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Mae Rick yn Athro Dadansoddi Sefydliadol yn Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd ac yn gyd-gynullydd y Ganolfan Ymchwil Polisi Arloesi (CIPR).
Rhwng 2012 a 2019 bu'n Ddeon Ymchwil, Arloesi a Menter ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd ac arweiniodd ddatblygiad llwyddiannus y Parc Ymchwil Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol (SPARK). Mae'n gyd-awdur papur Nesta Parciau Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol - uwch-labordai newydd y gymdeithas. Mae trafodaeth rhwng Rick a'i gyd-awdur Adam Price ar gael ar sianel YouTube Prifysgol Caerdydd.
Rhwng 2020 a 2025, Rick oedd arweinydd y brifysgol ar gyfer dylunio a chyflwyno Cronfa Her Prifddinas-Ranbarth Caerdydd mewn partneriaeth â Phrifddinas-Ranbarth Caerdydd (CCR CF).
Yn 2025, fe'i penodwyd yn Gadeirydd Is-banel REF 17 Busnes a Rheolaeth.
Mae'n aelod o Bwyllgor Ymchwil a Mewnosodiad Medr.
Mae ei ddiddordebau ymchwil yn cynnwys rheoli a threfnu arloesedd, cysylltiadau cyflogaeth ac arferion rheoli Japan.
Mae Rick yn Brif Olygydd Ymchwil mewn Cymdeithaseg Gwaith (RSW), Golygydd Cyswllt Casgliadau Academi Rheoli (AMC) a Golygydd Cyswllt a Chyd-Olygydd Theori Sefydliad (OT).
Swyddi etholedig:
Academydd Academi'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol (2009-);
Cymrawd yr Academi Reolaeth Brydeinig (2013-);
Cymrawd Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru (2014-).
Mae'r gwobrau'n cynnwys:
Gwobr Papur Gorau Academy of Management Review 2005;
Gwobr Astudiaethau Sefydliad Roland Calori am y Papur Gorau 2017-2018;
Medal yr Academi Reolaeth Brydeinig am Arweinyddiaeth 2020;
Gwobr Cyflawniad Oes Richard Whipp yr Academi Reolaeth Brydeinig 2023.
Cyhoeddiad
2025
- Delbridge, R. 2025. From critical to purposeful? Recent developments in UK business schools. The Journal of Organization and Discourse 5, pp. 1-12. (10.36605/jscos.5.0_1)
- Delbridge, R., Henderson, D. and Morgan, K. 2025. Innovating innovation in the periphery: new roles for universities and public actors. In: Abdul-Rahman, . et al. eds. Innovations in Innovation Policy. Geography, Planning and Tourism 2025 Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 92-105., (10.4337/9781035322206.00013)
2024
- Henderson, D., Morgan, K. and Delbridge, R. 2024. Mundane innovation in the periphery: the foundational economy in a less developed region. Regional Studies 58(11), pp. 2146-2157. (10.1080/00343404.2024.2320769)
- Helfen, M., Delbridge, R., Pekarek, A. (. and Purser, G. 2024. Essential work, inessential workers?. In: Helfen, M. et al. eds. Essentiality of Work., Vol. 36. Research in the Sociology of Work, pp. 1-10., (10.1108/S0277-283320240000036001)
- Parsons, K., Delbridge, R., Uyarra, E., Waite, D., Huggins, R. and Morgan, K. 2024. Advancing inclusive innovation policy in the UK’s second-tier city-regions. Review of Regional Research 44, pp. 313-336. (10.1007/s10037-024-00209-9)
- Henderson, D., Morgan, K. and Delbridge, R. 2024. Delivering micro-missions in public food transitions: Harnessing tensions for creative outcomes. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 52, article number: 100873. (10.1016/j.eist.2024.100873)
- Delbridge, R., Helfen, M., Pekarek, A., Schuessler, E. and Zietsma, C. 2024. Organizing sustainably: Introduction to the special issue. Organization Studies 45(1), pp. 7-29. (10.1177/01708406231217143)
- Henderson, D., Morgan, K. and Delbridge, R. 2024. Putting missions in their place: micro missions and the role of universities in delivering challenge-led innovation. Regional Studies 58(1), pp. 208-219. (10.1080/00343404.2023.2176840)
2023
- Jandric, J., Delbridge, R. and Quattrone, P. 2023. Sustaining a collegiate environment: colleagueship, community and choice at an anonymous business school. In: Sahlin, K. and Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. eds. Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities. Research in the Sociology of Organizations Emerald, pp. 51-73., (10.1108/S0733-558X20230000087003)
- Cloete, N. et al. 2023. "Outroduction": A research agenda on collegiality in university settings*. In: Sahlin, K. and Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. eds. Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities., Vol. 87. Research in the Sociology of Organizations Emerald, pp. 181-211., (10.1108/S0733-558X20230000087008)
- Soehardjojo, J., Delbridge, R. and Meardi, G. 2023. The hidden layers of resistance to dominant HRM transfer: evidence from Japanese management practice adoption in Indonesia. Economic and Industrial Democracy 44(3), pp. 679-702. (10.1177/0143831X221086019)
- Soehardjojo, J. and Delbridge, R. 2023. Dominance and societal effects in HR practice transfer: the role of meso-level actors in diffusing and adapting the Japanese model in Indonesia. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 34(17), pp. 3368-3400. (10.1080/09585192.2022.2122729)
- Doheny, S., Delbridge, R., Morgan, K. and Henderson, D. 2023. City and growth deals innovation challenge funds: Advice and guidance for Northern Ireland. Technical Report.
