The British University in Dubai

Faculty Member, Faculty of Business

About

Professor Ashly Pinnington
The British University in Dubai, PO Box 502216, Dubai, UAE.

Work E-mail: ashly.pinnington@buid.ac.ae

Current Position
Professor of Human Resource Management and Dean – Faculty of Business, The British University in Dubai.
And
Honorary Fellow, Manchester Business School, Faculty of Humanities, The University of Manchester.
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Honorary Professor, Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University.


PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Professorial experience:
From 6th December 2004 until 4th November 2007 Ashly was Professor of Human Resource Management based in the Department of HRM, Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University. He lectured in Human Resource Management (HRM) on the MBA and MSc HRM programmes. He is now an Honorary Professor.

His selected four journal articles for (RAE2008) census date December 2007 were: Organization Studies (2002) [impact factor 1.857], Human Relations (2002) [impact factor 1.372], British Journal of Management (2003) [impact factor 1.839], and International Journal of Human Resource Management (2005) [impact factor 0.856].

Senior lecturing experience in a research intensive university (AACSB and EQUIS accredited)
From 16th July 1999 until 31st November 2004, Ashly was a Senior Lecturer working in UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia - teaching strategy, strategic human resource management and human resource management to masters and undergraduate students.

Masters programme management and lecturing experience
Prior to living and working in Australia, Ashly was a lecturer in management and Programme Director for the Exeter MBA, based in the School of Business and Economics at the University of Exeter (1st November 1996 - 14th July 1999). He taught solely postgraduate masters and diploma students.

Lecturing experience
Before joining Exeter, Ashly was a lecturer in management teaching postgraduates and undergraduates employed in Coventry Business School, Coventry University (1st September 1994 – 30th October 1996). This included teaching on the Post-Graduate Diploma in HRM which on completion offers graduate membership of the professional association of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Research fellowship experience
During the period September 1st 1992 – June 30th 1994 Ashly was a research fellow working full-time at London Business School on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The key published outputs arising from this project include: Long Range Planning (1996), Human Relations (1998), British Journal of Management (1998), and the Human Resource Management Journal (1998).

PhD and MSc research training
(Funded by a full-time grant from the Science and Engineering Research Council)
From 3rd October 1986 until 30th September 1989, Ashly studied for his PhD thesis on management training technologies based at Henley Management College, the viva voce exam was successfully completed in December 1990 and the PhD in Management award conferred on the 11th May 1991.

Ashly completed his MSc in Intelligent Knowledge Based Systems in the Cognitive Studies Department at the University of Sussex (1st September 1985 – August 30th 1986). At that time, there were only two such courses offered in the UK. The other MSc programme specialising in Artificial Intelligence was offered at the University of Edinburgh.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

The Strategies and Internationalisation of Lawyers and Professional Service Firms, and Leadership Development.
Most Recent Administration and Service
Ashly is Dean – Faculty of Business and is a member of a number of committees for teaching, research and administration at BUiD. He is a member of the Human Resources Committee which has designed and introduced a new pay structure and system based on UAE pay regulations and the UK Consortium of universities following the Higher Education Role Analysis (HERA) approach. Current committee membership includes: Senate, Academic Board, Board of Examiners (Project Management), Board of Examiners (HRM), Board of Studies (Project Management), Board of Studies (HRM), Academic Staff-Student Liaison Committee (Project Management), Academic Staff-Student Liaison Committee (HRM), Senior Management Team, Research Committee, Scholarship Committee, Academic Promotions Committee, HR Working Team, Project Management PhD Team, Staff Committee, Faculty Council (Business), MBA team, Strategic Committee, Working Committee (Diploma HRM).
During his time at Robert Gordon University Ashly was member of a number of research committees at strategic, university, school and departmental levels. His most recent primary responsibility was developing and writing the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008) submission for the academics based in Business and Management Studies (UoA36). This work was completed in collaboration with an external consultant and adviser, Professor Mike Wright, Nottingham University.
Other committees Ashly served on included: University Research Committee, Research Degrees Committee, Research Degrees Sub-Committee (Aberdeen Business School), Faculty Research Committee (Aberdeen Business School), Aberdeen Business School Ethics Committee, Research Coordinators Committee, Research Coordinator HRM Department, Senior Management Group Strategy Consultation Meetings, HERA Framework Agreement Role Analyst.
Academic Qualifications

Degree Institution Field Year

PhD University of Brunel (UK) Management 1991
MSc University of Sussex Intelligent Knowledge Based Systems 1986
Dip South Thames College Educational Technology 1986
Cert University of Manchester Education - Department of Education and Science (DES) 80/43569 qualified teacher 1981
BA (Hons) University of Kent Philosophy 1979

MEMBERSHIPS

• Affiliate Member, CIPD - Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, 2006-present
• Member, Editorial Board, Philosophy of Management, 2001-present
• Member, American Academy of Management, 2001-present
• Member, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 2000-2004
• Member, British Academy of Management, 1992-present
• Associate Member of Faculty, Henley Management College, 1989-1999
• Science and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Fellowship 1985-1989
Previous Positions Held

Years Position
2004 – 2007 Professor of Human Resource Management, Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University
1999 – 2004 Senior Lecturer, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
1996 – 1999 Lecturer and Programme Director Exeter MBA, School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter
1994 – 1996 Lecturer, Coventry Business School, Coventry University
1992 – 1994 Research Fellow, London Business School
1989 – 1992 Associate Member of Faculty, Henley Management College

TEACHING
Postgraduate (PhD, DBA, MBA, MSc, MBus, MA, Dip)
PhD, DBA, Masters and Diploma Supervision (1990-Present)
Human Resource Management (1994-Present)
MSc Project Management – Strategy (2007-Present)

