Research Articles
Here, you can find research articles produced by the Embed-Dignity team.
2023
Soundararajan, V. (2023). The dark side of the cascading compliance model in global value chains. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Available here.
2022
Agarwal, P. 2022. State-Migrant relations in India: Internal migration, welfare rights, and covid 19. Social Change. (Link coming soon)
Crane, A., Soundararajan, V., Bloomfield, M. J., LeBaron, G., & Spence. L. J., 2022. Hybrid freedom: Worker hostels and the problem of freedom and unfreedom in South Indian garment supply chains. Human Relations, Available here.
2021
Niezna, M. and Agarwal, P. 2021. Big questions, self-education and collective learning: studying critical ‘modern slavery’ together. Anti-Trafficking Review. Available here.
Soundararajan, V., Wilhelm, M., & Crane, A. 2021. Humanizing research on working conditions in supply chains: A path to decent work. Journal of Supply Chain Management. Available here.
Soundararajan, V., Khan, Z., Sahasranaman, S., & Jain, T. 2021. Multinational enterprises and the governance of sustainability in emerging market supply chains: An agile governance perspective. Journal of World Business. Available here.
2020
McCarthy, L., Soundararajan, V., & Taylor, S. 2020. The Hegemony of men in global value chains: Why it matters for labour governance. Human Relations. Available here.
Rogerson, M., Crane A., Soundararajan, V., Ward-Grosvold, J. & Cho, C. 2020. Organisational responses to mandatory modern slavery disclosure legislation: A failure of experimentalist governance? Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. Available here.
Bird, R. C. & Soundararajan, V. 2020. From suspicion to sustainability in global supply chains, Texas A&M Law Review. Available here
2019
Soundararajan, V., Brown, J. A. & Wicks, A. 2019. Can multi-stakeholder initiatives improve global supply chains? Improving deliberative capacity with a stakeholder orientation. Business Ethics Quarterly. Available here.
2018
Bird, R. & Soundararajan, V. 2018. The role of precontractual signals in creating sustainable global supply chains. Journal of Business Ethics. Available here.
Soundararajan, V. & Brammer, S. 2018. Developing country sub-supplier responses to social sustainability requirements of intermediaries: Exploring the role of framing on fairness perceptions and reciprocity. Journal of Operations Management. Available here.
Soundararajan, V., Khan, Z., & Tarba, S. 2018. Beyond brokering: Sourcing agents, boundary work and working conditions in global supply chains. Human Relations. Available here.
Soundararajan, V., Jamali, D. & Spence, L. J. 2018. Small business social responsibility: A critical multi-level review, synthesis and research agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews. Available here.
Soundararajan, V., Spence, L. & Rees, C. 2018. Small business and social irresponsibility in developing countries: Working conditions and ‘evasion’ institutional work. Business & Society. Available here.
2017
Jamali, D., Karam, C., Yin, J., & Soundararajan, V. (2017). CSR logics in developing countries: Translation, adaptation and stalled development. Journal of World Business, Available here.
2016
Soundararajan, V. & Brown, J. A. (2016). Voluntary governance mechanisms in global supply chains: Beyond CSR to a stakeholder utility perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, Available here.