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Cynthia Hardy

Honorary
Management and Marketing
Critical Management Studies
Organization Studies
social sciences
business & economics
management
business
discourse
business and management
power
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Cynthia Hardy

 
Division
Business and Economics
 
Primary Interest
Management
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Projects

Displaying the 8 most recent projects by Cynthia Hardy.

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Risk and Change In Institutional Fields: The Case Of Industrial Chemicals

This project aims to explore how to manage risk through sustainable organisational strategies and institutional transformations. Chemical ri..

2016 - 2019
Completed
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Risk and Change In Institutional Fields: The Case Of Industrial Chemicals

2015 - 2015
Completed
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MANAGING AGE IN ORGANIZATIONS

2013 - 2013
Completed
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Managing Age in Organizational Context: A Comparative Study of the Meaning of Age among Managers

Australians are currently being encouraged to work longer to maximise their contribution to the economy but they often report there are orga..

2012 - 2016
Completed
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An Organizational Perspective on Risk Assessment: Comparing Chemicals Management in Australia and Canada

The project compares the managerial and organisational implications of chemical risk assessment in Australia and Canada. It will identify ho..

2011 - 2015
Completed
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MANAGING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE: A DISCURSIVE APPROACH

This research program will help to improve business competitiveness, which is predicated on the ability to manage transformational change, a..

2007 - 2011
Completed
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The impact of Enterprise Resource Planning systems on Australian Organisations

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation is one of the most pervasive sources of technological change in contemporary Australian en..

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Research on organizational discourse

This collaboration links Melbourne and Sydney Universities with McGill University and Kings College, the University of London in an internat..

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Project Types

6

Research Grant

2

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Cynthia Hardy.

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Post-Inquiry Sensemaking: The Case of the ‘Black Saturday’ Bushfires

Graham Dwyer, Cynthia Hardy, Steve Maguire

Journal article  |  2021  |  Organization Studies

We examine post-inquiry sensemaking by emergency management practitioners following an inquiry into the most damaging bushfire dis..

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A New Methodology for Supply Chain Management: Discourse Analysis and its Potential for Theoretical Advancement

C Hardy, Vikram Bhakoo, S Maguire

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Supply Chain Management

This paper responds to recent calls for methodological diversification and ‘in‐house’ theory development within the discipline of ..

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Organizations, Risk Translations and the Ecology of Risks: The Discursive Construction of a Novel Risk

Cynthia Hardy, Steve Maguire

Journal article  |  2020  |  Academy of Management Journal

The contemporary ‘risk society’ is associated with the emergence of a wide range of risks characterised by uncertainty and unfamil..

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Organizing Risk: Organization and Management Theory for the Risk Society

Cynthia Hardy, Steve Maguire, Michael Power, Haridimos Tsoukas

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Academy of Management Annals

Risk has become a crucial part of organizing, affecting a wide range of organizations in all sectors. We identify, review and inte..

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Reflections on Reflexive Theorizing: The Need for A Little More Conversation

L Cutcher, Cynthia Hardy, K Riach, R Thomas

Journal article  |  2020  |  Organization Theory

We investigate the nature and impact of recent ‘reflexive theorizing’ in the field of Organization Studies by examining articles t..

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The Discourse of Risk and Processes of Institutional Change: The Case of Green Chemistry

C Hardy, S Maguire

Book Chapter  |  2019

Green - or sustainable - chemistry involves "the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use of gen..

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The Janus Faces of Risk

C Hardy, S Maguire

Book Chapter  |  2019

This volume provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the latest management and organizational research related to risk, cr..

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New Approaches to Organizing Risk: Part Two

C Hardy, Steve Maguire

Report  |  2018

In this subsequent article, Maguire and Hardy offer a critique of how the dominant discourse of risk stands in the way of thinking..

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Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Power: An Ethnographic Study of a Creative Space

Paul Finn, Cynthia Hardy, Robin Canniford

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  Academy of Management Proceedings

Entrepreneurial thinking and behavior in organizations are increasingly being encouraged as a creative response to competitive wor..

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New Approaches to Organizing Risk: Part One

C Hardy, Steve Maguire

Report  |  2018

Organizations produce risks—financial, health, and environmental—when they engage in dangerous activities or deploy hazardous tech..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Business and Management
Management and Productivity
Management and Productivity Issues
Community Service (excl. Work)
Property, Business Support Services and Trade
Communication
Government and Politics
Work
Work and Institutional Development

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2018

Trailblazer Award

OMT Division of the Academy of Management
2017

Finalist for Best Paper publlshed in 2016

Academy of Management Review
2014

Highly Cited Researcher

Thomson Reuters
2014

Honorary Member

European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS)
2014

Honorary Professor

Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
2011

University of Melbourne Laureate Professor
2005

Dean's Prize for Exceptional Distinction in Research and Research Training, Faculty of Economics & Commerce

The University of Melbourne
2005

Woodward Medal in Humanities and Social Sciences

The University of Melbourne
2005

2005 Outstanding Book Award

Organizational Communication Division of the USA's National Communication Association
2004

Best Paper Award

Academy of Management (Critical Management Studies Division)
1999

Member of the panel awarded Best symposium

Academy of Management (Organization & Management Division)
1997

George R. Terry Book Award

American Academy of Management
1996

The Sage Publications Award for the Best Refereed Paper at the British Academy of Management Conference

British Academy of Management Conference
1988

Best Paper Award

American Academy of Management (Power, Negotiation and Conflict Management Interest Group)
1986

Award for Excellence in Teaching

Faculty of Management, The University of Melbourne
2010

FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Management and Marketing

Member

Academy of Management

Member

European Group on Organization Studies

Invited Member

Society for the Advancement of Management Studies

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Warwick

Bachelor of Science

University of Warwick

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International Linkages

McGill University

Canada

Cardiff University

United Kingdom