Gender inequality in work
(2014)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2014). Gender inequality in work. In M. Z. G. de Abreu, & S. Fleetwood (Eds.), Women Past and Present: Biographic and Multidisciplinary Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
All Outputs (38)
Critical realism and systematic dialectics: A reply to Andrew Brown (2014)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2014). Critical realism and systematic dialectics: A reply to Andrew Brown. Work, Employment and Society, 28(1), 124-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017013501955In 'Approach with caution: critical realism in social research', Andrew Brown sets out a series of criticisms of critical realism from the perspective of systematic dialectics. This current article is one critical realist's reply to Brown. © The Auth... Read More about Critical realism and systematic dialectics: A reply to Andrew Brown.
Laws and tendencies in Marxist political economy (2012)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2012). Laws and tendencies in Marxist political economy. Capital and Class, 36(2), 235-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816812437921Whilst terms like 'law of the tendency', 'tendency law' and 'tendential law' appear in Marxist political economy, they are unclear. This paper identifies the main conceptions of laws and tendencies and disambiguates them. Part 1 differentiates betwee... Read More about Laws and tendencies in Marxist political economy.
Gendered inequality in employment: Editors introduction (2010)
Journal Article
Durbin, S., & Fleetwood, S. (2010). Gendered inequality in employment: Editors introduction. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 29(3), 221-238
Critical realism in economics (2009)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2009). Critical realism in economics. In D. Milonakis (Ed.), From Economics Imperialism to Freakonomics: The Shifting Boundaries between Economics and other Social Sciences. Routledge
The ontology of things, powers and properties (2009)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2009). The ontology of things, powers and properties. Journal of Critical Realism, 8(3), 343-366
Institutions and social structures (2008)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2008). Institutions and social structures. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 38(3), 241-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.2008.00370.xThis paper clarifies the terms "institutions" and "social structures" and related terms "rules", "conventions", "norms", "values" and "customs". Part one explores the similarities between institutions and social structures whilst the second and third... Read More about Institutions and social structures.
Structure, institution, agency, habit and reflexive deliberation (2008)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2008). Structure, institution, agency, habit and reflexive deliberation. Journal of Institutional Economics, 4(2), 183-203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137408000957
Workers and their alter egos as consumers (2008)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2008). Workers and their alter egos as consumers. Capital and Class, 32(1), 31-47. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680809400103While socialists hardly need reminding that employers often mistreat their workers, we tend to overlook situations in which workers mistreat other workers. This tendency is exacerbated by discourses that urge us to act as consumers, and to treat chea... Read More about Workers and their alter egos as consumers.
Austrian economics and the analysis of labor markets (2007)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2007). Austrian economics and the analysis of labor markets. Review of Austrian Economics, 20(4), 247-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11138-006-0009-6Theory and policy relating to labor markets is dominated by the mainstream labor market model, although a less well-known, socioeconomic version can also be identified. The mainstream model is methodologically flawed and forced, thereby, to relegate... Read More about Austrian economics and the analysis of labor markets.
Re-thinking work-life balance: Editor's introduction (2007)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2007). Re-thinking work-life balance: Editor's introduction. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18(3), 351-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190601165486
Why work-life balance now? (2007)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2007). Why work-life balance now?. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18(3), 387-400. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190601167441
Searching for the human in empirical research on the human resource - management link (2007)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2007). Searching for the human in empirical research on the human resource - management link. In S. Bolton, & M. Houlihan (Eds.), Searching for the Human in Human Resource Management: Theory, Practice and Workplace Contexts. London: Palgrave Macmillan
Why neoclassical economics explains nothing at all (2007)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2007). Why neoclassical economics explains nothing at all. In E. Fullbrook (Ed.), Real world economics: A post autistic economics reader. Anthem Press
Beyond measuring the human resources management-organizational performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory (2006)
Journal Article
Hesketh, A., & Fleetwood, S. (2006). Beyond measuring the human resources management-organizational performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory. Organization, 13(5), 677-699. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508406067009One response to the possible outsourcing of the human resource (HR) function is to turn to 'science' and seek to demonstrate an empirical association between HR practices and increased organizational performance. This paper critically examines the sh... Read More about Beyond measuring the human resources management-organizational performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory.
Themes and issues: Reply to Shelia Dow and Paul Downward (2006)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2006). Themes and issues: Reply to Shelia Dow and Paul Downward. Journal of Critical Realism, 5(1), 158-165
The case of research on the human resource management-organisational performance link (2006)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S., & Hesketh, A. (2006). The case of research on the human resource management-organisational performance link. Journal of Critical Realism, 5(2), 228-250
Rethinking labour markets: A critical-realist-socioeconomic perspective (2006)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2006). Rethinking labour markets: A critical-realist-socioeconomic perspective. Capital and Class, 30(2), 59-89. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680608900103There are currently two main accounts of labour markets: the mainstream labour market (MLM) account, which avoids serious analysis of social structures; and a rather unsystematic SOCIOECONOMIC account, which recognises that labour markets are embedde... Read More about Rethinking labour markets: A critical-realist-socioeconomic perspective.
Gender at critical realism conferences (2006)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2006). Gender at critical realism conferences. Journal of Critical Realism, 5(1), 61-91
Themes and issues: Rejoinder to Sheila Dow and Paul Downward (2006)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2006). Themes and issues: Rejoinder to Sheila Dow and Paul Downward. Journal of Critical Realism, 5(1), 169-182