Qualitative Research Methods - Doctoral Research Students (2006-2007 The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)
Sonatrach MBA Programme (Algeria) Human Resource Management (2004-2007 The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)
International Business/International HRM (2005-2007 The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)
Managing HR in a Business Context (2006-2007 The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)
Strategic/Legal Framework of HRM (2005-2007 The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)

Strategic Management (2004 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Principles of Strategic Management (2003-2004 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Competing Through People (2003 Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management, Glendale, Arizona USA)

International Human Resource Management (1996-1999 University of Exeter, Exeter)
Qualitative Research Methods (1995-1997 University of Exeter, Exeter)
Organisational Behaviour (1993-1998 ICPE, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Integrated Case Study MBA Workshops (1988-1992 Henley Management College, Henley)
Undergraduate

Honours Thesis Supervision (2004-2007 The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)
Internationalisation of Law Firms (Companies in Global Society, Företagsekonomi, Uppsala Universitet, 22nd September 2006)

Business Policy and Strategic Management (2002-2004 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
The International Company (2003-2005 Université Lumière de Lyon2, Lyon, France)
Strategic Human Resource Management (2000-2003 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)

Managing People (1994-1996 Coventry University, Coventry)
Introduction to Personnel Management (1994-1996 Coventry University, Coventry)


Awards/Visiting Positions

Year Award/Visiting Position
June 2009
continuing

February 2008 continuing

April 2008
continuing

May 2007 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Honorary Fellow, Manchester Business School, Faculty of Humanities, The University of Manchester.

Honorary Professor, Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University

Visiting Researcher, City University of Hong Kong - Department of Management, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

September 2006 Visiting Researcher, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden.

2005-2007 Project Manager, European Union, ESF Grant 1/N/MA/5/105384 Individual and Career Development £80,826

2005-2007 Researcher, European Union, ESF Grant 4A.1/N/MA/4/103423 Evaluating Leadership Development in Scotland £79,000

2001-2004 Chief Investigator, ARC SPIRT Grant C00107500 Organisation of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services during Internationalisation $66,884

Chief Investigator, ARC SPIRT Grant C00107383 Managing Change in the Knowledge-Intensive Business Services Sector $105,000

May-June 2003 Visiting Research Fellow, Clifford Chance Centre, Said Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford

February-April 2003 Visiting Associate Professor, Thunderbird - The Garvin Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Arizona USA

2003-2005 Visiting Lecturer, Université Lumière de Lyon2, Lyon, France
1996-1998 Guest Lecturer, MBA in Legal Practice, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham UK
1993-1998 Visiting Lecturer, ICPE, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1990 Contract ASE (Assessment Services and Education), NFER-NELSON, 16PF and Belbin Team Roles Report Writer Software
1989 Department of Trade and Industry, Small Firms Merit Award for Research in Technology

RECENT PRACTITIONER CONFERENCE AND MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
• ‘Fairness at Work'. Radio interview with Professor Mick Marchington University of Manchester (60 minutes), Nightline 103.8fm, 9:00pm-10:00pm Monday 1st March 2010, DubaiEye, Dubai UAE.
• ‘Workplace Leadership Development’. Radio interview (60 minutes), Nightline 103.8fm, 8:00pm-9:00pm Sunday11th October 2009, Dubai Eye, Dubai UAE.
• ‘Generation X, Generation Y’. Radio interview (60 minutes), Nightline 103.8fm, 8:00pm-9:00pm Tuesday18th August 2009, Dubai Eye, Dubai UAE.
• ‘HRM: What is it and how is it changing?’ Radio interview (60 minutes), Nightline 103.8fm, 8:00pm-9:00pm Sunday 9th August 2009, Dubai Eye, Dubai UAE.
• ‘HRM and Redundancies’. Radio interview (15 minutes), Business Tonight Show, 7:30pm-8:00pm Monday 15th December 2008, Dubai Eye, Dubai UAE.
• Presentation: ‘Leadership Development - Workforce Management & Optimisation’, Le Royal Meridien, Abu Dhabi, 12th-14th October 2008. Speaker 2:00pm-2:45pm 14th October. Conference Organiser: Marcus Evans.
• Presentation: ‘Leadership Development – Achieving Guiding Principles’, Strategic Succession Planning Conference, Berlin, 20th-21st September 2007; also Panel Discussion Member – ‘Communicating and proving development opportunities within your company to your top employees’. Conference Organiser: Marcus Evans.
• Presentation: ‘Leadership for the Oil & Gas Industry: its Development and Outcomes’, Recruiting and Training for Success Conference, Barcelona, 11th-12th June 2007, Barcelona, Conference Organiser: Marcus Evans.
• Master Class: ‘Establishing Your Organisation’s Approach to Developing Leaders and Leadership’ – 7th Annual Career Development Conference: Best Practice Employee Development Strategies for the Middle East, 4th-7th December 2006, Mövenpick Hotel, Dubai, UAE. Conference Organiser: IIR Middle East.
• Master Class: ‘You’ve Got Leaders, But Have You Got Leadership’ – Talent Management – The Silver Bullet Conference, 29th November 2006. Thistle Hotel, Marble Arch, London, Conference Organiser: International Quality and Productivity Center (Europe).
• Master Class: ‘Establishing Your Organisation’s Approach to Developing Leaders and Leadership’ - European Leadership And Talent Management Summit Conference, 10th July 2006. Thistle Hotel, Marble Arch, London, Conference Organiser: International Quality and Productivity Center (Europe). Rated: “Best Master Class from July 2006!”

FIELD OF CURRENT RESEARCH/PhD Studies

Title of Research Area Brief Description

Field 1:
Strategy as Practice and Careers
Four sources of data inform this area of research: (i) 21 interviews on Australian law firm’s international strategies, (ii) 21 interviews on Australian client company’s international strategies and contracting of external legal advice and (iii) Two sets of interviews with 28 lawyers in Minter Ellison law firm, and (iv) 8 interviews with 8 lawyers in Corrs Chambers Westgarth.