- Oufan, S., De Luca, L., Morgan, R. and Delbridge, R. 2023. Realising Value from Big Data Technology Adoption: Understanding the Role of Organisational Capabilities in the Affordance Actualization Process. Presented at: International Conference on Information Systems 2023, 10-13 December 2023Rising like a Phoenix: Emerging from the Pandemic and Reshaping Human Endeavors with Digital Technologies: ICIS 2023, Vol. 14. Association of Information Systems
2022
- Zhu, J. and Delbridge, R. 2022. The management of second-generation migrant workers in China: a case study of centrifugal paternalism. Human Relations 75(12), pp. 2272-2299. (10.1177/00187267211032948)
- Parsons, K., Courpasson, D. and Delbridge, R. 2022. Futures of organizational ethnography: (Post)pandemic reflections and new possibilities. In: Pandeli, J. and Sutherland, N. eds. Organizational Ethnography: An Experiential and Practical Guide. London: Routledge, pp. 213-226., (10.4324/9781003021582-18)
2021
- Morris, J., Hassard, J., Delbridge, R. and Endo, T. 2021. Understanding managerial work in the modern Japanese firm: The influence of new organizational forms and changing human resource management practices. Economic and Industrial Democracy 42(4), pp. 1378-1406. (10.1177/0143831X19875785)
- Delbridge, R., Henderson, D. and Morgan, K. 2021. Scoping the future of innovation policy in Wales. Project Report.
- Morgan, K., Henderson, D. and Delbridge, R. 2021. Exploring the innovation prospects for Carmarthenshire: A Report prepared for Carmarthenshire County Council. Technical Report.
2020
- Vincent, S., Bamber, G., Delbridge, R., Doellgast, V., Grady, J. and Grugulis, I. 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)
- Kitchener, M. and Delbridge, R. 2020. Lessons from creating a business school for public good: obliquity, waysetting and wayfinding in substantively rational change. Academy of Management Learning and Education 19, pp. 307-322., article number: 3. (10.5465/amle.2019.0195)
- Crawley, A., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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)
- Jenkins, S. and Delbridge, R. 2020. Exploring organizational deception: Agency, context and social relations. Organization Theory 1(2), pp. 1-24. (10.1177/2631787720919436)
2019
- Delbridge, R., Endo, T. and Morris, J. 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)
2018
- Morris, J., Delbridge, R. and Endo, T. 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)
2017
- Jenkins, S. and Delbridge, R. 2017. Neo-normative control and value discretion in interactive service work: a case study. In: Vallas, S. 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, D., Dany, F. and Delbridge, R. 2017. Politics of place: the meaningfulness of resisting places. Human Relations 70(2), pp. 237-259. (10.1177/0018726716641748)
- Jenkins, S. and Delbridge, R. 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, L., Aquino Alves, M. and Delbridge, R. 2017. Next steps in organizing alternatives to capitalism: toward a relational research agenda. M@n@gement 20(4), pp. 322-335.
2015
- Delbridge, R. and Sallaz, J. J. 2015. Work: four worlds and ways of seeing. Organization Studies 36(11), pp. 1449-1462. (10.1177/0170840615612021)
- Vidal, M., Adler, P. and Delbridge, R. 2015. When organization studies turns to societal problems: the contribution of Marxist grand theory. Organization Studies 36(4), pp. 405-422. (10.1177/0170840615575948)
- Jennings, J. E., Edwards, T., Jennings, P. D. and Delbridge, R. 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)
- Endo, T., Delbridge, R. and Morris, J. 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)
2013
- Delbridge, R. 2013. Promising futures: CMS, post-disciplinarity, and the new public social science. Journal of Management Studies n/a (10.1111/joms.12052)
- Delbridge, R. and Edwards, T. J. 2013. Inhabiting institutions: Critical realist refinements to understanding institutional complexity and change. Organization Studies 34(7), pp. 927-947. (10.1177/0170840613483805)
- Jenkins, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 2013. In pursuit of happiness: A sociological examination of employee identifications amongst a 'happy' call-centre workforce. Organization n/a (10.1177/1350508413491444)
- Truss, C., Shantz, A., Soane, E., Alfes, K. and Delbridge, R. 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, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 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)
2012
- Aoki, K., Delbridge, R. and Endo, T. 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, T., Jennings, D. and Delbridge, R. 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 2012Academy of Management Proceedings. pp. 1-59.
