Dr Benjamin Hopkins
Lecturer in Human Resource Management
Contact
Email: beh@aber.ac.uk
Office: Room S3, Cledwyn Building
Phone: +44 (0) 1970 62 2503
Teaching Areas
Benjamin co-ordinates MBM7010 (Human Resource Management for MBA students), MMM7220 (People and Organisations for postgraduate students) and MM33520 (Human Resource Management/Rheolaeth Adnoddau Dynol for undergraduates). He also occasionally lectures on the school’s other courses, including European Economy and Business Environment.
Research
Benjamin’s recent research investigates precarious and vulnerable workers and encompasses two main themes – migrant and temporary workers, and younger workers. The first research theme investigates temporary work in the context of the European Union expansion of 2004, and analyses the workplace experiences of Central and Eastern European migrants in the United Kingdom. This research has also investigated the experiences of Portuguese migrants in the UK. In addition, research has been conducted investigating the experiences of Mexican migrant workers in Northern California. This research has been funded by the ESRC and the ASSEC.
The second research theme investigates the crisis of youth unemployment in the United Kingdom, with particular interest in the roles of employers in helping young people make secure and effective transitions into work. This research is funded by UnionLearn and is being conducted in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Warwick. Further details of the project can be found here.
Biography
Benjamin Hopkins is lecturer in Human Resource Management in the School of Management and Business at Aberystwyth University. Having read Economics and Management at St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford, he worked for Cadbury-Schweppes and BBC Television News before completing an MA in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management at the University of Warwick. His PhD was completed in the Industrial Relations Research Unit at the University of Warwick, and he moved to Aberystwyth in 2010.
Staff Publications
Recent Publications
Hopkins, B. (2012b) “Explaining Variations in Absence Rates; Temporary and Agency Workers in the Food Manufacturing Sector” Human Resource Management Journal
Dowell, D. J., Fuller-Love, N., Dawson C. and Hopkins, B. (2012) “Entrepreneurial Groups in Ireland and Wales: A Preliminary Typology of Entrepreneurs Using a Marketing Segmentation Approach” Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship 14 (2) p184-198
Hopkins, B. (2012a) “Inclusion of a Diverse Workforce in the UK: The Case of the EU Expansion” Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 31 (4) p379-390
Hopkins, B. (2011) “Informal Hierarchies among Workers in Low-Skill Food Manufacturing Jobs” Industrial Relations Journal 42 (5) p486-499
Hopkins, B. (2009) “Inequality Street? Working Life in a British Chocolate Factory” in Bolton, S. C. and Houlihan, M. (eds) Work Matters: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Work Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Selected Recent Conference Papers
“Analysing the ‘Migrant Work Ethic’”
International Labour and Employment Relations Association World Congress
Philadelphia, United States of America
2-5 July 2012
“Understanding the Causes of Variations in Accident and Absence Rates of Permanent, Temporary and Agency Workers”
International Labour Process Conference
Stockholm University, Sweden
27-29 March 2012
“Using Labour Process Theory to analyse the 'Polish Work Ethic'“
International Labour Process Conference
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
5-7 April 2011
“Inclusion of a Diverse Workforce in the UK: The Case of the A8 Expansion”
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
7-8 February 2011
“Multi-Ethnic Workforces in the Food Manufacturing Sector”
ESRC Seminar Series: The Impact of Migrant Workers on the Functioning of Labour Markets and Industrial Relations
University of Bournemouth, United Kingdom
5 November 2010
“The Use of Short Term Labour in Low-Skilled Manufacturing Jobs in the UK”
International Industrial Relations Association World Congress
Sydney, Australia
24-27 August 2009