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Professor Tim Edwards
Dean and Head of SchoolProfessor of Organisation and Innovation Analysis
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Tim Edwards started as Dean at Cardiff Business School in September 2024. Before that he was Pro-Dean Research, Impact and Innovation at the Business School and is a Co-Director of Cardiff University's Digital Transformation Innovation Institute. His priorities in the Dean role are to embed the School's Public Value strategy; enhance the student and staff experience; create space for research, scholarship, impact and engagement; and, to ensure the School achieves triple crown accreditation.
Tim is also a Professor of Organisational and Innovation Analysis and his research can be viewed in relation to four key themes: organisational and institutional change; critical management theory with a particular interest in a Critical Realist ontology; entrepreneurship and human reflexivity. He has published in journals including Journal of Business Venturing, Organisation Studies, Human Relations, Organisation, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Management Reviews, Management Learning and European Management Review. He has been an Associate Editor for two world leading journals including Organisation and International Journal of Management Reviews and has been an external examiner for the Executive MBA at Oxford University's Said Business School.
Personal Assistant
Claire Dickson
Dicksonc3@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 (0)2987 6792
Publication
2024
- Kakevelakis, K. and Edwards, T. 2024. Beyond the academy: Engaging with the creative industries. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
2023
- Grigoletto, F. et al. 2023. Technological affordance and the realities of citizen science projects developed in challenging territories. Sustainability 15, article number: 6654. (10.3390/su15086654)
2022
- Kakavelakis, K. and Edwards, T. J. 2022. The impact of structure and corporate ideology on leader-follower relations in the bureaucratic organization: a reflection on moral mazes. Journal of Business Ethics 181, pp. 69-82. (10.1007/s10551-021-04919-9)
- Edwards, T. and Kakavelakis, K. 2022. Problematising people management practices: a critical realist study of knowledge sharing. Journal of Critical Realism 21(1), pp. 46-64. (10.1080/14767430.2021.1992734)
2021
- Meliou, E., Ozbilgin, M. and Edwards, T. 2021. How does responsible leadership emerge? An emergentist perspective. European Management Review 18(4), pp. 521-543. (10.1111/emre.12488)
- Galazka, A. M., Edwards, T. and Harding, K. 2021. Realist evaluation of social outcomes in community care: the application of affordance theory to the Lindsay Leg Clubs. Journal of Critical Realism 20(3), pp. 280-299. (10.1080/14767430.2021.1918969)
- Daudigeos, T., Edwards, T., Jaumier, S., Pasquier, V. and Picard, H. 2021. Elusive domination and the fate of critique in neo-participative management: a French pragmatist approach. Organization Studies 42(3), pp. 453-471. (10.1177/0170840619856027)
2020
- Galazka, A. M., Beynon, M. and Edwards, T. 2020. Index of information and communication technology use in labour administration: its need, its pertinence and its potential use. International Review of Administrative Sciences 86(2), pp. 240-260. (10.1177/0020852318769142)
2019
- Lopez, U., Morgan, J., Jones, K., Rana, O., Edwards, T. and Grigoletto, F. 2019. Enabling citizen science in rural environments with IoT and mobile technologies. Presented at: IoT ’19, Bilbao, Spain, 22-25 Oct 2019. pp. -.
- Edwards, T. 2019. Book review: justification, evaluation and critique in the study of organizations: contributions from French pragmatist sociology. Journal of Classical Sociology 19(2), pp. 213-219. (10.1177/1468795X18809190)
2018
- Meliou, E. and Edwards, T. 2018. Relational practices and reflexivity: Exploring the responses of women entrepreneurs to changing household dynamics. International Small Business Journal 36(2), pp. 149-168. (10.1177/0266242617724858)
2017
- Rhode, M., Rana, O. and Edwards, T. 2017. Data capture and analysis to assess impact of carbon credit schemes. [Online]. arXiv. Available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.07574
- Al-Amoudi, I., Edwards, T., O'Mahoney, H. and O'Mahoney, J. 2017. Introduction: de/humanisation and critical realism. Journal of Critical Realism 16(4), pp. 349-352. (10.1080/14767430.2017.1348713)
2016
- Meliou, E. and Edwards, T. J. 2016. Relationally reflexive women: household strategies of female entrepreenurs as social change. Presented at: Academy of Management Conference 2016, Anaheim, California, 5-9 August 2016 Presented at Atinc, G. ed.Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2016. Academy of Management Proceedings Vol. 1. Briarcliff Manor, NY: Academy of Management pp. 1-6., (10.5465/ambpp.2016.197)
2015
- Edwards, T. J. 2015. Institutional theory: reflections on ontology. In: Mir, R., Willmott, H. and Greenwood, M. eds. Routledge Handbook of Philosophy in Organization Sciences. Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting London: Routledge, pp. 125-137.