- Mariotti, F. and Delbridge, R. 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, A., Umemura, M., Delbridge, R. and Morgan, G. 2012. Japanese management twenty years on: The contemporary relevance of Japanese management practices. Project Report. [Online]. London: Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/file/Publications/Executive%20Briefings%202/AIM_Japan_EB_FINAL.pdf
2011
- Delbridge, R., Hauptmeier, M. and Sengupta, S. 2011. Beyond the enterprise: broadening the horizons of International HRM. Human Relations 64(4), pp. 483-505. (10.1177/0018726710396388)
2010
- Delbridge, R. 2010. The critical future of HRM. In: Blyton, P. R., Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, P. J. eds. Reassessing the Employment Relationship. Management, Work and Organisations Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 21-40.
- Jenkins, S. L., Delbridge, R. and Roberts, A. J. 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, R. and Keenoy, T. 2010. Beyond managerialism?. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 21(6), pp. 799-817. (10.1080/09585191003729309)
2009
- Delbridge, R. and Jenkins, S. L. 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, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 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. et al. 2009. After the fall: saving management knowledge from itself?. Presented at: 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 7-11 August 2009.
- Jenkins, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 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, R. E., Boyne, G. A. and Delbridge, R. 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)
2008
- Delbridge, R. 2008. HRM and contemporary manufacturing. In: Boxall, P., Purcell, J. and Wright, P. 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, R. and Edwards, T. J. 2008. Challenging conventions: roles and processes during non-isomorphic institutional change. Human Relations 61(3), pp. 299-325. (10.1177/0018726708088996)
- Kasabov, E. and Delbridge, R. 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, R. 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.
2007
- Delbridge, R. and Whitfield, K. L. 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, A. and Delbridge, R. 2007. Effective business models: What do they mean for Whitehall?. Discussion Paper. Ascot: Sunningdale Institute.
- Edwards, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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, R. 2007. Explaining conflicted collaboration: A critical realist approach to hegemony. Organization Studies 28(9), pp. 1347-1357. (10.1177/0170840607080744)
- Delbridge, R. 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, R. and Mariotti, F. 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, T. J. and Delbridge, R. 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, R., Bessant, J. and Birkinshaw, J. 2007. Finding, forming, and performing: Creating networks for discontinuous innovation. California Management Review 49(3), pp. 67-84.
- Jenkins, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 2007. Disconnected workplaces: interests and identities in the 'high performance' factory. In: Bolton, S. C. and Houlihan, M. eds. Searching for the Human in Human Resource Management: Theory, Practice and Workplace Contexts.. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 195-218.
2006
- Delbridge, R., Edwards, P., Forth, J., Miskell, P. and Payne, J. 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/Publications/Academic%20Publications%202/Organisation_of_Productivity.pdf
- Mutch, A., Delbridge, R. and Ventresca, M. 2006. Situating organizational action: The relational sociology of organizations. Organization 13(5), pp. 607-625. (10.1177/1350508406067006)
- Delbridge, R. 2006. Extended review: The vitality of labour process analysis [Book reviews]. Organization Studies 27(8), pp. 1209-1219. (10.1177/0170840606069145)
- Delbridge, R. and Edwards, T. J. 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, R. and Edwards, T. J. 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, E. and Delbridge, R. 2006. Biotech clusters in the UK: Challenges and opportunities. Working paper. London: AIM Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/File/pdf/Executive%20Briefing/AIM%20Biotech%20Clusters%20FINAL%20-%20March%202006.pdf
- Delbridge, R., Johnson, G. and Gratton, L. 2006. The exceptional manager: making the difference. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Barton, H. and Delbridge, R. 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)
2005
- Edwards, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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, R. and Ezzamel, M. 2005. The strength of difference: Contemporary conceptions of control. Organization 12(5), pp. 603-618. (10.1177/1350508405055937)
- Ashworth, R. E., Boyne, G. A. and Delbridge, R. 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, H. and Delbridge, R. 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, R. E., Boyne, G. and Delbridge, R. 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, P. et al. 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. [Online]. London: AIM Research. Available at: http://wi1.uni-erlangen.de/sites/wi1.uni-erlangen.de/files/CLUSTERS20-20MRF20Version20-20FINAL201620June2020051.pdf
2004
- Barton, H. and Delbridge, R. 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, P. 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, E. J., Simms, M. and Delbridge, R. 2004. Union organising in Britain: a survey of recent developments. In: Healy, G. et al. eds. The Future of Worker Representation. Future of Work Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-36.