Field 2:
Evaluating Leadership Development in Scotland
The research examines the implementation of leadership development and career development practices in organisations in Scotland, in particular, 360 degree feedback, coaching, mentoring, networks, job assignment, and action learning.

Research Students

(a) Past

Program PhD Research Student and Thesis Topic
(First supervisor unless otherwise indicated) External Examiner
PhD Yuliani Suseno
A framework of research on social capital and knowledge acquisition. An empirical study of professional client relationships. (2009)
Australian Research Council (ARC) funded PhD - Australian Awards for Postgraduates in Industry (APAI). Professor Ken Parry (Bond) and Professor Elizabeth Moore (Monash)

PhD Dr Lucas Skoufa
A strategic management framework for reformed electricity generation firms in Eastern Australia
(1st supervisor during 2002-2004) Professor Alan Buttery,
School of Marketing, University of Western Sydney

PhD Dr Mustafa Tasliyan
Electronic Data Interchange and Work Relationships Dr David Grimshaw,
University of Cranfield

PhD Dr Serkan Bayraktaroglu
Technology Based Training in Corporate Companies Dr Clive Holtham,
City University Business School

PhD Dr Ismail Bakan
Financial Participation and Employee Job Attitudes Professor Michael Poole,
Cardiff Business School, University of Cardiff

DBA Dr Peter Woolcock
HRM during IT Outsourcing Professor Wendy Currie,
University of Brunel

DBA Dr Dennis Haslop
Team Leader Autonomy in New Product Development Dr Bill Spiers,
University of Sheffield

DBA Dr Ashok Jashapara
Learning Organisation in the Construction Industry Professor Mark Easterby-Smith,
Management School, University of Lancaster

(b) Current

Program Topic Student
PhD Leadership in Corporate Social Responsibility Yassir Yaghfouri (1st supervisor)
PhD Leadership Theories in Practice in the United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al-Amri (1st supervisor)
DBA Management of Employee Assistance Programmes Ray Brown (1st supervisor)

External Examiner
PhD
Kerry Hudson, ‘Best Practice Intervention in Professional Practice Management’ (with particular reference to the legal profession of New South Wales)’ PhD awarded 1st July 2004 The University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
Masters

Kuok Kei Law, MPhil Thesis awarded 1st September 2007, MPhil in Management, Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

David Stufflebotham, MCA Masters Thesis awarded 1st July 2007, Master of Commerce and Administration, Faculty of Commerce and Administration, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

RECENT CONFERENCE ORGANISATION AND AD HOC REVIEWING

• Track Chair for Track 13: ‘Expertise in Ethics in Organisations’, EURAM2008 Ljubljana and Bled, 14th–17th May 2008.
• ESRC Rapporteur
• Journal of Management Studies
• Organization Studies
• Organization
• Human Relations
• British Journal of Management
• International Journal of Human Resource Management
• Philosophy of Management
• Personnel Review
• Leadership
• Employee Relations
• Industrial Relations Journal
• Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
• Journal of Strategic Change
• Journal of Business Research
• Management Research News
• Academy of Management Conference (OMT Division)
• Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM)

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Edited Books

1. Harzing, A-W., and Pinnington, A.H. (eds.), 2010 Forthcoming. International Human Resource Management, 3rd Edition, London: Sage Publications.

2. Pinnington, A.H., Macklin, R.E., and Campbell, T. (eds.), 2007. Human Resource Management: Ethics and Employment, Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-920379-9; ISBN-10: 0-19-920379-2.

Text Books

1. Pinnington, A.H., and Lafferty, G.E. 2003. Human Resource Management in Australia Oxford: Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-5514777.
• Reviewed by Ken Kamoche of Hong Kong City University (2005) Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 43, 174-175.
• Reviewed by Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon of The Open University of Hong Kong (2004) Labour & Industry, August, 15, 1, 83-84.
• Reviewed by R. Kelly (2003) International Journal of Employment Studies, 11, 2, 128-130.
• Reviewed by Doug Davies of Curtin University of Technology (2003) Journal of Industrial Relations, September, 45, 3, 413-414.

2. Pinnington, A.H., and Edwards, T.E. 2000. Introduction to Human Resource Management Oxford: Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-877543-1.
• Reviewed by Richard Underwood on 16.11.2001 in the Times Higher, Issue 1513, p.30.

Books

1. Pinnington, A.H. 1991. ‘Using Video in Training & Education’ 1991. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0077073843.
• Reviewed by Andrew Hart in the Times Higher on November 13th page 32, and in approximately 20 training journals and business press including the Financial Times during 1992-1993.

Papers under Review and Revise & Resubmit

1. Pinnington, A.H. ‘Competence Development in Transient Knowledge Communities’, Personnel Review
2. Pinnington, A.H. ‘Leadership Development in the Funded and Unfunded Sectors’, Leadership
3. Pinnington, A.H. and Sandberg, J. ‘Women Lawyers: Professional Careers and Organisation Strategies’, Organization Studies
4. Pinnington, A.H. and Sandberg, J. ‘Employee Perspectives on Organisational Professionalism: Participation in the Firm’s Business Strategies and Transient Knowledge Communities’, (Working Paper to be submitted to an academic journal in 2010)

