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Background
Prior to joining Cranfield Kevin was Professor of Strategy at Durham University Business School where he also served as Associate Dean for Postgraduate Research and Director of the PhD programme. From 2017 to 2020 he was Director of the largest Research Centre at DUBS, the Centre for Organizations and Society. After this 3 year term he was appointed Co-Director of the Centre for Ethical Finance and Governance.
Previously Kevin was Professor of Strategy and Head of the Strategy and International Business Group at Warwick Business School until taking up a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship.
He has also held positions at the University of Birmingham where he was a Reader in Organizational Behaviour and at Loughborough University Business School where he was an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow.
Current activities
As the Rowlands Chair in Transformational Strategy Kevin helps companies successfully implement large scale change.
Clients
Touchstone Partners a boutique research consultancy commissioned Kevin to develop a model of shopper decision making ('6S'). They are interested in phenomena such as panic buying and how 'sticky' large-scale Covid-related changes among the public were.
Priority Bridge is a Pittsburgh-based tech HR startup who Kevin is working with to develop a culture benchmarking tool to inform change management.
During a prestigious British Academy Fellowship, Kevin worked for a year on a very large dataset at West Midlands Police (tens of thousands of public surveys, over twelve years). This placed new emphasis on the importance of neighbourhood visibility and procedural justice.
In an award-winning collaboration with Nicola Harrington-Buhay, Kevin's research helped the United Nations Development Programme develop a model of public interest in a post-war context.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Aroles J & Morrell K. (2025). Marketisation and the public good: a typology of responses among museum professionals. Work, Employment and Society, 39(1)
- Aroles J, Morrell K, Granter E & Liang Y. (2024). Representing, re-presenting, or producing the past? memory work amongst museum employees. Journal of Management Studies
- Taylor B, Hewison A, Cross-Sudworth F & Morrell K. (2022). Transformational Change in maternity services in England: a longitudinal qualitative study of a national transformation programme ‘Early Adopter’. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1)
- Morrell K & Dahlmann F. (2022). Aristotle in the Anthropocene: the comparative benefits of Aristotelian virtue ethics over Utilitarianism and deontology. The Anthropocene Review, 10(3)
- Learmonth M & Morrell K. (2021). ‘Leadership’ as a Project: Neoliberalism and the Proliferation of ‘Leaders’. Organization Theory, 2(4)
- Fernandes O, Morrell K & Heracleous L. (2021). How can governments tax multinational enterprises more fairly? a discourse analysis. Policy and Politics, 49(4)
- Morrell K, Heracleous L, Fuller C & Bradford B. (2021). How Does the State Restore Order During Crisis? Lessons From the U.K.’s Response to the “Riots” of August 2011. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 57(1)
- Learmonth M & Morrell K. (2021). What does the word ‘Leader’ ‘Do’?. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1)
- Morrell K, Bradford B & Javid B. (2020). What does it mean when we ask the public if they are ‘confident’ in policing? The trust, fairness, presence model of ‘public confidence’. International Journal of Police Science & Management, 22(2)
- Morrell K, Hewison A & Heracleous L. (2020). From events to personal histories: narrating change in health-care organizations. Public Management Review, 22(6)
- Morrell K, Lockett A & Ucbasaran D. (2020). Condemned to Be Free: An Existentialist Perspective on Founder Freedom. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1)
- Morrell K & Dahlmann F. (2020). Ethics in the Anthropocene. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1)
- Dahlmann F, Stubbs W, Griggs D & Morrell K. (2019). Corporate actors, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Earth System Governance: A research agenda. The Anthropocene Review, 6(1-2)
- Kassotaki O, Paroutis S & Morrell K. (2019). Ambidexterity penetration across multiple organizational levels in an aerospace and defense organization. Long Range Planning, 52(3)
- Dahlmann F, Morrell K & Stubbs W. (2019). Corporate Actors and Earth System Governance: Towards a Research Agenda Informed by Virtue Ethics. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1)