- Edwards, T. and Meliou, E. 2015. Explaining leadership in family firms: Reflexivity, social conditioning and institutional complexity. Human Relations 68(8), pp. 1271-1289. (10.1177/0018726714554468)
- 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)
2014
- Brandl, J., Daudigeos, T., Edwards, T. J. and Pernkopf-Konhsner, K. 2014. Why French pragmatism matters to organizational institutionalism. Journal of Management Inquiry 23(3), pp. 314-318. (10.1177/1056492613517463)
2013
- 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)
2012
- Kakavelakis, K. and Edwards, T. J. 2012. Situated learning theory and agentic orientation: a relational sociology approach. Management Learning 43(5), pp. 475-494. (10.1177/1350507611427233)
- 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.
2010
- Edwards, T. J. 2010. Knowledge work and the employment relationship in the 'new workplace'. In: Blyton, P. R., Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, P. J. eds. Reassessing the Employment Relationship. Management, Work and Organisations Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 401-423.
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)
- Edwards, T. J. and Jones, O. 2008. Failed institution building: understanding the interplay between agency, social skill and context. Scandinavian Journal of Management 24(1), pp. 44-54. (10.1016/j.scaman.2007.12.001)
2007
- 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)
- 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. 2007. Organizational politics and the "process of knowing": Understanding crisis events during project-based innovation projects. European Journal of Innovation Management 10(3), pp. 391-406. (10.1108/14601060710776770)
- Edwards, T. J. 2007. A critical account of knowledge management: agentic orientation and SME innovation. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research 13(2), pp. 64-81. (10.1108/13552550710736910)
2006
- 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.
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)
2004
- Edwards, T. J., Battisti, G. and Neely, A. 2004. Value creation and the UK economy: a review of strategic options. International Journal of Management Reviews 5(3-4), pp. 191-213. (10.1111/j.1460-8545.2004.00103.x)
- Edwards, T. J., Battisti, G., McClendon Jr, W. P., Denyer, D. and Neely, A. 2004. How can firms in the UK be encouraged to create more value? A discussion and review paper. Discussion Paper. Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/File/Publications/Academic%20Publications%202/How_can_firms_be_encourages_to_create_more_value.pdf
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.
2002
- 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)
- Edwards, T. J., Battisti, G., McClendon Jr, W. P., Denyer, D. and Neely, A. 2002. Pathways to value: How UK firms can create more value using innovation strategically. Project Report. [Online]. Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/File/pdf/Executive%20Briefing/AIM%20Pathways%20exec%20briefing%20FINAL%20FEB%202005.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.
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. 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. 2001. Techno-economic networks: technological transfer via the teaching company scheme. In: Jones, O., Conway, S. and Steward, F. eds. Social Interaction and Organisational Change: Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks. Series on Technology Management Vol. 6. London: Imperial College Press, pp. 217-250.
- 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.
- Edwards, T. J. 2001. Innovation in Wales: assessing the potential of Welsh small and medium sized manufacturers.. Presented at: WERU Conference 2001, Cardiff, UK, May 2001Welsh Economic Review, Vol. 13(2). Cardiff, UK: Welsh Economy Research Unit (WERU) pp. 33-36.