Published Refereed Academic Journals

1. Sandberg, J., and Pinnington, A.H. 2009. ‘Professional competence as ways of being: An ontological existential perspective’, Journal of Management Studies, 46(7) November: 1138-1170. ISSN 0022-2380 [impact factor 2.556]
2. Pinnington, A.H., and Tourish, D.J. 2009. ‘Evaluating Leadership Development – A Democratic Leadership Perspective’, Philosophy of Management, 8(1): 27-35.  ISSN 1740-3812.
3. Pinnington, A.H., Kamoche, K., and Suseno, Y. 2009. ‘Property in Knowledge Work: An Appropriation-Learning Perspective’, Employee Relations, 31, 1, 57-80. ISSN 0142-5455.
4. Pinnington, A.H. and Gray, J.T. 2007. ‘The Global Restructuring of Legal Services Work? A Study of the Internationalisation of Australian Law Firms’, International Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 14, No. 2, July, 147-172. ISSN 0969-5958.
5. Suseno, Y., Pinnington, A.H., and Gardner, J. 2007. ‘Gender and the Network Structures of Social Capital in Professional-Client Relationships’, Advancing Women in Leadership, Vol. 24, Spring, Advancing Women Website,
http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/spring2007/index.htm
6. Suseno, Y., Pinnington, A.H., Gardner, J., and Shulman, A.D. 2006. ‘Social Capital and Knowledge Acquisition in Professional-Client Relationships’, International Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 13, No. 3, 273-295. ISSN 0969-5958.
7. Pinnington, A.H. 2005. ‘Learning in a Competitive Field: MBA Students’ improvised case studies of IHRM’ International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 16, No. 4, April, 619-635. ISSN 0958-5192.
8. Pinnington, A.H. 2004. ‘Fakes, Copies and Originals’ Guest Editor Introduction Philosophy of Management, 4, 3, 1-3.  ISSN 1740-3812.
9. Pinnington, A.H. and Lafferty, G.E. 2004. ‘The Bush Myth: Internationalisation, Tradition and Community in the Australian Context’ Philosophy of Management, 4, 3, 5-14.  ISSN 1740-3812.
10. Bakan, I., Suseno, Y., Pinnington, A.H., and Money, A.H. 2004. ‘The influence of financial participation and participation in decision making on employee job attitudes’ International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 15, No. 3, May, 587-616. ISSN 0958-5192.
11. Pinnington, A.H., Morris, T.J., and Pinnington, C.A. 2003. ‘The relational structure of improvisation: A case illustration from corporate video production’ International Studies in Management and Organization, Spring 33:1, 10-33. ISSN 0020-8825.
12. Pinnington, A.H. and Morris, T.J. 2003. ‘Archetype change in professional organisations: Survey evidence from large law firms’ British Journal of Management, Vol. 14, No. 1, March, 85-99.  ISSN 1045-3172.
13. Tourish, D. and Pinnington, A.H. 2002. ‘Transformational leadership, corporate cultism and the spirituality paradigm: An unholy trinity in the workplace?’  Human Relations, 55, 2, 147-172.  ISSN 0018-7267.
14. Pinnington, A.H. and Morris, T.J. 2002. ‘Transforming the architect: ownership form and archetype change’  Organization Studies, 23, 2, 189-211.  ISSN 0170-8406.
15. Pinnington, A.H. 2001. ‘Charles Handy: The exemplary guru’ Reason in Practice, 1, 3, 47-55.  ISSN 1473-589X.
16. Hammersley, G.C. and Pinnington, A.H. 1999. ‘Land Rover employees’ attitudes to continuous improvement groups’ The TQM Magazine, 11, 1, January 1999, 8-18. ISSN 1740-3812.
17. Morris, T.J. and Pinnington, A.H. 1998. ‘Evaluating strategic fit in professional service firms’ Human Resource Management Journal, Vol 8, No. 4, 1-12.  ISSN 0954-5395
18. Morris, T.J. and Pinnington, A.H. 1998. ‘Patterns of profit sharing in professional firms’ British Journal of Management, Vol. 9, No. 2, March, 23-39.  ISSN 1045-3172.
19. Morris, T.J. and Pinnington, A.H. 1998. ‘Promotion to partner in professional firms’ Human Relations, Vol. 51, No.1, 3-24.  ISSN 0018-7267.
20. Pinnington, A.H. and Hammersley, G.C. 1997. ‘Quality circles under the new deal at Land Rover’ Employee Relations, Vol. 19, No. 5, 415-429.  ISSN 0142-5455.
21. Pinnington, A.H. and Woolcock, P.W. 1997. ‘The role of vendor companies in IS/IT outsourcing’ International Journal of Information Management, Vol. 17, No. 2, 199-210.  ISSN 0268-4012.
22. Pinnington, A.H. and Morris, T.J. 1996. ‘Strategic management of partnership firms: law, accounting and architecture’ Long Range Planning, Vol. 29, No. 6, 842-848.  ISSN 0024-6301.
23. Pinnington, A.H. and Woolcock, P.W. 1995. ‘How far is IS/IT outsourcing enabling new organizational structure and competences?’  International Journal of Information Management, Vol. 15, No. 5, 353-365.  ISSN 0268-4012.
24. Pinnington, A.H. and Haslop, D.A. 1995. ‘Team leader autonomy in new product development’  Management Decision, Vol. 33, No. 9, 5-11.  ISSN 0025-1747.
25. Pinnington, A.H. 1992. ‘Managing technology partnerships’ Journal of General Management, Vol. 17, No. 3, Spring, 46-55.  ISSN 0306-3070.
26. Pinnington, A.H. 1989.  'Needs analysis, instructional design and software programming - How should client and production organisations use their evaluation resources' Computers in Adult Education and Training, 1, 3, Autumn, 49-61.  ISSN 0952 6315.

