Dr JO-ANNA RUSSON's Outputs (14)

What is a ‘quality TVET lecturer’? Problematising the concept of quality in vocational education (2024)
Journal Article
Wedekind, V., Russon, J.-A., Liu, Z., Zungu, Z., & Li, M. (2024). What is a ‘quality TVET lecturer’? Problematising the concept of quality in vocational education. Journal of Vocational, Adult and Continuing Education and Training, 7(2), 22. https://doi.org/10.14426/jovacet.v7i2.421

The notion of ‘quality’ in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and the ‘quality TVET lecturer’ is often referred to in policy and public discourse in South Africa, but rarely defined. This leads to the partial identification of wha... Read More about What is a ‘quality TVET lecturer’? Problematising the concept of quality in vocational education.

Multinationals, Poverty Alleviation and UK Aid: The Complex Quest for Mutually Beneficial Outcomes (2023)
Book
Russon, J.-A. (2024). Multinationals, Poverty Alleviation and UK Aid: The Complex Quest for Mutually Beneficial Outcomes. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003251422

This book analyses the complex relationship between the private sector, UK official development assistance (ODA) and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa.

In recent years, the private sector has occupied an increasingly prominent position wit... Read More about Multinationals, Poverty Alleviation and UK Aid: The Complex Quest for Mutually Beneficial Outcomes.

Outsourcing the Business of Development: The Rise of For-profit Consultancies in the UK Aid Sector (2023)
Journal Article
Whitty, B., Sklair, J., Gilbert, P. R., Mawdsley, E., Russon, J. A., & Taylor, O. (2023). Outsourcing the Business of Development: The Rise of For-profit Consultancies in the UK Aid Sector. Development and Change, 54(4), 892-917. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12782

While much attention has been paid to the ways in which the private sector is now embedded within the field of development, one group of actors - for-profit development consultancies and contractors, or service providers - has received relatively lit... Read More about Outsourcing the Business of Development: The Rise of For-profit Consultancies in the UK Aid Sector.

TVET SI: Towards Sustainable Vocational Education and Training: Thinking beyond the formal (2023)
Journal Article
McGrath, S., & Russon, J.-A. (2023). TVET SI: Towards Sustainable Vocational Education and Training: Thinking beyond the formal. Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, 39, https://doi.org/10.4314/sajee.v39.03

Mainstream vocational education and training has been complicit in unsustainable practices due to its longstanding relationship with productivism, extractivism and colonialism. However, it is beginning to address the need to balance its dominant focu... Read More about TVET SI: Towards Sustainable Vocational Education and Training: Thinking beyond the formal.

Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa: A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective (2023)
Book
McGrath, S., Openjuru, G., Lotz-Sisitka, H., Allais, S., Zeelen, J., Wedekind, V., Ramsarup, P., Monk, D., Metelerkamp, L., Russon, J.-A., Kyaligonja, B., Robbins, G., Adrupio, S., Ocan, D., Nyeko, K., Primo, A., Molebatsi, P., Tshabalala, T., Muhangi, S., & Openjuru, M. (2023). Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa: A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective. Bristol University Press

Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems (2023)
Book Chapter
Russon, J.-A., & Wedekind, V. (2023). Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems. In Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa: A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective (97-117). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529224658.ch006

Vocational teachers are at the centre of complex social ecosystems, albeit often without adequate resources and recognition. The skills ecosystem literature to date does not engage with the concept of vocational teachers and their role, positionality... Read More about Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems.

Conceptualising regional skills ecosystems: Reflections on four African cases (2021)
Journal Article
Wedekind, V., Russon, J., Ramsarup, P., Monk, D., Metelerkamp, L., & McGrath, S. (2021). Conceptualising regional skills ecosystems: Reflections on four African cases. International Journal of Training and Development, 25(4), 347-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12251

In this article we address the debate on regional skills formation systems in Africa. We draw on the social ecosystems model (SEM) developed by Hodgson and Spours to analyse data from four case studies that reflect the complexities of African economi... Read More about Conceptualising regional skills ecosystems: Reflections on four African cases.

