PUBLICATIONS by THEME

Evolutionary Topics #1-27
Leadership, Management & Organisation #28-60
Family Business #61-95
Risk & Management in Finance #96-108
Careers, Biography & Transitions #109-149
Employee & Industrial Relations #150-174
Business Ethics #175-181
Absence from Work #182-202
General & Miscellaneous Topics #203-226

Honours/Awards/Keynotes

EVOLUTIONARY TOPICS

1 Nicholson, N. (in press). Nepotism. In Todd K. Shackelford and Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford, (Eds.). Encyclopaedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York: Springer.

2 Nicholson, N. (2015). Leadership as Adaptation: A critical review of the field. In D.M. Buss (Ed.), Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology Vol.2, 2nd Edition. New York: Wiley.

3 Nicholson, N. (2015). Primal Business: Evolution, kinship and the family firm. In S.M. Colarelli, & R.A. Arvey. The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

4 Nicholson, N. (2014). Evolutionary psychology. In P. Flood & Y. Freeney (Eds.) Wiley Encylopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior. Chichester: Wiley.

5 Nicholson, N. (2104). Evolutionary theory: A new synthesis for family business thought and research. In L. Melin, P. Sharma, & M. Nordqvist (Eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Family Business (pp. 119-136). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

6 Nicholson, N. (2012). The evolution of business and management. In S.C. Roberts (Ed.), Applied Evolutionary Psychology (pp16-35). Oxford: OUP.

7 Spisak, B.R., Nicholson, N., & Van Vugt, M. (2011). Leadership in organizations: An evolutionary perspective. In G. Saad (Ed.), Applications of evolutionary psychology in the business sciences (pp. 165-190). Heidelberg: Springer.

8 Nicholson, N. (2011). Introducing evolutionary psychology to business and management. In X.T. Wang & Y.J. Su (Eds.), Thus Speak Evolutionary Psychologists (pp. 232-240). Beijing: Peking Press.

9 Nicholson, N. (2010). The design of work: An evolutionary perspective. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31, 422-431.

10 Nicholson, N. (2008). Evolutionary psychology, corporate culture and family business. Academy of Management Perspectives, 22, 73-84.

11 Nicholson, N. (2008). Evolutionary psychology and family business: A new synthesis for theory, research and practice. Family Business Review, 21: 103-118.

12 Nicholson, N., & White, R. (Eds.) (2006). Darwinian Perspectives on Organizational Behavior. Special Issue, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 27 (2).

13 Nicholson, N. (2006). Organization as Nature Intended – Human universals and the employment experience. In R. Gandossy (ed.), Five Unstoppable Workforce Trends. New York: Wiley.

14 Nicholson, N. (2006). Destiny, drama and deliberation: Careers in the co-evolution of lives and societies. In H. Gunz & M.A. Peiperl (eds.) Handbook of Career Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

15 Nicholson, N. (2005). Objections to evolutionary psychology: Reflections, implications and the leadership exemplar. Human Relations, 26: 137-154.

16 Nicholson, N., and Björnberg, A. (2004). Evolutionary psychology and the family firm: structure, culture and performance. In S. Tomaselli & L. Melin (Eds.), Family Firms in the Wind of Change. Research Forum Proceedings, IFERA, Lausanne.

17 Nicholson, N., & De Waal Andrews, W. (2005) Playing to win: Biological imperatives, self-regulation and trade-offs in the game of career success. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26: 137-154.

18 Nicholson, N. (2002). What stays the same. In Subir Chowdhury (Ed.) Organization 21C. New York: Financial Times & Prentice Hall.

19 Nicholson, N. (2001). An evolutionary perspective on change and stability in personality, culture and organization. In M. Erez, U. Kleinbeck, & H. Thierry (eds.). Work Motivation in the Context of Globalizing Economy. Elsevier.

20 Nicholson, N. (2001). The new word on gossip. Psychology Today. June, pp. 41-45.

21 Nicholson, N. (2001). Gene politics and the natural selection of leadership. Leader to Leader. No. 20, Spring, pp. 46-52.

22 Nicholson, N. (2000). Executive Instinct. New York: Crown Business Books. (Managing the Human Animal. London: Texere – Paperback edition, 2004 Thomson Learning.)

