Vaughan Ellis

Dr Vaughan Ellis

Lecturer

V.Ellis@napier.ac.uk

About me
Activity
Outputs
Post Grad

Biography

Module Leader for Labour Relations, Understanding Research Philosophy and Managing the Employment Relationship. Prog Leader MSc IHRM

Have acted as senior invigilator during examinations, designed modules and programmes, represented my subject group on School and University committees & completed a wide range of course administration. Am the Dissertation Co-coordinator for my present group and performed the same role in my previous job. I have also been Divisional Library representative and Year Tutor on MSc HRM at GCU. Programme Leader - MSc International HRM., Deputy leader Public Services Research Cluster. Elected to University Court 2012. Member of ENU JCC/JNCC since 2007.

I co-organised the 2009 International Labour Process Conference and had sole responsibility for planning and running the pre-conference Doctoral workshop

School

Business School

Themes

Wellbeing

Research Areas

Human resources

Esteem

Editorial Activity

Editorial Board Member New Technology, Work and Employment

Conference Activity

Co-Organiser of International Labour Process Conference

Reviewing

Peer reviewer

External Examining/Validations

External Examiner University of East London
External Examiner University of Bedfordshire

Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis

Ellis, V. & Taylor, M. (2010). Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society. 24(4), 803-812. doi:10.1177/0950017010380649. ISSN 0950-0170
Ellis, V. & Taylor, M. (2010). Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society. 24(4), 803-812. doi:10.1177/0950017010380649. ISSN 0950-0170

This article presents a first hand account of the financial crisis by ‘Margaret Taylor’, a union activist within HBOS. Overviewing more than twenty years’ experience in the se...

2010
You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre.

Ellis, V. & Taylor, P. (2006). You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre. New technology, work and employment. 21, 107-122. doi:10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00167.x. ISSN 1468-005X
Ellis, V. & Taylor, P. (2006). You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre. New technology, work and employment. 21, 107-122. doi:10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00167.x. ISSN 1468-005X

This paper locates the emergence of call centres within the broader political economy. We demonstrate how British Gas responded to privatisation, restrictive regulation and th...

2006
A unique working environment: health, sickness and absence management in UK call centres.

Taylor, P., Baldry, C., Bain, P. & Ellis, V. (2003). A unique working environment: health, sickness and absence management in UK call centres. Work, Employment and Society. 17, 435-458. doi:10.1177/09500170030173002. ISSN 0950-0170
Taylor, P., Baldry, C., Bain, P. & Ellis, V. (2003). A unique working environment: health, sickness and absence management in UK call centres. Work, Employment and Society. 17, 435-458. doi:10.1177/09500170030173002. ISSN 0950-0170

This article fills an important gap in our knowledge of call centres by focusing specifically on occupational ill-health. We document the recent emergence of health and safety...

2003
The Changing Nature of Academic Work in the UK.

Ellis, V. (2016, July). The Changing Nature of Academic Work in the UK. Presented at 3rd ISA Forum of Scoiology - The Future We Want: global sociology and the struggles for a better world, Vienna, Austria
Ellis, V. (2016, July). The Changing Nature of Academic Work in the UK. Presented at 3rd ISA Forum of Scoiology - The Future We Want: global sociology and the struggles for a better world, Vienna, Austria

Although, seemingly involved in a perpetual process of ‘evolution’ universities, and those that work within them, have been subject to unprecedented change over the past twent...

2016
Working Together? An investigation into managers’ attitudes towards trade unions.

Munro, A., Ellis, V., Canduela, J. & Raeside, R. (in press). Working Together? An investigation into managers’ attitudes towards trade unions. In n/aISBN n/a
Munro, A., Ellis, V., Canduela, J. & Raeside, R. (in press). Working Together? An investigation into managers’ attitudes towards trade unions. In n/aISBN n/a

No abstract available.

2016
‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis

Ellis, V. (2011). ‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society. 25(1), 163-169. doi:10.1177/0950017010389245. ISSN 0950-0170
Ellis, V. (2011). ‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society. 25(1), 163-169. doi:10.1177/0950017010389245. ISSN 0950-0170

No abstract available.

2011
Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4

Ellis, V. (2009). Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4. Work, Employment and Society. 23(4), 809-810. ISSN 0950-0170
Ellis, V. (2009). Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4. Work, Employment and Society. 23(4), 809-810. ISSN 0950-0170

No abstract available

2009

Edinburgh Napier University

Vaughan Ellis

Dr Vaughan Ellis

Biography

Esteem

Editorial Activity

Conference Activity

Reviewing

External Examining/Validations

Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis

You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre.

A unique working environment: health, sickness and absence management in UK call centres.

The Changing Nature of Academic Work in the UK.

Working Together? An investigation into managers’ attitudes towards trade unions.

‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis

Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4

Current Post Grad projects

Community matters? The value of OC in a creative HE environment - Pauline Miller Judd, Dr Vaughan Ellis (Director Of Studies), Dr David McGuire

Authentic employee engagement: a case study - Gill McCrossan, Dr Vaughan Ellis (Director Of Studies), Sandra Watson

Adopting a project management methodology for effective change management in the public sector in Saint Lucia - Jeanette Jn.Louis-Hughes, Dr Vaughan Ellis (Director Of Studies), Dr Fiona Smart

The survival of indigenous banking in the Easter Caribeean amidst the changing financial landscape coupled with new regulatory requirements and increased competition - Aaron Logie, Dr Vaughan Ellis (Director Of Studies), Dr Jennifer O'Neil

Job enrichment and employee motivation: an analysis of food manufacturing workers at Goddard's Enterprises Limited, Barbados - Glen Stuart, Prof Anne Munro, Dr Vaughan Ellis (Second Supervisor)

Previous Post Grad projects

Leadership for the CIO: building capacity through applying leadership theory using frameworks - Dr Sally Smith, Mr Grant MacKerron, Dr Vaughan Ellis (Second Supervisor)

An investigation into changes in gender equity and equality in Scottish universities from 1850 to 2011 - Dr David Dick, Dr Janice McMillan, Lois Farquharson, Dr Vaughan Ellis (Additional Supervisor)