Dr Doris Ruth Eikhof
Lecturer in Work and Organisation Studies
Background
Doris worked as a lecturer and PhD researcher at the University of Hamburg, Germany, from 2001-2006 and held an EU Marie Curie Research Fellowship at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien for 2005. Her PhD research has been awarded the prestigious Deutscher Studienpreis 2005 for doctoral research in Germany. Doris has taught HRM, sociology of work and organisation studies across a variety of undergraduate, postgraduate and CPD programmes in Europe, particularly in the UK and Germany. Before becoming an academic Doris worked as an HR officer with a ThyssenKrupp engineering company in Germany.Research Interests
Doris Ruth Eikhof's research focuses on creative work and enterprise, social theories in organisation studies, work life-boundaries and women’s work. Current and recent work includes contract research for Creative Scotland and SKS Scotland’s Work4ME project; skills and business development projects with Stirling Council, Stills Gallery and Mugdock Makkers Gallery and a Knowledge Transfer Project with macrobert arts centre.
Doris has published in international and German books and journals, including Journal of Organizational Behavior and Employee Relations. She is co-editor of 'Work less, live more? Critical Analyses of the Work-Life Relationship' (Palgrave 2008), of ‘Creating balance? International Perspectives on the Work-Life Integration of Professionals’ (Springer 2011) and of an Employee Relations special issue on work-life balance (2007, Vol. 29:4). She has co-convened several conference streams at EGOS, International Labour Process Conference and AIRAANZ and is a regular speaker at academic and industry events in the UK and internationally.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Eikhof, D.R. (2012) ‘A double-edged sword: 21st century workplace trends and gender equality’, Gender in Management, 27(1), 7-22.
Haunschild, A. and Eikhof, D.R. (2009) ‘From HRM to employment rules and lifestyles. Theory development through qualitative case study research into the creative industries’, Zeitschrift für Personalforschung – German Journal of Human Resource Research, 23(2), 107-124.
Eikhof, D.R. and Haunschild, A. (2007) 'For art's sake! Artistic and economic logics in creative production', Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 28:5, 523-38.
Eikhof, D.R., Warhurst, C. and Haunschild, A. (2007) 'What work, what life, what balance? Critical reflections on the work-life balance debate', Employee Relations, Vol. 29:4, 325-33.
Eikhof, D.R. and Haunschild, A. (2006) 'Lifestyle meets market. Bohemian entrepreneurs in creative industries', Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 13:3, 234-241.
Books
Kaiser, S., Ringlstetter, M., Pina e Cunha, M., and Eikhof, D.R. (eds)(forthcoming 2010) Creating balance? International perspectives on the work-life integration of professionals, Berlin: Springer.
Warhurst, C., Eikhof, D.R., and Haunschild, A. (eds) (2008) Work less, live more? Critical analyses of the work-life relationship, Palgrave Macmillan.
Selected book chapters
Summers, J., and Eikhof, D.R. (2012) ‘“Women doing their own thing”: Modern women’s new ways to work?’, in C. Kelliher and J. Richardson, New Ways of Organizing Work: Developments, Perspectives and Experiences, Routledge.
Eikhof, D.R., Haunschild, A., and Schößler, F. (2012) ‘Behind the scenes of boundarylessness: Careers in German theatre’, in C. Matthieu (ed.), Careers in the creative industries, London: Routledge.
Eikhof, D.R. (2010) ‘The logics of art: analysing theatre as a cultural field’, in B. Townley and N. Beech (eds), Managing Creativity: Exploring the Paradox, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Eikhof, D.R. (2009) 'Does Hamlet have to be naked? Creativity between tradition and innovation in German theatres', in P. Jeffcutt and A. Pratt (eds) Creativity and innovation in the cultural economy, London: Routledge.
Eikhof, D.R., and Haunschild, A. (2009) 'Bringing creativity to market. Actors as self-employeed employees', in A. McKinlay and C. Smith (eds) Creative Labour. Working in the creative industries, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Warhurst, C., Eikhof, D.R., and Haunschild, A. (2008) 'Out of balance or just out of bounds? Analysing the relationship between work and life', in C.
Warhurst, D.R. Eikhof and A. Haunschild (eds) Work less, live more? Critical analyses of the work-life relationship, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Teaching
Autumn semester
HRMP01 Work, Employment and Society
People Management for NHS Scotland M-Level Management Training Scheme
Spring semester
BUA924 Managing Organizations
HRMP23 Contemporary Issues in HRM
