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About Me

This profile is for people who know me, or want to know me, as a university lecturer / writer. If you know me, or want to know me, as a musician, you will find Rory Ridley-Duff and Protos more useful. This profile is for people interested in the topics I write about. My career is developing quickly as a result of being appointed senior lecturer in Human Resources and Organisation Behaviour at Sheffield Hallam University. My writing/research interests focus on two inter-related themes: the changing power relations between men and women; the social enterprise movement. My first book ("Silent Revolution: Creating and Managing Social Enterprises)" led to a PhD that theorises, for the first time, precisely how sexual aspirations and obligations drive entrepreneurial and managerial behaviour in the workplace. Some of these debates are elaborated in Emotion, Seduction and Intimacy , published by Men's Hour Books in December 2007. The foreword can be downloaded from my website. Despite a growing number of indicators to the contrary, most people - both women and men - still internalise the view that 'men have the power'. My new book takes a fresh look at workplace cultures that are emerging to develop new theory on the way wealth creation is linked to human reproduction to reproduce patriarchal and matriarchal power structures. The book reinvigorates the debate about sexual equality. I look forward to debating with you.

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My Blog

English Academic Reaches Publishing Milestone

English academic Dr Rory Ridley-Duff has reached a milestone in electronic publishing by achieving more than 10,000 downloads from the US-based document repository Scribd.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRLog (P...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:19:00 GMT

Friends or Lovers (a new novel by Rory Ridley-Duff)

Hi all,After three years, and more than 50 approaches to agents and publishers, I've decided to publish my first novel "Friends or Lovers" through Scribd (www.scribd.com). Clearly, there are no agents...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:35:00 GMT

Who’s Who in the World - 2009 Edition

Dear all, Just a quick note to say Who's Who in the World published an entry detailing my contributions to music and writing in their 2009 edition.  This directory celebrates the contribution of ...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:07:00 GMT

Mediating Sexual Conflict

Hi Everyone, Just thought that I'd let you know that there are growing number of sites that now hold copies of my articles (Associated Content, Squidoo, SearchWarp, HubPages, Helium, ArticleTrader, Wr...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 01:51:00 GMT

Articles Posted to Writing.Com

Dear Friends, New version of articles originally posted to the blog on MySpace are now available from: http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/user_id/roryridleyduff This is one of the most popular writ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:26:00 GMT

Have you been involved in a sexual conflict at work?

Don’t suffer in silence. Free articles on understanding and managing conflict at work at: http://searchwarp.com/Author136402.htm Several extracts are from a new book on managing sexual conflic...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:50:00 GMT

Articles on SearchWarp

Dear all, After a sustained period of lecturing commitments, the Easter break allowed me time to set up a series of articles at SearchWarp - a writers community on the Internet.  This is great pl...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:37:00 GMT

Could Sexual Harassment Become a Thing of the Past?

PRESS RELEASE   For Immediate Release   Dr Rory Ridley-Duff [email protected]   SEXUAL HARASSMENT COULD BECOME A THING OF THE PAST   A new book proposes a soluti...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:27:00 GMT

Press Release - Emotion, Seduction and Intimacy

PRESS RELEASE How does seduction and intimacy affect the workplace? Dr Rory Ridley-Duff, a member of the Centre for Individual and Organisation Development (CIOD) at Sheffield Hallam University, has ...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:35:00 GMT

Learning and Teaching Materials for Download

Dear all, Following the interest in the blogs that I've posted on MySpace, I've created eight documents that you can download.  You can share with friends, teachers and students for the purposes ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:34:00 GMT