Portrait of Professor Clifford Oswick

Professor Clifford Oswick

Professor of Organization Theory

Bayes Business School , Faculty of Management

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Overview

Cliff joined Bayes in 2011 as a Professor in Organization Theory. He also served as Head of the Faculty of Management and Deputy Dean at Bayes between January 2011 and January 2016. Before coming to Bayes he spent 4 years at Queen Mary, University of London as a Professor of Organization Theory in the School of Business and Management and served as Dean of the Faculty of Law & Social Sciences (2007-2011). He has also previously held posts at University of Leicester (2002-2007), King’s College, University of London (1990-2002), and Westminster University (1988-1990). Before becoming a full-time academic in 1988, Cliff worked as a HR manager in local government.

Cliff’s research focuses on the application of aspects of discourse, dramaturgy, tropes, narrative and rhetoric to the study of organizations and organizing. He is particularly interested in the study of leadership processes, employee engagement, and organizational change.

He has published over 120 academic articles and contributions to edited volumes, including contributions to Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Management, Organization, and Organization Studies. He is the European Editor for Journal of Organizational Change Management and Associate Editor for Journal of Change Management. He is also a co-director of ICROD (the International Centre for Research on Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change), a member of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel Development), a member of the National Training Laboratory, chair of the board of trustees for The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, and a member of the Executive Board of the ODC (Organization Development and Change) Division of the Academy of Management. Beyond his academic responsibilities, Cliff has also undertaken a variety of consultancy projects, senior coaching activities and executive development assignments with a number of high profile corporate clients.

Qualifications

  • CertEd
  • PGDip
  • MSc
  • PhD, King's College, London

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Change Management
  • Critical Management Studies
  • Leadership
  • Organization Theory

Additional topics

  • Human Resource Management
  • Management Development
  • Organizational Behaviour

Research

Research topics

New forms of Organizational Development

The emergence of discourse-oriented modes of organizational change and transformation

Equality, diversity and inclusion in employment

Shifting patterns of, and changing discourses around, anti-discrimination approaches

The social construction of management theory

The role of metaphor and analogical reasoning in the production and consumption of management theories

Publications

Books (7)

  1. Reed, C., Thomas, R., Davies, A., Keenoy, T., McDermott, A., Hurlow, S.... Hardy, C. (2014). Organizational Discourse: Terra Firma, Terra Nova, Terra Incognita (11th International Conference on Organisational Discourse). KMC Press.
  2. Reed, C., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C., Sabelis, I., Ybema, S., Beech, N.... Thomas, R. (2012). Organizational Discourse: Processes, Practices and Performance (10th International Conference on Organizational Discourse). KMC Press.
  3. Reed, C., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C., Sabelis, I. and Ybema, S. (2010). Organizational Discourse: Crises, Corruption, Character and Change (9th International Conference on Organizational Discourse). London: KMC Press.
  4. Beverungen, A., Ellis, N., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C., Sabelis, I. and Ybema, S. (2006). Organizational Discourse: Identity, Ideology and Idiosyncrasy. London: KMC Press.
  5. Hardy, C., Grant, D., Oswick, C. and Putnam, L. (2004). The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse. London: SAGE. ISBN 9781446206935.
  6. Coombes, C., Grant, D., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C., Sabelis, I., Veenswijk, M.... Ybema, S. (2004). Organizational Discourse: Artefacts, Archetypes and Architexts. London: KMC Press.
  7. Coombes, C., Grant, D., Oswick, C. and Putnam, L. (2002). The Handbook of Organizational Discourse. London: KMC Press.

Chapters (40)