- Morrell K & Griffin M. (2019). Post-Truth, Lies and Brexit. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1)
- Learmonth M, Wilson S, Ford JM, Harding NH, Knights D, .... (2019). Against or After Leadership? Exploring Possibilities for Radical Change. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1)
- Morrell K. (2018). Book Review: Academic conferences as neoliberal commodities. Management Learning, 49(2)
- Learmonth M & Morrell K. (2017). Is critical leadership studies ‘critical’?. Leadership, 13(3)
- Arikan O, Reinecke J, Spence C & Morrell K. (2017). Signposts or Weathervanes? The Curious Case of Corporate Social Responsibility and Conflict Minerals. Journal of Business Ethics, 146(3)
- Morrell K. (2017). Brexit: What the hell happens now?. Public Administration, 95(2)
- Uotila J & Morrell K. (2017). Can Strategy Be ""Evidence-Based""? The Search for Actionable Knowledge in Strategy. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1)
- Morrell K & Brammer S. (2016). Governance and Virtue: The Case of Public Order Policing. Journal of Business Ethics, 136(2)
- Jayawardhena C, Morrell K & Stride C. (2016). Ethical consumption behaviours in supermarket shoppers: determinants and marketing implications. Journal of Marketing Management, 32(7-8)
- Morrell K & Javid B. (2016). How do we measure Public Confidence in Policing? Analysis of large scale survey data. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016(1)
- Learmonth M & Morrell K. (2016). Doctoring the Evidence: A Cautionary Tale about the Medicalization of Management Research. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016(1)
- Morrell K & Learmonth M. (2015). Against Evidence-Based Management, for Management Learning. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 14(4)
- Morrell K & Currie G. (2015). Impossible Jobs or Impossible Tasks? Client Volatility and Frontline Policing Practice in Urban Riots. Public Administration Review, 75(2)
- Morrell K, Learmonth M & Heracleous L. (2015). An Archaeological Critique of ‘Evidence‐based Management’: One Digression After Another. British Journal of Management, 26(3)
- Currie G, Tuck P & Morrell K. (2015). How hybrid managers act as “canny customers” to accelerate policy reform. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 28(8)
- Kravcenko D & Morrell K. (2015). Don't Hold Your Breath! Materiality in Temporal Structuring. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1)
- Morrell K & Lockett A. (2015). Organizational Identification In Start-Ups: An Existential Perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1)
- Morrell K, Heracleous LT & Fuller C. (2015). Space and Speech Acts: The State's Production of Space During the UK Disorder of August 2011. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1)
- Hewison A & Morrell K. (2014). Leadership development in the English National Health Service: A counter narrative to inform policy. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51(4)
- Morrell K & Tuck P. (2014). Governance, tax and folk tales. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 39(2)
- Morrell K. (2014). Civilianization and its Discontents. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1)
- Morrell K. (2014). Just How Impossible Are 'Impossible Jobs'? The Case of Riot Policing. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1)
- Morrell K & Hewison A. (2013). Rhetoric in policy texts: the role of enthymeme in Darzi’s review of the NHS. Policy & Politics, 41(1)
- Lucas JW, Morrell K & Posard M. (2013). Considerations on the ‘Replication Problem’ in Sociology. The American Sociologist, 44(2)
- Morrell K. (2013). Corporate Governance and the Academy's Need For 'Mumbo Jumbo'. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013(1)
- Morrell K. (2013). Decentring Capitalism through Pedagogy: Bolshevism to Ballet in Three Steps. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013(1)
- Morrell K. (2012). Evidence-based dialectics. Organization, 19(4)
- MORRELL K & HARRINGTON‐BUHAY N. (2012). WHAT IS GOVERNANCE IN THE ‘PUBLIC INTEREST’? THE CASE OF THE 1995 PROPERTY FORUM IN POST‐CONFLICT NICARAGUA. Public Administration, 90(2)
- Morrell K & Lucas JW. (2012). The replication problem and its implications for policy studies. Critical Policy Studies, 6(2)
- Morrell K. (2012). Richard Bolden, Beverley Hawkins, Jonathan Gosling and Scott Taylor (eds), Exploring leadership: Individual, organizational and societal perspectives. Leadership, 8(4)
- Mabey C & Morrell K. (2011). Leadership in crisis: ‘Events, my dear boy, events’. Leadership, 7(2)
