
Contact
- +44 (0)20 7040 5060
- 07794883272
- annette.yunus-pendrey@cass.city.ac.uk
Postal address
106 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TZ
United Kingdom
About
Overview
Annette Yunus Pendrey is a PhD Candidate in Management at Cass Business School, City, University of London.
She holds a MPhil degree from the University of Cambridge, where she graduated with First Class Honors in European Studies (Modern European Politics, History, Economics, Sociology).
She also holds a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Reading, where she graduated with First Class Honors with Distinction in German and International Relations.
Annette's research interests include sustainability management education, corporate sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Her doctoral research focuses on sustainability management education by examining the role of UK business schools in society. She is currently exploring this role through two studies:-
- Her first study explores how UK business schools have depicted their role in society through their officially commissioned histories
- Her second paper is a longitudinal inductive study of how and why MBA students at UK business schools engage with sustainability management education programs
Before beginning her PhD at Cass Business School, Annette worked in industry for over 13 years as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practitioner. She was the Global CSR Manager at Aviva plc in London for 10 years, where her role included liaising with global investors, leading the scoping, design, delivery and evaluation of Aviva’s global CSR audit program and working with managers at all levels within the organization. Prior to that, Annette worked as a Consultant at the OECD in Paris. In this capacity, she was regularly invited to speak at international conferences.
This professional background has contributed towards Annette's successful teaching experiences on the CSR module of Cass' Executive MBA program as well as being a tutor on the Critical Thinking course for business and management undergraduates. Annette is passionate about teaching and is looking to expand further on her CSR/Sustainability and Critical Thinking teaching experiences.
Qualifications
- PhD in Management (expected 2020), Cass Business School, City, University of London, United Kingdom
- MPhil. in European Studies (First Class), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- B.A. (Hons) in German and International Relations (First Class with Distinction), University of Reading, United Kingdom
- Cass Business School, City, University of London (expected 2020), Post Graduate Certification in Academic Practice
- Assessment Board, City, University of London, Introductory Certificate in Academic Practice (81%) Oct 2017
Employment
- Technical Innovation in Management Tutor (undergraduates) Sep 2019 - Dec 2019, Cass Business School, City, University of London, Sep – Dec 2019
- Critical Thinking Tutor (undergraduates), Cass Business School, City, University of London, Sep – Dec 2018
- Ethics and Environment Officer (elected position), City, University of London, Students' Union, Sep 2018 – Jul 2019
- Executive MBA Teaching Assistant: CSR, Cass Business School, City, University of London, Mar 2017 – present
- Editorial Reviewer, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), University of Cambridge, Jan – Jul 2013
- Global Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Aviva plc, Jul 2005 – Dec 2012
- Global Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant, Aviva plc, Jun 2002 – Jul 2005
- Consultant, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, Oct 2000 – Jun 2002
- Researcher, Pensions and Investments Research Consultants, London, Jan – Oct 2000
Memberships of professional organisations
- Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, Oct 2017 - present
- Member of the Academy of Management, 2015 - present
- Member of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), 2015 - present
- Member of the Centre for Responsible Enterprise (ETHOS) at Cass Business School, 2015 – present
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review) and German (can read, write and understand spoken).
Research
Title of thesis: Business school socialization and its impact on business and society
Sep 2015 – Sep 2020
Summary of research
This qualitative research focuses on UK business schools, examining how business schools have portrayed their role in society through their own officially commissioned, historical narratives.
A second core aspect of Annette's research asks: Is CSR becoming a new part of the business manager's habitus? In answering this question, Annette's research aims to provide insights on how individuals develop their CSR values, beliefs and skills through their education, which has wider implications for CSR business behaviour, thinking, feeling and being.
1st supervisor
- Professor André Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour
2nd supervisors
- Professor Jean-Pascal Gond, Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility
- Dr Sébastien Mena, Senior Lecturer in Management
Professional activities
Events/conferences (11)
- Invited session chair at London Sustainability Conference 2019. (Conference) (2019). Session/Day Chair.
- Paper accepted for presentation at London Sustainability Conference 2019. (Conference) (2019). Invited speaker.
Paper: The Power of Education: Future Fit? Empowering Future Generations through Sustainability Education
Author: Yunus Pendrey, A. - Paper accepted for presentation at 34th EGOS Colloquium, Sub-theme: Opening the Black Box: Advancing Micro-Level Perspectives on CSR. (Conference) Tallinn, Estonia (2018). Invited speaker.
Paper: Is CSR becoming part of the business manager’s habitus? A Bourdieusian analysis of micro-CSR
Author: Yunus Pendrey, A. - Paper accepted for presentation at British Academy of Management, Management Learning & Education Journals: Writers’ Workshop. (Workshop) (2018). Invited speaker.
Paper: Business Schools and the Strategic Management of Legitimacy as process: How is Business School History Strategically Constructed as a Process of Legitimation?
Author: Yunus Pendrey, A. - Paper accepted for presentation at 6th Annual RMLE Unconference. (Conference) University of St Andrews, Scotland (2018). Invited speaker.
Paper: Business schools and Corporate Social Responsibility education: Is Corporate Social Responsibility becoming part of the business manager’s habitus? - Paper accepted for presentation at 10th International Symposium on Process Organization Studies, Theme: “About Time: Temporality and History in Organization Studies”. (Conference) Greece (2018). Invited speaker.
Paper: History, Strategic Management and Legitimacy: How are Rhetorical Histories Constructed for Organizational Legitimation?
Author: Yunus Pendrey, A. - Paper accepted for presentation at FIFTH ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL PAPER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Sponsored by the Organization Development & Change Division of the Academy of Management and the Centre for Strategic Leadership at the University of Edinburgh Business School. (Workshop) Edinburgh, United Kingdom (2018). Invited speaker.
Paper: The Multipolarity of Legitimacy-As-Process: How Are Rhetorical Histories Constructed for Organizational Legitimation and Relegitimation Purposes?
Author: Yunus Pendrey, A. - Early Research Idea accepted at Social Issues In Management (SIM) Research Development Workshop at the Academy of Management (AOM) 2017. (Workshop) Atlanta, United States (2017). Invited speaker.
Paper: Uses of the past and organizational legitimacy: An analysis of legitimacy in the plurality of business school historical narratives
Author: Annette Yunus Pendrey
Co-authors: Spicer, A.; Gond, J.P. - Invited Roundtable Lead Discussant at United Nations' Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME)-supported Professional Development Workshop on Responsible Management Education in Action: Doing High Quality Research, Academy of Management (AOM) 2017. (Conference) Atlanta, United States (2017). Organising Committee.
- Paper accepted for presentation at Doctoral Consortium of the Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) 2017. (Conference) Atlanta, United States (2017). Invited speaker.
Paper: “Sustainability Has Won”: The Dynamics of Rhetorical History and Competing Institutional Logics on Organizational Legitimacy
Author: Annette Yunus Pendrey
Co-authors: Spicer, A.; Gond, J.P. - Paper accepted for presentation at 33rd EGOS Colloquium, Sub theme: Rethinking Management and Management History. (Conference) Copenhagen, Denmark (2017). Invited speaker.
Paper: “Sustainability Has Won”: The Dynamics of Rhetorical History and Competing Logics on Organizational Legitimacy
Author: Annette Yunus Pendrey
Co-authors: Spicer, A.; Gond, J.P.