All Outputs (12)

How management academics locked themselves in an iron cage (2023)
Journal Article

Captains of Industry? Value Allocation and the Partnering Effect of Managerial Discretion (2021)
Journal Article

Can value allocation be left to managerial discretion and does corporate law provide the basis for a balanced stakeholder management and a fair allocation of results? This question is central in an age of inequality. We argue that it can be reapprais... Read More about Captains of Industry? Value Allocation and the Partnering Effect of Managerial Discretion.

Xenophobia, the unconscious, the public sphere and Brexit (2021)
Journal Article

We examine xenophobia from the perspective of the unconscious of individuals, groups and nations, emphasizing the role of fantasy, and arguing that some leaders use xenophobic discourse to exploit fantasies arising from emotions such as anxiety, fear... Read More about Xenophobia, the unconscious, the public sphere and Brexit.

‘Living at the border of poverty’: How theater actors maintain their calling through narrative identity work (2020)
Journal Article

People who have a sense of calling to their work are more inspired, motivated and engaged with what they do. But how is calling constructed and maintained within organizations? More importantly, how do people maintain a sense of calling to their work... Read More about ‘Living at the border of poverty’: How theater actors maintain their calling through narrative identity work.

Management education and the theatre of the absurd (2019)
Journal Article

In this paper we adopt a humanities perspective to reflect on the nature of business schools and management education (Vargish, 1991; March & Weil, 2005; Adler, 2006; McAuley & Sims, 2009). Business schools have been criticised for becoming the “hire... Read More about Management education and the theatre of the absurd.

The future of business schools: shut them down or broaden our horizons? (2019)
Journal Article

We live in turbulent and complicated times and business schools are not immune to the uncertainties that now afflict so many aspects of our social and economic lives. The quality of today’s leaders poses some serious philosophical and strategic quest... Read More about The future of business schools: shut them down or broaden our horizons?.

A falling of the veils: turning points and momentous turning points in leadership and the creation of CSR (2017)
Journal Article

This article uses the life stories approach to leadership and leadership development. Using exploratory, qualitative data from a Forbes Global 2000 and FTSE 100 company, we discuss the role of the turning point (TP) as an important antecedent of lead... Read More about A falling of the veils: turning points and momentous turning points in leadership and the creation of CSR.

Strategy and narrative in higher education (2016)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2016. In this article, we apply the idea of narrative to strategy and to the development of strategy in the higher education context. We explore how strategy is formed as an intertextual narrative in a comparative study of higher educ... Read More about Strategy and narrative in higher education.

The legitimacy and impact of business schools: key issues and a research agenda (2016)
Journal Article

It is an appropriate moment to review research into the legitimacy and impact of business schools. It is more than a decade now since Pfeffer and Fong's (2002) provocative paper challenging the perceived orthodoxy of business school success in the ve... Read More about The legitimacy and impact of business schools: key issues and a research agenda.

Remember Icarus! Seven risks that threaten Business Schools (2016)
Journal Article

Business schools, according to certain measures, have been a major success story in the recent past of the university, enjoying significant demand growth. We suggest that their future may be more problematic. We offer different possible scenarios for... Read More about Remember Icarus! Seven risks that threaten Business Schools.

The impact of the Impact Agenda (2015)
Journal Article

The Dilemmas of Internationalization: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Multinational Corporation (2012)
Journal Article

We add to the global–local debate by highlighting concerns with the empirical and conceptual validity of the construct 'integrated' as it operates within corporate social responsibility (CSR). We do so by investigating the extent to which foreign nat... Read More about The Dilemmas of Internationalization: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Multinational Corporation.