23 Nicholson, N. (1998). How hardwired is human behavior? Harvard Business Review, Vol. 76 (no.4, July/August), 134-147.

24 Nicholson, N. (1998). Seven deadly syndromes of management and organization: The view from evolutionary psychology. Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol.19: 411-426.

25 Nicholson, N. (1997). Evolutionary psychology: Toward a new view of human nature and organizational society. Human Relations, Vol.50, 1053-1078. (lead article).

26 Nicholson, N. (1997). Hunter-gatherers of the organisation: Evolutionary psychology, feelings at work and the limits to change. In F. Avallone, J. Arnold & K. de Witte (eds.). Feelings Work in Europe. Milan: Guerini Studio.

27 Nicholson, N. (1997). Evolutionary psychology and organizational behaviour. In C.L. Cooper & S. Jackson, (eds.) Creating Tomorrow’s Organizations: A Handbook for Future Research in Organizational Behavior. Chichester: Wiley.

 

LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT & ORGANISATION

28 Nicholson, N. (2013). The ‘I’ of Leadership: Strategies for seeing, being and doing. Chichester: Jossey-Bass.

29 Spisak, B. R., O’Brien, M. J., Nicholson, N., & Van Vugt, M. (2015). Niche Construction and the evolution of leadership: Toward a unified theory. Academy of Management Review, 40:291-306.

30 Nicholson, N. (2011). The evolved self, Co-evolutionary processes and the self-regulation of leadership. Biological Theory, 6 (4): 12-44.

31 Nicholson, N. (2005). Meeting the Maasai: Messages for management. Journal of Management Inquiry, 14: 255-267. Winner of JMI best paper “Breaking the Frame” award for 2005.

32 Nicholson, N., Rees, A. and Brooks Rooney, A. (1990). Strategy, innovation and performance. Journal of Management Studies, 27, 511-534. (also translated into Hungarian)

33 Nicholson, N. (2015). Leadership as Adaptation: A critical review of the field. In D.M. Buss (Ed.), Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology Vol.2, 2nd Edition. New York: Wiley.

34 Spisak, B.R., Nicholson, N., & Van Vugt, M. (2011). Leadership in organizations: An evolutionary perspective. In G. Saad (Ed.), Applications of evolutionary psychology in the business sciences (pp. 165-190). Heidelberg: Springer.

35 Nicholson, N. and Björnberg, A. (2006). Critical leader relationships in family firms. In P.Z. Poutziouris, K.X. Smyrnios, & S.B. Klein (eds.), Handbook of Research on Family Business. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

36 Nicholson, N. (2016). Loss leaders. London Business School Review, Issue 2, pp. 32-33.

37 Nicholson, N. (2013). A new view of leadership. Management Today, May: 42-45.

38 Know the game, change the game. (2013), Business Strategy Review, July.

39 Nicholson, N. (2013). The ‘I’ of Leadership: Strategies for seeing, being and doing. Leadership Excellence, 30 (6): 4.

40 Nicholson, N. (2013). Seeing, being and doing: New ways to develop leaders. Developing Leaders (IEDP), Issue 11, 62-67

41 Nicholson, N. (2010). Gender and the future of hierarchical organization. Harvard Business Review blog, June 7.

42 Nicholson, N. (2010). The false theory of meritocracy. Harvard Business Review blog, June 1.

43 Nicholson, N. (2009). Leading in tough times. Business Strategy Review, Summer, 38-42.

44 Nicholson, N. (2007). The secret of managing without power. Times of India, January 9th.

45 Nicholson, N. (2003). How to motivate your problem people. Harvard Business Review, Volume 81, January, 56-67.
Reprinted in: Harvard Business Review on Motivating People. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
Reprinted in HBR OnPoint: Be a Better Boss: How to bring out the best in your people. Fall, 2015, pp. 110-119.

