Professor Robyn Thomas

2024

• Tarrabain, C. and Thomas, R. 2024. The dynamics of control of migrant agency workers: over-recruitment, "the bitchlist" and the enterprising-self. Work, Employment and Society 38(1), pp. 27-43. (10.1177/09500170221100934)

2021

• Reed, C. and Thomas, R. 2021. The generation game: governing through bio-politics. Management Learning 52(1), pp. 47-64. (10.1177/1350507620938926)
• Reed, C. and Thomas, R. 2021. Embracing indeterminacy: on being a liminal professional. British Journal of Management 32(1), pp. 219-234. (10.1111/1467-8551.12385)

2020

• Cutcher, L., Hardy, C., Riach, K. and Thomas, R. 2020. Reflections on reflexive theorizing: the need for a little more conversation. Organization Theory 1(3) (10.1177/2631787720944183)

2018

• Mangan, A., Thomas, R., Davies, A. and Gasper, R. 2018. The challenges of police-community collaboration: identity manoeuvres and power struggles in a neighbourhood based meeting. Public Management Review 20(9), pp. 1353-1373. (10.1080/14719037.2017.1383718)

2017

• Mumby, D. K., Thomas, R., Ignasi, M. and Seidl, D. 2017. Resistance redux. Organization Studies 38(9), pp. 1157-1183. (10.1177/0170840617717554)

2016

• Hardy, C. and Thomas, R. 2016. Power and process: the production of ‘knowing’ subjects and ‘known’ objects. In: Tsoukas, H. and Langley, A. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Process Organization Studies. SAGE, pp. 466-480., (10.4135/9781473957954)
• Sierk, Y., Thomas, R. and Hardy, C. 2016. Organizational change and resistance: an identity perspective. In: Courpasson, D. and Vallas, S. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Resistance. SAGE, pp. 386-404.

2015

• Hardy, C. and Thomas, R. 2015. Discourse in a material world. Journal of Management Studies 52(5), pp. 680-696. (10.1111/joms.12113)

2014

• Thomas, R., Hardy, C., Cutcher, L. and Ainsworth, S. 2014. What's age got to do with it? On the critical analysis of age and organisations. Organization Studies 35(11), pp. 1569-1584. (10.1177/0170840614554363)
• Hardy, C. and Thomas, R. 2014. Strategy, discourse and practice: the intensification of power. Journal of Management Studies 51(2), pp. 320-348. (10.1111/joms.12005)

2013

• Thomas, R. and Parker, M. 2013. Organization@20. Organization 20(1), pp. 3-5. (10.1177/1350508412461002)

2012

• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2012. Gendered identities and resistance in public service organisations. In: Mills, J. H. and Thomas, R. eds. Identity Politics at Work: Resisting Gender, Gendering Resistance. Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society London: Routledge, pp. 86-101.
• Davies, A., Mangan, A. and Thomas, R. 2012. Agency and Interests: A Discursive Analysis of Subjectivities in a Police/Community Meeting. Presented at: 10th International conference on Organizational Discourse, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8-20 July 2012.
• Ainsworth, S., Cutcher, L. and Thomas, R. 2012. Ideas that work: mobilizing Australian workers using a discourse of rights. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 25(8), pp. 2510-2528. (10.1080/09585192.2012.666259)
• Peattie, S., Peattie, K. J. and Thomas, R. 2012. Social marketing as transformational marketing in public services: The case of Project Bernie. Public Management Review 14(7), pp. 987-1010. (10.1080/14719037.2012.662444)

2011

• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2011. Reassessing identity: the relevance of identity research for analysing employment relations. In: Blyton, P. R., Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, P. J. eds. Reassessing the Employment Relationship. Management, Work and Organisations London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 147-168.
• Thomas, R., Sargent, L. D. and Hardy, C. 2011. Managing organizational change: negotiating meaning and power-resistance relations. Organization Science 22(1), pp. 22-41. (10.1287/orsc.1090.0520)
• Thomas, R. and Hardy, C. 2011. Reframing resistance to organizational change. Scandinavian Journal of Management 27(3), pp. 322-331. (10.1016/j.scaman.2011.05.004)
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2011. Theorizing the micro-politics of resistance: new public management and managerial identities in the UK public services. In: Grant, D., Hardy, C. and Putnam, L. L. eds. Organizational Discourse Studies., Vol. 3. SAGE Library in Business and Management London: SAGE, pp. 239-264.
• Parker, M. and Thomas, R. 2011. What is a critical journal?. Organization 18(4), pp. 419-427. (10.1177/1350508411403535)

2010

• Thomas, R. 2010. Resisting organizational change: Paradox, process and power. Presented at: Second International Symposium on Process Organization Studies, Rhodes, Greece, 11-13 June 2010.
• Merilianen, S., Tienari, J., Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2010. Management consultant talk: a cross-cultural comparision of normalizing discourse and resistance. In: Grant, D., Hardy, C. and Putnam, L. L. eds. Organizational Discourse Studies., Vol. 2. SAGE Library in Business and Management London: Sage, pp. 414-416.
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2010. Theorizing the micro-politics of resistance: new public management and managerial identities in the UK public services. In: Clegg, S. R. ed. SAGE Directions in Organization Studies., Vol. 3. SAGE Library in Business and Management London: SAGE, pp. 231-254.
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2010. Theorizing the micro-politics of resistance: new public management and managerial identities in the UK public services. In: Boyne, G. A. and Ashworth, R. E. eds. Organizing Government., Vol. 4. Organizing & Managing Public Services London: SAGE, pp. 197-220.

