Professor Steven Johnson PhD, PGCHE, BA (Hons)

Qualifications

• 2013: Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE), University of Hull, United Kingdom
• 2007: PhD by Published Work: Public Policy towards SMEs: An Evaluation of the Market Failure Approach, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
• 1982: BA (Hons) Economics, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Member of professional body

Membership

• 2018: , British Academy of Management (BAM), United Kingdom
• 2018: , European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Belgium
• 2018: , UK Evaluation Society (UKES), United Kingdom
• 2012: , Higher Education Academy (HEA), United Kingdom
• 2012: , Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), United Kingdom

Membership of external committee

Committee Member

• 2018: , Chartered Association of Business Schools, United Kingdom

National advisory board member related to business research subject area

Other

• 2013: , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France

PG External Examiner

Course

• 2017: , University of Hull, United Kingdom
• 2017: , Leeds Beckett Univeristy, United Kingdom
• 2017: , University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Programme or Unit leadership

Module Leader

• 2011 to 2013: , University of Hull, United Kingdom

Subject Group Leader

• 2013 to 2016: , University of Hull, United Kingdom

Research coordinating activities

Other

• 2011 to 2013: , University of Hull, United Kingdom

Validation Panel Member

External Adviser panel member

• 2016: , Antwerp Management School, Belgium

Assistant Dean

Department of Management

Sheffield Business School

Strategic Management

Journal articles

Johnson, S., & Orr, K. (2019). What is business school research for? Academic and stakeholder perspectives, politics and relationality. Studies in Higher Education, 1-22. http://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2018.1564901

Canduela, J., Dutton, M., Johnson, S., Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R.W., & Raeside, R. (2012). Ageing, skills and participation in work-related training in Britain: Assessing the position of older workers. Work, Employment and Society, 26 (1), 42-60. http://doi.org/10.1177/0950017011426303

Webber, D.J., Johnson, S., & Fargher, S. (2010). Sector variations in smes' use of external business advice. Local Economy, 25 (4), 339-355. http://doi.org/10.1080/02690942.2010.498959

Nunn, A., & Johnson, S. (2008). Labouring and learning towards competitiveness: The future of local labour markets after Harker, Leitch and Freud. Local Economy, 23 (2), 122-137. http://doi.org/10.1080/02690940801976190

Johnson, S., Webber, D.J., & Thomas, W. (2007). Which SMEs use external business advice? A multivariate subregional study. Environment and Planning A, 39 (8), 1981-1997. http://doi.org/10.1068/a38327

Watson, D., Johnson, S., & Webb, R. (2006). Employer perceptions of skills deficiencies in the UK labour market: A subregional analysis. Environment and Planning A, 38 (9), 1753-1771. http://doi.org/10.1068/a37319

Watson, D., Webb, R., & Johnson, S. (2006). Influence costs and the reporting of skill deficiencies. Human Relations, 59 (1), 37-59. http://doi.org/10.1177/0018726706062744

Devins, D., Gold, J., Johnson, S., & Holden, R. (2005). A conceptual model of management learning in micro businesses: Implications for research and policy. Education + Training, 47, 540-551. http://doi.org/10.1108/00400910510633099

Devins, D., Johnson, S., & Sutherland, J. (2004). Employer characteristics and employee training outcomes in UK SMEs: A multivariate analysis. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 11 (4), 449-457. http://doi.org/10.1108/14626000410567099

Devins, D., Johnson, S., & Sutherland, J. (2004). Different skills and their different effects on personal development: An investigation of European Social Fund Objective 4 financed training in SMEs in Britain. Journal of European Industrial Training, 28 (1), 103-118. http://doi.org/10.1108/03090590410513910

Devins, D., & Johnson, S. (2003). Training and Development Activities in SMEs: Some Findings from an Evaluation of the ESF Objective 4 Programme in Britain. International Small Business Journal, 21 (2), 213-228. http://doi.org/10.1177/0266242603021002005

