André Spicer

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André Spicer is a New Zealand academic, Dean, and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bayes Business School, City, University of London. He is an expert in the fields of Organisational Behaviour, Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility, and is the founding director of ETHOS: The Centre for Responsible Enterprise at Bayes.[https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/centres/cre/faculty Faculty of bayes ETHOS group]

Early life

Spicer was born and raised in Whangārei, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/201852362/kiwi-expat-quenches-media-thirst-for-commonsense|title=Kiwi expat quenches media thirst for commonsense|author=|date=25 July 2017|website=radionz.co.nz|accessdate=14 September 2018}} He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Otago, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne.{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/mbanext50/next-50-years-impact/mba-building/announcing-donald-e-armstrong-building/registration/andre-spicer|title=André Spicer|author=|date=|website=MBA Next 50|accessdate=14 September 2018}}

Career

Spicer started his career at the University of Warwick{{cite web|url=https://www.cass.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/experts/andre-spicer|title=Professor André Spicer - Cass Business School|author=|date=|website=www.cass.city.ac.uk|accessdate=14 September 2018}} and eventually became a professor of Organisation Studies there. He then became Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bayes Business School, City, University of London. He was the founding director of ETHOS: The Centre for Responsible Enterprise there and the Head of the Faculty of Management.

His research on wellbeing, organizational politics, organisational culture, employee identity, new organizational forms, work space and leadership among other areas of expertise have been published in numerous top scholarly journals.

Spicer is the author of a number of books include The Wellness Syndrome, The Stupidity Paradox, Desperately Seeking Self Improvement and Business Bullshit.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/andre-spicer|title=André Spicer|author=|date=|website=The Guardian|accessdate=14 September 2018}}

He has written columns for the Guardian,{{Cite web |title=André Spicer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/andre-spicer |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} the Financial Times,{{Cite web |title=André Spicer {{!}} Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/stream/77fe89f7-8b6d-355c-8cc4-5b42e742fb0e |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=www.ft.com |language=en-GB}} New Statesman and The Conversation.{{Cite web |title=Andre Spicer |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/andre-spicer-93496 |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}

Spicer has co-authored reports on the culture of banking and financial regulators.{{Cite web |title=A report on the culture of British retail banking |url=http://newcityagenda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Online-version.pdf |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=New City Agenda}}{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Cultural change in the FCA, PRA & Bank of England: Practising what they preach? |url=https://newcityagenda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NCA-Cultural-change-in-regulators-report_embargoed.pdf |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=New City Agenda}}

On 1 December 2021, Spicer was named Bayes Business School's Interim Dean following the departure of Professor Paolo Volpin.[https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/november/professor-andre-spicer-appointed-as-interim-dean-of-bayes-business-school Professor Andre Spicer appointed as interim dean of bayes business school] In March 2022, Spicer was appointed as the permanent Dean.[https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/march/professor-andre-spicer-appointed-dean-of-bayes-business-school Professor Andre Spicer appointed Dean of Bayes Business School] Bayes Business School, 11 March 2022

Publications

  • Contesting the Corporation Struggle, Power and Resistance in Organizations (2007), co-written with Peter Fleming. {{ISBN|978-1107320963}}.
  • Unmasking the Entrepreneur (2009), co-written with Campbell Jones. {{ISBN|978-1848448445}}.
  • Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Read World (2011), co-written with Mats Alvesson. {{ISBN|978-1136889431}}.
  • Managing 'Human Resources' by Exploiting and Exploring People's Potentials (2013), co-written with Mikael Holmqvist. {{ISBN|978-1781905050}}.
  • The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work (2016), co-written with Mats Alvesson.
  • Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimisation Movement (2017), co-written with Carl Cederström. {{ISBN|978-1682191026}}.
  • Business Bullshit (2017).
  • Wellness Syndrome (2015), (2017), co-written with Carl Cederström. {{ISBN|978-0745655611}}
  • The Corporation: A Critical, Multi-Disciplinary Handbook (2017), co-written with Grietje Baars. {{ISBN|978-1139681025}}.

References

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Further reading

  • [https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/gender-and-society/128923506/the-one-thing-companies-could-do-to-stop-toxic-workplaces 'The one thing companies could do to stop toxic workplaces'. Stuff. 11 June 2022.]