2009

• Thomas, R. 2009. Managing change in complex environments: Power and resistance in negotiating divergent and convergent meanings across vertical boundaries. Presented at: APROS 2009, Monterrey, Mexico, 6-9 December 2009.
• Thomas, R., Tienari, J., Davies, A. and Merilainen, S. 2009. Let's talk about "us": a reflexive account of a cross-cultural research collaboration. Journal of Management Inquiry 18(4), pp. 313-324. (10.1177/1056492608324457)
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2009. Theorising the micro-politics of resistance: discourses of change and professional identities in the UK public services. In: Clegg, S. R. ed. SAGE Directions in Organization Studies., Vol. 3. SAGE Library in Business and Management London: Sage, pp. 1-30.
• Thomas, R. 2009. Identity. In: Wakefield, A. and Fleming, J. eds. The Sage Dictionary of Policing. London: Sage, pp. 166-167.
• Thomas, R. 2009. Critical management studies on identity: mapping the terrain. In: Willmott, H., Bridgman, T. and Alvesson, M. eds. The Handbook of Critical Management Studies. Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 166-185., (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199595686.013.0008)

2008

• Thomas, R. and Tienari, J. 2008. Publishing from the periphery. Presented at: ESRC Seminar: English as the Global Lingua Franca in International Business and Management, Nottingham, UK, November 2008.
• Thomas, R. 2008. Studying meetings: Discursive approaches. Presented at: Strategy-as-Practice Symposium: Studying Workshops and Meetings, Birmingham, UK, 28 April 2008.
• Alvesson, M., Lee Ashcraft, K. and Thomas, R. 2008. Identity matters: reflections on the construction of identity scholarship in organization studies. Organization 15(1), pp. 5-28. (10.1177/1350508407084426)
• Merilainen, S., Tienari, J., Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2008. Hegemonic academic practices: experiences of publishing from the periphery. Organization 15(4), pp. 584-597. (10.1177/1350508408091008)
• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2008. Dixon of dock green got shot! Policing identity work and organizational change. Public Administration 86(3), pp. 627-642. (10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.00744.x)

2007

• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2007. Putting Communities First: A discursive analysis of policing identities and change. Presented at: Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2007, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 3-8 August 2007.
• Davies, A., Mangan, A. and Thomas, R. 2007. Partners in crime: Identity manoeuvres in collaborative governance. Presented at: 5th Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester, UK, 11-13 July 2007.
• Thomas, R., Hardy, C. and Sargent, L. 2007. Artifacts in interaction: The production and politics of boundary objects. Working paper. London: Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/pdf/working_papers/052rtpaper.pdf
• Hardy, C., Thomas, R. and Sargent, L. 2007. The practice of cooperation: Boundary objects and emancipatory knowledge. Presented at: Organization Studies Summer Workshop 2007, Crete, Greece, 7-9 June 2007.

2006

• Tienari, J. and Thomas, R. 2006. Penetrating the Academic Publishing Machine: A Rough Guide. The Finnish Journal of Business Economics 2006(3), pp. 369-380.
• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2006. The agency of texts: A study of community policing. Presented at: 7th International Conference on Organizational Discourse: 'Identity, Ideology and Idiosyncrasy', Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26-28 July 2006.

2005

• Thomas, R., Tienari, J. and Davies, A. 2005. In praise of un-common sense: Cross-cultural issues in the reflexive study of identities. Presented at: Academy of Management Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 05-10 August 2005.
• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2005. Dixon of Dock Green got shot! Policing identity work and organisational change. Presented at: 4th Critical Management Studies Conference, Cambridge, UK, 4-6 July 2005.
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2005. Theorizing the micro-politics of resistance: new public management and managerial identities in the UK public services. Organization Studies 26(5), pp. 683-706. (10.1177/0170840605051821)
• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2005. I don't want any more of this pink and fluffy crap. Get on with real policing! (Re)constructing real policing and policing identities. Presented at: Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, 04-07 April 2005.
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2005. What Have Feminists Done for Us? Feminist Theory and Organizational Resistance. Organization 12(5), pp. 711-740. (10.1177/1350508405055945)