  1. Oswick, C. (2026). Artificial Intelligence in planned processes of organizational change. Hybrid Working and AI (pp. 5-19). Routledge.
  2. Oswick, C. and Li, Y. (2023). The Role and Relevance of Discourse and Discursive Perspectives in Organizational Change and Development. Research in Organizational Change and Development (pp. 155-181). Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781804550946.
  3. Oswick, R., Oswick, C. and Grant, D. (2021). Critical Approaches and Perspectives on Organizational Change. The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation (pp. 275-302). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198845973.
  4. Oswick, R. and Oswick, C. (2020). ‘Identity Work’. In Brown, A.D. (Ed.), (pp. 67-83). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198827115.
  5. Oswick, C. (2016). Critical Discursive Approaches: On Context, Materiality, and Orthodoxy. In Mautner, G. (Ed.), Discourse and Management Critical Perspectives Through the Language Lens (pp. 224-229). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137300386.
  6. Oswick, C. (2015). Organizing, Music and Metaphor: Of Connections, Comparisons and Correspondences. In Beech, N. and Gilmore, C. (Eds.), Organising Music Theory, Practice, Performance (pp. 52-60). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316240038.
  7. Oswick, C. (2015). Leadership is Dead. Trust Me, PR Is Dead (pp. 229-232). Random House. ISBN 9781783520855.
  8. Oswick, C. and Fleming, P. (2014). What About the Workers? Discourses of Enrichment, Empowerment, and Engagement (and Emancipation). In Reed, C., Thomas, R., Davies, A., Keenoy, T., McDermott, A., Hurlow, S.... Hardy, C. (Eds.), Organizational Discourse: Terra Firma, Terra Nova, Terra Incognita (11th International Conference on Organisational Discourse) KMC Press.
  9. Oswick, C., Gond, J. and Cabantous, L. (2014). The Discursive Construction of the Academic-Practitioner Divide: Re-conceptualizing the ‘Gap’ Metaphor. In Reed, C., Thomas, R., Davies, A., Keenoy, T., McDermott, A., Hurlow, S.... Hardy, C. (Eds.), Organizational Discourse: Terra Firma, Terra Nova, Terra Incognita (11th International Conference on Organisational Discourse) KMC Press.
  10. Oswick, C. and Marshak, R.J. (2012). Images of organization development: The role of metaphor in processes of change. Routledge Companion to Organizational Change (pp. 104-114).
  11. Oswick, C. (2012). Discourse Analysis and Discursive Analyses. In Symon, G. and Cassell, C. (Eds.), The Practice of Qualitative Organizational Research: Core Methods and Current Challenges (pp. 473-491). London: Sage. ISBN 9781446258279.
  12. Oswick, C. (2012). Gossip and Organizations: A Foreword. In Waddington, K. (Ed.), Gossip and Organizations Routledge. ISBN 9780415417853.
  13. Oswick, C. (2011). Discourse. In Tadajewski, I.M., Maclaran, P., Parsons, E. and Parker, M. (Eds.), Key Concepts in Critical Management Studies (pp. 104-108). London: Sage. ISBN 9781849205696.
  14. Oswick, C. and Marshak, R. (2011). Images of Organization Development: The Role of Metaphor as an Enabling and Constraining Device. In Boje, D., Burnes, B. and Hassard, J. (Eds.), in The Routledge Companion to Organizational Change (pp. 104-114). London: Routledge.
  15. Oswick, C., Kennoy, T. and Grant, C. (2011). Metaphors and Analogical Reasoning in Organization Theory: Beyond Orthodoxy. In Grant, D., Hardy, C. and Putnam, L. (Eds.), Organizational Discourse Studies: Volume II - Methods (pp. 305-317). London: Sage.
  16. Robertson, M. and Oswick, C. (2010). Interorganizational Relationships: Noble Biotech. In Daft, R., Murphy, J. and Willmott, H. (Eds.), Organizational Theory and Design (pp. 210-213). Hampshire: Cengage Learning.
  17. Oswick, C. (2010). Re-Imaging and Re-Imagining Approaches to Organizational Change. In Colin Carnall, (Ed.), The Change Management Series London: Henry Stewart Talks (audio-visual recording of 45 mins duration).
  18. Oswick, C. (2010). The Social Construction of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: An Exploration of Academic and Public Discourses. In Healy, I.G., Kirton, G. and Noon, M. (Eds.), in Equality, Inequalities and Diversity: From Global to Local (pp. 18-36). London: Palgrave.
  19. Grant, D., Iedema, R. and Oswick, C. (2009). Discourse and Critical Management Studies. In Alvesson, M., Bridgman, T. and Willmott, H. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies (pp. 213-231). OUP. ISBN 9780191577123.
  20. Oswick, C. and Robertson, M. (2009). Communicating Knowledge: Boundary Objects as Texts. In Oglesby, R.A. and Adams, M.G. (Eds.), The Business Research Yearbook: Global Business Perspectives (pp. 602-609). IABD Press.
  21. Oswick, C., Jones, P. and Lockwood, G. (2008). A Bibliometric and Tropological Analysis of Globalization. In Oglesby, R.A. and Adams, M.G. (Eds.), The Business Research Yearbook: Global Business Perspectives (pp. 450-455). IABD Press.
  22. Oswick, C. (2008). Dialogue. In Clegg, S. and Bailey, J.R. (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies (pp. 381-383). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  23. Oswick, C., Hanlon, G. and Jones, P. (2008). Inventing and Interpreting Globalization: A Discursive Analysis. In Odrakiewicz, P. and Strnad, W. (Eds.), The Management of Meaning in Organizations (pp. 124-135). Poznan: PWSBiJO Press.
  24. Oswick, C. (2008). Narrative Research. In Thorpe, R. and Hutchinson, G. (Eds.), Dictionary of Qualitative Management Research (pp. 141-142). London: Sage.
  25. Oswick, C. (2008). Organizational Discourse. In Clegg, S. and Bailey, J.R. (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies (pp. 1052-1056). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  26. Keenoy, T., Oswick, C., Sabelis, I. and Ybema, S. (2008). Organizational Discourse: Translations, Transformations and Transgressions. London: KMC Press.
  27. Oswick, C., Grant, D. and Iedema, R. (2008). Rethinking the Critical Agenda: Integrating Materiality and Agency with Discourse. In Benoit-Barne, I.C., Brummans, B., Cooren, F., Giroux, H., Letourneau, A., Raymond, D.... Robichaud, D. (Eds.), What is an Organization? Materiality, Agency and Discourse (pp. 168-171). Montreal: Universite de Montreal Press.
  28. Oswick, C. (2008). Towards a Critical Engagement with Metaphor in Organization Studies. In Barry, D. and Hansen, H. (Eds.), Handbook of the New and Emerging in Management and Organization (pp. 300-302). London: Sage.
  29. Oswick, C. (2007). Closing Words (and Opening Discussions?): An Afterword on After Mr Sam. In Cooren, F. (Ed.), Interacting and Organizing: Analyses of a Board Meeting (pp. 289-296). USA: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  30. Jones, P., Oswick, C. and Lockwood, G. (2007). Measuring the Impact of Outdoor Training on Productivity: Evidence from a Multi-national Manufacturing Organization. In Ceroni, J.A. (Ed.), The Development of Collaborative Production and Service Systems in Emergent Economies (pp. 125-131). Valparaiso: ICPR.
  31. Oswick, C. and Robertson, M. (2007). Personal Branding and Identity: A Textual Analysis. In Pullen, A., Beech, N., A, and Sims, D. (Eds.), Exploring Identity: Concepts and Methods (pp. 26-43). London: Palgrave.
  32. Oswick, C., Gale, J. and Beech, N. (2006). Relationships, Discourse and Identity Work: From Multiple Interpretation to Mutual Implication. In Kornberger, M. and Gudergan, S. (Eds.), Only Connect: Neat Words, Networks and Identities (pp. 141-152). Advances in Organization Studies Series: Copenhagen Business School Press.
  33. Keenoy, T. and Oswick, C. (2005). Detecting Time in Between the Lines of Academic Discourse. In Search of Time (pp. 91-112). Palermo: ISIDA, Fabio Orlando.
  34. Hardy, C., Grant, D., Oswick, C. and Putnam, L. (2004). Introduction: Organizational Discourse: Exploringthe Field. In Hardy, C., Grant, D., Oswick, C. and Putnam, L. (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Organizational Discourse (pp. 1-36). London: Sage Publications. ISBN 9780761972259.
  35. Oswick, C. and Jones, P. (2004). Reconceptualizing Tropes in Organizational Theory and Analysis. In Gardner, C., Biberman, J. and Alkhafaji, A. (Eds.), The Business Research Yearbook (Vol 11) (pp. 840-845). IABD Press.
  36. Oswick, C., Putnam, L. and Keenoy, T. (2004). Tropes, Discourse and Organizing. In Hardy, C., Grant, D., Oswick, C. and Putnam, L. (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse (pp. 105-128). London: Sage Publications.
  37. Oswick, C., Mangham, I., Keenoy, T., Grant, D. and Anthony, P. (2003). Dramaturgy, Dialogue and Organizing: Scripting a (Theatrical) Play on Words. In Linstead, S. (Ed.), Text/Work: Representing Organization and Organizing Representation (pp. 219-230). Routledge: London.
  38. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T. and Jones, P. (2003). Rethinking Organizational Metaphors: Beyond (M)organ-ization Theory. In Muller, A. and Kieser, A. (Eds.), Communication in Organizations: Structures and Practices (pp. 135-148). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
  39. Keenoy, T., Oswick, C., Anthony, P., Grant, D. and Mangham, I. (2002). Interpretive Times: The Timescapes of Decision-Making. In Whipp, R., Adam, B. and Sabelis, I. (Eds.), Making Time (pp. 182-195). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  40. Oswick, C. and Rosenthal, P. (2001). Towards a Relevant Theory of Age Discrimination in Employment. In Noon, M. and Ogbonna, E. (Eds.), Equality, Diversity and Disadvantage in Employment (pp. 156-171). Palgrave.

Conference papers and proceedings (65)

