Professor Rick Delbridge

2025

• 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., Innovations in Innovation Policy. Geography, Planning and Tourism 2025 Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. , pp.92-105. (10.4337/9781035322206.00013)
• 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. and O’Connor, S. 2025. Scaling engagement and impact through the creation of spark: lessons from Cardiff University's Social Science Park. In: Abdul-Rahman, S. et al., How to Scale Engagement and Impact in Universities. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.264-273. (10.4337/9781035337439.00029)
• Delbridge, R. et al. 2025. Atlas unplugged: Re-imagining the premises and prospects of capitalism for business and society. Journal of Management Studies (10.1111/joms.70047)
• Henderson, D. and Delbridge, R. 2025. Analysing the prospects for place-based micro-missions: the role of challenge complexity and regional capacity. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 18 (3), pp.495-507. (10.1093/cjres/rsaf027)
• Purser, G. et al., 2025. The enigma of employability. In: Purser, G. et al., Employability: Ideology, Policy, and Practice. Vol. 37, Research in the Sociology of Work Leeds: Emerald Publishing Limited. , pp.1-7. (10.1108/s0277-283320250000037001)

2024

• Helfen, M. et al., 2024. Essentiality of Work. Research in the Sociology of Work (10.1108/S0277-2833202436)
• Delbridge, R. et al. 2024. Organizing sustainably: Introduction to the special issue. Organization Studies 45 (1), pp.7-29. (10.1177/01708406231217143)
• Helfen, M. et al., 2024. Essential work, inessential workers?. In: Helfen, M. et al., Essentiality of Work. Vol. 36, Research in the Sociology of Work , pp.1-10. (10.1108/S0277-283320240000036001)
• 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 100873. (10.1016/j.eist.2024.100873)
• 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)
• 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)
• Parsons, K. et al. 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)

2023

• 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)
• Doheny, S. et al. 2023. City and growth deals innovation challenge funds: Advice and guidance for Northern Ireland. Technical Report.
• 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)
• Oufan, S. et al. 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 2023. Rising like a Phoenix: Emerging from the Pandemic and Reshaping Human Endeavors with Digital Technologies: ICIS 2023. Vol. 14.Association of Information Systems.
• 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)
• 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)

2022

• 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)
• 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)

2021

• 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.
• Morris, J. et al. 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)

2020

• 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)
• 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. 3. (10.5465/amle.2019.0195)
• Vincent, S. et al., 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)

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

• 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.
• 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. 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.
• 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)

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)
• 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)
• Jennings, J. E. et al., 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)
• 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)

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. 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)
• 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. et al., 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)

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. et al., 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 2012. Academy of Management Proceedings. , pp.1-59.
• Kaizer, A. et al., 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.
• 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)

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.
• Delbridge, R. and Keenoy, T. 2010. Beyond managerialism?. The International Journal of Human Resource Management 21 (6), pp.799-817. (10.1080/09585191003729309)
• 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)

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)
• 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.
• 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. 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.
• 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.

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. 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. 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)

2007

• 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. , Bessant, J. and Birkinshaw, J. 2007. Finding, forming, and performing: Creating networks for discontinuous innovation. California Management Review 49 (3), pp.67-84.
• 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 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. 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)
• 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)
• 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.
• Neely, A. and Delbridge, R. 2007. Effective business models: What do they mean for Whitehall?. Other. Ascot: Sunningdale Institute.

2006

• 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)
• 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. et al. 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.
• 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.
• Delbridge, R. , Johnson, G. and Gratton, L. 2006. The exceptional manager: making the difference. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• 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.
• 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)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Delbridge, R. and Ezzamel, M. 2005. The strength of difference: Contemporary conceptions of control. Organization 12 (5), pp.603-618. (10.1177/1350508405055937)
• 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)

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.
• 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. et al. 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. J. et al. 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)
• Heery, E. J. , Simms, M. and Delbridge, R. 2004. Union organising in Britain: a survey of recent developments. In: Healy, G. et al., The Future of Worker Representation. Future of Work Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.1-36.
• 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. 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.
• 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. 2003. Knowledge, Innovation and Institutional Change. Work, Employment and Society 17 (1), pp.187-196. (10.1177/0950017003017001279)
• 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.
• Heery, E. et al. 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. et al. 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

• 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. 2002. Workers under lean manufacturing. In: Holman, D. et al., The New Workplace: A Guide to the Human Impact of Modern Working Practices. Chichester: Wiley. , pp.19-36.
• 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.
• Heery, E. J. et al. 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.
• 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.
• 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. Published in: Hanami, T. ed. Universal Wisdom Through Globalization: Selected Papers from the 12th IIRA World Congress, Tokyo. Tokyo: Japan Institute of Labour. , pp.17.

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)
• Delbridge, R. et al. 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.
• 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. 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.
• 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. 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. 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.

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.