About
Qualifications
- 2009: PhD 'Exploring the Roles, Activities, Dilemmas and Effectiveness of Employee Representatives in Four Contemporary Workplaces, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
- 2000: Post Graduate Diploma in Open Learning, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
- 1996: LLM in Law and Employment Relations, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
- 1987: Post Graduate Certificate in Education, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
- 1983: LLB BA Business Law, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Member of professional body
Membership
- 2018: , British University Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA), United Kingdom
- 2018: , International Law Society, United Kingdom
Other
- 2016: , Higher Education Academy (HEA), United Kingdom
Programme or Unit leadership
Course Leader
- 2012 to 2017: , Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Module Leader
- 2012 to 2017: , Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
- 2002 to 2011: , Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
- 2002 to 2011: , Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
- 1998 to 2002: , Dearne Valley Business School, United Kingdom
Strategic Project Leader
- 2002 to 2011: , Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Senior Lecturer
Publications
Journal articles
Snook, J., & Whittall, M. (2024). The Contest for Workplace Employee Representation: Still Seeking Answers? Employee Relations. http://doi.org/10.1108/er-03-2022-0116
McTigue, P., Flint, S.W., & Snook, J. (2018). HIV/AIDS, obesity and stigma: A new era for non-discrimination law? .
Snook, J. (2017). Book Review - The Living Wage' (published 2017) by Donald Hirsch and Luara Valadez-Martinez. Employee Relations: The International Journal.
Snook, J. (2017). The Living Wage. Employee Relations, 39 (6), 915-916. http://doi.org/10.1108/ER-07-2017-0178
Snook, J. (2017). Finding a Voice at Work? New Perspectives on Employment Relations (Book Review). Industrial Relations Journal, 48 (2), 192-193. http://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12163
Snook, J. (2016). Book Review - Statutory Recognition and employment relations - the impact of statutory union recognition”, (published 2013), by Sian Moore and Sarah Veale. Industrial Relations Journal.
Snook, J. (2016). Statutory recognition and employment relations — the impact of statutory union recognitionSianMoore and SoniaMcKay with Sarah VealePalgrave Macmillan, 2013. Industrial Relations Journal, 47 (4), 396-397. http://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12127
Flint, S., & Snook, J. (2015). Disability discrimination and obesity : the big questions? Current Obesity Reports, 4 (4), 504-509. http://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-015-0182-7
Snook, J. (2014). Obesity- the next big issue? International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 14 (3), 183-193.
Flint, S., & Snook, J. (2014). Obesity and discrimination: The next 'big issue'? International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 14 (3), 183-193. http://doi.org/10.1177/1358229114534550
Tuckman, A., & Snook, J. (2014). Between consultation and collective bargaining? The changing role of non-union employee representatives: a case study from the finance sector. Industrial Relations Journal, 45 (1), 77-97. http://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12043
Snook, J.C., & Whittall, M. (2013). From ‘the best kept company secret’ to a more proficient structure of employee representation: The role of EWC delegates with a managerial background. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 34 (2), 355-378. http://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x12448556
Harris, L., Tuckman, A., & Snook, J. (2012). Supporting workplace dispute resolution in smaller businesses: policy perspectives and operational realities. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23 (3), 607-623. http://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2012.641081
Snook, J. (2009). Book Review - Death of Labour Law? Comparative Perspectives?” by Martin Vranken. Industrial Relations Journal.
Watling, D., & Snook, J. (2003). Works council and trade unions: complementary or competitive? The case of SAGCo. Industrial Relations Journal, 34 (3), 260-270. http://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2338.00272
Conference papers
Snook, J., Prowse, P., & Prowse, J. (2019). Transfers of Undertakings and the minimum wage - care home workers falling through the safety net? In ILERA European Conference 2019. Perspectives of employment relations in Europe, Düsseldorf, 5 September 2019 - 7 September 2019. webadmin@giraweb.de: https://ilera2019.giraweb.de/people/julie-prowse
Prowse, P., Prowse, J., & Snook, J. (2018). Charting the rise of in-work poverty: the case of care workers in Yorkshire. In Work, Employment and Society Conference, Belfast, 12 September 2018 - 14 September 2018. https://www.britsoc.co.uk/media/24811/wes2018_final_prog.pdf
Book chapters
Prowse, J., Prowse, P., & Snook, J. (2021). What about care work and in-work poverty? The case of care workers in the UK. In Dobbins, T., & Prowse, P. (Eds.) The living wage : advancing a global movement. (pp. 65-78). Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003054078
Reports
Prowse, P., Prowse, J., & Snook, J. (2019). Evidence to Low Pay Commission 17th March. The Living Wage: A Regional Study Of Care Homes In Yorkshire. Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University.
Internet Publications
Ridley-Duff, R., Snook, J., & Southcombe, C. (n.d.). Model Rules for a FairShares Cooperative (v3.0f). [Google Form / Word Document / PDF]. https://sites.google.com/view/fairsharesrules/cooperatives
Presentations
Prowse, J., Prowse, P., & Snook, J. (2017). The Living wage and the Social care sector - the case of social care homes. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference 2017, Sheffield,UK, 2017
Prowse, P., Prowse, J., & Snook, J. (2017). Austerity and the Living Wage: the Case of Care Workers in England. Presented at: International Labour Process Conference, Sheffield University, Sheffield University, Sheffield, 2017
Prowse, P., & Snook, J. (2016). Austerity and the Living Wage: the Case of Care Homes in Britain. Presented at: The 4th BUIRA PhD Symposium, Leeds, UK, 2016
Snook, J. (2013). The Non-Unionised Workplace Employee Representative - A New Era of UK Workplace Democracy?
Snook, J. (2010). What do non-union employee representatives do? A case studies.
Tietze, S., & Snook, J. (2009). Identity work’ – ‘institutional work’: the identity struggles of non-union employee representatives.
Snook, J. (2009). Employee autonomy or organisational closure? Non-union employee voice in the new economy.
Other publications
Snook, J., & Whittall, M. (2020). The Contest for Workplace Employee Representation: Still Seeking Answers? Economic and Industrial Democracy
Snook, J. (2008). Small firms and workplace disputes resolution - Report Commissioned by ACAS Research and Evaluation Section. ACAS
Other activities
Competitve Research Award
- 2017: The Fourth Industrial Revolution? A comparative study exploring the new digital economy and its impact upon employment representation and working practices in the UK and Germany, British Academy, United Kingdom
- 2016: The Social Care Sector in the UK, Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF), United Kingdom
Research funding or grant
- 2007: Employment Relations in the East Midlands, Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), United Kingdom