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A definition of habit for socio-economics (2021)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2021). A definition of habit for socio-economics. Review of Social Economy, 79(2), 131-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/00346764.2019.1630668

The paper argues that it is a mistake to define habit as behaviour or action; as a regular conjunction of actions; as a stock; as a form of automaticity (although habit is acquired and activated automatically); as a tendency, propensity or dispositio... Read More about A definition of habit for socio-economics.

Ontology and the Current Economic Crisis (2017)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2017). Ontology and the Current Economic Crisis. In L. Urs, & M. Dimitri (Eds.), Critical Realism meets kritische Sozialtheorie: Ontologie, Erklärung und Kritik in den Sozialwissenschaften (167-193). Bielefeld: Transcript

There are, meta-theoretically speaking, two main ways to investigate socio-economic phenomena in general and the current economic crisis in particular, each one rooted in its own ontology. The first, which I refer to as `scientistic-oriented economic... Read More about Ontology and the Current Economic Crisis.

Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative (2016)
Journal Article
Brannan, M., Fleetwood, S., Mahoney, J., & Vincent, S. (2017). Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative. Human Relations, 70(1), 11-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726716674063

Meta-analysis has proved increasingly popular in management and organization studies as a way of combining existing empirical quantitative research to generate a statistical estimate of how strongly variables are associated. Whilst a number of studie... Read More about Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative.

The critical realist conception of open and closed systems (2016)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2017). The critical realist conception of open and closed systems. Journal of Economic Methodology, 24(1), 41-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2016.1218532

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The critical realist (CR) conception of open and closed (O&C) systems is not about systems: it is about (ir)regularities in the flux of events and states of affairs. It has recently been... Read More about The critical realist conception of open and closed systems.

Reflections upon neoclassical labour economics (2016)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2016). Reflections upon neoclassical labour economics. In J. Morgan (Ed.), What is Neoclassical Economics? Debating the Origins, Meaning and Significance (273-311). London: Routledge

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(Mis)understanding labour markets (2016)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2016). (Mis)understanding labour markets. In J. Murray (Ed.), Labor Markets: Analysis, Regulation and Outcomes (1-85). New York: Nova Science Publishers

Critics of orthodox economics, and in particular orthodox labour economics, often argue that orthodox models of labour markets are unrealistic and false. Most orthodox economists accept this criticism and proceed immediately to three defences: (1) al... Read More about (Mis)understanding labour markets.

Why study HRM? (2015)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2015). Why study HRM?. In K. Vaidya (Ed.), Human Resource Management for the Curious: Why Study Human Resource Management?. The Curious Academic Publishing

From labour market institutions to an alternative model of labour markets (2014)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2017). From labour market institutions to an alternative model of labour markets. Forum for Social Economics, 46(1), 78-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2014.970567

© 2014 The Association for Social Economics. This post-disciplinary article goes beyond orthodox labour economics and combines insights from the ‘socio-economics of labour markets’ (SELM), and critical realism (CR), to develop a SELMCRperspective, wh... Read More about From labour market institutions to an alternative model of labour markets.

Bhaskar and critical realism (2014)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2014). Bhaskar and critical realism. In P. Adler, P. Du Gay, G. Morgan, & M. Reed (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory and Organisation Studies: Contemporary Currents (182-219). Oxford: Oxford University Press

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

Introduction (2014)
Book Chapter
Gonçalves de Abreu, M. Z., & Fleetwood, S. (2014). Introduction. In S. Fleetwood, & M. Z. Gonçalves de Abreu (Eds.), Women Past and Present: Biographic and Multidisciplinary Studies (1-20). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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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/10.1177/0950017013501955

In '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.

Conceptualizing future labour markets (2014)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2014). Conceptualizing future labour markets. Journal of Critical Realism, 13(3), 233-260. https://doi.org/10.1179/1476743014Z.00000000029

© W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2014. An enquiry into what future labour markets might look like is, necessarily, an enquiry into what future labour market institutions might look like. Any such enquiry requires a conceptual apparatus (i.e. theory, metathe... Read More about Conceptualizing future labour markets.

