The central thread that runs through all of Barbara's research and teaching activities is her interest in the complex and ever-changing dynamics of organising. This interest has guided her inquiries into institutional change in public sector science organisations, technological learning and sustainable innovation processes in small, knowledge-intensive manufacturing firms, and the emergence of new knowledge and creative practices in diverse organisational and cultural contexts. Barbara is fundamentally concerned with questions of 'how' human conduct unfolds, and with what consequences for creative action. In all of this, she adopts a constructivist and relational approach to explore the temporality and emotionality of organisational practices.
Before joining Strathclyde Business School in 2004, Barbara was located at the University of Auckland Business School in New Zealand, where she was Principal Investigator for a 6-year, multi-disciplinary research project funded by the New Zealand Public Good Science Fund to improve the innovation performance of local industries. Prior to becoming an academic, she had 20 years experience as a research scientist and environmental consultant and she also served as a non-executive director on the boards of two New Zealand companies.
Research Publications
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