- Heery, E. J., Conley, H., Delbridge, R. and Stewart, P. 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, R. and Barton, H. 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, R. and Biggart, N. 2004. Systems of exchange. Academy of Management Review 29(1), pp. 28-49.
- Heery, E. J., Conley, H., Delbridge, R. and Stewart, P. 2004. Seeking partnership for the contingent workforce. In: Stuart, M. and Martinez Lucio, M. eds. Partnership and Modernisation in Employment Relations. Routledge Research in Employment Relations Vol. 9. London: Routledge, pp. 150-163.
- Mariotti, F., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. C. M. 2004. Networks of learning: How motorsport companies collaborate and share knowledge. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/pdf/Academic%20Publications/Non%20AIM/networksoflearning.pdf
2003
- Barton, H. and Delbridge, R. 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, E., Delbridge, R., 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, R. and Edwards, T. J. 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, H. and Delbridge, R. 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, R. 2003. Knowledge, Innovation and Institutional Change. Work, Employment and Society 17(1), pp. 187-196. (10.1177/0950017003017001279)
- Heery, E. J., Simms, M., Delbridge, R., Salmon, J. and Simpson, D. 2003. Trade union recruitment policy in Britain: form and effects. In: Gall, G. ed. Union Organising: Campaigning for Trade Union Recognition. Routledge Studies in Employment Relations London: Routledge, pp. 56-78.
2002
- Delbridge, R. 2002. Workers under lean manufacturing. In: Holman, D. et al. eds. The New Workplace: A Guide to the Human Impact of Modern Working Practices. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 19-36.
- Budhwar, P. et al. 2002. Organizing/theorizing: Developments in organization theory and practice. Management Research News 25(8/9/10), pp. 1-193. (10.1108/01409170210783368)
- Oliver, N., Delbridge, R. and Barton, H. 2002. Lean production and manufacturing performance improvement in Japan, the US and UK 1994-2001. Working paper. Cambridge: University of Cambridge. Available at: http://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/pdf/WP232.pdf
- Heery, E. J., Conley, H., Delbridge, R., Stewart, P. and Simms, M. 2002. Trade unions and the flexible workforce: A survey analysis of union policy and practice. Working paper. Leeds: Economic and Social Research Council. Available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/esrcfutureofwork/downloads/workingpaperdownloads/Paper22.pdf
- Whitfield, K. L. and Delbridge, R. 2002. Perceptions of job influence under varying forms of employee participation. Presented at: 12th IIRA World Congress, Tokyo, Japan, 29 May - 2 June 2000 Presented at Hanami, T. ed.Universal Wisdom Through Globalization: Selected Papers from the 12th IIRA World Congress, Tokyo. Tokyo: Japan Institute of Labour pp. 17.
- Delbridge, R. and Barton, H. 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, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. C. M. 2002. Learning companies: Innovative potential of Welsh manufacturing SMEs. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff Business School.
2001
- Delbridge, R., Heery, E. J., Salmon, J., Simms, M. and Simpson, D. 2001. Global labour? The transfer of the organising model to the United Kingdom. In: Debrah, Y. A. and Smith, I. 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, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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, R. and Whitfield, K. L. 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, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. C. 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, H. and Delbridge, R. 2001. Development in the learning factory: training human capital. Journal of European Industrial Training 25(9), pp. 465-472. (10.1108/03090590110410313)
- Edwards, T. J. and Delbridge, R. 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.
2000
- Oliver, N. and Delbridge, R. 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)
1998
- Delbridge, R. 1998. Life on the line in contemporary manufacturing: The workplace experience of Lean production and the `Japanese' model. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Whitfield, K., Brown, W. and Delbridge, R. 1998. International comparison by means of workplace surveys. In: Whitfield, K. and Strauss, G. eds. Researching the World of Work: Strategies and Methods in Studying Industrial Relations. UK: ILR Press, pp. 193-207.