  1. Oswick, C. (2013). A Study of Case Studies: Some Reflections and Projections on the Narrative Structuring of Management Cases. International Conference on Management Cases 2013 (ICMC) Greater Noida, India.
  2. Oswick, C. and Phillips, N. (2012). Discourse and Materiality: Re-conceptualizing Organizational Processes and Practices. 10th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. Processes, Practices and Performance 18-20 July, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  3. Oswick, C. (2012). The Future of Organizational Discourse. 10th International Conference on Organizational Discourse (Panel session) 18-20 July, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  4. Oswick, C. and Phillips, N. (2012). Discourse, Materiality and Organizing: Towards Integrated Approaches. 4th International Symposium on Process Organization Studies: Theme: Language and Communication at work 21-23 June, Kos, Greece.
  5. Robertson, M., Oswick, C., Phillips, N. and Swan, J. (2012). Moving Beyond Parochial Forms of Organizational Discourse Analysis. 4th International Symposium on Process Organization Studies 21-23 June, Kos, Greece.
  6. Newell, S., Robertson, M., Swan, J. and Oswick, C. (2012). Exploring the Dynamics of Entanglement: A Practice-Based Study of Biomedical Innovation. OLKC 2012 - International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities 25-27 April, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
  7. Robertson, M., Swan, J., Clark, P. and Oswick, C. (2011). Theorising Time And Risk In Project Ecologies: The Case of Drug Development. 71st Academy of Management Meeting 12-16 August, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  8. Grant, D., Oswick, C. and Manuti, A. (2011). Discourse and Critical Management Studies: An Agenda. 7th International Critical Management Studies Conference 11-13 July, Naples, Italy.
  9. Robertson, M., Galliers, R., Oswick, C. and Scarbrough, H. Managing interactive innovation: From project management to process mobilization. .doi:10.1109/HICSS.2011.296
  10. Oswick, C., Hanlon, G. and Harney, S. (2010). Discourses of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: Chronological Waves of Interest? 9th International Conference on Organizational Discourse: Crises, Corruption, Character and Change 14-16 July, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  11. Oswick, C. and Marshak, R. (2010). Discourses of Organizational Change: Metaphors of Journeys, Sickness, Conversations, and Mysteries. 9th International Conference on Organizational Discourse: Crises, Corruption, Character and Change 14-16 July, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  12. Oswick, C. (2010). Diagnostic OD and Dialogic OD: Competing or Complimentary? NTL (National Training Laboratory) Workshop on New Forms of OD Washington, USA.
  13. Oswick, C., Fleming, P. and Hanlon, G. (2010). Failures of Imagination: The Case of Organizational Theory-Building. 3rd Latin American and European Management and Organization Studies Conference Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  14. Oswick, C. (2010). Forging a Rapprochement: An OD Perspective. 70th Academy of Management Meeting Montreal, Canada.
  15. Oswick, C. (2010). From Critical Discourse Analysis to Creative Discourse Analysis: Of Mutuality, Multidisciplinarity and Merged Methodologies. 3rd Symposium on International Business Communication Vienna, Austria.
  16. Oswick, C. (2010). Linking Applied Psycholinguistics with Social Science-Oriented Discourse Analysis. 9th International Congress of the International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics Bari, Italy.
  17. Hanlon, G. and Oswick, C. (2010). The Entrepreneur and Social Crisis. 26th European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium , Lisbon, Portugal.
  18. Oswick, C. and Robertson, M. (2009). Meaning-Giving, Meaning-Making or Meaning-Seeking? A Multi-Level Analysis of the Workplace Spirituality Discourse. 6th Critical Management Studies Conference 13 July 2009-15 July 2010, University of Warwick, Warwick Business School, UK.
  19. Oswick, C. and Robertson, M. (2009). Communicating Knowledge: Boundary Objects as Texts. 20th International Academy of Business Disciplines Meeting St Louis, USA.
  20. Oswick, C. (2009). Fathoming Fairclough: A Critical Analysis of Critical Discourse Analysis. 2nd Conference of Practical Criticism in the Managerial and Social Sciences University of Leicester.
  21. Oswick, C. and Robertson, M. (2008). Boundary Objects as Texts: A Critical Analysis. 68th Academy of Management Annual Meeting 8-13 August, Anaheim, California, USA.
  22. Robertson, M., Oswick, C., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C., Sabelis, I. and Ybema, S. (2008). Reframing Boundary Objects: Of Intertextuality, Recontextualization and Formalization. 8th International Conference on Organizational Discourse 23-25 July, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
  23. Oswick, C., Jones, P. and Lockwood, G. (2008). Using Outdoor Training to Develop Team Leaders: A Study of Attitudes Towards Teamworking and Personal Development. 20th International Academy of Business Disciplines Meeting April-, Houston, Texas, USA.
  24. Oswick, C., Jones, P. and Lockwood, G. (2008). A Bibliometric and Tropological Analysis of Globalization. 20th International Academy of Business Disciplines Meeting April-, Houston, Texas, USA.
  25. Oswick, C. and Keenoy, T. (2008). Analyzing Events in a Narrativized Context: Of Discourse, Happenings and Colligation. Qualitative Research in Management and Organization Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.
  26. Oswick, C., Hanlon, G. and Jones, P. (2008). Inventing and Interpreting Globalization: A Discursive Analysis. Inventing, Innovating and Interpreting: 2nd Biennial International Conference on Innovation in Management Poznan, Poland.
  27. Oswick, C., Grant, D. and Iedema, R. (2008). Rethinking the Critical Agenda: Integrating Materiality and Agency with Discourse. What is an organization Conference Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
  28. Oswick, C. (2008). The Contribution of Gareth Morgan: Literal Misguidance for the Metaphorically Misinformed? Conference of Practical Criticism in the Managerial and Social Sciences University of Leicester.
  29. Oswick, C. (2007). Globalization as a Narrative Formation. 14th Organizational Storytelling Workshop Queen Mary, University of London.
  30. Jones, P., Oswick, C. and Lockwood, G. (2007). Measuring the Impact of Outdoor Training on Productivity: Evidence from a Multi-national Manufacturing Organization. 19th International Conference on Production Research Santiago, Chile.
  31. Lockwood, G., Rosenthal, P., Jones, P. and Oswick, C. (2007). Sexual Harrasment Litigation in Britain: A Window on the Socially Irresponsible Workplace. 17th Annual Standing Conference for Management and Organization Inquiry Vegas, USA.
  32. Grant, D. and Oswick, C. (2006). The Discursive Turn: Creating a Meaningful Agenda. Academy of Management Annual Meeting: Knowledge: Action and the Public Concern 11-16 August, Atlanta, USA.
  33. Robertson, M. and Oswick, C. (2006). Exploring the Political Dynamics Surrounding Biomedical Innovation. International Academy of Management and Business Conference 22-25 January, Las Vegas, USA.
  34. Oswick, C., Jones, P., Conway, S., Beverungen, A., Ellis, N., Keenoy, T.... Ybema, S. (2006). Of Comparison, Correspondence and Conceptual Blending: Revisiting the Role of Metaphor in Organization Theory. 7th International Conference on Organizational Discourse Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  35. Harney, S., Oswick, C., Hanlon, G., Beverungen, A., Ellis, N., Keenoy, T.... Ybema, S. (2006). The New Securocracy Discourse, Identity Work and the Public Sector worker. 7th International Conference on Organizational Discourse Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  36. Robertson, M., Oswick, C. and Keenoy, T. (2006). Managing Knowledge at the Boundaries: From Bridges and Anchors to Barricades and Mazes. 6th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations Prato, Italy.
  37. Oswick, C. (2005). Boundary Objects and Organizational Knowledge: A Discursive Perspective. 6th European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  38. Oswick, C., Robertson, M. and Jones, P. (2005). From Brands to Personal Branding: The Manufacture of Faux Management Identities. 15th Annual Standing Conference for Management and Organization Inquiry Philadelphia, USA.
  39. Beech, N., Coupland, C., de Caestecker, L., Johnson, P., Linstead, A., McInnes, P.... Sims, D. (2005). Identity Dynamics in a Public Health Setting. British Academy of Management Conference Oxford University.
  40. Beech, N., Coupland, C., de Caestecker, L., Oswick, C., Rhodes, C. and Watson, T. (2005). Multi-perspective Analyses of Identity in a Public Health Setting. 4th Critical Management Studies Conference Cambridge University.
  41. Oswick, C. and Robertson, M. (2005). Boundary Objects Reconsidered: From Bridges and Anchors to Barricades and Mazes. 21st European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium Berlin, Germany.
  42. Robertson, M., Oswick, C., Swan, J., Boumedine, M. and Ranka, S. (2004). Analyzing the Evolution of Knowledge Management: Theory and Practice. IASTED/KSCE 2004: International Conference on Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative Engineering 22-24 November, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
  43. Oswick, C. (2004). Re-Imagining Images of Organization: The Use of Metaphor in Poetry and Management Education. 64th Academy of Management Annual Meeting 6-11 August, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
  44. Oswick, C. and Jones, P. (2004). McMetaphors: Reconceptualizing Tropes in Organizational Theory and Analysis. 16th International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference March-, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  45. Harney, S., Oswick, C., Coombes, C., Grant, D., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C.... Ybema, S. (2004). Iteration and Carnival: The Bakhtinian Alliance of The Business School and the Movement of Movements? 6th International Conference on Organizational Discourse Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  46. Jones, P., Oswick, C., Coombes, C., Grant, D., Oswick, C., Sabelis, I.... Veenswijk, M. Transtextuality in Academic Texts: The Case of Outdoor Management Development. 6th International Conference on Organizational Discourse Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  47. Oswick, C. (2004). Networks, Discourse and Identity Work: Beyond Connections. 20th European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  48. Oswick, C. (2004). Organizational Stories as Metaphor and Metaphors in Organizational Stories: Some Reflections. 6th Organizational Storytelling Workshop Southampton University.
  49. Oswick, C. and Robertson, M. (2004). Texts, Relationships and Personal Branding: The Social Construction of Managerial Identities. British Academy of Management Conference St Andrews, Scotland.
  50. Oswick, C. and Keenoy, T. (2003). Democracy, Organizing and Academe: A Discursive Perspective. 63rd Academy of Management Conference 1-6 August, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  51. Hanlon, G., Oswick, C., Biberman, J. and Alkhafaji, A. (2003). Analysing Professional Services. Is it Institutionalised Discord? 15th International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference Orlando, Florida, USA.
  52. Keenoy, T. and Oswick, C. (2003). Co-constructing Time in between the lines of Academic Discourse. In Search of Time Conference Palermo, Italy.
  53. Oswick, C., Conway, S., Hanlon, G. and Keenoy, T. (2003). Social Network Analysis and Discourse Analysis: Towards an Integration of Approaches. 19th European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium Copenhagen, Denmark.
  54. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T., Conway, S. and Hanlon, G. (2003). Talk, Text and Organizing: From Discourse(s) to Textscapes. 10th APROS (Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies) Conference Oaxaca, Mexico.
  55. Keenoy, T. and Oswick, C. (2003). To Explain is to Destroy. Some Reflections on the Discursive Reconstitution of HRM. 3rd Critical Management Studies Conference Lancaster University, UK.
  56. Cooren, F. and Oswick, C. (2002). Building Effective Networks in Interaction: A Comparison Between Different Discursive Approaches. 62nd Academy of Management Annual Meeting: Building Effective Networks 9-14 August, Denver, Colorado, USA.
  57. Oswick, C. (2002). Accounting, Metaphors, Discourse and Organizational Change. European Critical Accounting Studies Conference Leicester University.
  58. Keenoy, T. and Oswick, C. (2002). Discourse, Organising and Identity: Some Theoretical and Methodological Implications. 17th Annual Employment Research Unit Conference Cardiff Business School, University of Wales.
  59. Oswick, C. (2002). From Micro-Content to Macro-Context in Organizations: A Reconsideration of Boden�s Notion of �Lamination�. �Ethnomethodology: A Critical Celebration� Conference University of Essex.
  60. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T. and Seijo, G. (2002). Time, Space, Discourse and Globalization. 18th European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium Barcelona, Spain.
  61. Hardy, C., Phillips, N., Oswick, C., Grant, D. and Keenoy, T. (2001). Studying Organizational Discourse. 61st Academy of Management Annual Meeting; How Governments Matter 3-8 August, Washington, USA.
  62. Oswick, C., Biberman, J. and Alkhafaji, A. (2001). The Globalization of Globalization: An Analysis of a Managerialist Trope in Action. 13th International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference Orlando, Florida, USA.
  63. Oswick, C., Anthony, P., Grant, D., Keenoy, T. and Mangham, I.L. (2001). Factions, Frictions, Facts and Fictions: Beyond Traditional Modes of Organizational Inquiry. 2nd International Conference on Critical Management Studies Manchester.
  64. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T. and Jones, P. (2001). Rethinking Organizational Metaphors: Beyond (M)organ-ization Theory. International and Interdisciplinary Symposium on Communication in Organizations Mannheim University, Germany.
  65. Seijo, G., Oswick, C. and Keenoy, T. (2001). Timescapes of Globalisation: Old Times in New Times? International Conference on Timing and Spacing Palermo, Italy.

