By Emeritus Professor Stephen Jerome Frenkel

Books

Frenkel S; Sydow J, 2011, Institutional conditions for organizing decent work in global production networks, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203828892

Wallace CM; Frenkel SJ; Orlitzky M, 2005, The Australian Call Centre Industry-Work Practices, Human Resource Management and Institutional Pressures: National Benchmarking Report- February 2005, AGSM/Hallis, Sydney, Australia

Frenkel SJ, 2001, Globalization and employment relations systems: Trends and strategies for the future, International Labour Organization, Geneva

Carlopio J; Frenkel SJ, 2001, Managing organizational change, International Labour Organization, Geneva

Frenkel SJ; Korczynski M; Shire KA; Tam M, 1999, On the Front Line, Cornell University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/9781501724220

Frenkel SJ; Korcynski M; Shire K; Tam M, 1999, On the Front Line - Organization of Work in the Information Economy, Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Tam M; Frenkel SJ; Korcynski M, 1999, The Relationship Between Work Values, Job Characterisations and Contextual Factors in Three Advanced Settings (CCC Working Paper No. 096), Centre for Corporate Change, AGSM, Sydney

Book Chapters

Frenkel SJ; Coolican A, 2024, 'Competition, Instability and Industrial Struggle in the New South Wales Construction Industry', in Industrial Action Patterns of Labour Conflict Volume 16, pp. 24 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003515357-2

Frenkel SJ, 2024, 'Patterns of Industrial Action: Comparative Analysis and Conclusions', in Industrial Action Patterns of Labour Conflict Volume 16, pp. 132 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003515357-6

Frenkel SJ, 2024, 'Theory and Research Strategy', in Industrial Action Patterns of Labour Conflict Volume 16, pp. 12 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003515357-1

Boxall P; Bainbridge H; Frenkel S, 2018, 'Styles of HRM in Australia and New Zealand', in Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management Second Edition, pp. 614 - 630

Boxall P; Bainbridge HTJ; Frenkel S, 2018, 'Styles of human resource management in Australia and New Zealand', in Brewster C; Mayrhofer W; Farndale E (ed.), Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 614 - 630

Frenkel SJ, 2018, 'Globalisation and work: processes, practices and consequences', in Wilkinson A; Donaghey J; Colvin A (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations, Routledge, London, pp. 321 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315692968

Frenkel SJ; Wright CA, 2016, 'Improving global supply chain governance in garment retailing', in Inter-Organizational Relations, Routledge, London

Frenkel S; Sydow J, 2011, 'Institutional conditions for organizing decent work in global production networks', in Chinas Changing Workplace Dynamism Diversity and Disparity, pp. 241 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203828892-26

Frenkel SJ, 2009, 'Service Workers in Search of Decent Work', in Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199299249.003.0019

Frenkel SJ, 2009, 'Critical reflections on labour process theory, work and management', in Alvesson M; Bridgman T; Willmott H (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 525 - 535

Frenkel SJ; Li M; Huang A, 2008, 'Theory and Practice of Human Resource Management: A Comparative Analysis of Foreign-owned and Chinese-owned Cosmetic Firms', in Zhao S (ed.), Enteprise Management and Change in a Transitional Economy, Nanjing University, Nanjing, pp. 166 - 177

Frenkel SJ, 2006, 'Towards a Theory of Dominant Interests, Globalization and Work', in Korczynski M (ed.), Social Theory at Work,, Oxford University Press, 2006., Oxford

Kuruvilla S; Frenkel SJ; Peetz D, 2003, 'MNCs as diffusers of best practices in HRM/LR in developing countries', in Cooke WN (ed.), Multinational Companies and Global Human Resource Strategies, Quorum Books, London, pp. 167 - 193

Frenkel SJ; Royal C, 1999, 'Workers, Union and Change in the global corporation: Contemporary experience and future possibilities', in Globalization and patterns of labour resistance, Mansell Publishing, London, UK, pp. 105 - 130

Frenkel SJ; Royal C, 1997, 'Globalization and Employment Relations', in Globalization of Work, JAI Press Inc, Greenwick, USA, pp. 1 - 39

Frenkel SJ; Harrod J, 1995, 'Labor, management and industrial relations: themes and issues in international perspective', in Industrialization and labour relations: contemporary research in seven countries, ILR Press, Ithaca, New York

Frenkel SJ, 1995, 'Workplace relations in the global corporation: a comparative analysis of subsidiaries in Malaysia and Taiwan', in Industrialization and labour relations: contemporary research in seven countries, ILR Press, Ithaca, New York

Edited Books

Frenkel SJ, 2024, INDUSTRIAL ACTION: Patterns of Labour Conflict: Volume 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003515357

Journal articles

Guan X; Frenkel S, 2025, 'Means–ends decoupling? Unpacking the influence of corporate environmental responsibility on green human resource management and managerial unethical pro-organizational behavior', Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 46, pp. 796 - 814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-02-2025-0113

Guan X; Frenkel SJ; Yu H, 2025, 'How supervisor thriving at work affect subordinates’ well-being and behavior: integrating job demands-resources and crossover theory', Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 46, pp. 238 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-03-2024-0157