Articles
- Delbridge, R. 2025. From critical to purposeful? Recent developments in UK business schools. The Journal of Organization and Discourse 5, pp. 1-12. (10.36605/jscos.5.0_1)
- Henderson, D., Morgan, K. and Delbridge, R. 2024. Mundane innovation in the periphery: the foundational economy in a less developed region. Regional Studies 58(11), pp. 2146-2157. (10.1080/00343404.2024.2320769)
- Parsons, K., Delbridge, R., Uyarra, E., Waite, D., Huggins, R. and Morgan, K. 2024. Advancing inclusive innovation policy in the UK’s second-tier city-regions. Review of Regional Research 44, pp. 313-336. (10.1007/s10037-024-00209-9)
- Henderson, D., Morgan, K. and Delbridge, R. 2024. Delivering micro-missions in public food transitions: Harnessing tensions for creative outcomes. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 52, article number: 100873. (10.1016/j.eist.2024.100873)
- Delbridge, R., Helfen, M., Pekarek, A., Schuessler, E. and Zietsma, C. 2024. Organizing sustainably: Introduction to the special issue. Organization Studies 45(1), pp. 7-29. (10.1177/01708406231217143)
- Henderson, D., Morgan, K. and Delbridge, R. 2024. Putting missions in their place: micro missions and the role of universities in delivering challenge-led innovation. Regional Studies 58(1), pp. 208-219. (10.1080/00343404.2023.2176840)
- Soehardjojo, J., Delbridge, R. and Meardi, G. 2023. The hidden layers of resistance to dominant HRM transfer: evidence from Japanese management practice adoption in Indonesia. Economic and Industrial Democracy 44(3), pp. 679-702. (10.1177/0143831X221086019)
- Soehardjojo, J. and Delbridge, R. 2023. Dominance and societal effects in HR practice transfer: the role of meso-level actors in diffusing and adapting the Japanese model in Indonesia. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 34(17), pp. 3368-3400. (10.1080/09585192.2022.2122729)
- Zhu, J. and Delbridge, R. 2022. The management of second-generation migrant workers in China: a case study of centrifugal paternalism. Human Relations 75(12), pp. 2272-2299. (10.1177/00187267211032948)
- Morris, J., Hassard, J., Delbridge, R. and Endo, T. 2021. Understanding managerial work in the modern Japanese firm: The influence of new organizational forms and changing human resource management practices. Economic and Industrial Democracy 42(4), pp. 1378-1406. (10.1177/0143831X19875785)
- Vincent, S., Bamber, G., Delbridge, R., Doellgast, V., Grady, J. and Grugulis, I. 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)
- Kitchener, M. and Delbridge, R. 2020. Lessons from creating a business school for public good: obliquity, waysetting and wayfinding in substantively rational change. Academy of Management Learning and Education 19, pp. 307-322., article number: 3. (10.5465/amle.2019.0195)
- Crawley, A., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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)
- Jenkins, S. and Delbridge, R. 2020. Exploring organizational deception: Agency, context and social relations. Organization Theory 1(2), pp. 1-24. (10.1177/2631787720919436)
- Morris, J., Delbridge, R. and Endo, T. 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)
- Courpasson, D., Dany, F. and Delbridge, R. 2017. Politics of place: the meaningfulness of resisting places. Human Relations 70(2), pp. 237-259. (10.1177/0018726716641748)
- Jenkins, S. and Delbridge, R. 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, L., Aquino Alves, M. and Delbridge, R. 2017. Next steps in organizing alternatives to capitalism: toward a relational research agenda. M@n@gement 20(4), pp. 322-335.
- Delbridge, R. and Sallaz, J. J. 2015. Work: four worlds and ways of seeing. Organization Studies 36(11), pp. 1449-1462. (10.1177/0170840615612021)
- Vidal, M., Adler, P. and Delbridge, R. 2015. When organization studies turns to societal problems: the contribution of Marxist grand theory. Organization Studies 36(4), pp. 405-422. (10.1177/0170840615575948)
- Jennings, J. E., Edwards, T., Jennings, P. D. and Delbridge, R. 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)
- Endo, T., Delbridge, R. and Morris, J. 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)
- Delbridge, R. 2013. Promising futures: CMS, post-disciplinarity, and the new public social science. Journal of Management Studies n/a (10.1111/joms.12052)
- Delbridge, R. and Edwards, T. J. 2013. Inhabiting institutions: Critical realist refinements to understanding institutional complexity and change. Organization Studies 34(7), pp. 927-947. (10.1177/0170840613483805)
- Jenkins, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 2013. In pursuit of happiness: A sociological examination of employee identifications amongst a 'happy' call-centre workforce. Organization n/a (10.1177/1350508413491444)
- Truss, C., Shantz, A., Soane, E., Alfes, K. and Delbridge, R. 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, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 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, K., Delbridge, R. and Endo, T. 2012. 'Japanese human resource management' in post-bubble Japan. The International Journal of Human Resource Management n/a (10.1080/09585192.2012.722118)
- Mariotti, F. and Delbridge, R. 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)
- Delbridge, R., Hauptmeier, M. and Sengupta, S. 2011. Beyond the enterprise: broadening the horizons of International HRM. Human Relations 64(4), pp. 483-505. (10.1177/0018726710396388)
- Jenkins, S. L., Delbridge, R. and Roberts, A. J. 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, R. and Keenoy, T. 2010. Beyond managerialism?. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 21(6), pp. 799-817. (10.1080/09585191003729309)
- Ashworth, R. E., Boyne, G. A. and Delbridge, R. 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, R. and Edwards, T. J. 2008. Challenging conventions: roles and processes during non-isomorphic institutional change. Human Relations 61(3), pp. 299-325. (10.1177/0018726708088996)
- Kasabov, E. and Delbridge, R. 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, R. and Whitfield, K. L. 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)
- Edwards, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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, R. 2007. Explaining conflicted collaboration: A critical realist approach to hegemony. Organization Studies 28(9), pp. 1347-1357. (10.1177/0170840607080744)
- Edwards, T. J. and Delbridge, R. 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, R., Bessant, J. and Birkinshaw, J. 2007. Finding, forming, and performing: Creating networks for discontinuous innovation. California Management Review 49(3), pp. 67-84.
