Dr Nicholas Rumens

Research summary

Nick's research interests fall into three main areas:

The study of friendships in the workplace, exploring how these relationships are understood and experienced by those who participate in them as well as how organisations understand and manage them.   Recently, he has examined the role and meaning of friendship in the lives of gay men, exploring how friendships can provide forms of support and opportunities for constructing identities and selves.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) sexualities in the workplace. Nick has conducted research on how gay men negotiate professional, sexual and gender identities against a range of organizational contexts ...

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Recent publications

• Rumens, NM 2012, ‘Queering cross-sex friendships: an analysis of gay and bi men’s workplace friendships with heterosexual women’. Human Relations, vol 65., pp. 955?978
• Rumens, N 2011, ‘Queer Company: the role and meaning of friendship in gay men’s work lives’. Ashgate

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