Frenkel SJ, 2023, 'Embedded in two worlds: The university academic manager’s work, identity and social relations', Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 51, pp. 1087 - 1104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17411432211027643

Frenkel SJ, 2023, 'Dramas of Dignity: Cleaners in the Corporate Underworld of Berlin', WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY, 37, pp. 1434 - 1435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09500170221132423

Frenkel SJ, 2023, 'Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age', ILR REVIEW, 76, pp. 241 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00197939221108113

Frenkel SJ, 2023, 'Recoding Power: Tactics for Mobilizing Tech Workers', ILR REVIEW, 76, pp. 615 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00197939231159897

Frenkel SJ, 2023, 'The Logic of Professionalism: Work and Management in Professional Service Organizations', WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY, 37, pp. 1112 - 1113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09500170221150097

Frenkel SJ, 2023, 'Unworking: The Reinvention of the Modern Office', ILR REVIEW, 76, pp. 781 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00197939221143339

Frenkel SJ, 2023, 'Why Informal Workers Organize: Contentious Politics, Enforcement, and the State', WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY, 37, pp. 564 - 566, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09500170221132421

Frenkel SJ, 2022, 'Global Production, National Institutions, and Skill Formation: The Political Economy of Training and Employment in Auto Parts Suppliers from Mexico and Turkey', ILR REVIEW, 76, pp. 248 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00197939221091461

Frenkel SJ; Rahman S; Rahman KM, 2022, 'After Rana Plaza: Governing Exploitative Workplace Labour Regimes in Bangladeshi Garment Export Factories', Journal of Industrial Relations, 64, pp. 272 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00221856211063924

Frenkel SJ, 2022, 'Shaping the Futures of Work: Proactive Governance and Millennials', WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY, 36, pp. 1162 - 1164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09500170221103148

Guan X; Frenkel SJ, 2022, 'Thriving is Not All Good: The Influence of Supervisor Thriving on Employees’ Well-Being and Behavior', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.12743abstract

Frenkel SJ; Schuessler ES, 2021, 'From Rana Plaza to COVID-19: Deficiencies and opportunities for a new labour governance system in garment global supply chains', International Labour Review, 160, pp. 591 - 609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12208

Yue Y; Nguyen H; Groth M; Johnson A; Frenkel S, 2021, 'When Heroes and Villains Are Victims: How Different Withdrawal Strategies Moderate the Depleting Effects of Customer Incivility on Frontline Employees', Journal of Service Research, 24, pp. 435 - 454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1094670520967994

Guan X; Frenkel S, 2021, 'Supervisor-subordinate guanxi and employee thriving at work: the key role of relation-generated resources', Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 59, pp. 400 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1744-7941.12273

Guan X; Frenkel S, 2021, 'Organizational support and employee thriving at work: exploring the underlying mechanisms', Personnel Review, 50, pp. 935 - 953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/PR-10-2019-0569

FRENKEL SJ; SCHUESSLER ES, 2021, 'Del Rana Plaza a la COVID‐19. Deficiencias y oportunidades de renovación del sistema de gobernanza del trabajo en las cadenas mundiales de suministro de la confección', Revista Internacional del Trabajo, 140, pp. 647 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ilrs.12213

FRENKEL SJ; SCHUESSLER ES, 2021, 'Du Rana Plaza au COVID‐19: handicaps et atouts pour un nouveau système de gouvernance du travail dans les chaînes d'approvisionnement mondiales de l'habillement', Revue internationale du Travail, 160, pp. 659 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ilrf.12208

Amarnani R; Shao R; Hershcovis S; Amarnani R; Frenkel SJ; Groth M; Johnson AM; Koopmann J; Liu F; Nguyen H; Park J; Shao R; Skarlicki D; Song Y; Song Y; Walker DD; Wu H; Yue Y, 2019, 'Aggression in Service Interactions: New Directions in Customer Mistreatment', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019, pp. 12388 - 12388, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2019.12388symposium

Nguyen H; Yue Y; Groth M; Frenkel SJ, 2019, 'Finding dignity in dirty work: Influence of perceived social worth & impact on job performance', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019, pp. 14935 - 14935, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2019.14935abstract

Schuessler E; Frenkel SJ; Wright CF, 2019, 'Governance of Labor Standards in Australian and German Garment Supply Chains: The Impact of Rana Plaza', Ilr Review, 72, pp. 552 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019793918771360

Zhang H; Li X; Frenkel SJ; Zhang J, 2019, 'Human resource practices and migrant workers' turnover intentions: The roles of post-migration place identity and justice perceptions', Human Resource Management Journal, 29, pp. 254 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12223

Guan X; Frenkel S, 2019, 'Explaining supervisor-subordinate guanxi and subordinate performance through a conservation of resources lens', Human Relations, 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726718813718

Zhang Y; Frenkel SJ, 2018, 'Employee indifference and inaction against abusive supervision: An explanation based on organizational identification theory', Employee Relations, 40, pp. 981 - 998, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ER-07-2017-0169

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