Journal articles (76)

  1. Fleming, P. and Oswick, C. (2026). Advancing Abductive Theory Building: Balancing Creative Curiosity and Programmatic Rigour Through ‘Loosely Coupled Abduction’. Journal of Management Studies, 63(5), pp. 2257-2275. doi:10.1111/joms.70034

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  2. Schwarz, G.M., Bouckenooghe, D. and Oswick, C. (2026). Beyond “ A Responsible Research”: From Introspection and Catharsis to Generative Debate and Change in Management Learning and Education. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 25(2), pp. 282-289. doi:10.5465/amle.2026.0219

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  3. Biscaro, C., Bruni, E., Cornelissen, J. and Oswick, C. (2025). Metaphor and Organization Studies: Going beyond resonance to further theory and practice. Organization Studies, 46(5), pp. 745-766. doi:10.1177/01708406251314572

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  4. Oswick, C. (2024). Generative Artificial Intelligence and Generative Conversations: Contrasting Futures for Organizational Change? The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 60(2), pp. 225-229. doi:10.1177/00218863241232412

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  5. Oswick, C., Biscaro, C., Bruni, E. and Cornelissen, J. (2024). Reconceptualizing Conceptual Engineering. Academy of Management Review, 49(2), pp. 429-431. doi:10.5465/amr.2021.0031

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  6. Oswick, C. and Oswick, R. (2022). Of Definitions, Demarcation, and Disaggregation: Some Comments on the Dynamic Application of Diagnostic and Dialogic Organization Development. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 58(1), pp. 153-156. doi:10.1177/00218863211060880

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  7. Baughen, A., Oswick, C. and Oswick, R. (2020). Rethinking ‘Organizational Effectiveness’ as a Core Premise of Organization Development: Beyond Narrow Organizational Interests and Towards Wider Soulful Interventions. Journal of Change Management, 20(4), pp. 333-341. doi:10.1080/14697017.2020.1746684

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  8. Oswick, C., Grant, D. and Oswick, R. (2020). Categories, Crossroads, Control, Connectedness, Continuity, and Change: A Metaphorical Exploration of COVID-19. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 56(3), pp. 284-288. doi:10.1177/0021886320936257

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  9. Oswick, C. (2020). Practitioners Corner: A Call to Action! The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 56(2), pp. 137-139. doi:10.1177/0021886320908633

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  10. Oswick, R. and Oswick, C. (2020). Positive Perspectives on Organizing and Organizational Change: A Conversation with Gretchen Spreitzer. Journal of Change Management, 20(1), pp. 24-34. doi:10.1080/14697017.2020.1702759

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  11. Floris, M., Grant, D. and Oswick, C. (2019). A Discourse Perspective on Creating Organizational Knowledge: The Case of Strategizing. pp. 141-156. doi:10.1108/s0733-558x20190000059008