2000
- Jones, O., Edwards, T. J. and Beckinsale, M. 2000. Technology management in a mature firm: Structuration theory and the innovation process. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 12(2), pp. 161-177. (10.1080/713698466)
- Edwards, T. J. 2000. Innovation and Organizational Change: Developments Towards an Interactive Process Perspective. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 12(4), pp. 445-464. (10.1080/713698496)
1998
- Edwards, T. J. and Miller, H. 1998. Change in mass higher education: university, state and economy. In: Jary, D. and Parker, M. eds. The new higher education: issues and directions for the post-Dearing university. Staffordshire University Press
Articles
- Grigoletto, F. et al. 2023. Technological affordance and the realities of citizen science projects developed in challenging territories. Sustainability 15, article number: 6654. (10.3390/su15086654)
- Kakavelakis, K. and Edwards, T. J. 2022. The impact of structure and corporate ideology on leader-follower relations in the bureaucratic organization: a reflection on moral mazes. Journal of Business Ethics 181, pp. 69-82. (10.1007/s10551-021-04919-9)
- Edwards, T. and Kakavelakis, K. 2022. Problematising people management practices: a critical realist study of knowledge sharing. Journal of Critical Realism 21(1), pp. 46-64. (10.1080/14767430.2021.1992734)
- Meliou, E., Ozbilgin, M. and Edwards, T. 2021. How does responsible leadership emerge? An emergentist perspective. European Management Review 18(4), pp. 521-543. (10.1111/emre.12488)
- Galazka, A. M., Edwards, T. and Harding, K. 2021. Realist evaluation of social outcomes in community care: the application of affordance theory to the Lindsay Leg Clubs. Journal of Critical Realism 20(3), pp. 280-299. (10.1080/14767430.2021.1918969)
- Daudigeos, T., Edwards, T., Jaumier, S., Pasquier, V. and Picard, H. 2021. Elusive domination and the fate of critique in neo-participative management: a French pragmatist approach. Organization Studies 42(3), pp. 453-471. (10.1177/0170840619856027)
- Galazka, A. M., Beynon, M. and Edwards, T. 2020. Index of information and communication technology use in labour administration: its need, its pertinence and its potential use. International Review of Administrative Sciences 86(2), pp. 240-260. (10.1177/0020852318769142)
- Edwards, T. 2019. Book review: justification, evaluation and critique in the study of organizations: contributions from French pragmatist sociology. Journal of Classical Sociology 19(2), pp. 213-219. (10.1177/1468795X18809190)
- Meliou, E. and Edwards, T. 2018. Relational practices and reflexivity: Exploring the responses of women entrepreneurs to changing household dynamics. International Small Business Journal 36(2), pp. 149-168. (10.1177/0266242617724858)
- Al-Amoudi, I., Edwards, T., O'Mahoney, H. and O'Mahoney, J. 2017. Introduction: de/humanisation and critical realism. Journal of Critical Realism 16(4), pp. 349-352. (10.1080/14767430.2017.1348713)
- Edwards, T. and Meliou, E. 2015. Explaining leadership in family firms: Reflexivity, social conditioning and institutional complexity. Human Relations 68(8), pp. 1271-1289. (10.1177/0018726714554468)
- 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)
- Brandl, J., Daudigeos, T., Edwards, T. J. and Pernkopf-Konhsner, K. 2014. Why French pragmatism matters to organizational institutionalism. Journal of Management Inquiry 23(3), pp. 314-318. (10.1177/1056492613517463)
- 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)
- Kakavelakis, K. and Edwards, T. J. 2012. Situated learning theory and agentic orientation: a relational sociology approach. Management Learning 43(5), pp. 475-494. (10.1177/1350507611427233)
- 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)
- Edwards, T. J. and Jones, O. 2008. Failed institution building: understanding the interplay between agency, social skill and context. Scandinavian Journal of Management 24(1), pp. 44-54. (10.1016/j.scaman.2007.12.001)
- 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)
- 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. 2007. Organizational politics and the "process of knowing": Understanding crisis events during project-based innovation projects. European Journal of Innovation Management 10(3), pp. 391-406. (10.1108/14601060710776770)
- Edwards, T. J. 2007. A critical account of knowledge management: agentic orientation and SME innovation. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research 13(2), pp. 64-81. (10.1108/13552550710736910)
- 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)
- Edwards, T. J., Battisti, G. and Neely, A. 2004. Value creation and the UK economy: a review of strategic options. International Journal of Management Reviews 5(3-4), pp. 191-213. (10.1111/j.1460-8545.2004.00103.x)
- 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)
- Jones, O., Edwards, T. J. and Beckinsale, M. 2000. Technology management in a mature firm: Structuration theory and the innovation process. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 12(2), pp. 161-177. (10.1080/713698466)
- Edwards, T. J. 2000. Innovation and Organizational Change: Developments Towards an Interactive Process Perspective. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 12(4), pp. 445-464. (10.1080/713698496)
Book sections
- Edwards, T. J. 2015. Institutional theory: reflections on ontology. In: Mir, R., Willmott, H. and Greenwood, M. eds. Routledge Handbook of Philosophy in Organization Sciences. Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting London: Routledge, pp. 125-137.
