Browse by Current Cardiff authors

Vincent, Steve, Bamber, Greg, Delbridge, Rick, Doellgast, Virginia, Grady, Jo and Grugulis, Irena 2020. Situating human resource management in the political economy: multilevel theorising and opportunities for kaleidoscopic imagination. Human Resource Management Journal 30 (4) , pp. 461-477. 10.1111/1748-8583.12328 Item availability restricted.

Crawley, Andrew, Delbridge, Rick and Munday, Max 2020. Selling the region: The problems of a multi-agency approach in promoting regional economies. Regional Science Policy and Practice 12 (3) , pp. 397-412. 10.1111/rsp3.12268 Item availability restricted.

Jenkins, Sarah and Delbridge, Rick 2020. Exploring organizational deception: Agency, context and social relations. Organization Theory 1 (2) , pp. 1-24. 10.1177/2631787720919436

Delbridge, Rick, Endo, Takahiro and Morris, Jonathan 2019. Entrepreneurs or employees? The emergence of "disciplining entrepreneurialism" in subsidiary organizations at cyberagent. In: Sydow, J. and Berends, H. eds. Managing Inter-organizational Collaborations: Process Views, Vol. 64. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Emerald, pp. 163-183. (10.1108/S0733-558X20190000064012)

Morris, Jonathan, Hassard, John, Delbridge, Rick and Endo, Takahiro 2019. Understanding managerial work in the modern Japanese firm: The influence of new organizational forms and changing human resource management practices. Economic and Industrial Democracy 10.1177/0143831X19875785

Morris, Jonathan, Delbridge, Rick and Endo, Takahiro 2018. The layering of meso-level institutional effects on employment systems in Japan. British Journal of Industrial Relations 56 (3) , pp. 603-630. 10.1111/bjir.12296

Jenkins, Sarah and Delbridge, Rick 2017. Neo-normative control and value discretion in interactive service work: a case study. In: Vallas, Steven P. ed. Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market, Vol. 30. Research in the Sociology of Work, Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 59-85.

Courpasson, David, Dany, Francoise and Delbridge, Rick 2017. Politics of place: the meaningfulness of resisting places. Human Relations 70 (2) , pp. 237-259. 10.1177/0018726716641748

Jenkins, Sarah and Delbridge, Rick 2017. Trusted to deceive: A case study of 'strategic deception' and the normalization of lying at work. Organization Studies 38 (1) , pp. 53-76. 10.1177/0170840616655481

Barin Cruz, Luciano, Aquino Alves, Mario and Delbridge, Richard 2017. Next steps in organizing alternatives to capitalism: toward a relational research agenda. M@n@gement 20 (4) , pp. 322-335.

Delbridge, Rick and Sallaz, Jeffrey J. 2015. Work: four worlds and ways of seeing. Organization Studies 36 (11) , pp. 1449-1462. 10.1177/0170840615612021

Vidal, Matt, Adler, Paul and Delbridge, Rick 2015. When organization studies turns to societal problems: the contribution of Marxist grand theory. Organization Studies 36 (4) , pp. 405-422. 10.1177/0170840615575948

Endo, Takahiro, Delbridge, Rick and Morris, Jonathan 2015. Does Japan still matter? Past tendencies and future opportunities in the study of Japanese firms. International Journal of Management Reviews 17 (1) , pp. 101-123. 10.1111/ijmr.12039

Jennings, Jennifer E., Edwards, Tim, Jennings, P. Devereaux and Delbridge, Rick 2015. Emotional arousal and entrepreneurial outcomes: Combining qualitative methods to elaborate theory. Journal of Business Venturing 30 (1) , pp. 113-130. 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.06.005

Delbridge, Rick 2013. Promising futures: CMS, post-disciplinarity, and the new public social science. Journal of Management Studies n/a 10.1111/joms.12052

Delbridge, Rick and Edwards, Timothy James 2013. Inhabiting institutions: Critical realist refinements to understanding institutional complexity and change. Organization Studies 34 (7) , pp. 927-947. 10.1177/0170840613483805

Jenkins, Sarah Louise and Delbridge, Rick 2013. In pursuit of happiness: A sociological examination of employee identifications amongst a 'happy' call-centre workforce. Organization n/a 10.1177/1350508413491444

Truss, Catherine, Shantz, Amanda, Soane, Emma, Alfes, Kerstin and Delbridge, Rick 2013. Employee engagement, organisational performance and individual well-being: exploring the evidence, developing the theory. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 24 (14) , pp. 2657-2669. 10.1080/09585192.2013.798921

Jenkins, Sarah Louise and Delbridge, Rick 2013. Context matters: Examining 'soft' and 'hard' approaches to employee engagement in two workplaces. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 24 (14) , pp. 2670-2691. 10.1080/09585192.2013.770780

Aoki, Katsuki, Delbridge, Rick and Endo, Takahiro 2012. 'Japanese human resource management' in post-bubble Japan. The International Journal of Human Resource Management n/a 10.1080/09585192.2012.722118

Jennings, J, Edwards, Timothy, Jennings, D and Delbridge, Rick 2012. Affect in collaborative entrepreneurial projects: insights from innovators in the superyacht industry. Presented at: Academy of Management Conference, Boston, MA, USA, 3-7 August 2012. Academy of Management Proceedings. pp. 1-59.

Mariotti, Francesca and Delbridge, Rick 2012. Overcoming network overload and redundancy in interorganizational networks: the roles of potential and latent ties. Organization Science 23 (2) , pp. 511-528. 10.1287/orsc.1100.0634

Kaizer, Arjan, Umemura, Maki, Delbridge, Rick and Morgan, Glenn 2012. Japanese management twenty years on: The contemporary relevance of Japanese management practices. [Project Report]. London: Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/file/Publicatio...

Delbridge, Rick, Hauptmeier, Marco and Sengupta, Sukanya 2011. Beyond the enterprise: broadening the horizons of International HRM. Human Relations 64 (4) , pp. 483-505. 10.1177/0018726710396388

Delbridge, Rick 2010. The critical future of HRM. In: Blyton, Paul Robert, Heery, Edmund James and Turnbull, Peter John eds. Reassessing the Employment Relationship, Management, Work and Organisations, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 21-40.

Jenkins, Sarah Louise, Delbridge, Rick and Roberts, Ashley James 2010. Emotional management in a mass customised call centre: examining skill and knowledgeability in interactive service work. Work Employment & Society 24 (3) , pp. 546-564. 10.1177/0950017010371665

Delbridge, Rick and Keenoy, Tom 2010. Beyond managerialism? The International Journal of Human Resource Management 21 (6) , pp. 799-817. 10.1080/09585191003729309

Delbridge, Rick and Jenkins, Sarah Louise 2009. Theorizing discretion in service work: value discretion in a high performance call-centre. Presented at: European Organisation Studies Conference (EGOS), Barcelona, July 2009.

Jenkins, Sarah Louise and Delbridge, Rick 2009. Multiple identities and identifications in the high commitment call-centre examining connections in a complex organization. Presented at: Employment Research Unit Conference (ERU), Cardiff, September 2009.

Calas, M., Smircirch, L., Parker, M., Delbridge, Rick, Thomas, R., Mir, R., Jack, G., Wilmott, Hugh and Dunne, S. 2009. After the fall: saving management knowledge from itself? Presented at: 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 7-11 August 2009.

Jenkins, Sarah Louise and Delbridge, Rick 2009. Exploring multiple identities in the high performance call-centre: A recipe for success? Presented at: International Industrial Relations Conference (IIRA), Sydney, Australia, Monday 24 - Thursday 28 August 2009.

Ashworth, Rachel Elizabeth, Boyne, George Alexander and Delbridge, Rick 2009. Escape from the iron cage? Organizational change and isomorphic pressures in the public sector. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 19 (1) , pp. 165-187. 10.1093/jopart/mum038

Delbridge, Rick 2008. HRM and contemporary manufacturing. In: Boxall, Peter, Purcell, John and Wright, Patrick eds. The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management, Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 405-427. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199547029.003.0020)

Delbridge, Rick and Edwards, Timothy James 2008. Challenging conventions: roles and processes during non-isomorphic institutional change. Human Relations 61 (3) , pp. 299-325. 10.1177/0018726708088996

Kasabov, Edward and Delbridge, Rick 2008. Innovation, embeddedness and policy: evidence from life sciences in three UK regions. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 20 (2) , pp. 185-200. 10.1080/09537320801931671

Delbridge, Rick 2008. Patterns of engagement: understanding institutional complexes as negotiated orders. Presented at: 24th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10-12 July 2008.

Delbridge, Rick and Whitfield, Keith Leslie 2007. More than mere fragments? The use of the Workplace Employment Relations Survey data in HRM research. International Journal of Human Resource Management 18 (12) , pp. 2166-2181. 10.1080/09585190701695317

Neely, Andy and Delbridge, Rick 2007. Effective business models: What do they mean for Whitehall? [Discussion Paper]. Ascot: Sunningdale Institute.

Edwards, Timothy James, Delbridge, Rick and Munday, Maxim C. R. 2007. A critical assessment of the evaluation of EU Interventions for Innovation in the SME sector in Wales. Urban Studies 44 (12) , pp. 2429-2448. 10.1080/00420980701540960

Delbridge, Rick 2007. Explaining conflicted collaboration: A critical realist approach to hegemony. Organization Studies 28 (9) , pp. 1347-1357. 10.1177/0170840607080744

Delbridge, Rick 2007. The future of HRM research? Presented at: British Academy of Management Conference 2007; Plenary session for HRM track, Warwick, UK, 10-13 September 2007.

Delbridge, Rick and Mariotti, Francesca 2007. Types of tie, interorganizational tie dynamics and innovation networks. Presented at: Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2007, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 3-8 August 2007.

Edwards, Timothy James and Delbridge, Rick 2007. Reflections on developments in institutional theory: Toward a relational approach. Scandinavian Journal of Management 23 (2) , pp. 191-205. 10.1016/j.scaman.2007.02.003

Delbridge, Rick, Bessant, J. and Birkinshaw, J. 2007. Finding, forming, and performing: Creating networks for discontinuous innovation. California Management Review 49 (3) , pp. 67-84.

Jenkins, Sarah Louise and Delbridge, Rick 2007. Disconnected workplaces: interests and identities in the high performance factory. In: Bolton, Sharon C. and Houlihan, Maeve eds. Searching for the Human in Human Resource Management: Theory, Practice and Workplace Contexts, Management, Work and Organisations, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 195-218.

Jenkins, Sarah Louise and Delbridge, Rick 2007. Disconnected workplaces: interests and identities in the 'high performance' factory. In: Bolton, Sharon C. and Houlihan, Maeve eds. Searching for the Human in Human Resource Management: Theory, Practice and Workplace Contexts., Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 195-218.

Delbridge, Rick, Edwards, Paul, Forth, John, Miskell, Peter and Payne, Jonathon 2006. The organization of productivity: Re-thinking skills and work organization. [Working Paper]. London: Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/File/Publicatio...

Mutch, Alistair, Delbridge, Rick and Ventresca, Marc 2006. Situating organizational action: The relational sociology of organizations. Organization 13 (5) , pp. 607-625. 10.1177/1350508406067006

Delbridge, Rick 2006. Extended review: The vitality of labour process analysis [Book reviews]. Organization Studies 27 (8) , pp. 1209-1219. 10.1177/0170840606069145

Delbridge, Rick and Edwards, Timothy James 2006. The relational pragmatics of institutional entrepreneurship and field re-composition. Presented at: EGOS 2006 - European Group for Organizational Studies, Bergen, Norway, 6-8 July 2006.

Delbridge, Rick and Edwards, Timothy James 2006. Understanding field reproduction: the interconnection between agency, social position and stuctural context. Presented at: Workshop on the Present and Future Status of Institutional Theory, Alberta, Canada, 2-3 June 2006.

Kasabov, Edward and Delbridge, Rick 2006. Biotech clusters in the UK: Challenges and opportunities. [Working Paper]. London: AIM Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/File/pdf/Execut...

Delbridge, Rick, Johnson, Gerry and Gratton, Lynda 2006. The exceptional manager: making the difference. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Barton, Harry and Delbridge, Rick 2006. Delivering the "learning factory"?: Evidence on HR roles in contemporary manufacturing. Journal of European Industrial Training 30 (5) , pp. 385-395. 10.1108/03090590610677935

Edwards, Timothy James, Delbridge, Rick and Munday, Maxim C. R. 2005. Understanding innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises: a process manifest. Technovation 25 (10) , pp. 1119-1127. 10.1016/j.technovation.2004.04.005

Delbridge, Rick and Ezzamel, Mahmoud 2005. The strength of difference: Contemporary conceptions of control. Organization 12 (5) , pp. 603-618. 10.1177/1350508405055937

Ashworth, Rachel Elizabeth, Boyne, George Alexander and Delbridge, Rick 2005. Escape from the iron cage? Organizational change and isomorphic pressures in the public sector. Presented at: 20th Employment Relations Unit Conference, Cardiff, UK, 6 September 2005.

Barton, Harry and Delbridge, Rick 2005. Managing HR in the 'learning factory'. Reality or rhetoric? Presented at: 8th Conference on International Human Resource Management, Cairns, Australia, 14-17 June 2005.

Ashworth, Rachel Elizabeth, Boyne, George and Delbridge, Rick 2005. Institutional pressures on public sector organizations: An empirical test of isomorphism. Presented at: 21st European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Berlin, Germany, 30 June - 2 July 2005.

Andriani, Pierpaolo, Jones, Calvin, Perkmann, Markus, De Propis, Lisa, Sena, Vania, Delbridge, Rick, Möslein, Kathrin and Neely, Andy 2005. Challenging clusters: The prospects and pitfalls of clustering for innovation and economic development: Summary report from an AIM management research forum in cooperation with the Welsh Economy Research Unit. [Project Report]. London: AIM Research. Available at: http://wi1.uni-erlangen.de/sites/wi1.uni-erlangen....

Barton, H. and Delbridge, Rick 2004. 'Feeding the beast': worker and supervisor views on their changing roles in first tier automotive component suppliers within the US and UK. In: Stewart, Paul ed. Employment, Trade Union Renewal and the Future of Work: Organisational Change and the Future of Work: The Experience of Work and Organisational Change, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 110-129.

Heery, Edmund James, Simms, M. and Delbridge, Rick 2004. Union organising in Britain: a survey of recent developments. In: Healy, Geraldine, Heery, Edmund James, Taylor, Philip and Brown, William eds. The Future of Worker Representation, Future of Work, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-36.

Heery, Edmund James, Conley, Hazel, Delbridge, Rick and Stewart, Paul 2004. Beyond the enterprise: trade union representation of freelances in the UK. Human Resource Management Journal 14 (2) , pp. 20-35. 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2004.tb00117.x

Delbridge, Rick and Barton, Harry 2004. HRM in support of the learning factory: evidence from the US and UK automotive components industries. International Journal of Human Resource Management 15 (2) , pp. 331-345. 10.1080/0958519032000158545

Delbridge, Rick and Biggart, N. 2004. Systems of exchange. Academy of Management Review 29 (1) , pp. 28-49.

Heery, Edmund James, Conley, H., Delbridge, Rick and Stewart, P. 2004. Seeking partnership for the contingent workforce. In: Stuart, Mark and Martinez Lucio, Miguel eds. Partnership and Modernisation in Employment Relations, Routledge Research in Employment Relations, vol. 9. London: Routledge, pp. 150-163.

Mariotti, Francesca, Delbridge, Rick and Munday, Maxim C. M. 2004. Networks of learning: How motorsport companies collaborate and share knowledge. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/pdf/Academic%20...

Barton, Harry and Delbridge, Rick 2003. The changing role of HR managers in US and UK automotive manufacturing. Presented at: 3rd Conference on Innovation within HRM, Enschede, Netherlands, 7-8 November 2003.

Heery, Edmund, Delbridge, Rick, Simms, M., Salmon, J. and Simpson, D. 2003. Organising for renewal: a case study of the TUC's Organising Academy. In: Cornfield, D. and McCammon, H. eds. Labor Revitalization: Global Perspectives and New Initiatives, Research in the Sociology of Work, vol. 11. JAI Press, pp. 79-110.

Delbridge, Rick and Edwards, Timothy James 2003. Actors and roles in processes of de- and re-Institutionalization. Presented at: 19th EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloquium, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3-5 July 2003.

Barton, Harry and Delbridge, Rick 2003. Frustration's the name, HRM's my game: A perspective on the role of HR managers in contemporary manufacturing. Presented at: 7th Conference on International Human Resource Management, Limerick, Ireland, 4-6 June 2003.

Delbridge, Rick 2003. Knowledge, Innovation and Institutional Change. Work, Employment and Society 17 (1) , pp. 187-196. 10.1177/0950017003017001279

Heery, Edmund James, Simms, M., Delbridge, Rick, Salmon, J. and Simpson, D. 2003. Trade union recruitment policy in Britain: form and effects. In: Gall, Gregor ed. Union Organising: Campaigning for Trade Union Recognition, Routledge Studies in Employment Relations, London: Routledge, pp. 56-78.

Delbridge, Rick 2002. Workers under lean manufacturing. In: Holman, David, Wall, Toby D., Clegg, Chris W., Sparrow, Paul and Howard, Ann eds. The New Workplace: A Guide to the Human Impact of Modern Working Practices, Chichester: Wiley, pp. 19-36.

Oliver, Nick, Delbridge, Rick and Barton, Harry 2002. Lean production and manufacturing performance improvement in Japan, the US and UK 1994-2001. [Working Paper]. Working Papers, vol. 232. Cambridge: University of Cambridge. Available at: http://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/pdf/WP232.pdf

Heery, Edmund James, Conley, Hazel, Delbridge, Rick, Stewart, Paul and Simms, Melanie 2002. Trade unions and the flexible workforce: A survey analysis of union policy and practice. [Working Paper]. Future of Work Progamme, vol. 22. Leeds: Economic and Social Research Council. Available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/esrcfutureofwork/downloads/...

Whitfield, Keith Leslie and Delbridge, Rick 2002. Perceptions of job influence under varying forms of employee participation. Presented at: 12th IIRA World Congress, Tokyo, Japan, 29 May - 2 June 2000. Published in: Hanami, Tadashi ed. Universal Wisdom Through Globalization: Selected Papers from the 12th IIRA World Congress, Tokyo. Tokyo: Japan Institute of Labour, p. 17.

Delbridge, Rick and Barton, Harry 2002. Organizing for continuous improvement: structures and roles in automotive components plants. International Journal of Operations & Production Management 22 (6) , pp. 680-692. 10.1108/01443570210427686

Edwards, Timothy James, Delbridge, Rick and Munday, Maxim C. M. 2002. Learning companies: Innovative potential of Welsh manufacturing SMEs. [Working Paper]. Cardiff: Cardiff Business School.

Budhwar, Pawan, Crane, Andy, Davies, Annette, Delbridge, Rick, Edwards, Tim, Ezzamel, Mahmoud, Harris, Lloyd, Ogbonna, Emmanuel and Thomas, Robyn 2002. Organizing/theorizing: developments in organization theory and practice. Management Research News 25 (8/9/10) , pp. 1-193. 10.1108/01409170210783368

Delbridge, Rick, Heery, Edmund James, Salmon, John, Simms, Melanie and Simpson, David 2001. Global labour? The transfer of the organising model to the United Kingdom. In: Debrah, Yaw A. and Smith, Ian G. eds. Globalization, Employment and the Workplace: Diverse Impacts, Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 41-68.

Edwards, Timothy James, Delbridge, Rick and Munday, Maxim C. R. 2001. Linking innovative potential to SME performance: an assessment of enterprises in industrial South Wales. Presented at: 41st European Regional Science Association conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 29 August - 1 September 2001.

Delbridge, Rick and Whitfield, Keith Leslie 2001. Employee perceptions of job influence and organizational participation Employee Perceptions. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy & Society 40 (3) , pp. 472-489. 10.1111/0019-8676.00220

Edwards, Timothy James, Delbridge, Rick and Munday, Maxim C. R. 2001. Learning companies: future challenges for small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises. Presented at: Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester, UK, 11-13 July 2001.

Edwards, Timothy James, Delbridge, Rick and Munday, Maxim C.R. 2001. Innovation in small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises: issues and future directions. Presented at: Managing Knowledge: Conversations and Critiques, Leicester, UK, 10 -11 April 2001.

Barton, Harry and Delbridge, Rick 2001. Development in the learning factory: training human capital. Journal of European Industrial Training 25 (9) , pp. 465-472. 10.1108/03090590110410313

Edwards, Timothy james and Delbridge, Rick 2001. Assessing the innovative potential of small and medium sized enterprises: a working model of innovation in manufacturing. Presented at: 2nd Managing Knowledge Conference, Leicester, UK, 10-11 April 2001.

Oliver, Nick and Delbridge, Rick 2000. The characteristics of high performing supply chains. International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 2 (1-7) , pp. 532-545. 10.1504/IJMTM.2000.001363

Delbridge, Rick 1998. Life on the line in contemporary manufacturing: The workplace experience of Lean production and the `Japanese' model. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Budhwar, Pawan, Crane, Andy, Davies, Annette, Delbridge, Rick, Edwards, Timothy James, Ezzamel, Mahmoud, Harris, Lloyd, Ogbonna, Emmanuel Okechukwu and Thomas, Robyn Organizing/theorizing: Developments in organization theory and practice. Management Research News 25 (8/9/10) , pp. 1-193. 10.1108/01409170210783368