Devins, D., & Johnson, S. (2002). Engaging SME managers and employees in training: Lessons from an evaluation of the ESF Objective 4 Programme in Great Britain. Education + Training, 44, 370-377. http://doi.org/10.1108/00400910210449204

Johnson, S. (2002). Lifelong learning and SMEs: Issues for research and policy. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 9 (3), 285-295. http://doi.org/10.1108/14626000210438607

Johnson, S. (1992). TECs and the Training of People with Disabilities: Threats and Opportunities. Personnel Review, 21 (6), 5-18. http://doi.org/10.1108/00483489210021062

Storey, D.J., & Johnson, S.G. (1990). A review of small business employment data bases in the United Kingdom. Small Business Economics, 2 (4), 279-299. http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401624

Storey, D.J., & Johnson, S. (1987). REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE U.K.*. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 34 (2), 161-173. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.1987.tb00276.x

Storey, D.J., & Johnson, S. (1986). Job generation in Britain: A review of recent studies. International Small Business Journal, 4 (4), 29-46. http://doi.org/10.1177/026624268600400402

Amin, A., Johnson, S., & Storey, D. (1986). Small firms and the process of economic development. Journal of Regional Policy (Naples), 6 (4), 493-517.

Book chapters

Johnson, S. (2010). Regional approaches to innovation and business support in England: key challenges and opportunities. In Piasecki, B., & Kubiak, K. (Eds.) Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in the 21st Century. Lodz: Lodz University Press

Reports

Johnson, S., & Green, A. (2015). Employment and Skills Strategies in England, United Kingdom. OECD. http://doi.org/10.1787/9789264228078-en

Johnson, S., Orr, K., Bettany, S., Sturgeon-Adams, L., Terry, M., & Smith, R.-.M. (2013). Evaluating the Business Impact of Social Science. Report to Economic and Social Research Council. Economic and Social Research Council. https://esrc.ukri.org/files/research/research-and-impact-evaluation/report-evaluating-the-business-impact-of-social-science/

Wells, P., Hanson, S., Darlow, A., Hill, C., Johnson, S., Walton, F., ... Escott, K. (2004). South Yorkshire objective 1 programme mid term evaluation. Policy Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University. http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/cresr/sites/shu.ac.uk/files/south-yorks-objective1-midterm-eval_0.pdf

Presentations

Johnson, S. (2013). How can research influence entrepreneurship and SME policies in an age of austerity?

Johnson, S. (2012). Evidence, ideology and pragmatism: SME policy in the UK.

Other publications

Johnson, S., Mukhuty, S., Fletcher, B., Snowden, N., & Williams, T. (2015). Entrepreneurship Skills: Literature and Policy Review. Department for Business Innovation and Skills

Competitve Research Award

• 2015: Valuing the impact of social research; exploratory study, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom
• 2015: Entrepreneurship skills: literature and policy review, Department of Business Innovation and Skills, United Kingdom
• 2015: Development of Scarborough Market: economic and market analysis, Scarborough Borough Council, United Kingdom
• 2015: Understanding Society: Impact Review, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom
• 2015: Evaluation of Patient Flow Project, The Health Foundation, United Kingdom
• 2015: Local Employment and Economic Development (LEED): case studies of Hull and Scarborough, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France
• 2015: Case studies of KTPs with social science input, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom
• 2015: Social capital and SME internationalisation, isbe, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom
• 2015: Impact of social science on business: case studies of three UK Business Schools, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom
• 2015: Employment, training and ill health (joint with University of the West of England), Joseph Rowntree Foundation, United Kingdom
• 2015: Impact of the Global Uncertainties research programme: scoping study, Research Councils UK, United Kingdom
• 2015: Survey of non-academic users of human geography research, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom
• 2015: Impact of social research: case study of Sure Start, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom

Current supervisions

• 2017:University of Hull Current Supervisions (7 students)