- Edwards, T. J. 2010. Knowledge work and the employment relationship in the 'new workplace'. In: Blyton, P. R., Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, P. J. eds. Reassessing the Employment Relationship. Management, Work and Organisations Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 401-423.
- Edwards, T. J. 2001. Techno-economic networks: technological transfer via the teaching company scheme. In: Jones, O., Conway, S. and Steward, F. eds. Social Interaction and Organisational Change: Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks. Series on Technology Management Vol. 6. London: Imperial College Press, pp. 217-250.
- Edwards, T. J. and Miller, H. 1998. Change in mass higher education: university, state and economy. In: Jary, D. and Parker, M. eds. The new higher education: issues and directions for the post-Dearing university. Staffordshire University Press
Conferences
- Lopez, U., Morgan, J., Jones, K., Rana, O., Edwards, T. and Grigoletto, F. 2019. Enabling citizen science in rural environments with IoT and mobile technologies. Presented at: IoT ’19, Bilbao, Spain, 22-25 Oct 2019. pp. -.
- Meliou, E. and Edwards, T. J. 2016. Relationally reflexive women: household strategies of female entrepreenurs as social change. Presented at: Academy of Management Conference 2016, Anaheim, California, 5-9 August 2016 Presented at Atinc, G. ed.Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2016. Academy of Management Proceedings Vol. 1. Briarcliff Manor, NY: Academy of Management pp. 1-6., (10.5465/ambpp.2016.197)
- 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 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Edwards, T. J. 2001. Innovation in Wales: assessing the potential of Welsh small and medium sized manufacturers.. Presented at: WERU Conference 2001, Cardiff, UK, May 2001Welsh Economic Review, Vol. 13(2). Cardiff, UK: Welsh Economy Research Unit (WERU) pp. 33-36.
Monographs
- Kakevelakis, K. and Edwards, T. 2024. Beyond the academy: Engaging with the creative industries. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Edwards, T. J., Battisti, G., McClendon Jr, W. P., Denyer, D. and Neely, A. 2004. How can firms in the UK be encouraged to create more value? A discussion and review paper. Discussion Paper. Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/File/Publications/Academic%20Publications%202/How_can_firms_be_encourages_to_create_more_value.pdf
- Edwards, T. J., Battisti, G., McClendon Jr, W. P., Denyer, D. and Neely, A. 2002. Pathways to value: How UK firms can create more value using innovation strategically. Project Report. [Online]. Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/File/pdf/Executive%20Briefing/AIM%20Pathways%20exec%20briefing%20FINAL%20FEB%202005.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.
Websites
- Rhode, M., Rana, O. and Edwards, T. 2017. Data capture and analysis to assess impact of carbon credit schemes. [Online]. arXiv. Available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.07574
- Edwards, T. J. 2015. Institutional theory: reflections on ontology. In: Mir, R., Willmott, H. and Greenwood, M. eds. Routledge Handbook of Philosophy in Organization Sciences. Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting London: Routledge, pp. 125-137.