Edited Book Chapters

1. Pinnington, A.H. Forthcoming 2010. ‘Strategic management and International Human Resource Management’, in: A-W Harzing and A.H. Pinnington (eds.), International Human Resource Management, 3rd Edition, London: Sage Publications, pp. xx-yy.
2. Pinnington, A.H. and Woolcock, P.W. 2009. Republished Journal Article. Pinnington, A.H. and Woolcock, P.W. 1997. ‘The role of vendor companies in IS/IT outsourcing’ International Journal of Information Management, Vol. 17, No. 2, 199-210  ISSN 0268-4012: Reprinted in: Leslie Willcocks and Mary Lacity (Eds.), Outsourcing Information Systems (3 volumes), Volume 2: Managing Outsourcing Relationships, Section 2.3: Supplier Capabilities and Perspectives, pp.xx-yy, London: Sage. Hardcover ISBN: 9781848604452.
3. Tourish, D.J., and Pinnington, A.H. 2009. ‘Learning from current trends in leadership development in Scotland’, in: Zoë van Zwanenberg (ed.), Leadership in Social Care, Chapter 12, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp.198–216. ISBN: 978-1-84310-969-3.
4. Pinnington, A.H. and Suseno, Y. 2008. ‘Developments in the Jurisdictions of In-House Legal Advisors: Researching Australian Experience’, in: Daniel Muzio, Stephen Ackroyd and Jean-Francois Chanlet (eds.), Redirections in the Study of Expert Labour: Established Professions and New Expert Occupations. Basingstoke: Palgrave, Macmillan, pp.75–97. ISBN: 1403998701; ISBN: 978-1403998705.
5. Pinnington, A.H. and Bayraktaroglu, S. 2007. ‘Ethical Leadership in Employee Development’ In: A.H. Pinnington, R.E. Macklin and T. Campbell, (eds.) Human Resource Management: Ethics and Employment, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.190–208. ISBN: 978-0-19-920378-9.
6. Campbell, T., Pinnington, A.H., Macklin, R., and Smith, S. 2007. ‘Conclusion’ In: A.H. Pinnington, R.E. Macklin and T. Campbell, (eds.) Human Resource Management: Ethics and Employment, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.282–291. ISBN: 978-0-19-920378-9.
7. Pinnington, A.H, Macklin, R., and Campbell, T. 2007. ‘Introduction: Ethical Human Resource Management’ In: A.H. Pinnington, R.E. Macklin and T. Campbell, (eds.) Human Resource Management: Ethics and Employment, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.1–20. ISBN: 978-0-19-920378-9.
8. Pinnington, A.H., 2003. ‘Organizational culture: Liberation or entrapment?’ In: Dennis Tourish and Owen Hargie (eds) Key Issues in Organizational Communication, London: Routledge, Ch. 13, pp. 205–219.
9. Morris, T.J. and Pinnington, A.H. 2002. ‘Beyond the ‘war-for-talent’ hype: occupational and organizational change in the business professions.’ In S. Clegg, (ed.) Management and Organization Paradoxes. Advances in Organization Studies 9, Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins, pp. 185–198.  ISBN 90 272 3306 3.
10. Morris, T.J. and Pinnington, A.H. 1999. ‘Continuity and change in professional organizations: the evidence from law firms’ In: D. Brock, M. Powell and C.R. Hinings (eds.) Restructuring the Professional Organization: Accounting, Health Care and Law.  London: Routledge ISBN 0-415 19217-X. pp.200–214.
11. Hammersley, G.C. and Pinnington, A.H. 1996. ‘Employee involvement in the automotive industry: an evaluation of discussion groups in Land Rover’ in (pp.405–418) Beardwell, I. (ed.) Contemporary developments in HRM, Paris: Editions ESKA.  ISBN 9 782869 114272.

Book Reviews

1. Pinnington, A.H. (2008) Book review of: ‘Jörgen Sandberg and Axel Targama (2007) Managing understanding in organizations. London UK/Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage’, Organization Studies, 29, 11, November, pp. 1479-1483.
2. Pinnington, A.H. (2008) Book review of: ‘The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management Series – Edited by Peter Boxall, John Purcell and Patrick Wright (2007) Oxford: Oxford University Press’, Industrial Relations Journal, 39, 1, January, pp. 78-86.
3. Pinnington, A.H. (2007) Book review of: ‘Robert Westwood and Carl Rhodes (eds) (2006) Humour, Work and Organization. London: Routledge’, Organization Studies, Vol. 28, Issue 5, pp. 789-792.
4. Pinnington, A.H. (2006) Book review of: Ian Watson, John Buchanan, Iain Campbell & Chris Briggs, (2003) ‘Fragmented futures:
New challenges in working life. Acirrt, University of Sydney: The Federation Press’, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2006, Vol 44, Issue 3, December, pp. 381-3.                                                                                                                                                  5. Pinnington, A.H. (2004) Book review of: ‘Emmanual Lazega (2001) ‘The collegial phenomenon: The social mechanisms of cooperation among peers in a corporate law partnership. Oxford: Oxford University Press’, British Journal of Sociology, 2004, Vol. 55, Issue 1, pp. 153-154.
6. Pinnington, A.H. (2004) Book review of: Paul Kearns (2003) ‘HR Strategy: Business focussed, individually centred. Oxford: Butterworth: Heinemann’, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Vol 41, Issue 2, pp. 247-249.
Case Studies and other Publications

