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41
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14151
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1539
National Ranking
245

Overview

Bernard Burnes is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences, particularly within the fields of business, management, and accounting. Their work spans key subfields such as organizational behavior and human resource management, sociology and political science, urban studies, artificial intelligence, and management science and operations research.

The researcher's primary focus includes several main topics: management theory and practice, management and organizational studies, cultural industries and urban development, cognitive science and mapping, complex systems and decision making, organizational leadership and management strategies, and design education and practice.

Bernard Burnes has published in a variety of academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
  • Theory & Psychology
  • Marketing Theory
  • Technology in Society
  • Journal of Change Management

Their recent papers encompass a range of themes and include the following works:

  • "Draw it, Check it, Change it: Reviving Lewin's Topology to Facilitate Organizational Change Theory and Practice," 2022, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
  • "Kurt Lewin's ideas are alive! But why doesn't anybody recognize them?", 2022, Theory & Psychology
  • "Market legitimation in countercultural market change," 2021, Marketing Theory
  • "Hybrid economy in the digital age: The case of the independent music community in Korea," 2021, Technology in Society
  • "The Harwood Manufacturing Corporation and the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union: A Case of Role Reversal," 2023, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Burnes has collaborated with several co-authors on multiple occasions. Notable frequent collaborators include Paul C. Endrejat, Hwanho Choi, W. Warner Burke, Rune Todnem By, and Stewart Clegg.

Best Publications

  • Kurt Lewin and the planned approach to change: A re-appraisal

    Bernard Burnes

  • Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace

    B Burnes;F Patterson;I T Robertson;J Silvester

  • Managing change : a strategic approach to organisational dynamics

    Bernard Burnes

  • Complexity theories and organizational change

    Bernard Burnes

  • No such thing as … a “one best way” to manage organizational change

    Bernard Burnes

  • Risk and supply chain management: creating a research agenda

    Omera Khan;Bernard Burnes

  • Kurt Lewin and complexity theories: back to the future?

    Bernard Burnes

  • Success and Failure In Organizational Change: An Exploration of the Role of Values

    Bernard Burnes;Philip Jackson

  • Kurt Lewin's Field Theory: A Review and Re‐evaluation

    Bernard Burnes;Bill Cooke

  • Emergent change and planned change - Competitors or allies? The case of XYZ construction

    Bernard Burnes

  • Leadership and change: the case for greater ethical clarity

    Bernard Burnes;Rune Todnem By

  • Introduction: Why Does Change Fail, and What Can We Do About It?

    Bernard Burnes

  • The transformation of the music industry supply chain: A major label perspective

    Gary Graham;Bernard Burnes;Gerard J. Lewis;Janet Langer

  • The impact of product design on supply chain risk: a case study

    Omera Khan;Martin Christopher;Bernard Burnes

  • Understanding Resistance to Change – Building on Coch and French

    Bernard Burnes

  • Reflections: Ethics and Organizational Change – Time for a Return to Lewinian Values

    Bernard Burnes

  • Kurt Lewin and the harwood studies: The foundations of OD

    Bernard Burnes

  • Organisational learning: the new management paradigm?

    Bernard Burnes;Cary L Cooper;Penny West

  • Culture, cognitive dissonance and the management of change

    Bernard Burnes;Hakeem James

  • The Origins of Lewin’s Three-Step Model of Change:

    Bernard Burnes

  • Work psychology: understanding human behaviour in the workplace (5th ed)

    J. Arnold;R. Randall;F. Patterson;J. Silvester

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Boje
David M. Boje New Mexico State University
John Hassard
John Hassard University of Manchester
Cary L. Cooper
Cary L. Cooper University of Manchester
John Arnold
John Arnold Loughborough University
Deanne N. Den Hartog
Deanne N. Den Hartog University of Amsterdam
Barrie Dale
Barrie Dale University of Manchester
Martin Christopher
Martin Christopher Cranfield University
Achilles A. Armenakis
Achilles A. Armenakis Auburn University
Ruth Boaden
Ruth Boaden University of Manchester

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