Professor Andrew Brown
+44 (0) 1225 385459
MA(OXON), MSc.(Sheffield), PhD(Sheffield)
Job Title:
Professor of Organization Studies
Affiliated Research Centre:
Work and Employment Research Centre (WERC)
Subject Group:
Key Research Interests:
Narrative, Sensemaking, Identity, Change
Research Interests
My research interests centre on issues of identity, sensemaking, narrative, rhetoric and change. There are three broad strands to my work: (1) theoretical pieces (e.g., Brown 1997; Brown 2006; Brown & Starkey, 2000); (2) theoretically-driven case studies (e.g., Brown & Humphreys, 2006; Brown & Lewis, 2011; Thornborrow & Brown, 2009); and (3) theoretically-driven analyses of texts (e.g., Brown, 2004, 2005; Brown, Ainsworth & Grant, 2012). My current research is an exploration of aspects of the linguistic turn in Organization Studies, and draws on a broad range of disciplines from literary theory to anthropology and discursive psychology in an effort to theorize processes of organizing, identities and change (e.g., Brown et. al., 2010; Clarke, Brown & Hope-Hailey, 2009; Sillince & Brown, 2009)
PhD Supervision
I have supervised a broad range of PhD students, some of whom have gone on to become highly successful scholars and others who have pursued careers in other industry sectors. I am particularly interested in supervising doctoral research in the following areas:
- Identities in and around organizations
- Organizational identities and processes of identification
- Stories, narratives and storytelling in, of and about organizations
- Sensemaking, power and processes of organizing
- Processes of group and organizational change
Publications
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Refereed journals papers | Book ChaptersRefereed journal papers
Brown AD & Toyoki S (Forthcoming 2013) Identity work and legitimacy. Organization Studies.
Brown AD & Thompson ER (Forthcoming 2012) A narrative approach to strategy-as-practice. Business History.
Brown AD, Ainsworth S & Grant D (2012) The Rhetoric of Institutional Change, Organization Studies. 33(3):297-321. DOI:10.1177/0170840611435598
Coupland C & Brown AD (2012) Identities in action: Processes and outcomes
Scandinavian Journal of Management. 28(1): 1-4. DOI:10.1016/j.scaman.2011.12.002
Lewis M & Brown AD (2012) How different is professional service operations management? Journal of Operations Management. 30(1-2): 1-11. DOI:10.1016/j.jom.2011.04.002
Colville I, Brown AD & Pye A (2012) Simplexity: Sensemaking, organizing and storytelling for our time Human Relations. 65(1 Special Issue):5-15. DOI:10.1177/0018726711425617
Brown AD & Lewis MA (2011) Identities, Discipline and Routines. Organization Studies. 32(7): 871-895. DOI:10.1177/0170840611407018
Patriotta G & Brown AD (2011) Sensemaking, metaphors and performance evaluation Scandinavian Journal of Management. 27(1): 34-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2010.12.002
Greenwood R, Brown AD, Lounsbury M, et al.(2010) Organization Studies 30th Anniversary Special Issue Organization Studies. 31(6):653-658. DOI:10.1177/0170840610372578
Brown AD, Kornberger M, Clegg SR, et al (2010) 'Invisible walls' and 'silent hierarchies': A case study of power relations in an architecture firm Human Relations. 63(4):525-549. DOI:10.1177/0018726709339862
Sillince JAA & Brown AD (2009) Multiple Organizational Identities and Legitimacy: The Rhetoric of Police Websites, Human Relations. 62(12):1829-1856. DOI:10.1177/0018726709336626
Clarke C, Brown AD & Hope-Hailey V (2009) Working identities? Antagonistic discursive resources and managerial identity. Human Relations. 62(3):323-352.
