South Africa. London, UK The British Academy. https://doi.org/10.5871/just-transitions-s-i/L-S

The moderating and mediating role of local government in the community engagement strategy of a renewable energy company in South Africa

Robinson, B. and Stephens, S. 2021. The moderating and mediating role of local government in the community engagement strategy of a renewable energy company in South Africa. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa. 32 (3), pp. 14-23. https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2021/v32i3a9403

Best practice in license allocation in the oil and gas industry: a review of five countries

Cillari, A., Stephens, S. and Werner, A. 2021. Best practice in license allocation in the oil and gas industry: a review of five countries. Resources Policy. 74, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102296

The subversion of women's anger in travel guidebooks

Jeffrey, H. and Stephens, S. 2023. The subversion of women's anger in travel guidebooks. Annals of Leisure Research. 26 (3), pp. 454-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2020.1865174

The social license to operate in the onshore wind energy industry: a comparative case study of Scotland and South Africa

Stephens, S. and Robinson, B. 2021. The social license to operate in the onshore wind energy industry: a comparative case study of Scotland and South Africa. Energy Policy. 148 (b). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111981

An autoethnography of respectful tourism: the double-bind of a female traveller in Morocco

Stephens, S. 2020. An autoethnography of respectful tourism: the double-bind of a female traveller in Morocco. in: Vizcaino, P., Jeffrey, H. and Eger, C. (ed.) Tourism and gender-based violence: challenging inequalities Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK CAB International. pp. 128-139

The Ethical Professor: A Practical Guide to Research, Teaching and Professional Life, by Lorraine Eden, Kathy Lund Dean, and Paul M. Vaaler. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. 234 pages, paperback [Book review]

Stephens, S. 2019. The Ethical Professor: A Practical Guide to Research, Teaching and Professional Life, by Lorraine Eden, Kathy Lund Dean, and Paul M. Vaaler. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. 234 pages, paperback [Book review]. Academy of Management Learning & Education. 18 (4), pp. 642-643. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2018.0333

The impact of corporate provision of social welfare on the legitimacy of the state: providing anti-retroviral drugs in South Africa

Stephens, S. 2015. The impact of corporate provision of social welfare on the legitimacy of the state: providing anti-retroviral drugs in South Africa. PhD thesis Middlesex University Business School

Political corporate social responsibility: reviewing theories and setting new agendas

Frynas, J. and Stephens, S. 2015. Political corporate social responsibility: reviewing theories and setting new agendas. International Journal of Management Reviews. 17 (4), pp. 483-509. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12049
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