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  12. Oswick, C. and Grant, D. (2016). Re-Imagining Images of Organization. Journal of Management Inquiry, 25(3), pp. 338-343. doi:10.1177/1056492615591854

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  13. Oswick, C. (2015). Guest Editorial. Human Resource Development Review, 14(1), pp. 8-16. doi:10.1177/1534484314558743

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  14. Fleming, P. and Oswick, C. (2014). Educating consent? A conversation with Noam Chomsky on the university and business school education. Organization, 21(4), pp. 568-578. doi:10.1177/1350508413514748

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  15. Oswick, C. (2014). A Study of Case Studies: Some Reflections and Projections on the Narrative Structuring of Management Cases. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, 3(1), pp. 7-14. doi:10.1177/2277977914525293

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  16. By, R.T., Oswick, C. and Burnes, B. (2014). Looking Back and Looking Forward: Some Reflections on Journal Developments and Trends in Organizational Change Discourse. Journal of Change Management, 14(1), pp. 1-7. doi:10.1080/14697017.2014.886871

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  17. Oswick, C. and Noon, M. (2014). Discourses of diversity, equality and inclusion: Trenchant formulations or transient fashions? British Journal of Management, 25(1), pp. 23-39. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2012.00830.x

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  18. Oswick, C. (2013). Reflections: OD or Not OD that is the Question! A Constructivist's Thoughts on the Changing Nature of Change. Journal of Change Management, 13(4), pp. 371-381. doi:10.1080/14697017.2013.776728

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  19. By, R.T., Burnes, B. and Oswick, C. (2013). Creating a Leading Journal and Maintaining Academic Freedom. Journal of Change Management, 13(1), pp. 1-8. doi:10.1080/14697017.2013.768439

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  20. Oswick, C. (2013). Reflections: OD or Not OD that is the Question! A Constructivist's Thoughts on the Changing Nature of Change. Journal of Change Management
  21. Phillips, N. and Oswick, C. (2012). Organizational Discourse: Domains, Debates, and Directions. Academy of Management Annals, 6(1), pp. 435-481. doi:10.1080/19416520.2012.681558

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  22. By, R.T., Burnes, B. and Oswick, C. (2012). Change Management: Leadership, Values and Ethics. Journal of Change Management, 12(1), pp. 1-5. doi:10.1080/14697017.2011.652371

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  23. Phillips, N. and Oswick, C. (2012). Dissecting Organizational Discourse: On Domains, Debates and Directions. Academy of Management Annals, 6
  24. Oswick, C. and Noon, M. (2012). Discourses of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: Trenchant Formulations or Transient Fashions? British Journal of Management
  25. By, R., Burnes, B. and Oswick, C. (2012). Change Management: Leadership, Values and Ethics. Journal of Change Management, 12, pp. 01-May
  26. Beech, N., Kajzer-Mitchell, I., Oswick, C. and Saren, M. (2011). Barriers to change and identity work in the Swampy Lowland. Journal of Change Management, 11(3), pp. 289-304. doi:10.1080/14697017.2011.564591

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  27. Oswick, C., Fleming, P. and Hanlon, G. (2011). From borrowing to blending: Rethinking the processes of organizational theory building. Academy of Management Review, 36(2), pp. 318-337. doi:10.5465/amr.2009.0155

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  28. By, R.T., Burnes, B. and Oswick, C. (2011). Change management: The road ahead. Journal of Change Management, 11(1), pp. 1-6. doi:10.1080/14697017.2011.548936

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  29. By, R., Burnes, B. and Oswick, C. (2011). The Road Ahead. Journal of Change Management, 11, pp. 01-Jun
  30. Asimakou, T. and Oswick, C. (2010). The recontextualization of commercialization: the shifting discourse of an R&D unit. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 30(5/6), pp. 280-291. doi:10.1108/01443331011054244

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  31. Oswick, C., Grant, D., Marshak, R.J. and Cox, J.W.C. (2010). Organizational discourse and change: Positions, perspectives, progress, and prospects. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 46(1), pp. 8-15. doi:10.1177/0021886309357536

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  32. Grant, D. and Oswick, C. (2010). Actioning Organization Discourse to Re-Articulate Change Practice. Practising Social Change, 1(2), pp. 15-20
  33. Oswick, C., Grant, D., Marshak, R. and Wolfram Cox, J. (2010). Organizational Discourse and Change: Positions, Perspectives, Progress and Prospects. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 46, pp. Aug-15
  34. Oswick, C. (2009). Revisioning or Re-Versioning?: A commentary on diagnostic and dialogic forms of Organization development. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 45(3), pp. 369-374. doi:10.1177/0021886309338687

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  35. Oswick, C. and Hanlon, G. (2009). Discourse, academic work, and journals as commodities: A response. Management Communication Quarterly, 23(1), pp. 135-141. doi:10.1177/0893318909335421

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  36. Oswick, C. and Robertson, M. (2009). Boundary Objects Reconsidered: from Bridges and Anchors to Barricades and Mazes. Journal of Change Management, 9(2), pp. 179-193. doi:10.1080/14697010902879137

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  37. Ybema, S., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C., Beverungen, A., Ellis, N. and Sabelis, I. (2009). Articulating identities. Human Relations, 62(3), pp. 299-322. doi:10.1177/0018726708101904

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  38. Oswick, C. (2009). Burgeoning workplace spirituality? A textual analysis of momentum and directions. Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 6(1), pp. 15-25. doi:10.1080/14766080802648615

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  39. Oswick, C., Jones, P. and Lockwood, G. (2009). A Bibliometric and Tropological Analysis of Globalization. Journal of International Business Disciplines, 3(2), pp. 60-73
  40. Oswick, C. (2009). Revisioning or Re-versioning? A Commentary on Diagnostic and Dialogic Forms of Organization Development. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 45, pp. 369-374
  41. Oswick, C. and Hanlon, G. (2009). Discourse, Academic Work and Journals as Commodities: A Response. Management Communication Quarterly, 23, pp. 135-141
  42. Ybema, S., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C., Beverungen, A., Ellis, N. and Sabelis, I. (2009). Articulating Identities. Human Relations, 62, pp. Jan-24
  43. Cornelissen, J.P., Oswick, C., Christensen, L.T. and Phillips, N. (2008). Metaphor in organizational research: context, modalities and implications for research - Introduction. Organization Studies, 29(1), pp. 7-22. doi:10.1177/0170840607086634

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  44. Oswick, C., Harney, S. and Hanlon, G. (2008). The new securocracy and the "police concept" of public sector worker identity. International Journal of Public Administration, 31(9), pp. 1024-1036. doi:10.1080/01900690801924033

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  45. Oswick, C., Harney, S. and Hanlon, G. (2008). The New Securocracy and the �Police Concept� of Public Sector Worker Identity. International Journal of Public Administration, 31, pp. Jan-13
  46. Cornelissen, J., Oswick, C., Christensen, L. and Phillips, N. (2008). Metaphor in Organizational Research: Context, Modalities and Implications for Research. Organization Studies, 29, pp. Jul-22
  47. Jones, P.J. and Oswick, C. (2007). Inputs and Outcomes of Outdoor Management Development: Of Design, Dogma and Dissonance. British Journal of Management, 18(4), pp. 327-341. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00515.x

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  48. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T., Beverungen, A., Ellis, N., Sabelis, I. and Ybema, S. (2007). Discourse, practice, policy and organizing: some opening comments. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 27(11/12), pp. 429-432. doi:10.1108/01443330710835783