The private sector in the development landscape: partnerships, power, and questionable possibilities (2021)
Journal Article
Hart, J., Russon, J.-A., & Sklair, J. (2021). The private sector in the development landscape: partnerships, power, and questionable possibilities. Development in Practice, 31(7), 857-871. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2021.1966172

In introducing the Special Issue on The Private Sector in the Development Landscape this article focuses upon three key themes all related, in some manner, to the issue of power. These themes are drawn from the critique of partnership amongst convent... Read More about The private sector in the development landscape: partnerships, power, and questionable possibilities.

Operation Orphan and Danbro: an SME–charity partnership (2021)
Journal Article
Russon, J. A., Moore, B., & Broughton, H. (2021). Operation Orphan and Danbro: an SME–charity partnership. Development in Practice, 31(7), 927-933. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2021.1911953

This Practical Note reviews a long-term partnership between Operation Orphan–a small development charity–and Danbro–an accounting services firm. This partnership was formed in 2010 when Danbro committed to underwriting 100% of Operation Orphan’s UK a... Read More about Operation Orphan and Danbro: an SME–charity partnership.

Disciplinary Conversations on Sustainability Impact: Epistemic Bubbles and Silent Spaces (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chapple, W., Russon, J.-A., & Ozolina, A. (2020, August). Disciplinary Conversations on Sustainability Impact: Epistemic Bubbles and Silent Spaces. Presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada (changed to online due to Covid19)

This paper maps where sustainability impact (social, economic and environmental) conversations are taking place within business and management disciplines. This paper presents a review of impact conversations within papers published in highly ranked... Read More about Disciplinary Conversations on Sustainability Impact: Epistemic Bubbles and Silent Spaces.

This Time from Africa: Developing a Relational Approach to Values-Driven Leadership (2019)
Journal Article
Pérezts, M., Russon, J.-A., & Painter, M. (2020). This Time from Africa: Developing a Relational Approach to Values-Driven Leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 161(4), 731–748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04343-0

The importance of relationality in ethical leadership has been the focus of recent attention in business ethics scholarship. However, this relational component has not been sufficiently theorized from different philosophical perspectives, allowing s... Read More about This Time from Africa: Developing a Relational Approach to Values-Driven Leadership.

Vocational education and training for African development: a literature review (2019)
Journal Article
McGrath, S., Ramsarup, P., Zeelen, J., Wedekind, V., Allais, S., Lotz-Sisitka, H., Monk, D., Openjuru, G., & Russon, J.-A. (2019). Vocational education and training for African development: a literature review. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 72(4), 465-487. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2019.1679969

© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The SDGs mark the clearest global acceptance yet that the previous approach to development was unsustainable. In VET, UNESCO has responded by developi... Read More about Vocational education and training for African development: a literature review.

Active financial analysis: Stimulating engagement using Bloomberg for introductory finance students (2018)
Journal Article
McCann, M., & Russon, J.-A. (2019). Active financial analysis: Stimulating engagement using Bloomberg for introductory finance students. International Review of Economics Education, 30, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2018.12.001

There is increasing interest in the adoption of real-world interactive and participative learning techniques within economics and finance teaching through the use of trading room software. Previous research suggests that the integration of trading ro... Read More about Active financial analysis: Stimulating engagement using Bloomberg for introductory finance students.

Sharing vocabularies: towards horizontal alignment of values-driven business functions (2018)
Journal Article
Painter-Morland, M., Pouryousefi, S., Hibbert, S., & Russon, J.-A. (2019). Sharing vocabularies: towards horizontal alignment of values-driven business functions. Journal of Business Ethics, 155(4), 965–979. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3901-7

This paper highlights the emergence of different ‘vocabularies’ that describe various values-driven business functions within large organisations and argues for improved horizontal alignment between them. We investigate two established functions that... Read More about Sharing vocabularies: towards horizontal alignment of values-driven business functions.