Recent Publications

‘The Place of Self and Reflexivity in Third Sector Scholarship: An Exploration’ Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2001, 30, 4 747-760

‘This Charity Business: Who Cares?’ Nonprofit Management and Leadership 2001, 12, 1 95-109

‘Organising Modern Synagogues: A Case of Multiple Models’ European Judaism 2001, 34, 2 123-131

(with J. Harris) ‘Achieving Organisational Collaboration in the Nonprofit Sector: An Action Research Approach’ Organization Development Journal 2002, 20,1 28-35

‘Civil Society and the Role of UK Churches: An Exploration’ Studies in Christian Ethics 2002 15,2, 45-59

(with J. Harris, R. Hutchison and C. Rochester) ‘Merger in the British Voluntary Sector: The Example of HIV/AIDS Agencies’ Social Policy and Administration 2002, 36,3 291-305

(with P.Halfpenny and C.Rochester) ‘An Expanded Role for Faith-Based Organisations? Lessons from the UK Jewish Voluntary Sector’ Journal of Social Policy 2003, 32,1 93-112

(with B.Cairns and P.Young) ‘Building the Capacity of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector: Challenges of Theory and Practice’ International Journal of Public Administration 2005, 28 1-17

(with B.Cairns and R.Hutchison) ‘So many tiers, so many agendas, so many pots of money’: The Challenge of Regionalisation for Voluntary and Community Organisations’ Social Policy and Administration 2004, 38, 5 525-540

(with B. Cairns and R. Hutchison) ‘Community-Wide Planning for Faith-Based Service Provision: Practical, Policy and Conceptual Challenges’ Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2005, 34,1 88-109

(with B.Cairns, R.Hutchison and M.Tricker) ‘Improving Performance? The Adoption and Implementation of Quality Systems in UK Nonprofits’ Nonprofit Management and Leadership 2005, 16,2 135-151

(with B. Cairns and R. Hutchison) 'Sharing God’s Love or Meeting Government Goals? Local Churches and Public Policy Implementation' Policy and Politics 2007, 35,3 413-432

(with H. Schlappa) 'Hoovering up the Money? Delivering government-funded capacity-building programmes to voluntary and community organisations' Social Policy and Society 2007, 7,2 135-146

(with J. Andrews) 'Postgraduate study and managers’ subsequent work experience: An exploratory evaluation' Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 2008, 1-11 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02602930802062675)

(with J. Andrews and H. Cameron) ‘All Change? Managers’ Experience of Organizational Change in Theory and Practice’ Journal of Organizational Change Management 2008, 21,3, 300-314

(with Patricia Young) ‘Developing Community and Social Cohesion through Grassroots Bridge-Building: An Exploration’ Policy and Politics 2009, 37,4, 517-534. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/pap/2009/00000037/00000004/art00005?crawler=true

(with Patricia Young) ‘Building Bridges: The Third Sector responding locally to Diversity’ Voluntary Sector Review 2010 1,1 41-58

Monographs

(with Patricia Young) ‘Bridging Community Divides: The Impact of Grassroots Bridge-Building Activities’ London: Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR), 2009

Organising God's Work: Challenges for Churches and Synagogues, London: Macmillan, 1998

(with Malcolm Torry) Managing Religious Organisations: A Guide to the Literature, Birmingham: Aston Business School, 2000

This Charity Business - Who Cares? Inaugural Professorial Lecture, Birmingham: Aston University, 2001

Edited Book
(with C. Rochester) (eds) Voluntary Organisations and Social Policy in Britain: Perspectives on Change and Choice London: Palgrave, 2001

Chapters in Books
(with P. Halfpenny and C. Rochester) ‘Introduction’ to M.Harris and C.Rochester (eds) Voluntary Organisations and Social Policy in Britain: Perspectives on Change and Choice London: Palgrave, 2001

‘Boards: Just Subsidiaries of the State?’ in M.Harris and C.Rochester (eds) Voluntary Organisations and Social Policyin Britain: Perspectives on Change and Choice London: Palgrave, 2001

’Challenges for Voluntary Organisations in a Changing Social Policy Environment’ in M.Harris and C.Rochester (eds) Voluntary Organisations and Social Policy in Britain: Perspectives on Change and Choice London: Palgrave, 2001

‘Civil Society and the Role of UK Churches: An Exploration’ in A. Bradstock and P. Murray (eds) Global Capitalism and the Gospel of Justice Durham: Ushaw College, 2001

‘Creating Community: Is the Synagogue doing what is Needed?’ in J. Boyd (ed) The Sovereign and the Situated Self London: UJIA/Hebrew University, 2003

‘Power in the Local Church’ in H. Cameron, P. Richter, D. Davies and F. Ward (eds). Studying Local Churches: A Handbook. London: SCM Press 2005

(with B. Cairns and M. Carroll) ‘Action Research: Professional Researchers in the Community’ in Milofsky, C. and Cnaan, R. (eds) Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations NYC: Kluwer, 2006

(with Carole Parkes) 'Corporate Responsibility, Ethics and Strategic HRM' in The Aston Centre for Human Resources Strategic Human Resource Management: Building Research-based Practice London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, 2008

'Third Sector Organizations in a Contradictory Policy Environment' in D.Billis (ed) Hybrid Organizations and the Third Sector Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010