- Morrell K. (2011). Public Service Improvement: Theories and Evidence. Local Government Studies, 37(6)
- Morrell K & Jayawardhena C. (2010). Fair trade, ethical decision making and the narrative of gender difference. Business Ethics: A European Review, 19(4)
- Morrell K. (2010). Provocation: Business schools and economic crisis – Narratives, scripts and schools: counter-scripts as a response to the credit crisis. International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 4(1)
- Morrell K & Clark I. (2010). Private Equity and the Public Good. Journal of Business Ethics, 96(2)
- Morrell K. (2010). Leadership, rhetoric, and formalist literary theory. Journal of Leadership Studies, 3(4)
- Schmidt V, McEwan N, Volk A, Helps J, Morrell K, .... (2010). The glucocorticoid sparing efficacy of PhytopicaTMin the management of canine atopic dermatitis. Veterinary Dermatology, 21(1)
- MORRELL K. (2009). GOVERNANCE AND THE PUBLIC GOOD. Public Administration, 87(3)
- Morrell K & Jayawardhena C. (2008). Myopia and choice: framing, screening and shopping. Journal of Marketing Management, 24(1-2)
- Morrell K. (2008). The Narrative of ‘Evidence Based’ Management: A Polemic. Journal of Management Studies, 45(3)
- Morrell K, Loan‐Clarke J, Arnold J & Wilkinson A. (2008). Mapping the Decision to Quit: A Refinement and Test of the Unfolding Model of Voluntary Turnover. Applied Psychology, 57(1)
- Morrell K. (2007). Aesthetics and Learning in Aristotle: A Note on Grint's `Learning to Lead'. Leadership, 3(4)
- Morrell K & Arnold J. (2007). Research article: Look after they leap: illustrating the value of retrospective reports in employee turnover. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18(9)
- Morrell K. (2006). Governance, Ethics and the National Health Service. Public Money and Management, 26(1)
- Morrell K & Anderson M. (2006). Dialogue and scrutiny in organizational ethics. Business Ethics: A European Review, 15(2)
- MORRELL K. (2006). POLICY AS NARRATIVE: NEW LABOUR’S REFORM OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. Public Administration, 84(2)
- Morrell K. (2006). Aphorisms and Leaders’ Rhetoric: A New Analytical Approach. Leadership, 2(3)
- Morrell K & Hartley J. (2006). A model of political leadership. Human Relations, 59(4)
- Morrell K & Hartley J. (2006). Ethics in leadership: The case of local politicians. Local Government Studies, 32(1)
- Morrell K. (2005). Organizational Psychology and Development: A Reader for Students and Practitioners. Personnel Review, 34(4)
- Morrell K. (2005). Towards a typology of nursing turnover: the role of shocks in nurses’ decisions to leave. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 49(3)
- Morrell K. (2004). Socratic Dialogue as a Tool for Teaching Business Ethics. Journal of Business Ethics, 53(4)
- Morrell KM, Loan‐Clarke J & Wilkinson AJ. (2004). Organisational change and employee turnover. Personnel Review, 33(2)
- Morrell K. (2004). Decision Making and Business Ethics: The Implications of Using Image Theory in Preference to Rational Choice. Journal of Business Ethics, 50(3)
- Morrell K, Loan‐Clarke J & Wilkinson A. (2004). The Role of Shocks in Employee Turnover*. British Journal of Management, 15(4)
- Morrell K. (2004). Enhancing effective careers thinking: scripts and Socrates. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 32(4)
- Morrell KM. (2003). Trends in Organizational Behavior Vol 8: Employee versus Owner Issues in Organizations. Personnel Review, 32(4)
- Morrell K. (2003). Personnel psychology and HRM: A reader for students and practitioners. PERSONNEL REVIEW, 32(1-2)
- Morrell K. (2003). Well‐being in Organizations: A Reader for Students and Practitioners. Personnel Review, 32(1)
- Morrell K. (2003). Personnel Psychology and HRM: A Reader for Students and Practitioners. Personnel Review, 32(1)
- Morrell K & Wilkinson A. (2002). Empowerment: through the smoke and past the mirrors?. Human Resource Development International, 5(1)
- Morrell K. (2002). A Manager’s Guide to Hiring the Best Person for Every Job. Personnel Review, 31(4)
- Morrell K. (2002). Human resource management, 8th edition. PERSONNEL REVIEW, 31(3)
- Morrell K. (2002). Human Resource Management, 8th edition. Personnel Review, 31(3)
- Morrell K, Loan‐Clarke J & Wilkinson A. (2001). Unweaving leaving: the use of models in the management of employee turnover. International Journal of Management Reviews, 3(3)
Conference Papers
- Bell G, Morrell K & Hanlon A. (2023). The two faces of the metaverse
- Morrell K & Learmonth M. (2017). Evidence-Based Management