- Edwards, T. and Meliou, E. 2015. Explaining leadership in family firms: Reflexivity, social conditioning and institutional complexity. Human Relations 68(8), pp. 1271-1289. (10.1177/0018726714554468)
- 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)
- Brandl, J., Daudigeos, T., Edwards, T. J. and Pernkopf-Konhsner, K. 2014. Why French pragmatism matters to organizational institutionalism. Journal of Management Inquiry 23(3), pp. 314-318. (10.1177/1056492613517463)
- 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)
- Kakavelakis, K. and Edwards, T. J. 2012. Situated learning theory and agentic orientation: a relational sociology approach. Management Learning 43(5), pp. 475-494. (10.1177/1350507611427233)
- Edwards, T. J. 2010. Knowledge work and the employment relationship in the 'new workplace'. In: Blyton, P. R., Heery, E. J. and Turnbull, P. J. eds. Reassessing the Employment Relationship. Management, Work and Organisations Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 401-423.
- 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)
- Edwards, T. J. and Jones, O. 2008. Failed institution building: understanding the interplay between agency, social skill and context. Scandinavian Journal of Management 24(1), pp. 44-54. (10.1016/j.scaman.2007.12.001)
- 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)
- 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. 2007. Organizational politics and the "process of knowing": Understanding crisis events during project-based innovation projects. European Journal of Innovation Management 10(3), pp. 391-406. (10.1108/14601060710776770)
- Edwards, T. J. 2007. A critical account of knowledge management: agentic orientation and SME innovation. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research 13(2), pp. 64-81. (10.1108/13552550710736910)
- 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)
- Edwards, T. J., Battisti, G. and Neely, A. 2004. Value creation and the UK economy: a review of strategic options. International Journal of Management Reviews 5(3-4), pp. 191-213. (10.1111/j.1460-8545.2004.00103.x)
- Edwards, T. J., Battisti, G., McClendon Jr, W. P., Denyer, D. and Neely, A. 2002. Pathways to value: How UK firms can create more value using innovation strategically. Project Report. [Online]. Advanced Institute of Management Research. Available at: http://www.aimresearch.org/uploads/File/pdf/Executive%20Briefing/AIM%20Pathways%20exec%20briefing%20FINAL%20FEB%202005.pdf
- Jones, O., Edwards, T. J. and Beckinsale, M. 2000. Technology management in a mature firm: Structuration theory and the innovation process. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 12(2), pp. 161-177. (10.1080/713698466)
- Edwards, T. J. 2000. Innovation and Organizational Change: Developments Towards an Interactive Process Perspective. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 12(4), pp. 445-464. (10.1080/713698496)
- Edwards, T. J. and Miller, H. 1998. Change in mass higher education: university, state and economy. In: Jary, D. and Parker, M. eds. The new higher education: issues and directions for the post-Dearing university. Staffordshire University Press
Research
Tim is an organisation theorist with an interest in explaining institutional change processes, innovation and entrepreneurship. His most recent research work is a multi-disciplinary research study of citizen science in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. As PI he has led a project team that has been awarded up to £85,000 in funds from bodies such as the ESRC's Global Challenges Research Fund, EPSRC and includes scholars from social science, computer science and ecology. Research partners include academics from Fundação Getulio Vargas, UNICAMP and the Federal University of San Carlo, Brazil. The project involves school children and local farmers in developing a responsible innovation approach to citizen science. It involves the community in co-creating the socio-technical infrastructure that will help support sustainable livelihoods. This builds on previous work with colleagues in the computer science department (Rhodes and Rana) testing IT solutions in the monitoring of water repair projects in Eritrea.
Tim's work in Brazil has recently benefitted from a Visiting Research Fellowship Award which will support a planned visit to Sao Paulo at the beginning of 2023.
Awards since 2017
- Cardiff Business School Seedcorn funding (2020-21) - Emancipating the youth in vulnerable rural communities: Science for citizenship in the forest community of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. PI.
- ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (2021): Supporting citizen science: A critical, social science led approach to impact. Co-I.
- ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (2021): Supporting women entrepreneurs in Wales through the Covid-19 crisis. Co-I.
- ESRC Festival of the Social Sciences (2021): Widening Participation in Sustainability Through Repair. Co-I.