Do labour supply and demand curves exist? (2014)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2014). Do labour supply and demand curves exist?. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 38(5), 1087-1113. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beu003

The objective of this paper is to show that circumstantial and empirical evidence for the existence of labour supply and demand curves is at best inconclusive and at worst casts doubt on their existence. Because virtually all orthodox models of labou... Read More about Do labour supply and demand curves exist?.

From political economy to economics and beyond (2012)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2012). From political economy to economics and beyond. Historical Materialism, 20(3), 61-80. https://doi.org/10.1163/1569206X-12341258

Ben Fine and Dimitris Milonakis have done political economy a great service by drawing attention to the insights lost in the twists, turns and reductions in the transition from political economy to economics. These two volumes constitute a solid foun... Read More about From political economy to economics and beyond.

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/10.1177/0309816812437921

Whilst 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.

Sketching a socio-economic model of labour markets (2011)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2011). Sketching a socio-economic model of labour markets. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(1), 15-38. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beq006

Using insights from the 'socio-economics of labour markets' and building upon critical realist meta-theory, this paper offers the first sketch of a socio-economic model of labour markets as an alternative to the orthodox model. © The Author 2010. Pub... Read More about Sketching a socio-economic model of labour markets.

Gender inequality in employment: Editors' introduction (2010)
Journal Article
Durbin, S., & Fleetwood, S. (2010). Gender inequality in employment: Editors' introduction. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 29(3), 221-238. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610151011028831

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the relationship between the causes of gender inequality in employment and policies designed to eliminate or ameliorate it. When this is brought into focus, some fundamental shortcomings in polic... Read More about Gender inequality in employment: Editors' introduction.

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

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.x

This 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.

Theorising under-theorisation in research on the HRM-Performance Link (2008)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S., & Hesketh, A. (2008). Theorising under-theorisation in research on the HRM-Performance Link. Personnel Review, 37(2), 126-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480810850506

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the conceptual underpinnings of the theoretical weaknesses of extant research investigating the HRM-Organizational Performance Link (hereafter HRM-P Link). Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews... Read More about Theorising under-theorisation in research on the HRM-Performance Link.

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/10.1177/030981680809400103

While 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/s11138-006-0009-6

Theory 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.

HRM-performance research: Under-theorized and lacking explanatory power (2006)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S., & Hesketh, A. (2006). HRM-performance research: Under-theorized and lacking explanatory power. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17(12), 1977-1993. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190601041026

The search for a measurable link between HR practices and organizational performance is currently preoccupying HR professionals, consultants, government and academics. Empirical research on this human resource management-performance (HRM-P) link is,... Read More about HRM-performance research: Under-theorized and lacking explanatory power.

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/10.1177/1350508406067009

One 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.

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/10.1177/030981680608900103

There 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.

A critical realist reply to Walters & Young (2005)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2005). A critical realist reply to Walters & Young. Review of Political Economy, 17(4), 587-600. https://doi.org/10.1080/09538250500253482

In a contribution to this journal, Bernard Walters & David Young offer a brief sketch of critical realism and three objections to it. This reply starts with three points of clarification to their sketch before going on to tackle their objections. © 2... Read More about A critical realist reply to Walters & Young.

Ontology in organization and management studies: A critical realist perspective (2005)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2005). Ontology in organization and management studies: A critical realist perspective. Organization, 12(2), 197-222. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508405051188

Organization studies has recently been captured by a cultural, linguistic, poststructural or postmodern turn, the impetus for which has come from the ontological turn from a (naive) realist ontology to a socially constructed ontology. Much of the cur... Read More about Ontology in organization and management studies: A critical realist perspective.