Numerous press release articles and quotes, for example, Emirates Business 24/7 (circulation 85,000) 29th March 2009 ‘Downturn is best time to upgrade key skills’, 5th May 2009 ‘Joblessness, inflation link no more rigid’, and 2nd August 2009 ‘Online recruitment better option during downturn’.
Pinnington, A.H. 2004. Lecture PowerPoint slides (13 chapters) for the 2nd edition of Hanson, D., Dowling, P., Hitt, M.A., Ireland, R.D. and Hoskisson, R.E., Strategic management: Competitiveness and globalization. Nelson: Thomson Learning.
Hammersley, G.C. and Pinnington, A.H. 2001. ‘Quality circles at Land Rover: The UK experience’ in (Part IV case studies, pp. 315-322) Sonia El Kahal, Business in Asia Pacific: Text and Cases, Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-878219-5.
Hammersley, G.C. and Pinnington, A.H. 1999. ‘Quality circles reach end of the line at Land Rover’ Human Resource Management International Digest, 7, 3, May-June,  4-6.
Wright, M.J., Pinnington, A.H., and Yazdanfar, M. 1989. Luminance peak and valley detection by centre-surround operators, Perception, 17, 3, 358-359.  ISSN 0301 0066.
Conference Papers, Workshops and Invited Presentations

