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Changing Logics in Healthcare and Their Effects on the Identity Motives and Identity Work of Doctors (2020)
Journal Article
Martin, G., Bushfield, S., Siebert, S., & Howieson, B. (2021). Changing Logics in Healthcare and Their Effects on the Identity Motives and Identity Work of Doctors. Organization Studies, 42(9), 1477-1499. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840619895871

Recent literature on hybridity has provided useful insights into how professionals have responded to changing institutional logics. Our focus in on how shifting logics have shaped senior medical professionals’ identity motives and identity work in a... Read More about Changing Logics in Healthcare and Their Effects on the Identity Motives and Identity Work of Doctors.

Organisational leadership and/for sustainability: Future directions from John Dewey and social movements (2019)
Journal Article
Howieson, W., Burnes, B., & Summers, J. (2019). Organisational leadership and/for sustainability: Future directions from John Dewey and social movements. European Management Journal, 37(6), 687-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2019.02.003

In this paper, we suggest that organisational leadership that is based (generally) on a neoliberal paradigm has contributed to an ‘intolerable situation’ that was recognised at the United Nations (2015a) Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We, therefo... Read More about Organisational leadership and/for sustainability: Future directions from John Dewey and social movements.

Learning to be a professional football manager: a Bourdieusian perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Morrow, S., & Howieson, B. (2018). Learning to be a professional football manager: a Bourdieusian perspective. Managing Sport and Leisure, 23(1-2), 92-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2018.1452629

This paper draws on the theoretical concepts of Pierre Bourdieu to provide an insight into aspirant football managers’ perceptions of what is required and valued at different stages of their desired managerial career journey. Drawing on interviews wi... Read More about Learning to be a professional football manager: a Bourdieusian perspective.

Eroding ‘Respectability’: Deprofessionalization through organizational spaces (2017)
Journal Article
Siebert, S., Bushfield, S., Martin, G., & Howieson, B. (2018). Eroding ‘Respectability’: Deprofessionalization through organizational spaces. Work, Employment and Society, 32(2), 330-347. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017017726948

This article addresses the question – can a deterioration in organizational spaces erode a profession’s status? It draws on the organizational spaces literature to analyse the relationship between design of the physical work setting and senior doctor... Read More about Eroding ‘Respectability’: Deprofessionalization through organizational spaces.

How do Elite Doctors Respond to Tensions in Hybrid Healthcare Organizations? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martin, G., Siebert, S., Howieson, B., & Bushfield, S. (2017, August). How do Elite Doctors Respond to Tensions in Hybrid Healthcare Organizations?. Presented at Academy of Management Proceedings 2017, United States

In this paper we explain how and why elite doctors in public service healthcare respond to increasing hybridity through different forms of identity work, accommodation and resistance. We draw on a conceptual framework developed by Besharov and Smith... Read More about How do Elite Doctors Respond to Tensions in Hybrid Healthcare Organizations?.

The challenges of leadership in the third sector. (2017)
Journal Article
Hodges, J., & Howieson, B. (2017). The challenges of leadership in the third sector. European Management Journal, 35(1), 69-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2016.12.006

The third sector is experiencing a radical shift due to social, political and economic changes in Europe. Due to these shifts and their implications, the question of leadership has become significant and needs to be explored. This article contributes... Read More about The challenges of leadership in the third sector..

The mutuality metaphor: understanding healthcare provision in NHS Scotland. (2016)
Journal Article
Howieson, B. (2016). The mutuality metaphor: understanding healthcare provision in NHS Scotland. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 30(4), 666-671. https://doi.org/10.1108/jhom-07-2015-0100

Purpose – Better Health, Better Care Action Plan (Scottish Government, 2007) sets out how the Scottish Government intends to strengthen public ownership of the National Health Service in Scotland. The purpose of this paper is to advance extant knowle... Read More about The mutuality metaphor: understanding healthcare provision in NHS Scotland..

Mutuality in the provision of Scottish healthcare. (2015)
Journal Article
Howieson, B. (2015). Mutuality in the provision of Scottish healthcare. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(4), 228-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/0036933015613670

The backdrop to this article is provided by the Better Health, Better Care Action Plan (Scottish Government, 2007), Section 1 of which is entitled ‘Towards a Mutual NHS’. According to Better Health, Better Care (Scottish Government, 2007: 5): ‘Mutual... Read More about Mutuality in the provision of Scottish healthcare..

The changing experience of work of consultants in NHS Scotland. (2015)
Report
Martin, G., Siebert, S., Howieson, B., & Bushfield, S. (2015). The changing experience of work of consultants in NHS Scotland. British Medical Association

This study was commissioned by the Scottish Consultants’ Committee of the British Medical Association and carried out by independent researchers at the Universities of Dundee and Glasgow during the period May 2014-March 2015. We sought understand cha... Read More about The changing experience of work of consultants in NHS Scotland..

The new business of football: a study of current and aspirant football club managers. (2014)
Journal Article
Morrow, S., & Howieson, B. (2014). The new business of football: a study of current and aspirant football club managers. Journal of Sport Management, 28(5), 515-528. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2013-0134

Professional football (soccer) in Europe has changed dramatically in the past two decades, largely due to the escalation of media rights deals. Many professional football clubs are now complex businesses, intrinsically concerned with financial matter... Read More about The new business of football: a study of current and aspirant football club managers..

A mutual health service in Scotland: Do we understand fully the leadership implications? (2014)
Journal Article
Howieson, B., & Fenwick, C. (2014). A mutual health service in Scotland: Do we understand fully the leadership implications?. Leadership in Health Services, 27(3), 193-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/lhs-12-2012-0040

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the leadership implications of a mutual health service in National Health Service (NHS) Scotland.
Design/methodology/approach – Analysis of extant government policy and suggestions of leadership cons... Read More about A mutual health service in Scotland: Do we understand fully the leadership implications?.