Uni of Glamorgan People - Duncan Owen Lewis

Prof Duncan Owen Lewis

Acas Professor of Workplace Futures and Head of Business Development & External Relations
Business School

University of Glamorgan
Pontypridd
CF37 1DL
UK

Tel 00 44 (0) 1443 483583
Room: H4

Qualifications

B.A. (Hons)’ PGCE (FE), Ph.D. (Wales)

PhD title “The Social Construction of Workplace Bullying: A Sociological Study with Special Reference to Further and Higher Education”

Duties & Responsibilities

I am head of Business Development and External Relations and a member of the Faculty Executive. I am responsible for international collaboration and networks and all business development for the Faculty.

Other Roles

I am the Acas Professor of Workplace Futures and Co-Director for the Centre for Research on Workplace Behaviours.

Academic Experience at the University of Glamorgan Business School

2004-2007

Acas Professor of Workplace Futures
Head of the Department of Marketing, Supply and Strategy
Member of Senior Management Team of the Business School
Director of the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme

2003-2004

Head of the Department of Strategy

2001-2003

Head of the Division of Business Information & Strategy
MBA Course Director

1998-2001

Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management
Co-Director of the MBA

Academic Experience at Carmarthenshire College of Technology & Art

1990-1998

Full-time Lecturer

Business and Professional Experience

1986-1990 – Full-time student
1984-1986 – Partner in family business
1980-1984 – Branch Manager for UK industrial engineering company
1976-1980 – Regional Industrial Sales Representative
1974-1976 – United Kingdom Civil Service

Examples of Recent Consultancy Projects

I have undertaken consulting and training roles for Acas, DVLA, Royal Mail, Co-Operative Financial Services, CAFCASS CYMRU, Eton College etc.

Research Grants Obtained

2006 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant for £800,000 with Professor Ralph Fevre, Professor of Social Research at Cardiff University ‘Workplace Bullying in Britain: With Special Reference to Race and Ethnicity’

In support of the above application, The Commission for Race Equality (now EHRC) and Acas have each awarded a grant of £5,000.00 for dissemination and policy provision

2006 & 2007 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and Department for Enterprise, Innovation and Networks (DEIN), Welsh Assembly Government for £100,000 to research the level and extent of agri-food innovation taking place in Further and Higher Education in Wales

Research Grants Submitted

May 2009 to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) with Dr. Helge Hoel at Manchester Business School, Manchester University. ‘Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual employees experience of discrimination, bullying and harassment at work’.

In Print/Forthcoming

Lewis, D., Giga, H. and Hoel, H. (2010) ‘Bullying and Workplace Discrimination’, in Einarsen, Hoel, Zapf & Cooper (Eds.) Bullying and Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: International Perspectives in Research and Practice (2nd Edition), London: Taylor and Francis

Rayner, C. and Lewis, D. (2010) ‘Workplace Bullying and Organisational Policy Perspectives’, in Einarsen, Hoel, Zapf & Cooper (Eds.) Bullying and Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: International Perspectives in Research and Practice (2nd Edition), London: Taylor and Francis

Edited Books/Journals

Special Issue on Bullying at Work for International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 4 (1) with Sheehan, M. (2003)

Chapters in edited Texts

Lewis, D. and Rayner, C. (2003) ‘Workplace Bullying and HRM: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ in Einarsen, Hoel, Zapf & Cooper (Eds.) Bullying and Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: International Perspectives in Research and Practice, London: Taylor and Francis

Lewis, D. (1998) 'Workplace Bullying’ in Richardson, J. and Shaw, A. (eds.) 'The Body in Qualitative Research’, Ashgate, Aldershot

Recent Journal papers

Lewis, D., Sheehan, M. and Davies, C. (2009). ‘Uncovering Workplace Bullying’, Journal of Workplace Rights, 13, 3, 279-299

Fevre, R., Robinson, A., Jones, T. and Lewis, D. (2009). ‘Researching Workplace Bullying: the benefits of taking an integrated approach’, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, (in Print)

Williams, W. H. and Lewis, D. (2008), ‘Strategic Management Tools and Public Sector Management: The Challenge of Context Specificity’, Public Management Review, 10, 5, 653-671

Lewis, D. and Gunn, R.W. (2007), ‘Workplace Bullying in the Public Sector: understanding the racial dimension’, Public Administration, 83, 3, 641-665

Williams, W.H. and Lewis, D. (2005) Convergent interviewing: A Tool for Strategic Investigation, Strategic Change, 14; 219-229

Lewis, D. (2004) ‘Bullying at work: the impact of shame among university and college lecturers’, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 32, 3, pp.281-299