2004

• Thomas, R., Mills, A. and Mills, J. H. 2004. Introduction: resisting gender, gendering resistance. In: Thomas, R., Mills, A. and Mills, J. H. eds. Identity Politics at Work: Resisting Gender, Gendering Resistance. Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society Vol. 10. London: Routledge, pp. 1-16.
• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2004. Changing professional identities under new public management: a gendered perspective. In: Stewart, P. ed. Employment, Trade Union Renewal and the Future of Work: The Experience of Work and Organisational Change. Future of Work Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 64-88.
• Merilianen, S., Tienari, J., Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2004. Management Consultant Talk: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Normalizing Discourse and Resistance. Organization 11(4), pp. 539-564. (10.1177/1350508404044061)
• Davies, A., Meriläinen, S., Thomas, R. and Tienari, J. 2004. In praise of 'un-common' sense: Methodological considerations in cross-cultural discursive approaches to organizational analysis. Presented at: 22nd Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, Halifax, Canada, 07-10 July 2004.
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2004. Gendered identities and resistance in public service organizations. In: Thomas, R., Mills, A. and Helms Mills, J. eds. Identity Politics at Work: Resisting Gender, Gendering Resistance. Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society Vol. 10. London: Routledge, pp. 86-101.
• Thomas, R., Mills, A. J. and Helms Mills, J. eds. 2004. Identity politics at work: resisting gender, gendering resistance. Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society Vol. 10. London: Routledge.

2003

• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2003. Talking Cop: Discourses of change and policing identities. Public Administration 81(4), pp. 681-699. (10.1111/j.0033-3298.2003.00367.x)

2002

• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2002. Gendering and Gender in Public Service Organizations: Changing Professional Identities Under New Public Management. Public Management Review 4(4), pp. 461-484. (10.1080/14616670210163024)
• Thomas, R., Davies, A., Edwards, T. J., Ezzamel, M., Ogbonna, E. O., Budhwar, P. and Crane, A. 2002. Organizing/theorizing: developments in organization theory and practice. Presented at: Employment Research Unit Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 12-13 September 2002.
• 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)
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2002. Gender and new public management: reconstituting academic subjectivities. Gender work & organization 9(4), pp. 372-397. (10.1111/1468-0432.00165)
• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2002. From crime fighting to problem-solving: A gendered analysis of 'new policing' identities. Presented at: Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2002, Denver, CO, USA, 09-14 August 2002.
• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2002. From crime fighting to problem solving: A gendered analysis of 'new policing' identities. Presented at: 62nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Denver, CO, USA, 9-14 August 2002.
• Davies, A., Meriläinen, S., Thomas, R. and Tienari, J. 2002. Don't hurry, be happy! Gendered identities and management consultants: A cross-cultural comparison. Presented at: 20th Anniversary Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism, Budapest, Hungary, 10-13 July 2002.
• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2002. Managerialism and Accountability in Higher Education: the Gendered Nature of Restructuring and the Costs to Academic Service. Critical Perspectives on Accounting 13(2), pp. 179-193. (10.1006/cpac.2001.0497)
• Thomas, R. and Linstead, A. 2002. Losing the Plot? Middle Managers and Identity. Organization 9(1), pp. 71-93. (10.1177/135050840291004)
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2002. What difference does it make? A Foucauldian feminist reading of new public management. Presented at: 18th EGOS Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain, 4-8 July 2002.
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2002. Restructuring the "Old Bill': Policing Identities and Commitment. Women in Management Review 17(3/4), pp. 180-189. (10.1108/09649420210425327)
• Linstead, A. and Thomas, R. 2002. "What Do You Want from Me?" A Poststructuralist Feminist Reading of Middle Managers' Identities. Culture and Organization 8(1), pp. 1-20. (10.1080/14759550212106)
• Thomas, R. and Davies, A. 2002. Gender and restructuring: managerial roles and identities in the public sector. Project Report. [Online]. Economic and Social Research Council. Available at: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/R000223078/read

2000

• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2000. Researching Public Sector Change: The Argument for a Gender Inclusive Framework. Public Management 2(4), pp. 547-554.
• Davies, A. and Thomas, R. 2000. Gender and human resource management: a critical review. International Journal of Human Resource Management 11(6), pp. 1125-1136. (10.1080/09585190050177193)
• Thomas, R. and Pullen, A. 2000. Middle Management Identities in Modern Organizations: "shiny happy people"?. International Journal of Applied Management 1(1), pp. 19-36.

1999

• Thomas, R. and Dunkerley, D. 1999. Careering downwards? Middle Management in the Downsized Organization. British Journal of Management 10(2), pp. 157-169. (10.1111/1467-8551.00117)
• Thomas, R. and Dunkerley, D. 1999. Janus and the Bureaucrats: Middle Management in the Public Sector. Public Policy and Administration 14(1), pp. 28-41. (10.1177/095207679901400103)

1998

• Thomas, R. 1998. Incorporation or alienation? Resisting the gendered discourses of academic appraisal. In: Malina, D. and Maslin-Prothero, S. eds. Surviving the Academy: Feminist Perspectives. London: Falmer Press, pp. 89-100.

1996

• Thomas, R. 1996. Gendered cultures and performance appraisal: the experience of women academics. Gender, Work & Organization 3(3), pp. 143-155. (10.1111/j.1468-0432.1996.tb00055.x)