- Mutch, A., Delbridge, R. and Ventresca, M. 2006. Situating organizational action: The relational sociology of organizations. Organization 13(5), pp. 607-625. (10.1177/1350508406067006)
- Delbridge, R. 2006. Extended review: The vitality of labour process analysis [Book reviews]. Organization Studies 27(8), pp. 1209-1219. (10.1177/0170840606069145)
- Barton, H. and Delbridge, R. 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, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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, R. and Ezzamel, M. 2005. The strength of difference: Contemporary conceptions of control. Organization 12(5), pp. 603-618. (10.1177/1350508405055937)
- Heery, E. J., Conley, H., Delbridge, R. and Stewart, P. 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, R. and Barton, H. 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, R. and Biggart, N. 2004. Systems of exchange. Academy of Management Review 29(1), pp. 28-49.
- Delbridge, R. 2003. Knowledge, Innovation and Institutional Change. Work, Employment and Society 17(1), pp. 187-196. (10.1177/0950017003017001279)
- Budhwar, P. et al. 2002. Organizing/theorizing: Developments in organization theory and practice. Management Research News 25(8/9/10), pp. 1-193. (10.1108/01409170210783368)
- Delbridge, R. and Barton, H. 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)
- Delbridge, R. and Whitfield, K. L. 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)
- Barton, H. and Delbridge, R. 2001. Development in the learning factory: training human capital. Journal of European Industrial Training 25(9), pp. 465-472. (10.1108/03090590110410313)
- Oliver, N. and Delbridge, R. 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)
Book sections
- Delbridge, R., Henderson, D. and Morgan, K. 2025. Innovating innovation in the periphery: new roles for universities and public actors. In: Abdul-Rahman, . et al. eds. Innovations in Innovation Policy. Geography, Planning and Tourism 2025 Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 92-105., (10.4337/9781035322206.00013)
- Helfen, M., Delbridge, R., Pekarek, A. (. and Purser, G. 2024. Essential work, inessential workers?. In: Helfen, M. et al. eds. Essentiality of Work., Vol. 36. Research in the Sociology of Work, pp. 1-10., (10.1108/S0277-283320240000036001)
- Jandric, J., Delbridge, R. and Quattrone, P. 2023. Sustaining a collegiate environment: colleagueship, community and choice at an anonymous business school. In: Sahlin, K. and Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. eds. Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities. Research in the Sociology of Organizations Emerald, pp. 51-73., (10.1108/S0733-558X20230000087003)
- Cloete, N. et al. 2023. "Outroduction": A research agenda on collegiality in university settings*. In: Sahlin, K. and Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. eds. Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities., Vol. 87. Research in the Sociology of Organizations Emerald, pp. 181-211., (10.1108/S0733-558X20230000087008)
- Parsons, K., Courpasson, D. and Delbridge, R. 2022. Futures of organizational ethnography: (Post)pandemic reflections and new possibilities. In: Pandeli, J. and Sutherland, N. eds. Organizational Ethnography: An Experiential and Practical Guide. London: Routledge, pp. 213-226., (10.4324/9781003021582-18)
- Delbridge, R., Endo, T. and Morris, J. 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)
- Jenkins, S. and Delbridge, R. 2017. Neo-normative control and value discretion in interactive service work: a case study. In: Vallas, S. 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.
- Delbridge, R. 2010. The critical future of HRM. In: Blyton, P. R., Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, P. J. eds. Reassessing the Employment Relationship. Management, Work and Organisations Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 21-40.
- Delbridge, R. 2008. HRM and contemporary manufacturing. In: Boxall, P., Purcell, J. and Wright, P. 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)
- Jenkins, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 2007. Disconnected workplaces: interests and identities in the 'high performance' factory. In: Bolton, S. C. and Houlihan, M. eds. Searching for the Human in Human Resource Management: Theory, Practice and Workplace Contexts.. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 195-218.
- Barton, H. and Delbridge, R. 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, P. 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, E. J., Simms, M. and Delbridge, R. 2004. Union organising in Britain: a survey of recent developments. In: Healy, G. et al. eds. The Future of Worker Representation. Future of Work Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-36.