46 Nicholson, N. (2001). How to run your boss The Observer newspaper. Business section, June 10, p.9

47 Nicholson, N. (2001). The human skills of managing and leading. FT Dynamo symposium, May & June.

48 Nicholson, N. (2001). The evolving organization. Venture. March, pp. 22-25.

49 Nicholson, N. (2001). The big gamble. Across the Board. January, pp. 27-31.

50 Nicholson, N. (2001). Businessmen behaving badly. Business 2.0. March, p. 63.

51 Nicholson, N. (2001). Jazz up your workers. The Observer newspaper. Business section, August 29, p.9.

52 Nicholson, N. (2000). Managing to change. Times Higher Education Supplement. November 24, p. 20.

53 Nicholson, N. 21 x monthly Columns for Business Voice (2000 - 2003)

54 Hanaghan, K. (2000). The right chemistry. (interview feature). Channel Business, July, pp. 40-44.
55 Nicholson, N., and Cannon, D.C. (2000). Two views from the bridge. How CFOs and SME leaders perceive top team dynamics. European Management Journal, Volume 18, 367-376.

56 Nicholson, N. (1998). Personality and entrepreneurial leadership: A study of the heads of the UK’s most successful independent companies. European Management Journal, Vol.16, 529-539. (lead article)

57 Nicholson, N. (1993). Organizational Change. In Christopher Mabey & Bill Mayon-White (Eds.), Managing Change. Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd., London.

58 Nicholson, N. (1990). Organisational innovation in context: Culture, interpretation and application. In M.A. West and J. Farr (Eds.), Innovation and Creativity at Work: Psychological Approaches. John Wiley, Chichester.

59 Nicholson, N. (1989). Organization change. In S. Greif, H. Holling and N. Nicholson (Eds.), Arbeits und Organisations psychologie: Internationales Handbuck in Schulusselbegriffen (Work and Organizational Psychology: An International Handbook of Key Concepts). Psychologie Verlags Union, Munchen.

60 Nicholson, N. (1984). Organizational culture, ideology and management. In J.C. Hunt, D.M. Hosking, C.A. Schriesheim and R. Stewart (Eds.), Leaders and Managers. Pergamon Press, Oxford.

 

FAMILY BUSINESS

61 Nicholson, N. (2015). Primal Business: Evolution, kinship and the family firm. In S.M. Colarelli, & R.A. Arvey. The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

62 Nicholson, N. (2014). Family firms. In P. Flood & Y. Freeney (Eds.) Wiley Encylopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior. Chichester: Wiley.

63 Nicholson, N. (2104). Evolutionary theory: A new synthesis for family business thought and research. In L. Melin, P. Sharma, & M. Nordqvist (Eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Family Business (pp. 119-136). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

64 Björnberg, A., & Nicholson, N. (2012). Emotional ownership: The next generation’s relationship with the family firm. Family Business Review, 25: 374-390.

65 Björnberg, A. & Nicholson, N. (2008). Emotional Ownership: The critical pathway between the next generation and the family firm. London: Institute for Family Business.

66 Gordon, G., & Nicholson, N. (2008). Family Wars: Classic conflicts in the family firm and how to deal with them. London: Kogan Page.

67 Nicholson, N. (2008). Evolutionary psychology, corporate culture and family business. Academy of Management Perspectives, 22, 73-84.

68 Nicholson, N. (2008). Evolutionary psychology and family business: A new synthesis for theory, research and practice. Family Business Review, 21: 103-118.

69 Björnberg, A., & Nicholson, N. (2007). The family climate scales: development of a new measure for use in family business research. Family Business Review, 20, 229-246.

70 Nicholson, N., & Björnberg, A. (2007). Ready, Willing and Able? The next generation in family business. London: Institute for Family Business

71 Nicholson, N., & Björnberg, A. (2005). Family Business Leadership Inquiry. London: Institute for Family Business.

72 Nicholson, N. & Björnberg, A., (2008). The shape of things to come: Emotional ownership and the next generation in the family firm. In J. Tàpies & J.L. Ward (eds.), Family Values and Value Creation. London: Palgrave Macmillan

73 Nicholson, N. (2008). Succession for Success. Business Executive.

74 Nicholson, N. (2008). Blood ties. Management Today, March, 53-60.

75 Nicholson, N. (2006). Turning family business into a winning unit. Times of India, November 28th

76 Nicholson, N. (2005). Debate and transparency are key to good decisions. Families in Business, July/August, p.80

77 Nicholson, N. (2005). Set the thermostat on low and see your firm flourish. Families in Business, May/June, p.80

78 Nicholson, N. (2005). Family ties – Binding, bonding or breaking? Families in Business, March/April, p.80

79 Nicholson, N. (2006). Organization as Nature Intended – Human universals and the employment experience. In R. Gandossy (ed.), Five Unstoppable Workforce Trends. New York: Wiley.