The ontology of organisation and management studies (2004)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2004). The ontology of organisation and management studies. In S. Ackroyd, & S. Fleetwood (Eds.), Realist Applications in Organisation and Management Studies. London: Routledge

Boylan and O'Gorman's causal holism: A critical realist evaluation (2002)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2002). Boylan and O'Gorman's causal holism: A critical realist evaluation. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 26(1), 27-45. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/26.1.27

Boylan and O'Gorman have recently elaborated an interesting new perspective called causal holism, which attempts to go beyond developments in rhetoric and realism. The aim of this paper is to evaluate causal holism from the perspective of critical re... Read More about Boylan and O'Gorman's causal holism: A critical realist evaluation.

Conceptualizing unemployment in a period of atypical employment: A critical realist perspective (2001)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2001). Conceptualizing unemployment in a period of atypical employment: A critical realist perspective. Review of Social Economy, 59(1), 65-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/00346760010017500

An adequate conceptualization and measurement of unemployment should express the reality of employment. Designing theoretical concepts that adequately express reality requires appropriate methodological foundations. This paper uses critical realism t... Read More about Conceptualizing unemployment in a period of atypical employment: A critical realist perspective.

What Kind of Theory is Marx's Labour Theory of Value? A Critical Realist Inquiry (2001)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2001). What Kind of Theory is Marx's Labour Theory of Value? A Critical Realist Inquiry. Capital and Class, 25(1), 41-77. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680107300104

This paper uses critical realism to reflect upon the issue of theory in Marx's Labour Theory of Value (LTV). Like any theory, the LTV is rooted in a mode of theorisation. Rooting the LTV in an inappropriate (deductivist) mode of theorisation encourag... Read More about What Kind of Theory is Marx's Labour Theory of Value? A Critical Realist Inquiry.

The inadequacy of mainstream theories of trade union behaviour (1999)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (1999). The inadequacy of mainstream theories of trade union behaviour. LABOUR, 13(2), 445-480. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9914.00103

This paper identifies four criteria used by mainstream economists of trade unions to judge the adequacy of their various theories. Three of them, however, are hardly ever satisfied. The root cause of this failure is the method adopted by mainstream e... Read More about The inadequacy of mainstream theories of trade union behaviour.

Hayek III: The necessity Of social rules of conduct (1997)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (1997). Hayek III: The necessity Of social rules of conduct. In S. Frowen (Ed.), Hayek: Economist and Social Philosopher. A Critical Retrospect. London: Palgrave Macmillan

Critical realism, Marx and Hayek (1997)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (1997). Critical realism, Marx and Hayek. In W. Keizer, B. Tieban, & R. Van Zijp (Eds.), Austrian Economics in Debate. London: Routledge

Aristotle in the 21st Century (1997)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (1997). Aristotle in the 21st Century. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 21(6), 729-744

Working Paper 12. A trans-disciplinary (proto) model of labour markets
Working Paper
Fleetwood, S. (2008). Working Paper 12. A trans-disciplinary (proto) model of labour markets. Bristol

Building upon trans-disciplinary insights from the ‘socio-economics of labour markets’ tradition and drawing upon critical realist meta-theory, this paper outlines a trans-disciplinary (proto) model of labour markets as an alternative to the orthodox... Read More about Working Paper 12. A trans-disciplinary (proto) model of labour markets.

Working Paper 8. Where do organisations end and labour markets begin?
Working Paper
Fleetwood, S. (2008). Working Paper 8. Where do organisations end and labour markets begin?. Bristol

The division of labour between labour economists and organisation theorists results in there being little or no (epistemic) connection between the disciplines of labour economics and organization theory, and little or no recognition of the (ontic) co... Read More about Working Paper 8. Where do organisations end and labour markets begin?.

Working Paper 9. Insitutions and social structures: some clarifications
Working Paper
Fleetwood, S. (2008). Working Paper 9. Insitutions and social structures: some clarifications. Bristol

The objective of this paper is to continue the important task of clarifying two terms that are central to a great deal of social science, but often mired in confusion, namely, ‘institutions’ and ‘social structures’. The opening part of the paper uses... Read More about Working Paper 9. Insitutions and social structures: some clarifications.