DOI:10.1177/0018726708101040
Thornborrow T & Brown AD (2009) 'Being regimented': Aspiration, discipline and identity work in the British Parachute Regiment. Organization Studies. 30(4):355-376. DOI:10.1177/0170840608101140
Courpasson D, Arellano-Gault D, Brown AD & Lounsbury M (2008) Organization studies on the look-out? Being read, being listened to. Organization Studies. 29(11):1383-1390 [Editorial]. DOI:10.1177/0170840608099520
Brown AD, Stacey P & Nandhakumar J (2008) Making sense of sensemaking narratives. Human Relations. 61(8):1035-1062. DOI:10.1177/0018726708094858
Humphreys M & Brown AD (2008) An analysis of corporate social responsibility at Credit Line: A narrative approach. Journal of Business Ethics. 80:403-418. DOI:10.1007/s10551-007-9426-0
Coupland C, Brown AD, Daniels K & Humphreys M (2008) Saying it with feeling: Analyzing speakable emotions. Human Relations. 61(3):327-353 DOI:10.1177/0018726708088997
► older publications
Kornberger M & Brown AD (2007) Ethics as a discursive resource for identity work. Human Relations. 60(3):497-518. DOI:10.1177/0018726707076692
Brown AD (2006) A narrative approach to collective identities. Journal of Management Studies. 43(4):731-753. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00609.x
Brown AD & Humphreys M (2006) Organizational identity and place: a discursive exploration of hegemony and resistance. Journal of Management Studies. 43(2):231-257. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00589.x
Brown AD (2005) Making sense of the collapse of Barings Bank. Human Relations. 58(12):1579-1604. DOI:10.1177/0018726705061433
Brown AD, Humphreys M & Gurney PM (2005) Narrative, Identity and Change: a case study of Laskarina Holidays. Journal of Organizational Change Management. 18(4):312-326. DOI:10.1108/09534810510607029
Rhodes C & Brown AD (2005) Narrative, organizations and research. International Journal of Management Reviews. 7(3):167-188. DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2370.2005.00112.x
Brown AD & Coupland C (2005) Sounds of silence: graduate trainees, hegemony and resistance. Organization Studies. 26(7):1049-1069. DOI:10.1177/0170840605053540
Rhodes C & Brown AD (2005) Writing responsibly: Narrative fiction and organization studies. Organization. 12(4):505-529. DOI:10.1177/1350508405052757
Coupland C & Brown AD (2004) Constructing organizational identities on the web: a case study of Royal Dutch/Shell. Journal of Management Studies. 41 (8):1325-1347. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2004.00477.x
Brown AD (2004) Authoritative sensemaking in a public inquiry report. Organization Studies. 25(1):95-112. DOI:10.1177/0170840604038182
Lam S, Schaubroeck J & Brown AD (2004) Esteem maintenance among groups: Laboratory and field studies of group performance cognitions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 94(2):86-101. DOI:10.1016/j.obhdp.2004.03.004
Currie G & Brown AD (2003) A narratological approach to understanding processes of organizing in a UK hospital. Human Relations. 56(5):563-586. DOI:10.1177/0018726703056005003
Brown AD & Humphreys M (2003) Epic and tragic tales: making sense of change. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 39(2):121-144. DOI:10.1177/0021886303255557
Humphreys M & Brown AD & Hatch MJ (2003) Is ethnography jazz?. Organization.10(1):5-31. DOI:10.1177/1350508403101001
Humphreys M & Brown AD (2002) Dress and identity: a Turkish case study. Journal of Management Studies. 39(7):927-952. DOI:10.1111/1467-6486.00318
Humphreys M & Brown AD (2002) Narratives of organizational identity and identification: a case study of hegemony and resistance. Organization Studies. 23(3):421-447. DOI:10.1177/0170840602233005
Brown AD & Humphreys M (2002) Nostalgia and the narrativization of identity: a Turkish case study. British Journal of Management. 13(2):141-159. DOI:10.1111/1467-8551.00228
Brown AD (2001) Organization studies and identity: towards a research agenda. Human Relations. 54(1):113-121. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2007.00522.x
Book Chapters
Brown, A.D. 2009. Organizational identity. In Clegg, C. & Cooper, C. The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behavior. Volume 2: Macro Approaches. London: Sage, 175-191.]
Brown. A.D. 2008. Identity. In Gabriel, Y. Organizing words, a critical thesaurus for social and organization studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Brown, A.D. 2008. Managing understandings: Politics, symbolism, niche marketing and the quest for legitimacy in IT implementation. In Dingwall, R. Qualitative health research. Sage Publications. 134-149. Reproduced from Organization Studies, 1995, 16, 6: 951-969.
Brown, A.D. 2007. Narcissism. In Clegg, S.R. & Bailey, J.R. (Ed.). International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. 3: 941-944. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Brown, A.D. 2007. Organizational identity. In Clegg, S.R. & Bailey, J.R.International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. 3. 1077-1080.
Humphreys, M. & Brown, A.D. 2007. Narratives of organizational identity and identification: A case study of hegemony and resistance. In S. Minahan & J.W. Cox (Eds.). The Aesthetic Turn in Management. 279-305. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited. Reproduced from Organization Studies, 2002, 23 (3): 421-447.
Humphreys, M., Gurney, P.M. & Brown, A.D. 2006. Reminiscing in tempo: A story of stories. In: Kornberger, M. & Gudergan, S (Eds.), Only connect: Neat words, networks and identities: 70-87. Copenhagen Business School Press.