- MORRELL K, MARCHIONINI G & NEUMAN D. (1993). SAILING PERSEUS - INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR HYPERMEDIA IN THE CLASSICS
- MORRELL K. (1990). PERSEUS AND EVERYTHING ELSE - ASSESSING THE ROLE OF HYPERMEDIA IN COURSE-EVALUATIONS
Books
- Learmonth M & Morrell K. (2019). Critical Perspectives on Leadership
- Javid B & Morrell K. (2019). Public Confidence in the Police In Critical Perspectives on the Management and Organization of Emergency Services. Routledge.
- Morrell K & Bradford B. (2018). Policing and Public Management
- Morrell K. (2017). Organization as Koinōnia In International Handbooks in Business Ethics. Springer Netherlands.
- Morrell K. (2016). Understanding and measuring employee turnover In Research Handbook on Employee Turnover. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Morrell K. (2016). Chapter 3: Understanding and measuring employee turnover In Research Handbook on Employee Turnover. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Morrell K & Heracleous L. (2015). Is Shareholder Empowerment a “Good Thing”? In Shareholder Empowerment. Palgrave Macmillan US.
- Morrell K. (2015). Organization as Koinōnia In Handbook of Virtue Ethics in Business and Management. Springer Netherlands.
- Morrell K & Heracleous L. (2015). Shareholder Empowerment In Goranova M & Ryan LV (eds), Shareholder Empowerment: A New Era in Corporate Governance. Palgrave Macmillan US.
- Morrell K & Burrow R. (2014). Rhetorical Technique and Governance — Aphorisms and Leaders’ Political Persuasion In Rhetoric in British Politics and Society (Part F774). Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Noon M, Blyton P & Morrell K. (2013). Conclusion In The Realities of Work. Macmillan Education UK.
- Noon M, Blyton P & Morrell K. (2013). Emotion work In The Realities of Work. Macmillan Education UK.
- Noon M, Blyton P & Morrell K. (2013). Work routines In The Realities of Work. Macmillan Education UK.
- Noon M, Blyton P & Morrell K. (2013). Hidden work In The Realities of Work. Macmillan Education UK.
- Noon M, Blyton P & Morrell K. (2013). The Realities of Work
- Noon M, Blyton P & Morrell K. (2013). Work skills In The Realities of Work. Macmillan Education UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). Introduction In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). Where Do We Go from Here? In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). Talk and Texts In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). Decision Making and Ethics In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). The Public Good In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). The Rhetoric In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). Organization, Society and Politics In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). The Politics In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). Bolshevism to Ballet in Three Steps In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). The Poetics In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). The Nichomachean Ethics In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). An Aristotelian Perspective In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Morrell K. (2012). Organization, Society and Politics
- Morrell K. (2012). Introduction In Organization, Society and Politics. Springer Nature.
- Morrell K. (2012). What Is ‘Public Interest’?: A Case Study In Organization, Society and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood GE. (2010). The ethical business: Challenges and controversies (2nd)
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Green issues In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Ethics and marketing In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Corporate governance In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Conclusion In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Ethics in a globalizing world In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Ethics and supply chain management In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Introducing business ethics In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Ethics, accounting and finance In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). The Ethical Business
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Organizational behaviour and human resource management In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). Social partnerships In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.
- Mellahi K, Morrell K & Wood G. (2010). The ethical business and the business of ethics In The Ethical Business. Macmillan Education UK.