- Heery, E. J., Conley, H., Delbridge, R. and Stewart, P. 2004. Seeking partnership for the contingent workforce. In: Stuart, M. and Martinez Lucio, M. eds. Partnership and Modernisation in Employment Relations. Routledge Research in Employment Relations Vol. 9. London: Routledge, pp. 150-163.
- Heery, E., Delbridge, R., 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.
- Heery, E. J., Simms, M., Delbridge, R., Salmon, J. and Simpson, D. 2003. Trade union recruitment policy in Britain: form and effects. In: Gall, G. ed. Union Organising: Campaigning for Trade Union Recognition. Routledge Studies in Employment Relations London: Routledge, pp. 56-78.
- Delbridge, R. 2002. Workers under lean manufacturing. In: Holman, D. et al. eds. The New Workplace: A Guide to the Human Impact of Modern Working Practices. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 19-36.
- Delbridge, R., Heery, E. J., Salmon, J., Simms, M. and Simpson, D. 2001. Global labour? The transfer of the organising model to the United Kingdom. In: Debrah, Y. A. and Smith, I. 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.
- Whitfield, K., Brown, W. and Delbridge, R. 1998. International comparison by means of workplace surveys. In: Whitfield, K. and Strauss, G. eds. Researching the World of Work: Strategies and Methods in Studying Industrial Relations. UK: ILR Press, pp. 193-207.
Books
- Delbridge, R., Johnson, G. and Gratton, L. 2006. The exceptional manager: making the difference. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Delbridge, R. 1998. Life on the line in contemporary manufacturing: The workplace experience of Lean production and the `Japanese' model. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Conferences
- Oufan, S., De Luca, L., Morgan, R. and Delbridge, R. 2023. Realising Value from Big Data Technology Adoption: Understanding the Role of Organisational Capabilities in the Affordance Actualization Process. Presented at: International Conference on Information Systems 2023, 10-13 December 2023Rising like a Phoenix: Emerging from the Pandemic and Reshaping Human Endeavors with Digital Technologies: ICIS 2023, Vol. 14. Association of Information Systems
- Jennings, J., Edwards, T., Jennings, D. and Delbridge, R. 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 2012Academy of Management Proceedings. pp. 1-59.
- Delbridge, R. and Jenkins, S. L. 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, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 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. et al. 2009. After the fall: saving management knowledge from itself?. Presented at: 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 7-11 August 2009.
- Jenkins, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 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.
- Delbridge, R. 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, R. 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, R. and Mariotti, F. 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.
- Delbridge, R. and Edwards, T. J. 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, R. and Edwards, T. J. 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.
- Ashworth, R. E., Boyne, G. A. and Delbridge, R. 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, H. and Delbridge, R. 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, R. E., Boyne, G. and Delbridge, R. 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.
- Barton, H. and Delbridge, R. 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.
- Delbridge, R. and Edwards, T. J. 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, H. and Delbridge, R. 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.
- Whitfield, K. L. and Delbridge, R. 2002. Perceptions of job influence under varying forms of employee participation. Presented at: 12th IIRA World Congress, Tokyo, Japan, 29 May - 2 June 2000 Presented at Hanami, T. ed.Universal Wisdom Through Globalization: Selected Papers from the 12th IIRA World Congress, Tokyo. Tokyo: Japan Institute of Labour pp. 17.
- Edwards, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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.
- Edwards, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. 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, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. C. 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.
- Edwards, T. J. and Delbridge, R. 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.
Monographs
- Doheny, S., Delbridge, R., Morgan, K. and Henderson, D. 2023. City and growth deals innovation challenge funds: Advice and guidance for Northern Ireland. Technical Report.
- Delbridge, R., Henderson, D. and Morgan, K. 2021. Scoping the future of innovation policy in Wales. Project Report.
- Morgan, K., Henderson, D. and Delbridge, R. 2021. Exploring the innovation prospects for Carmarthenshire: A Report prepared for Carmarthenshire County Council. Technical Report.
- Kaizer, A., Umemura, M., Delbridge, R. and Morgan, G. 2012. Japanese management twenty years on: The contemporary relevance of Japanese management practices. Project Report. [Online]. London: Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/file/Publications/Executive%20Briefings%202/AIM_Japan_EB_FINAL.pdf
- Neely, A. and Delbridge, R. 2007. Effective business models: What do they mean for Whitehall?. Discussion Paper. Ascot: Sunningdale Institute.
