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Professor David Knights

Emeritus Professor

  1. Published

    Organizing male infertility: Masculinities and fertility treatment

    Cervi, L. & Knights, D., 31/07/2022, In: Gender, Work and Organization. 29, 4, p. 1113-1131 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Outsourcing (the) economy to India: Utopian and dystopian discourses of offshoring

    Knights, D. & Jones, B., 30/10/2007, In: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 27, p. 433-446 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    PLANNING FOR PERSONNEL?‐HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RECONSIDERED

    Kerfoot, D. & Knights, D., 30/09/1992, In: Journal of Management Studies. 29, 5, p. 651-668 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Political organization and decision making

    Knights, D. & Odih, P., 2012, Introducing organizational behaviour and management. Knights, D. & Willmott, H. (eds.). 2nd ed. ed. Andover: Cengage Learning, p. 349-373 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  5. Published

    Political Organization and Decision Making

    Knights, D., 2017, Introducing Organizational Behaviour and Management. Knights, D. & Willmott, H. (eds.). London: Cengage Learning, p. 349-373 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  6. Published

    Politics and Pain in Managing Information Technology: A Case Study from Insurance

    Knights, D. & Murray, F., 30/04/1992, In: Organization Studies. 13, 2, p. 211-228 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Power and identity in theory and practice

    Knights, D. & Willmott, H., 28/02/1985, In: The Sociological Review. 33, 1, p. 22-46 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Power and subjectivity at work: From degradation to subjugation in social relations

    Knights, D. & Willmott, H., 30/11/1989, In: Sociology. 23, 4, p. 535-558 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Power at work in organizations

    Knights, D., 2009, The Oxford handbook of critical management studies. Alvesson, M., Bridgman, T. & Willmott, H. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  10. Published

    Power, values and relations: A comment on benton

    Knights, D. & Willmott, H., 30/11/1982, In: Sociology. 16, 4, p. 578-585 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Practice Makes Perfect? Skillful Performance in Veterinary Work, Human Relations

    Clarke, C. & Knights, D., 1/10/2018, In: Human Relations. 71, 10, p. 1395-1421 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    PROCESSES OF SELECTION IN ALLOCATING FREE COMPUTERS TO DISABLED PEOPLE

    Latham, Y. & Knights, D., 21/06/2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  13. Published

    Pushing the Boundaries of Amnesia and Myopia: A Critical Review of the Literature on Identity in Management and Organization Studies

    Knights, D. & Clarke, C., 07/2017, In: International Journal of Management Reviews. 19, 3, p. 337-356 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Quality time and the 'beautiful call'

    Alferoff, C. & Knights, D., 29/09/2017, Re-organising Service Work: Call Centres in Germany and Britain. Routledge, p. 183-203 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  15. Published

    Race Relations in Industry:Problems and Prospects for Equal Opportunity

    Knights, D. & Hitner, T., 1/05/1982, In: Employee Relations. 4, 5, p. 12-16 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Reflecting on a critical pedagogy in MBA education

    Currie, G. & Knights, D., 31/03/2003, In: Management Learning. 34, 1, p. 27-49 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Reluctant leaders: an analysis of middle managers' perceptions of leadership in further education in England

    Gleeson, D. & Knights, D., 02/2008, In: Leadership. 4, 1, p. 49-72 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Rethinking Diversity in Organizations and Society

    Knights, D. & Omanović, V., 2015, The Oxford Handbook of Diversity in Organizations. Bendl, R., Bleijenbergh, I., Henttonen, E. & Mills, A. J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  19. Published

    Self-critical Reflections on CMS: Special Issue on developments in Critical Management Studies

    Bergström, O. & Knights, D., 2009, Critical Management Studies.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  20. Published

    Sex discrimination in UK academia

    Knights, D. & Richards, W., 31/03/2003, In: Gender, Work and Organization. 10, 2, p. 213-238 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Short Introduction

    Knights, D., 2017, Introducing Organizational Behaviour and Management. Knights, D. & Willmott, H. (eds.). 3rd ed ed. London: Cengage Learning, p. 1-38 38 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  22. Published

    Socialization, yes. skill upgrading, probably. robust theory of the capitalist labour process, no

    Knights, D. & Willmott, H., 30/09/2007, In: Organization Studies. 28, 9, p. 1369-1378 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Stories about men implementing and resisting new technologies

    Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. & Knights, D., 30/11/2004, In: New Technology, Work and Employment. 19, 3, p. 192-206 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Sustainability of the international sourcing model

    Knights, D., 2010, Organizing and managing in the era of globalization . Singh, P. & Verma, S. (eds.). New Delhi: Sage

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  25. Published

    The ‘missing masses’ of resistance: an ethnographic understanding of a workplace dispute

    Knights, D. & McCabe, D. J., 31/07/2016, In: British Journal of Management. 27, 3, p. 534-549 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    The ambivalence of personnel in in life insurance: The challenge of change

    Hope, V. & Knights, D., 1/01/1988, In: Personnel Review. 17, 1, p. 32-37 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    The Common-Sense World of Everyday Selling