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  49. Oswick, C. (2006). Commentary on Karl E. Weick's ‘The role of imagination in the organizing of knowledge’. European Journal of Information Systems, 15(5), pp. 457-459. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000638

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  50. Oswick, C. and Jones, P. (2006). Beyond Correspondence? Metaphor in Organization Theory. Academy of Management Review, 31(2), pp. 483-485. doi:10.5465/amr.2006.20208694

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  51. Harney, S. and Oswick, C. (2006). Regulation and freedom in global business education. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 26(3/4), pp. 97-109. doi:10.1108/01443330610657160

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  52. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T., Sabelis, I. and Ybema, S. (2005). Special Issue “Emerging Scholars, Developing Perspectives, Promising Processes” Editors' Introduction. Organization Management Journal, 2(3), pp. 118-122. doi:10.1057/omj.2005.22

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  53. Oswick, C., Grant, D., Michelson, G. and Wailes, N. (2005). Looking forwards: discursive directions in organizational change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 18(4), pp. 383-390. doi:10.1108/09534810510607074

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  54. Hardy, C., Grant, D., Oswick, C. and Putnam, L. (2005). Book Review: Diss-ing Discourse? A Response. Organization Studies, 26(5), pp. 799-804. doi:10.1177/017084060502600508

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  55. Grant, D., Michelson, G., Oswick, C. and Wailes, N. (2005). Guest editorial: discourse and organizational change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 18(1), pp. 6-15. doi:10.1108/09534810510579814

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  56. Oswick, C., Robertson, M. and Jones, P. (2005). From Brands to Personal Branding: The Manufacture of Faux Management Identities. Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organizational Science, 5(5), pp. 1-14
  57. Sabelis, I., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C. and Ybema, S. (2005). Introduction to Time and Discourse: Time, text and tuning. Time and Society, 14(2-3), pp. 261-264. doi:10.1177/0961463X05055194

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  58. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T., Sabelis, I. and Ybema, S. (2005). Scholarship, Developing Perspectives, Promising Processes. Organization Management Journal, 2, pp. 118-122
  59. Hardy, C., Grant, D., Oswick, C. and Putnam, L. (2005). Diss-ing Discourse: A Response. Organization Studies, 26, pp. 799-804
  60. Oswick *, C. and Richards †, D. (2004). Talk in organizations: local conversations, wider perspectives. Culture and Organization, 10(2), pp. 107-123. doi:10.1080/14759550420002533404

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  61. Keenoy, T. and Oswick, C. (2004). Organizing Textscapes. Organization Studies, 25(1), pp. 135-142. doi:10.1177/0170840604038184

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  62. Oswick, C. (2004). Bridges, barricades and sandcastles. Ephemera: Critical Dialogues on Organization, 4(1), pp. 66-75
  63. Boje, D., Oswick, C. and Ford, J. (2004). Language and Organization: The Doing of Discourse. Academy of Management Review, 29(4), pp. 571-577. doi:10.5465/AMR.2004.14497609

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  64. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T. and Grant, D. (2003). More on Metaphor: Revisiting Analogical Reasoning in Organization Theory. Academy of Management Review, 28(1), pp. 10-12. doi:10.5465/AMR.2003.57140763

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  65. Keenoy, T., Oswick, C. and Grant, D. (2003). The Edge of Metaphor. Academy of Management Review, 28(2), pp. 191-193. doi:10.5465/AMR.2003.9415981

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  66. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T. and Grant, D. (2002). Note: Metaphor and Analogical Reasoning in Organization Theory: Beyond Orthodoxy. Academy of Management Review, 27(2), pp. 294-303. doi:10.5465/amr.2002.6588045

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  67. Keenoy, T. and Oswick, C. (2002). Discourse, Organising and Identity: Some Theoretical and Methodological Implications. Management Research News, 25(8-10), pp. 104-106
  68. Oswick, C. and Keenoy, T. (2001). Cinematic Re-Presentations of Las Vegas: Reality, Fiction and Compulsive Consumption. M@n@gement, 4(3), pp. 217-217. doi:10.3917/mana.043.0217

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  69. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T. and Grant, D. (2001). Dramatizing and Organizing: Acting and Being. Journal of Organisational Change Management, 14(3), pp. 218-224
  70. Oswick, C. (2001). Etymology of Corporate Predatorship: A Critical Commentary. Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organizational Science, 1(2), pp. 21-24
  71. Grant, D., Keenoy, T. and Oswick, C. (2001). Organizational Discourse: Key Contributions and Challenges. International Studies in Management and Organization, 31(3), pp. May-24

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  72. Oswick, C., Anthony, P., Keenoy, T., Mangham, I.L. and Grant, D. (2000). A Dialogic Analysis of Organizational Learning. Journal of Management Studies, 37(6), pp. 887-902. doi:10.1111/1467-6486.00209

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  73. Oswick, C., Keenoy, T.W. and Grant, D. (2000). Discourse, Organizations and Organizing: Concepts, Objects and Subjects. Human Relations, 53(9), pp. 1115-1123. doi:10.1177/0018726700539001

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  74. Marshak, R.J., Keenoy, T., Oswick, C. and Grant, D. (2000). From Outer Words to Inner Worlds. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 36(2), pp. 245-258. doi:10.1177/0021886300362008

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  75. Keenoy, T., Mars, R.J., Oswick, C. and Grant, D. (2000). The Discourses of Organizing. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 36(2), pp. 133-135. doi:10.1177/0021886300362001

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  76. Oswick, C. and Barber, P. (1998). Personality type and performance in an introductory level accounting course : a research note. Accounting Education, 7(3), pp. 249-254

Professional activities

Editorial activity (8)

  1. Human Relations, Member of Editorial Board, 2012 - present.
  2. Journal of Change Management, Associate Editor, 2011 - present.
  3. Journal of Management Studies, Member of Editorial Board, 2008 - 2013.
  4. Organization Studies, Member of Editorial Board, 2007 - present.
  5. Management Communication Quarterly, Member of Editorial Board, 2007 - present.
  6. Group and Organization Management, Member of Editorial Board, 2003 - present.
  7. Journal of Organizational Change Management, Associate Editor, 2002 - present.
  8. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Member of Editorial Board, 2001 - present.

Events/conferences (69)