Pinnington, A.H., and Sommerlad, H. ‘Competence Development and Participation in Transient Knowledge Communities’, Development of Competencies in the World of Work and Education, Decowe Conference 2009, Fakulteta za družbene vede, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 24th–26th September 2009.
Pinnington, A.H., and Sandberg, J. ‘Employee Perspectives on Organisational Professionalism: Participation in the Firm’s Business Strategies and Transient Knowledge Communities’, 25th EGOS Colloquium “Barcelona 2009 Passion for creativity and innovation: Energizing the study of organizations and organizing”, Sub-theme 46: Energizing the study of organizations and organizing II, ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain, 2nd–4th July 2009.
Pinnington, A.H., Kamoche, K., and Sandberg, J. ‘Property in Knowledge Work during the Internationalisation of Legal Services: An Appropriation-Learning Perspective’, Practice, Profession and Ethics Subject Section, The Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2008, London School of Economics, London, 15th–18th September 2008.
Pinnington, A.H., Practice Development Workshop Chair, Ethics Expertise in Global Teams, Renewable Energy Sources & Professional Occupational Groups, Academy of Management Conference, The questions we ask, Anaheim, California, 8th–14th August 2008.
Pinnington, A.H., Kamoche, K., and Flood, J., Track Chair, Track 14: Expertise in Ethics in Organisations, EURAM 2008 8th Conference: Managing Diversity: European destiny and hope, Ljubljana and Bled, Slovenia, 14th–17th May 2008.
Pinnington, A.H., Kamoche, K., and Suseno, Y. ‘Property in Knowledge Work during the Internationalisation of Legal Services: An                                      Appropriation-Learning Perspective’, EURAM 2008 8th Conference: Managing Diversity: European destiny and hope, Ljubljana and Bled, Slovenia, 14th–17th May 2008.
Pinnington, A.H., Kamoche, K., and Suseno, Y. ‘Property in Knowledge Work during the Internationalisation of Legal Services: An                                      Appropriation-Learning Perspective’, University of St Andrews School of Management Research Seminar Series Candlemas Semester (January 2008 – May 2008) Wednesday 13th February 2008.
Pinnington, A.H., and Tourish, D.J. ‘Evaluating Leadership Development - A Democratic Leadership Perspective’, Fourth International Conference, Philosophy of Management 07, St Johns College, University of Oxford, 8th–11th July 2007.
Pinnington, A.H., and Winroth, K. ‘Competing Identities of ‘Managed Professionalism’: Lawyers’ Attitudes to Management in Law Firms,’ Stream title: New perspectives in the study of professionalism: Reconnecting professional organizations with professional occupations, Reconnecting Critical Management. The 5th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester Business School. 11th–13th July 2007.
Pinnington, A.H., ‘Evaluating Leadership Development Practices’, Visiting Researcher Seminar Presentation, Department of Management, Hong Kong City University, Hong Kong, 23rd May 2007.
Pinnington, A.H., and Suseno, Y. ‘The Internationalization of Australian Organizations and Developments in the Legal Jurisdictions of their In-House Legal Advisors,’ Guest Researcher Seminar Presentation to the I-Sector Forum, Företagsekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet, 28th September 2006.
Pinnington, A.H., and Sandberg, J. ‘Professional work and business strategies of law firms: A case study of Minter Ellison lawyers,’ Session: Lawyering and the Legal Profession in Late Modernity (Chair: David Sugarman), Professions in the Knowledge Based Economy Workshop, Lancaster University (Workshop Organisers: Daniel Muzio and Stephen Ackroyd), 20th–21st September 2006.
Pinnington, A.H., and Sandberg, J. ‘Professional work and business strategies of law firms: A case study of Minter Ellison lawyers,’ Guest Researcher Seminar Presentation to the Organization Forum, Företagsekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet, 11th September 2006.
Suseno, Y., Pinnington, A.H., Gardner, J. ‘Networks, Clients' Trust, and Professional Service Firms' Knowledge: Internationalization
Challenges’, American Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 11th–16th 2006.
Sandberg, J., and Pinnington, A.H., ‘Professional competence understood as ways of being: An existential ontology’, The Second Organization Studies Summer Workshop: European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) Re-Turn to Practice: Understanding Organization As It Happens, Mykonos, Greece, June 15th–16th 2006.
Suseno, Y., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘Which ties matter? Understanding clients’ perspectives on external professional service provision’, INSNA XXVI International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 25th–30th April 2006.
Suseno, Y., Pinnington, A.H., Gardner, J., and Shulman, A. ‘An analysis of social capital outcomes in professional-client networks’. Business Policy and Strategy Division – Interorganizational Networks, A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century, American Academy of Management Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 5th–10th 2005.
Pinnington,  A.H., ‘The internationalisation of corporate companies and developments in the legal jurisdictions of their in-house advisors’, Professions and Knowledge-Based Organisations Stream, The 4th International Critical Management Studies Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 4th–6th July 2005.
Trevor-Roberts, E., Sandberg, J., and Pinnington, A.H., ‘Understanding narrative: A metatheoretical review of the narrative field,’ Sub-Theme 6: Unlocking Multiple Organizational Narratives, 21st EGOS Colloquium “Unlocking Organizations” Conference, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 30th June–2nd July 2005.
Suseno, Y., Pinnington, A., Gardner, J., and Shulman, A. ‘A framework of research on social capital, knowledge acquisition, and professional-client relationship outcomes’. INSNA XXV International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Redondo Beach, California, February 16th–20th 2005.
Suseno, Y., Pinnington, A., Gardner, J., and Shulman, A. ‘The structural configurations of social capital: An analysis of professional-client networks’. 18th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Annual Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 8th–11th 2004.
Suseno, Y., Pinnington, A., Gardner, J., and Shulman, A. ‘Gender and the network structures of social capital in professional-client relationships’. Workshop on Female Managers, Entrepreneurs and the Social Capital of the Firm, organised by the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, Belgium, November 16th–19th 2004.
Pinnington, A.H. and Kamoche, K., ‘SHRM and knowledge management: Innovative organisation’, ANZIBA 4th Annual Conference, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia, November 5th–6th 2004.
Kamoche, K., and Pinnington, A.H., ‘SHRM and knowledge management: An agenda for the innovative organisation’, CIMOC Inaugural Symposium, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 2nd–5th 2004.
Pinnington, A.H., ‘A field theory of business advice giving’ Special Track: Professions in Travail? EURAM 4th Annual Conference, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, May 5th–8th 2004.
Suseno, Y., Pinnington, A.H., and Gardner, J. ‘A framework for research on social capital, knowledge acquisition, and satisfaction’ OMT – Social Capital in Organizations, Democracy in a Knowledge Economy, American Academy of Management Conference, Seattle, WA, August 1st–6th 2003.
Czislowski, P., Pinnington, A.H., Boyle, M., and Smith, P. ‘Internationalization of the legal profession’ Session 1, RC52, Sociology of Professional Groups, International Sociological Association (ISA), XV World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane, 7th–13th July 2002.
Pinnington, A.H. ‘Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of practice: potential for management research and its sense of reason in practice’ Developing Philosophy of Management Conference, St Anne’s College, Oxford, 26th–29th June 2002.
Brathwaite, T., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘The carnival as a healing art: community-based alternatives to individualist stress management strategies’  Developing Philosophy of Management Conference, St Anne’s College, Oxford, 26th–29th June 2002.
Pinnington, A.H. and Suseno, Y. ‘Under house arrest: the internationalisation of the Australian legal profession’ Asia Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies (APROS) Conference, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 3rd–5th December 2001.
Pinnington, A.H. and Sandberg, J. ‘Knowledge workers and their work: a relational theory of competence.’ Third Oxford Conference on Knowledge Intensive Firms, Christ Church, University of Oxford, 13th–14th September 2001.
Malhotra, N. and Pinnington, A.H. Co-organisers of All-Academy Symposium (one of four accepted), accepted jointly by the Organization and Management Theory and Organization Development and Change Divisions, ‘Interaction between professional service organizations and governments’.  American Academy of Management Conference, Washington D.C., August 5th–8th 2001.
Morris, T.J., Pinnington, A.H. and Malhotra, N. ‘Changing dynamics between governments and professional service organizations.’ All Academy Symposium, American Academy of Management Conference, Washington D.C. August 5th–8th 2001.
Pinnington, A.H., Morris, T.J., Malhotra, N., and Gray, J.T. ‘The production of dominant and dominated narratives of strategising in an elite competitive field.’ 2nd Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester, UMIST, 11th–13th July 2001.
Pinnington, A.H., Gray, J.T., and Malhotra, N. ‘Make way for high performance HRM? Organizing knowledge-based firms for competitive advantage.’ EGOS Conference, Lyons, France, 5th–7th July 2001.
Pinnington, A.H. and Morris, T.J. ‘Sophisticated Human Resource Management.’ Ist International Symposium on Organizational Improvisation, Lisbon, Portugal Departamento de Gestão; Faculdade de Economia; Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 14th–15th June 2001.
Morris, T. and Pinnington, A.H. 'Beyond the 'war-for-talent' hype: occupational and organisational change in the business professions,' APROS Conference, UTS, Sydney, 14th–17th December 2000.
Malhotra, N., Pinnington, A.H., and Gray, J.T. 'The distinctive features of Australian law firm internationalisation', APROS Conference, UTS, Sydney, 14th–17th December 2000.
Pinnington, A.H., and Morris, T.J. 'Constraints on corporatising second tier accounting and business advisory firms', ANZAM2000 Conference, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney, 3rd–6th December 2000.
Kilotat, A., Pinnington, A.H., and Gray, J.T. 'The evidence for high performance HRM systems in professional service firms', Transcending boundaries: integrating people, processes and systems.  Second International Conference, School of Management, Griffith University, Nathan, 6th–8th September 2000.
Pinnington, A.H. and Bassett, M. ‘MBA Knowledge: Institutionalizing Business Relevance.’  Second International Conference on Connecting Learning and Critique, Lancaster University 19th–21st July 2000.
Pinnington, A.H. and Bayraktaroglu, S. 'Technologies for employee development: corporate culturalism or communication overload?’ In: C. Fraser, M. Barker and A. Martin (Eds.) 'Organisations Looking Ahead: Challenges and Directions', Conference Proceedings, pp. 265-271, Griffith University Logan Campus, Queensland, Australia, 22nd–23rd November 1999.
Pinnington, A.H., and Bayraktaroglu, S. ‘Management agendas for technology-based learning: four exempla’, British Academy of Management Conference, working paper track, University of Nottingham, 14th–16th September, 1998.
Pinnington, A.H., Bakan, I., and Money, A.H. ‘Financial participation: research towards a new model based on Long (1978) and Florkowski (1989)’, British Academy of Management Conference, working paper track, University of Nottingham, 14th–16th September, 1998.
Pinnington, A.H., and Bayraktaroglu, S. ‘Management agendas for employee development’, Third International Conference on Organizational Discourse: Pretexts, Subtexts and Contexts, King’s College, London, 29th–31st July, 1998.
Pinnington, A.H., and Bayraktaroglu, S. ‘Management prerogative and employee-initiated development’, British Academy of Management Conference, working paper track, London Business School, 8th–10th September, 1997.
Pinnington, A.H., Bakan, I., and Money, A.H., ‘The effect of profit sharing and employee share ownership schemes in large organizations,’ British Academy of Management Conference, working paper track, London Business School, 8th–10th September, 1997.
Pinnington, A.H. ‘Exempla in management: narrative, authority and power’, Discussion paper, Modes of organising: power, knowledge shifts. University of Warwick (pp. 203-211), 3rd–4th April 1997.  ISBN 0-902610-48-1.
Pinnington, A.H., and Tasliyan, M. ‘Planning EDI in purchasing’, Refereed paper, Ischia, Naples: 6th International Annual IPSERA Conference (pp. T4/1-T4/10), 24th–26th March, 1997.
Pinnington, A.H., and Bayraktaroglu, S. ‘Multiple agendas for automated learning: distribution and development of technology based training (TBT) in large companies’,  British Academy of Management Conference, working paper, University of Aston, 16th–18th September, 1996.
Pinnington, A.H., ‘The meta-narrative of performativity’, Second International Conference on Organizational Discourse: Talk, Text and Tropes. King’s College, London, 24th–26th July 1996.  ISBN 1 900089 01 7.
Bungart, S.J., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘Interpersonal and interfunctional cooperation under EDI in purchasing,’ Technische Universiteit, Eindhoven: 5th International Annual IPSERA Conference, (pp. 452-460), 1st–3rd April, 1996.
Hammersley, G.C., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘Land Rover employees’ understanding of the new deal: a study of participation and enactment in quality circles,’ City University Business School, London, 14th–15th December, 1995.
Hammersley, G.C., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘Land Rover shopfloor employees’ managerial and worker understandings of quality circles’, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, 13th–14th December, 1995.
Hammersley, G.C., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘Employee involvement in the automotive industry: an evaluation of discussion groups in Land Rover’, Colloquium on Human Resource Management at Sup de Co., Montpelier, October 9th–13th, 1995.
Pinnington, A.H., and Woolcock, P.W. ‘New organisational structure and competences under IS/IT outsourcing: the role and contribution of vendor companies’, 3rd SISnet conferences, Universität Bern, 18th–20th September, 1995.
Pinnington, A.H., and Morris, T.J. ‘Ownership form and strategic decision making in the professional service firm: a comparison of architectural practices’, British Academy of Management Conference, working paper track, University of Sheffield, 11th–13th September, 1995.
Pinnington, A.H., and Woolcock, P.W. ‘How far is IT outsourcing enabling new organisational structure and competences?’ 2nd SISnet Conference, IESE, Barcelona, 26th–28th September, 1994.
Morris, T.J., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘International management of professional partnership firms’, British Academy of Management Conference, working paper track, University of Lancaster, 12th–14th September, 1994.
Morris, T.J., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘Managing the professional service firm: comparisons across the law and accountancy professions’, Law Society Annual Research Conference,  The Law Society, London, 1st July, 1994.
Morris, T.J., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘Are professional partnership firms developing into Tomorrow’s Company?’  RSA Inquiry “Tomorrow’s Company” Conference, Leeds Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, 17th March, 1994.
Morris, T.J., and Pinnington, A.H. ‘Managing professional partnership firms’, British Academy of Management Conference, working paper track, Milton Keynes, 20th–22nd September, 1993.
Pinnington, A.H. and Birchall, D. ‘Round the clock learner support and just-in-time training’ 9th International Conference on Technology and Education, Paris, Vol 3., 1992.

