Richard Bent
Senior Lecturer and MBA Director
Division: Business, Enterprise and Management
Queen Margaret University
United Kingdom
Biography
Richard Bent is MBA Director and Senior Lecturer. He has published over 22 journal articles in the areas of SME, family businesses and retail, with numerous presentations at a range of UK and International Conferences. A regular contributor to BBC Radio Scotland programmes in the areas of topical consumer and retail issues. Involvement in consultancy work through a wide range of Innovation projects ensures that his teaching and interaction with business and business support agencies are kept rooted in both practical realities and theory. Richard has extensive experiences in both leading validation panels or as a Convenor of UG and PG validation panels at QMU. An additional interest is in the areas of theme parks. Richard is also a Trustee of the Teapot Trust a Scottish based Art Therapy charity
Research Interest
My research and publication interests lie in the areas of labour migration, work and employment issues in low wage work, labour process theory, job quality and contemporary HR/labour market issues. I have a particular interest in Central and Eastern European migrant workers employed in low-wage work in the UK.
Publications
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Buying into the ‘good worker’ rhetoric or being as good as they need to be? The effort bargaining process of new migrant workers.
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Skill requirements in retail work: The case of high-end fashion retailing