- Delbridge, R., Edwards, P., Forth, J., Miskell, P. and Payne, J. 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/Publications/Academic%20Publications%202/Organisation_of_Productivity.pdf
- Kasabov, E. and Delbridge, R. 2006. Biotech clusters in the UK: Challenges and opportunities. Working paper. London: AIM Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/File/pdf/Executive%20Briefing/AIM%20Biotech%20Clusters%20FINAL%20-%20March%202006.pdf
- Andriani, P. et al. 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. [Online]. London: AIM Research. Available at: http://wi1.uni-erlangen.de/sites/wi1.uni-erlangen.de/files/CLUSTERS20-20MRF20Version20-20FINAL201620June2020051.pdf
- Mariotti, F., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. C. M. 2004. Networks of learning: How motorsport companies collaborate and share knowledge. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/pdf/Academic%20Publications/Non%20AIM/networksoflearning.pdf
- Oliver, N., Delbridge, R. and Barton, H. 2002. Lean production and manufacturing performance improvement in Japan, the US and UK 1994-2001. Working paper. Cambridge: University of Cambridge. Available at: http://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/pdf/WP232.pdf
- Heery, E. J., Conley, H., Delbridge, R., Stewart, P. and Simms, M. 2002. Trade unions and the flexible workforce: A survey analysis of union policy and practice. Working paper. Leeds: Economic and Social Research Council. Available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/esrcfutureofwork/downloads/workingpaperdownloads/Paper22.pdf
- Edwards, T. J., Delbridge, R. and Munday, M. C. M. 2002. Learning companies: Innovative potential of Welsh manufacturing SMEs. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff Business School.
- Delbridge, R. and Edwards, T. J. 2013. Inhabiting institutions: Critical realist refinements to understanding institutional complexity and change. Organization Studies 34(7), pp. 927-947. (10.1177/0170840613483805)
- Jenkins, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 2013. In pursuit of happiness: A sociological examination of employee identifications amongst a 'happy' call-centre workforce. Organization n/a (10.1177/1350508413491444)
- Truss, C., Shantz, A., Soane, E., Alfes, K. and Delbridge, R. 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, S. L. and Delbridge, R. 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, K., Delbridge, R. and Endo, T. 2012. 'Japanese human resource management' in post-bubble Japan. The International Journal of Human Resource Management n/a (10.1080/09585192.2012.722118)
- Mariotti, F. and Delbridge, R. 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)
- Delbridge, R., Hauptmeier, M. and Sengupta, S. 2011. Beyond the enterprise: broadening the horizons of International HRM. Human Relations 64(4), pp. 483-505. (10.1177/0018726710396388)
- Jenkins, S. L., Delbridge, R. and Roberts, A. J. 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, R. and Keenoy, T. 2010. Beyond managerialism?. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 21(6), pp. 799-817. (10.1080/09585191003729309)
- Ashworth, R. E., Boyne, G. A. and Delbridge, R. 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, R. and Edwards, T. J. 2008. Challenging conventions: roles and processes during non-isomorphic institutional change. Human Relations 61(3), pp. 299-325. (10.1177/0018726708088996)
- Kasabov, E. and Delbridge, R. 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, R. and Whitfield, K. L. 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)
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Ymchwil
Diddordebau ymchwil
- Arloesedd
- Sefydliad
- Gwaith
- Cysylltiadau Cyflogaeth
- Rheolaeth Japaneaidd
PhD goruchwylio diddordebau ymchwil
- Trefniadaeth mewn theori ac ymarfer
- Cysylltiadau cyflogaeth yn y gweithle
- Arloesedd
Addysgu
Teaching commitments
- Doctoral programme teaching and supervision
Bywgraffiad
Cymwysterau
- Phd
- BSc (Econ)
Gwaith golygyddol
- Cyn Olygydd Cyswllt, Academy of Management Review
- Cyn-Olygydd Cyswllt, Sefydliad
- Cyd-olygydd sefydlu, JMSSays, Journal of Management Studies
- Prif Olygydd Cyfredol, Ymchwil mewn Cymdeithaseg Gwaith
- Prif Olygydd ar y cyd, Theori Sefydliad
- Golygydd Cyswllt Cyfredol, Casgliadau Academi Rheolaeth
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
- Gwobr Cyflawniad Oes Richard Whipp yr Academi Reolaeth Brydeinig 2023;
- Medal yr Academi Reolaeth Brydeinig am Arweinyddiaeth 2020;
- Gwobr Roland Calori am y Papur Gorau a gyhoeddwyd yn Astudiaethau Sefydliad yn 2017-2018;
- Gwobr Papur Gorau Adolygiad Academi Rheolaeth 2005.
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Cymrawd Academi'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
- Cymrawd yr Academi Reolaeth Brydeinig
- Cymrawd Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru
- Aelod, Academi Reolaeth
- Aelod, Academi Reolaeth Brydeinig
- Aelod, Grŵp Ewropeaidd ar gyfer Astudiaethau Sefydliad
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
2012-2019 Deon Ymchwil, Arloesi a Menter, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2008-2012 Deon Cyswllt Ymchwil, Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd
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