Consultancy

• CIPD Academic Membership Project Advisory Group Member (CIPD, 151 The Broadway, London. August 2009 – July 2010)
• Queensland, Australia Expert Witness on Employee Training and Development - in a dispute between an employee and employer
Partnership Firms (Strategy, Profit sharing, Performance management)

• UK Law firm – Development of appraisal systems for staff, lawyers and partners.

• UK Law firm - Development of new profit sharing system for partners.

• UK Law firm - Annual weekend conference: strategy

Companies and Government (Leadership and Learning Organisation)

• Shipbuilding Company - Team-based review and training for management buyout board of directors.

• Hospital Trust - Leadership training for managers, nurse managers and clinical supervisors.

• Banks, Building Societies, Pharmaceutical Companies – Workshops on the implementation of learning organisation principles.

• Working Knowledge Transfer Ltd and Employment Department – Evaluation of competence-based assessment and training system.

• Price Waterhouse – Evaluation of multimedia training for reading a set of company accounts (managers and trainee accountants).

• Royal Mail Parcels – Evaluation of multimedia training for junior and middle supervisors in leadership skills.

• Fletcher-Dulewicz & Associates – Design, development, implementation and maintenance of software for psychometric testing (16PF, OPQ, Belbin’s team roles, Leadership inventory).

• NFER-Nelson Publishers - Design, development, testing and maintenance of psychometric testing software report writer for 16PF.

• Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Development of tactile imaging systems.

• British Telecom (BT) and National Physics Laboratory (NPL) – Formative evaluation of Air Traffic Control multimedia training.

• Logica (Cambridge) Ltd - Evaluation of team work and technical contribution on knowledge based engineering training project.

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