Professor Stephen J. Perkins spent the first part of his career in industry, notably as a member of the privatisation team in electricity generation, going on to work in an executive role in National Power, a FTSE top 30 business – one of the plc’s created during the electricity supply industry deregulatory process. In that capacity he worked to support business development through acquisition and greenfield investment across southern Europe, the USA and Asia. He spent a period as a management consultant, leading a successful start-up business, the Strategic Remuneration Research Centre, working with colleagues at City University, London. Following doctoral research at Oxford University he transitioned into a full-time academic role, teaching at that ancient institution as well as modern universities offering business management education in the UK and Germany.

In keeping with his professorial chair, in the years 2011-14 he chaired the Corporate Governance SIG of the British Academy of Management and until its disbanding in 2015 was a member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Academic Advisory Council.

Professor Perkins served a four-year term as Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law, London Metropolitan University, stepping down from that role in spring 2016. He continues to pursue his interest in corporate governance both through research and practically as a non-executive director. His activities also have extended in pursuit of an interest in the application of AI and social robotics potential.

 

Selected publications:

Perkins, S.J. and Shortland, S (2023) ‘Do executive remuneration decision-makers know what’s going on? The gap between independence and institutional contexts’, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print. DOI: 10.1108/JOEPP-08-2022-0219.

Shortland, S. and Perkins, S.J. (2023) ‘Intersectionality Theory, in Hutchings, K., Michailova, S., & Wilkinson, A. A Concise Guide to Key Theories for Human Resource Management Research, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Forthcoming.  

Perkins, S. J. and Shortland, S. (2023) ‘Upper Echelon Theory, in Hutchings, K., Michailova, S., & Wilkinson, A. A Concise Guide to Key Theories for Human Resource Management Research, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Forthcoming.  

Shortland, S. and Perkins, S. J. (2023) ‘Women and Minority Expatriates’ – selected by the editors for designation as Open Access Gold Chapter to be freely and permanently available online, in Toh, S. M. and DeNisi, A. (eds.) Expatriates and Managing Global Mobility. New York, NY: Routledge Taylor and Francis. 

Perkins, S. J. (2023) ‘Payment Systems’ in Johnstone, S., Rodriguez, J. K. and Wilkinson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Perkins, S. J. (2022) Editor. The Routledge Companion to Reward Management. Paperback edition. London: Routledge.

Shortland, S. and Perkins, S.J. (2022), ‘Resourcing remuneration committees: in the dark or on the dark side of professionalisation?’, Employee Relations, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-01-2022-0006

Perkins, S.J. and Shortland, S. (2022), ‘The social construction of executive pay: governance processes and institutional isomorphism’, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 610-636, https://doi.org/10.1108/JOEPP-02-2022-0037.

Shortland, S. and Perkins, S.J. (2022), ‘What do we know about diversity, intersectionality and inclusion in organisationally-assigned expatriation? A review of relocation management company/consultancy practitioner research’, Career Development International, Vol. 27 No. 2, pp. 274-297. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-08-2021-0209

Cotton, C., Marriott, E, and Perkins, S.J. (2022) Findings:  from the 2021 CIPD Annual Reward Survey: Focus on Employee Benefits. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Cotton, C. Marriott, L. and Perkins, S.J. (2021) ‘Rewards management survey: employee financial wellbeing’, The Journal of Total Rewards, Fourth Quarter, pp. 108-117.

Shortland, S. and Perkins, S.J. (2020), ‘Women’s expatriate careers: losing trust in organisational equality and diversity policy implementation?’, Journal of Global Mobility, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 183-208. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-01-2020-0007.

Perkins, S.J. and Cotton, C. (2020) ‘A compensation manager’s conundrum: synchronising flexibility and fairness?’, The Journal of Total Rewards, Fourth Quarter, pp. 75-84.

Shortland, S. and Perkins, S.J. (2019) ‘Great expectations? Female expatriates’ perceptions of organizational performance and development reviews in supporting access to international assignments’, Career Development International, Vol. 24 Issue: 2, pp.110-126, doi.org/10.1108/CDI-07-2018-0183. Highly Commended Paper in the 2020 Emerald Literati Awards. “The editorial team said that it is one of the most exceptional pieces of work they saw throughout 2019.”

Perkins, S. J. (2018) ‘Processing developments in employee performance and reward’, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 289-300. DOI 10.1108/JOEPP-07-2018-0049.

Perkins, S. J. (2017) ‘The social construction of executive remuneration in the UK: Elite Competition around Codification and Legitimation’, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, vol. 4 no. 1. pp. 76 – 88. DOI (10.1108/JOEPP-01-2017-0001).

Perkins, S.J., White, G. and Jones, S. (2016, 3^rd ed.) Reward Management: Alternatives, Consequences and Contexts. London: CIPD Publishing.

Perkins, S. J. (2015) ‘Perspectives on problems in managing managers’ remuneration’, in Wilkinson, A (ed) Handbook of Research on Managing Managers. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Sahakiants, I., Festing, M., Perkins, S.J. (2015) ‘Pay for Performance in Europe’, in Brewster, C., Sparrow, P. and Dickmann, M. (eds.,3^rd edition) International HRM: Contemporary Issues in Europe. London: Routledge.

Jones, S., Mariott, L, Perkins, S.J. and Shields, J. (2015) CIPD Annual Reward Survey Report. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Scott, D., Browne, M. Shields, J., Long, R., Antoni, C., Beck-Krala, E. Lucia Casademunt, A. M. and Perkins, S.J. (2015) ‘A global study of pay preferences and employee characteristics’, Compensation and Benefits Journal, DOI: 10.1177/0886368715598197, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 60-70.

AL Husan, F., AL Hussan, F, and Perkins, SJ ((2014) ‘Multilevel HRM systems and intermediating variables in MNCs: longitudinal case study research in Middle Eastern settings’, International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 25 no. 2, pp. 234-251.

Antoni, C. H., Baeten, X., Lucas, R., Perkins, S. J. and Vartiainen, M. (eds.) (2011) Pay and Reward Systems in Organizations: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Outcomes. Lengerich: Pabst Science

Perkins, S. J. and Vartiainen, M. (2010) ‘European reward management? Introducing the special issue’ [co- editors’ introduction to the Special Issue: Reward Management in Europe], Thunderbird International Business Review vol. 52 no. 3, pp. 175-187.

Perkins, S. J. (2009) ‘Managing executive reward’, in White, G and Druker, J., (eds., 2^nd edition) Reward Management: A Critical Text, pp. 148-173. London: Routledge.

Perkins, S. J. and Hendry, C. (2005) ‘Ordering top pay: interpreting the signals’, Journal of Management Studies, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 1443-1468.