  1. International Conference on Management Cases. (Conference) Greater Noida, India (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: A Study of Case Studies: Some Reflections and Projections on the Narrative Structuring of Management Cases
    Author: Oswick C
  2. 73rd Academy of Management. (Conference) Orlando, USA (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Appreciative Inquiry 2.0? Translating AI Principles into Contrasting Designs (professional development workshop)
    Author: Zandee D.
    Co-authors: Vermaak, H., Barrett, F. J. and Oswick, C.
  3. 72nd Academy of Management. (Conference) Boston, USA (2012). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Careers Paths and Trajectories in Organization Development (invited panel)
    Author: Oswick C.
    Co-authors: Beer, M. and Spreitzer, G.
  4. 72nd Academy of Management. (Conference) Boston, USA (2012).
    Paper: Resistance and Organization Change: Creating a New Agenda for Research (professional development workshop)
    Author: Stensaker I
    Co-authors: Oswick, C. and By, R.
  5. 4th International Symposium on Process Organization Studies. (Conference) Kos, Greece (2012).
    Paper: Discourse, Materiality and Organizing: Towards Integrated Approaches
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Phillips, N.
  6. 4th International Symposium on Process Organization Studies. (Conference) Kos, Greece (2012).
    Paper: Moving Beyond Parochial Forms of Organizational Discourse Analysis
    Author: Robertson M.
    Co-authors: Oswick, C., Phillips, N., and Swan, J.
  7. 13th International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities. (Conference) Valencia, Spain (2012).
    Paper: Exploring the Dynamics of Entanglement: A Practice-Based Study of Biomedical Innovation
    Author: Newell S
    Co-authors: Robertson, M., Swan, J. and Oswick, C.
  8. 10th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2012).
    Paper: Discourse and Materiality: Re-conceptualizing Organizational Processes and Practices
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Phillips, N.
  9. 10th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2012). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The Future of Organizational Discourse (panel session)
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Ehrenshal, K., Hardy, C., Heracleous, L.and Poldner, K.
  10. 7th International Critical Management Studies Conference. (Conference) Naples, Italy (2011).
    Paper: Discourse and Critical Management Studies: An Agenda
    Author: Grant D
    Co-authors: Oswick, C. and Manuti, A.
  11. 71st Academy of Management Meeting. (Conference) San Antonio, Texas, USA (2011).
    Paper: Theorising Time And Risk In Project Ecologies: The Case of Drug Development
    Author: Robertson M
    Co-authors: Swan, J., Clark, P. and Oswick, C.
  12. 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. (Conference) Kauai, Hawaii (2011).
    Paper: Managing Interactive Innovation: From Project Management to Process Mobilization
    Author: Robertson M
    Co-authors: Galliers, R., Oswick, C. and Scarbrough, H
  13. NTL (National Training Laboratory) Workshop on New Forms of OD. (Workshop) Washington, USA (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Diagnostic OD and Dialogic OD: Competing or Complimentary?
    Author: Oswick C
  14. 9th International Congress of the International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics. (Conference) Bari, Italy (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Linking Applied Psycholinguistics with Social Science-Oriented Discourse Analysis
    Author: Oswick C
  15. 9th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2010).
    Paper: Discourses of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: Chronological Waves of Interest?
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Hanlon, G. and Harney, S
  16. 9th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2010).
    Paper: Discourses of Organizational Change: Metaphors of Journeys, Sickness, Conversations, and Mysteries
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Marshak, R
  17. 70th Academy of Management Meeting. (Conference) Montreal, Canada (2010).
    Paper: Forging a Rapprochement: An OD Perspective
    Author: Oswick C
  18. 3rd Symposium on International Business Communication. (Conference) Vienna, Austria (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: From Critical Discourse Analysis to Creative Discourse Analysis: Of Mutuality, Multidisciplinarity and Merged Methodologies
    Author: Oswick C
  19. 3rd Latin American and European Management and Organization Studies. (Conference) Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010).
    Paper: Failures of Imagination: The Case of Organizational Theory-Building
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Fleming, P. and Hanlon, G
  20. 26th European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium. (Conference) Lisbon, Portugal (2010).
    Paper: The Entrepreneur and Social Crisis
    Author: Hanlon G
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  21. 6th Critical Management Studies. (Conference) University of Warwick (2009).
    Paper: Meaning-Giving, Meaning-Making or Meaning-Seeking? A Multi-Level Analysis of the ‘Workplace Spirituality Discourse
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Robertson, M
  22. 2nd Conference of Practical Criticism in the Managerial and Social Sciences. (Conference) University of Leicester (2009).
    Paper: Fathoming Fairclough: A Critical Analysis of Critical Discourse Analysis
    Author: Oswick C
  23. 20th International Academy of Business Disciplines Meeting. (Conference) St Louis, USA (2009).
    Paper: Communicating Knowledge: Boundary Objects as Texts
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Robertson, M
  24. What is an Organization? (Conference) Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada (2008).
    Paper: Rethinking the Critical Agenda: Integrating Materiality and Agency with Discourse
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Grant, D. and Iedema, R
  25. Qualitative Research in Management and Organization. (Conference) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA (2008).
    Paper: Analyzing Events in a Narrativized Context: Of Discourse, Happenings and Colligation
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Keenoy, T
  26. Inventing, Innovating and Interpreting: 2nd Biennial International Conference on Innovation in Management. (Conference) Poznan, Poland (2008). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Inventing and Interpreting Globalization: A Discursive Analysis
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Hanlon, G. and Jones, P
  27. Conference of Practical Criticism in the Managerial and Social Sciences. (Conference) University of Leicester (2008).
    Paper: The Contribution of Gareth Morgan: Literal Misguidance for the Metaphorically Misinformed?
    Author: Oswick C
  28. 8th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Queen Mary, University of London (2008).
    Paper: Privileging Diversity and Marginalising Equality? A Bibliometric Analysis of a Problematic Discursive Shift
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Tatli, A. and Noon, M
  29. 8th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Queen Mary, University of London (2008).
    Paper: Reframing Boundary Objects: Of Intertextuality, Recontextualization and Formalization
    Author: Robertson M
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  30. 68th Academy of Management Conference. (Conference) Anaheim, California, USA (2008).
    Paper: Boundary Objects as Texts: A Critical Analysis
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Robertson, M
  31. 20th International Academy of Business Disciplines Meeting. (Conference) Houston, Texas, USA (2008).
    Paper: A Bibliometric and Tropological Analysis of Globalization
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Jones, P. and Lockwood, G
  32. 20th International Academy of Business Disciplines Meeting. (Conference) Houston, Texas, USA (2008).
    Paper: Using Outdoor Training to Develop Team Leaders: A Study of Attitudes Towards Teamworking and Personal Development
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Jones, P. and Lockwood, G
  33. 14th Organizational Storytelling. (Workshop) Queen Mary, University of London (2007). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Globalization as a Narrative Formation
    Author: Oswick C
  34. 19th International Conference on Production Research. (Conference) Santiago, Chile (2007). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Measuring the Impact of Outdoor Training on Productivity: Evidence from a Multi-national Manufacturing Organization
    Author: Jones P
    Co-authors: Oswick, C. and Lockwood, G
  35. 17th Annual Standing Conference for Management and Organization Inquiry. (Conference) Vegas, USA (2007).
    Paper: Sexual Harrasment Litigation in Britain: A Window on the Socially Irresponsible Workplace
    Author: Lockwood G
    Co-authors: Rosenthal, P., Jones, P. and Oswick, C
  36. International Academy of Management and Business. (Conference) Las Vegas, USA (2006).
    Paper: Exploring the Political Dynamics Surrounding Biomedical Innovation
    Author: Robertson M
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  37. 7th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006).
    Paper: Of Comparison, Correspondence and Conceptual Blending: Revisiting the Role of Metaphor in Organization Theory
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Jones, P
  38. 7th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006).
    Paper: The New Securocracy Discourse, Identity Work and the Public Sector worker
    Author: Harney S
    Co-authors: Oswick, C and Hanlon, G
  39. 6th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations. (Conference) Prato, Italy (2006).
    Paper: Managing Knowledge at the Boundaries: From Bridges and Anchors to Barricades and Mazes
    Author: Robertson M
    Co-authors: Oswick, C. and Keenoy, T
  40. 66th Academy of Management. (Conference) Atlanta, USA (2006).
    Paper: The Discursive Turn: Creating a Meaningful Agenda
    Author: Grant D
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  41. British Academy of Management Conference. (Conference) Oxford University (2005). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Identity Dynamics in a Public Health Setting
    Author: Beech N
    Co-authors: Coupland, C., de Caestecker, L., Johnson, P., Linstead, A., McInnes, P., Oswick, C., Ross, M., and Sims, D
  42. 6th European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities. (Conference) Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2005).
    Paper: Boundary Objects and Organizational Knowledge: A Discursive Perspective
    Author: Oswick C
  43. 4th Critical Management Studies Conference. (Conference) Cambridge University (2005).
    Paper: Multi-perspective Analyses of Identity in a Public Health Setting
    Author: Beech N
    Co-authors: Coupland, C., de Caestecker, L., Oswick, C., Rhodes, C. and Watson, T
  44. 21st European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium. (Conference) Berlin, Germany (2005).
    Paper: Boundary Objects Reconsidered: From Bridges and Anchors to Barricades and Mazes
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Robertson, M
  45. 15th Annual Standing Conference for Management and Organization Inquiry. (Conference) Philadelphia, USA (2005).
    Paper: From Brands to Personal Branding: The Manufacture of Faux Management Identities
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Robertson, M. and Jones, P
  46. 6th Organizational Storytelling. (Workshop) Southampton University (2004). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Organizational Stories as Metaphor and Metaphors in Organizational Stories: Some Reflections
    Author: Oswick C
  47. IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology for Development) International Conference on Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative Engineering. (Conference) St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (2004).
    Paper: Analyzing the Evolution of Knowledge Management: Theory and Practice
    Author: Robertson M
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  48. British Academy of Management Conference. (Conference) St Andrews, Scotland (2004).
    Paper: Texts, Relationships and Personal Branding: The Social Construction of Managerial Identities
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Robertson, M
  49. 6th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2004).
    Paper: Transtextuality in Academic Texts: The Case of Outdoor Management Development
    Author: Jones P
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  50. 6th International Conference on Organizational Discourse. (Conference) Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2004).
    Paper: Iteration and Carnival: The Bakhtinian Alliance of the Business School and the Movement of Movements?
    Author: Harney S
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  51. 64th Academy of Management Conference. (Conference) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (2004).
    Paper: Re-Imagining Images of Organization: The Use of Metaphor in Poetry and Management Education
    Author: Oswick C
  52. 20th European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium. (Conference) Ljubljana, Slovenia (2004).
    Paper: Networks, Discourse and Identity Work: Beyond Connections
    Author: Oswick C
  53. 16th International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference. (Conference) San Antonio, Texas, USA (2004).
    Paper: McMetaphors: Reconceptualizing Tropes in Organizational Theory and Analysis
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Jones, P
  54. In Search of Time Conference. (Conference) Palermo, Italy (2003).
    Paper: Co-constructing Time in between the lines of Academic Discourse
    Author: Keenoy T
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  55. 63rd Academy of Management Conference. (Conference) Seattle, Washington, USA (2003).
    Paper: Democracy, Organizing and Academe: A Discursive Perspective
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Keenoy, T
  56. 3rd Critical Management Studies Conference. (Conference) Lancaster University (2003).
    Paper: To Explain is to Destroy – Some Reflections on the Discursive Reconstitution of HRM
    Author: Keenoy T
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  57. 19th European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium. (Conference) Copenhagen, Denmark (2003).
    Paper: Social Network Analysis and Discourse Analysis: Towards an Integration of Approaches
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Conway, S., Hanlon, G. and Keenoy, T
  58. 15th International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference. (Conference) Orlando, Florida, USA (2003).
    Paper: Analysing Professional Services – Is it Institutionalised Discord
    Author: Hanlon G
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  59. 10th Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies Conference. (Conference) Oaxaca, Mexico (2003).
    Paper: Talk, Text and Organizing: From Discourse(s) to Textscapes
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Keenoy, T., Conway, S. and Hanlon, G
  60. European Critical Accounting Studies Conference. (Conference) Leicester University (2002).
    Paper: Accounting, Metaphors, Discourse and Organizational Change
    Author: Oswick C
  61. 62nd Academy of Management Conference. (Conference) Denver, Colorado, USA (2002).
    Paper: Building Effective Networks in Interaction: A Comparison Between Different Discursive Approaches
    Author: Cooren F
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  62. 18th European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium. (Conference) Barcelona, Spain (2002).
    Paper: Time, Space, Discourse and Globalization
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Keenoy, T. and Seijo, G
  63. 17th Annual Employment Research Unit Conference. (Conference) Cardiff Business School, University of Wales (2002).
    Paper: Discourse, Organising and Identity: Some Theoretical and Methodological Implications
    Author: Keenoy T
    Co-authors: Oswick, C
  64. ‘Ethnomethodology: A Critical Celebration’ Conference. (Conference) University of Essex (2002). Invited speaker.
    Paper: From Micro-Content to Macro-Context in Organizations: A Reconsideration of Boden’s Notion of ‘Lamination’
    Author: Oswick C
  65. International Conference on Timing and Spacing. (Conference) Palermo, Italy (2001).
    Paper: Timescapes of Globalisation: Old Times in New Times?
    Author: Seijo G
    Co-authors: Oswick, C. and Keenoy, T.
  66. International and Interdisciplinary Symposium on Communication in Organizations. (Conference) Mannheim University, Germany (2001). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Rethinking Organizational Metaphors: Beyond (M)organ-ization Theory
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Keenoy, T. and Jones, P
  67. 61st Academy of Management Conference. (Conference) Washington, USA (2001).
    Paper: Studying Organizational Discourse
    Author: Hardy C
    Co-authors: Phillips, N., Oswick, C., Grant, D. and Keenoy, T
  68. 2nd International Conference on Critical Management Studies. (Conference) Manchester (2001).
    Paper: Factions, Frictions, Facts and Fictions: Beyond Traditional Modes of Organizational Inquiry
    Author: Oswick C
    Co-authors: Anthony, P., Grant, D., Keenoy, T. and Mangham, I. L
  69. 13th International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference. (Conference) Orlando, Florida, USA (2001).
    Paper: The Globalization of Globalization: An Analysis of a Managerialist Trope in Action
    Author: Oswick C