    Knights, D., 1/01/1974, In: Management Decision. 12, 1, p. 37-45 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    The concept of strategy in sociology: A note of dissent

    Knights, D. & Morgan, G., 31/08/1990, In: Sociology. 24, 3, p. 475-483 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    The conditions of our freedom: Foucault, organization and ethics

    Crane, A., Knights, D. & Starkey, K., 07/2008, In: Business Ethics Quarterly. 18, 3, p. 299-320 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    The conditions of our freedom: Foucault, organization and ethics

    Crane, A., Knights, D. & Starkey, K., 2012, New directions in business ethics. Crane, A. & Matten, D. (eds.). Los Angeles: Sage

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  31. Published

    The Grand Refusal? Struggling with Alternative Foucauldian-Inspired Approaches to Resistance at Work

    Knights, D., 30/09/2016, The Sage Handbook of Resistance. Courpasson, D. & Vallas, S. (eds.). London: Sage, p. 98-120 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  32. Published

    The human face of re-engineering in financial services

    Mccabe, D. & Knights, D., 1/04/2000, In: Managing Service Quality: An International Journal. 10, 2, p. 74-78 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    The human face of re-engineering in financial services

    Mccabe, D. & Knights, D., 1/09/2000, In: Measuring Business Excellence. 4, 3, p. 42-45 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    The night of the bug: technology, risk and (dis)organization at the fin de siecle

    Knights, D., Vurdubakis, T. & Willmott, H., 08/2008, In: Management and Organizational History. 3, 3-4, p. 289-309 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    The Power of Organization or the Organization of Power?

    Knights, D. & Roberts, J., 01/1982, In: Organization Studies. 3, 1, p. 47-63 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    The theory, practice and politics of manpower planning: An analytical critique with empirical illustrations from the N.H.S.

    Knights, D. & Moore, J., 1/03/1985, In: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 5, 3, p. 11-28 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Time and gender

    Sabelis, I. (Editor), Knights, D. (Editor) & Odih, P. (Editor), 2008, In: Gender, Work and Organization. 15

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineSpecial issuepeer-review

  38. Published

    Time, Self and Reified Artefacts

    Knights, D. & Yakhlef, A., 30/09/2005, In: Time & Society. 14, 3, p. 283-302 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Towards an ecology of retail financial services: Understanding the persistence of door-to-door credit and insurance providers

    Leyshon, A., Burton, D., Knights, D., Alferoff, C. & Signoretta, P., 30/04/2004, In: Environment and Planning A. 36, 4, p. 625-645 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Transaction cost economics and open innovation: implications for theory and practice

    Remneland-wikhamn, B. & Knights, D., 09/2012, In: Creativity and Innovation Management. 21, 3, p. 277-289 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Understanding the theory and practice of management control

    Knights, D. & Roberts, J., 1/03/1983, In: Employee Relations. 5, 4, p. 1-43 43 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Unsanctioned Practice Innovation: A Process Model

    Demir, R. & Knights, D., 31/08/2021, In: Long Range Planning. 54, 4, 102108.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Walking with moneylenders: The ecology of the UK home-collected credit industry

    Leyshon, A., Signoretta, P., Knights, D., Alferoff, C. & Burton, D., 31/01/2006, In: Urban Studies. 43, 1, p. 161-186 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Ways of leading in non-Anglophone contexts: Representing, expressing and enacting authority beyond the English-speaking world

    Schedlitzki, D., Case, P. & Knights, D. (Guest editor), 1/04/2017, In: Leadership. 13, 2, p. 127-132 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  45. Published

    'We have crossed the rubicon': A 'one-team' approach to information technology

    Knights, D. & McCabe, D., 20/03/2003, Technological Change and Organizational Action. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 186-202 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  46. Published

    We’re all partying here: Target and games, or targets as games in call centre management

    Alferoff, C. & Knights, D., 1/01/2003, Art and Aesthetics at Work. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 70-92 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  47. Published

    What’s more Effective than Affective Leadership? Searching for embodiment in leadership research and practice

    Knights, D., 2018, Leadership Matters?: Finding Voice, Connection and Meaning in the 21st Century. Mabey, C. & Knights, D. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 75-88 14 p. (Routledge Studies in Leadership Research).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  48. Published

    When ‘I’ becomes ‘we’: An ethnographic study of power and responsibility in a large food retail cooperative

    Huber, G. & Knights, D., 1/08/2023, In: Human Relations. 76, 8, p. 1137-1161 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Whistleblowing Paradoxes: Legislative Protection and Corporate Counter Resistance

    Monk, H., Knights, D. & Page, M., 2014, The Routledge Companion to Ethics, Politics and Organizations. Pullen, A. & Rhodes, C. (eds.). Routledge, 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  50. Published

    Who's a good boy then? Anthropocentric masculinities in veterinary practice

    Clarke, C. & Knights, D., 1/05/2019, In: Gender, Work and Organization. 26, 3, p. 267-287 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Writing organizational analysis into Foucault

    Knights, D., 30/11/2002, In: Organization. 9, 4, p. 575-593 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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