Professional Reports, Papers and other works

Fevre, R., Robinson, A., Jones, T. and Lewis, D. (2008) ‘Work fit for all – disability, health and the experience of negative treatment in the British workplace’. Insight Report No.1, London: Equality and Human Rights Commission

Giga, S., Hoel, H. and Lewis, D. (2008), ‘A Review of Black and Minority Ethnic Employee Experiences of Workplace Bullying’, a Report and Review for the Dignity at Work Partnership; A Partnership Project Funded Jointly by Unite the Union and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Giga, S., Hoel, H. and Lewis, D. (2008), ‘The Costs of Workplace Bullying’, a Report and Review for the Dignity at Work Partnership; A Partnership Project Funded Jointly by Unite the Union and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Lewis, D. (2006) ‘4th Policy Discussion Paper on Workplace Bullying and Harassment’ for Acas.

Recent Keynote Lectures

Lewis, D. (2007) ‘Social Constructions of Workplace Bullying’, Association of Counselling at Work, National Conference, London, November 2007

Lewis, D. (2007) ‘The Impact of Workplace Bullying on Minority Groups, Public and Civil Service Union Diversity Conference, Cardiff, November 2007

Lewis, D. and Sheehan, M. (2007) ‘Dignity at Work: Understanding Bullying and Mistreatment at Work’, The 2nd Annual Tim Field Memorial Lecture, Aston University, Birmingham, England.

Lewis, D. (2007) ‘Bullying and Xenophobia: Understanding the Racial Dimension of Bullying at Work’, Professorial Inaugural Lecture, University of Glamorgan, May 2007

Selection of Conference papers

Fevre, R, Robinson, A, Lewis, D. and Jones, T. (2008) ‘Disability, Long-term Illness and Negative Behaviour in the British Workplace’, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2nd, Boston, USA

Lewis, D., Sheehan, M. and Davies, C. (2008) ‘Responding to Bullying in an Organisation: Opening Pandora’s Box’, 6th International Workplace Bullying Conference, 4-6th June, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Beynon, M.J. and Lewis, D. (2008) ‘A CaRBS Analysis of the Discernment of Ethnic and White Bullying Experiences in the Workplace;, American Academy of Management Conference, Los Angeles, USA.

Beynon, M.J. and Lewis, D. (2007) ‘An Investigation of the Relevance of Workplace Bullying Experiences: A CaRBS based Analysis when Forcibly Discerning Employee Ethnicity’, British Academy of Management Conference, Warwick University, Warwick, England.

Adewumi, O., Sheehan, M. and Lewis, D. (2007), ‘An exploration of the nature and extent of workplace bullying in a public sector in Wales’, 13th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, May 9-13, Stockholm, Sweden

Davies, K. and Lewis, D. (2007), ‘Emotional Labour and Animal Laboratory Technicians: Dissonance or Concord?’, 13th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, May 9-13, Stockholm, Sweden

Williams, P. and Lewis, D. (2007), ‘Third Party Intervention in Workplace Bullying: Understanding the Contribution of Acas in Helping to Address a Growing Organizational Problem’, 13th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, May 9-13, Stockholm, Sweden

Zhang, J., Lewis, D. and Gunn, R. (2007), ‘How does Ethical Behaviour of Individual Managers Transcend Local and International Boundaries? Evidence from British MNCs operating in China and the Unites Kingdom, 13th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, May 9-13, Stockholm, Sweden

Fevre, R. and Lewis, D. (2007), ‘Researching Workplace Behaviour’, ESRC Festival of Social Science and Department of Trade & Industry, launch of Fair Treatment at Work findings

PhD’s/Professional Doctorates Supervised to Completion

2009 Peter Williams (DBA) – ‘Third Party Intervention into Workplace Bullying: An Exploratory Study’, with Professor Michael Sheehan

2007 Javier De-Rentera (DBA) – ‘Pharmaceutical Lobbying in Argentina: a study of Pharmacopolitics’, with Professor Kerry Howell, Plymouth Business School

PhD’s and Professional Doctorates examined

‘Methodological issues in research on workplace bullying: Operationalisations, measurements and samples’. Morten Nielsen (Ph.D.), University of Bergen, Norway.

‘Upwards Harassment of Academics: Harassment in Post 1992 English universities’. Sara McDonald (Ed.D.), Cardiff University, UK

‘Bullying in the Police Service’. Hilary Miller (Ph.D.), University of Portsmouth, UK

‘The Influence of Behavioural, Individual and Contextual Variables on the Perception and Labelling of Workplace Bullying Behaviours’, Paula Saunders (Ph.D.), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.