- HEFCW GCRF (2018): Equitable and Inclusive Education for Sustainable Communities: Citizen Science. PI.
- DIRI, Data Innovation URI (2018) Data-Driven Citizen Science: Capacity building and education innovation in the forest community of Guapiruvu. PI.
- EPSRC, GCRF Institutional Sponsorship (2017): To establish a communications infrastructure based on cloud technology that enables a ‘citizen science’ approach for sustainable biodiversity management in the tropical forest community in Brazil. Co-I.
Teaching
Tim's main undergraduate teaching commitment has been on the final optional module - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Start-ups (2008-2021). He has also taught Organisational Change on the MBA and Organisational Behaviour on the undergraduate Business Management Programme. Given his role as Pro-Dean for Research, Impact and Innovation Tim no longer has a lead teaching role and instead has been contributing to the delivery of modules including the first year undergraduate module Economy and Society and the Arts Humanities and Social Science flagship Masters programme for Research Methods. This is given to all social science postgraduate students intending to undertake a social science PhD at Cardiff University.
In addition to these commitments he has, since 2017, developed an outreach module delivered in conjunction with the support of students of the student social enterprise, Enactus. This is a nine-week module called 'Realising your Potential in Business' and is delivered to adult learners from the refugee community in Cardiff.
Further afield, Tim has, since 2016, been an invited international faculty member on Kobe University's SESMI Programme: "Qualitative Research in Strategic Management". Tim will be delivering another class in October 2023.
Tim is also an external examiner for the executive MBA at Oxford University’s Said Business School (since 2021).
Biography
Tim has a PhD in Innovation Management awarded from Aston University (2002), a MSc Management by Research, awarded from Aston University (1995), and a BA (Hons) in International Relations from Sussex University (1991). He has lived in a number of places including West London as a child, Brighton and Birmingham as a student and Bristol and Cardiff as an academic at Cardiff University. He is married and has two grown-up sons - the elder is studying Natural Sciences at UCL and the younger is about to make his University choices to study Psychology.
He has had two research sabbatical visits in his career - the first to the University of Alberta in 2007 and the second to UC Davis in 2016. Tim has also worked closely with colleagues from Grenoble Ecole de Management and continues to develop strong research links with colleagues in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Honours and awards
- Cardiff Business School, Developing Student Employability Award (2013)
- Cardiff University, International Travel Scholarship Award (2007). Visiting Professor position at the University of Alberta.
Best Paper Awards
- Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, (2016): Relationally reflexive women: Household strategies of female entrepreneurs as social change (Entrepreneurship Division)
- Academy of Management Conference, Boston, (2012): Affect in Collaborative Entrepreneurial Projects: Insights from Innovators in the Super yacht Industry. (Entrepreneurship and Creativity Division)
Outstanding Paper Award
- (2008) - Emerald Literati Network: A critical account of knowledge management: agentic orientation and SME innovation, International journal of Entrepreneurial behaviour and Research.of Entrepreneurial behaviour and Research, Vol 13, No2, 2007
Professional memberships
- Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Committees and reviewing
- Associate Editor: Organisation (2014-2021)
- Associate/Consulting Editor: International Journal of Management Reviews
- Editorial Board: Organisation Studies; Journal of Responsible Technology, Scandinavian Journal of Management
- Grant reviewer - ESRC
- Journal reviewer including: Academy of Manangement Review, Human Relations, Organisation Studies; Journal of Management Studies; International Journal of Management Reviews, Journal of responsible Technology and Organisation
Supervisions
Tim is currently the primary supervisor for four PhD students that includes:
- a gender analysis of investor syndicates in support of women entrepreneurs
- the reflexive management learning of senior staff in the NHS
- the translation of neuroscience into management practice
- Artificial Intelligence's impact on freedom in the workplace
He is always keen to discuss PhD opportunities with prospective students in a range of areas including innovation, entrepreneurship and organisation theory.
Contact Details
EdwardsTJ@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 76385
Aberconway Building, Room Q22, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
+44 29208 76385
Aberconway Building, Room Q22, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
