Dr Alina Baluch
Deputy Head of School (Research)
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer at the School of Management. I also serve as the Co-Deputy Head of School (Research) and Associate Director of the Centre for the Study of Philanthropy and Public Good.
Prior to joining St Andrews in 2012, I worked as a Lecturer at the Leibniz Universitaet Hannover at the Institute of HRM where I received my PhD (summa cum laude) from the Faculty of Economics and Management. I was awarded an MA in European Studies from the Leibniz Universtitaet Hannover and graduated with high distinction from the University of Virginia, USA (BA in History).
Teaching
- MN2001 Management and Society
- MN3213 Human Resource Management
- MN5470 Managing Human Resources
Research areas
My research focuses on work and employment relations in voluntary sector organisations. I use qualitative research approaches to explore front-line social care work, nonprofit-business partnerships, philanthropic organisations, and more recently family-owned businesses. My research also focuses on theorizing in qualitative research methods.
My current research on employment relations in the social care sector examines a range of workforce issues in the context of austerity. Recent projects have included a focus on digital technolgy in care work, the Fair Work agenda, the implementation of the Scottish Living Wage, work redesign, service personalisation, and contract withdrawal and the sustainability of employment conditions in adult social care providers.
I am also interested in questions concerning the role of philanthropy in the voluntary sector and the impact of professionalisation in philanthropic organisations. My research is situated within the Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good (CSPPG), of which I am an Associate Director.
My research has been funded by ESRC, The British Academy, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, and the Ministry of Science and Culture in Lower Saxony. I have published in a range of journals such as the Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Management, Human Resource Management and the Journal of Applied Psychology. I also have written two monographs on managing nonprofit organisations, one research focussed (Routledge) and another a co-authored textbook (Palgrave Macmillan). My recent work on adult social care has been externally commissioned by policy and third sector organisations (e.g., Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland) and resulted in a series of reports on workforce issues in the social care sector.
PhD supervision
I welcome enquiries from potential PhD students in the area of work and employment, particularly in social care and circular economy work.
PhD supervision
- Alyssa Wells
Selected publications
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Introducing fair work through ‘soft’ regulation in outsourced public service networks: explaining unintended outcomes in the implementation of the Scottish Living Wage policy
Cunningham, I., James, P., Baluch, A. & Cullen, A-M., 28 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Industrial Law Journal. Advance articles, 30 p., dwac023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
The influence of ‘soft’ fair work regulation on union recovery: a case of re-recognition in the Scottish voluntary social care sector
Cunningham, I., James, P. & Baluch, A., 23 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Industrial Relations Journal. Early View, 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Crisis, pandemic, and beyond: nonprofits and the adaptive capability of communities
Akingbola, K., Brunt, C., Baluch, A. & Cunningham, I., 2 Nov 2021, In: ANSERJ Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research. 12, S1, p. 3-13 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Open access
Supply chain regulation in Scottish social care: facilitators and barriers
James, P., Baluch, A. M., Cunningham, I. & Cullen, A. M., 15 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. Online First, 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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"Editorial": Dynamics of Employment Relations and HRM in Nonprofit Organizations
Akingbola, K., Baluch, A. M., Brunt, C. & Cunningham, I., 29 Jun 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Employee Relations. 42, 5, p. 1045-1054Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue
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Open access
Mapping the research landscape of strategic human resource management in nonprofit organizations: a systematic review and avenues for future research
Baluch, A. M. & Ridder, H-G., 22 Jul 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Online First, 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Open access
The role of dialectical interrogation in review studies: theorizing from what we see rather than what we have already seen
Hoon, C. & Baluch, A. M., 15 Aug 2020, In: Journal of Management Studies. 57, 6, p. 1246-1271 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘The most striking progressive achievement in labor and employment policy’? The Scottish Living Wage in Social Care during Austerity
Baluch, A. M., 9 Nov 2020, Working in the context of austerity: challenges and struggles. Baines, D. & Cunningham, I. (eds.). Bristol University Press, p. 243-263Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Change Management in Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Practice
Akingbola, K., Rogers, S. & Baluch, A. M., 2019, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillian. 277 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Cracking Labour Process theory in Employment Relations and HRM
Chillas, S. A. & Baluch, A. M., 2019, Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations. Edward ElgarResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter