All Outputs (9)

How do we adopt multiple cultural identities? A multidimensional operationalization of the sources of culture (2016)
Journal Article
Zolfaghari, B., Möllering, G., Clark, T., & Dietz, G. (2016). How do we adopt multiple cultural identities? A multidimensional operationalization of the sources of culture. European Management Journal, 34(2), 102-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2016.01.003

Given the shortcomings of unidimensional accounts of culture that are based on nationality, this paper builds on and steps beyond current multidimensional conceptualizations of culture in order to provide first empirical evidence for a multidimension... Read More about How do we adopt multiple cultural identities? A multidimensional operationalization of the sources of culture.

Consulting, Gurus and Big Ideas (2013)
Other
Clark, T., Greatbatch, D., & Bhatanacharoen, P. (2013). Consulting, Gurus and Big Ideas

One of the most frequently commented upon facts about the management consultancy industry is the speed of its growth over the past forty years. When commentators explain the spectacular growth of management consulting they typically emphasise the bro... Read More about Consulting, Gurus and Big Ideas.

Management gurus as celebrity consultants (2012)
Book Chapter
Clark, T., Bhatanacharoen, P., & Greatbatch, D. (2012). Management gurus as celebrity consultants. In M. Kipping, & T. Clark (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of management consulting (347-364). Oxford University Press

Audience perceptions of charismatic and non-charismatic oratory: The case of management gurus (2011)
Journal Article
Clark, T., & Greatbatch, D. (2011). Audience perceptions of charismatic and non-charismatic oratory: The case of management gurus. The Leadership Quarterly, 22(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.004

The purpose of the paper is to investigate whether people consider someone a charismatic speaker because they are deploying the generic features commonly identified as being associated with charismatic oratory in the literature, or whether the attrib... Read More about Audience perceptions of charismatic and non-charismatic oratory: The case of management gurus.

The situated production of stories (2010)
Book Chapter
Greatbatch, D., & Clark, T. (2010). The situated production of stories. In N. Llewellyn, & J. Hindmarsh (Eds.), Organisation, Interaction and Practice: Studies of Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (96-118). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511676512.006

At a general level storytelling is a pervasive feature of everyday discourse both within and outside organisations. Existing research on organisational stories indicates that they are not simply frivolous diversions that seek to amaze and entertain t... Read More about The situated production of stories.

Management speak: why we listen to what management gurus tell us (2005)
Book
Greatbatch, D., & Clark, T. (2005). Management speak: why we listen to what management gurus tell us. Routledge

Based on primary research into the public lectures of management gurus, this fascinating new volume analyzes how such gurus disseminate their ideas, values and visions on the international management lecture circuit. Adopting a novel conceptual/theor... Read More about Management speak: why we listen to what management gurus tell us.

Knowledge, technology and nursing: The case of NHS Direct (2005)
Journal Article
Hanlon, G., Strangleman, T., Goode, J., Luff, D., O'Cathain, A., & Greatbatch, D. (2005). Knowledge, technology and nursing: The case of NHS Direct. Human Relations, 58(2), 147-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726705052179

NHS Direct is a relatively new, nurse-based, 24-hour health advice line run as part of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). The service delivers health advice remotely via the telephone. A central aspect of the service is the attempt to provide a... Read More about Knowledge, technology and nursing: The case of NHS Direct.

Management fashion as image-spectacle: The production of best-selling management books (2004)
Journal Article
Clark, T., & Greatbatch, D. (2004). Management fashion as image-spectacle: The production of best-selling management books. Management Communication Quarterly, 17(3), 396-424. https://doi.org/10.1177/0893318903257979

Drawing on the work of Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle and Daniel Boorstin’sThe Image, this article argues that aesthetic and management fashions are not separate forms, as both represent the preeminence of the image spectacle. Central to this... Read More about Management fashion as image-spectacle: The production of best-selling management books.

Displaying group cohesiveness: humour and laughter in the public lectures of management gurus (2003)
Journal Article
Greatbatch, D., & Clark, T. (2003). Displaying group cohesiveness: humour and laughter in the public lectures of management gurus. Human Relations, 56(12), 1515-1544. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267035612004

As perhaps the highest profile group of management speakers in the world, so-called management gurus use their appearances on the international management lecture circuit todisseminate their ideas and to build their personal reputations with audience... Read More about Displaying group cohesiveness: humour and laughter in the public lectures of management gurus.