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  1. As some tech firms dispense with bosses, is there a future for managerless companies? (2014) TMCnet.com (website).
  2. As some tech firms dispense with bosses, is there a future for managerless companies? (2014) City AM (newspaper).
  3. (2014) HR to HR 2.0 and Human Capital (HCM).
  4. Fire the bosses: How flat firms work. (2014) City A.M. (newspaper).
  5. Fire the boss: how flat firms work. (2014) City AM (newspaper).
  6. Fire the bosses: How flat firms work. (2014) Yahoo! Finance UK (website).
  7. Engage the staff and learn technique of non-leadership. (2013) The National (newspaper).
  8. Valve: How going boss-free empowered the games-maker. (2013) Unity.
  9. (2013) Trade Arabia.
  10. Organisations unprepatred for cultural changes as baby boomers retire. (2013) Investor Today (website).
  11. The economia essay: Mind your metaphors. (2013) Economia.
  12. Why sharing your bonus is 'perfect commercial sense'. (2013) BBC New Business.
  13. A new perspective on change. (2013) The Gulf.
  14. Nominations open for Comment Awards 2012. (2012) www.inpublishing.co.uk (website).
  15. The Forum - Dealing with uncertainty. (2011) BBC World Service Radio (radio).
  16. (2011) BBC World Service (radio).
  17. (2011) BBC World Service (radio).
  18. Still content, despite being sacked. (2011) Daily Telegraph (newspaper).
  19. The three tips for chairing a great meeting. (2011) www.cityam.com (website).
  20. Thou shalt not sit on fences. (2011) Times (newspaper).
  21. Sacked and still happy. (2011) www.finance.yahoo.com (website).