Professor Pete Thomas
Professor in Organisation StudiesResearch Overview
My research interests are centred on the place of discourse in organizations. I am particularly interested in applying Critical Discourse Analysis within the field of organization studies and have used this approach to investigate professionalization, mediation schemes and strategic management processes. I am also interested in the strategic management discourse and the discursive relations between practitioners, academics and consultants.
Current Teaching
ITO6/OWT508 Researching in Organizational Settings
ITO3 Strategy and IT Management
OWT 101 Management and Organizations
OWT 505 Human Resource Management I
OWT 512 Advanced Study Skills
FMB 501 Organisational Behaviour and HRM
OWT 502 Knowledge Management II
External Roles
External examiner MSc Management and HRM - Liverpool University Business School (2010-2014)
External PhD supervisor at University of Central Lancashire
External PhD supervisor at Chester University
Professional Role
Director of MSc Human Resource and Knowledge Management programme
Director of MSc Politics, Philosophy and Management programme
PhD Supervision Interests
My research interests are centred on the place of discourse in organizations. I am particularly interested in applying Critical Discourse Analysis within the field of organization studies and have used this approach to investigate professionalization and strategic management processes. I am also interested in employment relations and HR areas of research.
Selected Publications
Constructing ‘the history of strategic management’: a critical analysis of the academic discourse
Thomas, P., Wilson, J., Leeds, O. 11/2013 In: Business History. 55, 7, p. 1119-1142. 24 p.
Journal article
Reframing workplace relations?: conflict resolution and mediation in a Primary Care Trust
Saundry, R., McArdle, L., Thomas, P. 04/2013 In: Work, Employment and Society. 27, 2, p. 213-231. 19 p.
Journal article
Fair enough?: Women and fair trade
Thomas, P., McArdle, L. 2012 In: Critical Perspectives on International Business. 8, 4, p. 277-294. 17 p.
Journal article
Managerial organization and professional autonomy: A discourse-based conceptualization
Thomas, P., Hewitt, J. 2011 In: Organization Studies. 32, 10, p. 1373-1393. 21 p.
Journal article
The discursive construction of professionalisation in British management
Thomas, P., Wilson, J., Hewitt, J. 2010 In: International Journal of Critical Accounting. 2, 3, p. 319-336. 17 p.
Journal article
Transforming conflict management in the public sector? Mediation, trade unions and partnerships in a primary care trust.
Saundry, R., McArdle, L., Thomas, P. 2011 London : ACAS. 46 p. Electronic ISBN: 978-0-9565931-7-7.
Book
All Publications
Transforming Conflict Management in the Public Sector? Mediation, Trade Unions and Partnership in a Primary Care Trust
01/01/2010 → …
Other
11th International Critical Management Studies Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
35th EGOS Colloquium, Edinburgh, July.
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
37th International Labour Process Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
11th International Critical Management Studies Conference
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Professional Service Firm Conference
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ephemera conference
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12th International Conference on Organizational Discourse
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31st EGOS Colloquium
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The 9th International Conference in Critical Management Studies
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
11th International Conference on Organizational Discourse
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
11th International Conference on Organizational Discourse
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
European Group of Organization Studies, 30th EGOS Colloquium
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
9th Organization Studies Summer Workshop ‘Resistance, Resisting, and Resisters in and Around Organizations’
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Annual Symposium of the SOYUZ research Network for Postsocialist Studies
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
10th International Conference on Organizational Discourse
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
4th International Symposium on Process Organization Studies
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7th International Critical Management Conference
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7th International Critical Management Conference
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7th International Critical Management Conference
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34th EGOS Colloquium
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9th International Conference on Organizational Discourse
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5th Making Projects Critical Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
6th International Critical Management Studies Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
8th International Conference on Organizational Discourse
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Organization (Journal)
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Business History (Journal)
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Gender, Work and Organization (Journal)
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Organization Studies (Journal)
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Long Range Planning (Journal)
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Journal of Management Studies (Journal)
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Academy of Management Review (Journal)
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Management Learning (Journal)
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International Journal of Organizational Analysis (Journal)
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Centre for Scholarship and Innovation in Management Education
- Networks, Knowledge and Strategy