80 Nicholson, N. and Björnberg, A. (2006). Critical leader relationships in family firms. In P.Z. Poutziouris, K.X. Smyrnios, & S.B. Klein (eds.), Handbook of Research on Family Business. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

81 Nicholson, N. (2005). Culture: Don’t reach for your gun. Families in Business, January/February, p.80.

82 Nicholson, N., and Björnberg, A. (2004). Evolutionary psychology and the family firm: structure, culture and performance. In S. Tomaselli & L. Melin (Eds.), Family Firms in the Wind of Change. Research Forum Proceedings, IFERA, Lausanne.

83 Nicholson, N. (2004). The Challenge of Leadership Succession. In Succession Management in Family Companies. Family Business Guide. London: BDO Stoy Hayward.

84 Nicholson, N. (2004). Happy Families and the Family Firm. In Getting the Family to Work Together. Family Business Guide. London: BDO Stoy Hayward.

85 Nicholson, N. (2004). The Competitive Advantage of Open Cultures. In The Role of Outsiders in Family Companies. Family Business Guide. London: BDO Stoy Hayward.

86 Nicholson, N. (2004). Motivation and Reward in the Family Firm. In Pay Benefits and Incentives in Family Companies. Family Business Guide. London: BDO Stoy Hayward.

87 Nicholson, N. (2004). Editorial commentary. In T. Bogod, P. Leach, & R. Merson (Eds.). Across the Generations: Insights from 100 year- old- family businesses. London: BDO Centre for Family Business

88 Nicholson, N., and Björnberg, A. (2004). Familiness: Fatal flaw or inimitable advantage? Families in Business, March, 52-54.

89 Nicholson, N. (2004). Leadership in family business: The what, who and how. Families in Business, November/December, p.49.

90 Nicholson, N. (2004). Discussant for case in The Family Business Survival Guide. Century Book Club.

91 Nicholson, N. (2003). Keeping the family in the business. BBC News Online, July.

92 Nicholson, N. (2003). Expert panel member responding to queries about family and small business management for BBC News Online, June 19th,, July 19th, and September 19th.

93 Nicholson, N. (2003). Family business: Promises and pitfalls. Family Business, Vol. 11(1): p.3.

94 Nicholson, N. (2002). Beyond the gene lottery – leadership in family firms. Families in Business, April, p. 10-11.

95 Nicholson, N. (2003). Leadership, culture and change in UK family firms. BDO Stoy Centre for Family Business.

 

RISK & MANAGEMENT IN FINANCE

96 Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Nicholson, N., Soane, E., & Willman, P (2010). Thinking, feeling and deciding: the influence of emotions on the decision making and performance of traders. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32: 1044-1061.

97 Willman, P., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Nicholson, N., & Soane, E. (2006). Noise trading and the management of operational risk; Firms, traders and irrationality in financial markets. Journal of Management Studies, 43: 1357-1374.

98 Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Nicholson, N., Soane, E., & Willman, P. (2005). Traders: Risks, Decisions, and Management in Financial Markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

99 Nicholson, N. (2002). What lies at the root of roguery? Financial Times, March 5, p.15.

100 Nicholson, N., Soane, E., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., & Willman, P. (2005). Personality and domain-specific risk taking. Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 8: 157-176.

101 Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Nicholson, N., Soane, E. and Willman, P. (2003). Trading on illusions: unrealistic perceptions of controls and trading performance. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 76: 53-68.

102 Willman, P., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Nicholson, N. and Soane, E. (2001). Knowing the Risks: Theory and practice in financial markets. Human Relations, Vol.54: 887-910.

103 Willman, P., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Nicholson, N. and Soane, E. (2001). Traders, managers and loss aversion in investment banking: A field study. Accounting, Organisations and Society, Volume 27: 85-98.

104 Nicholson, N., & Willman, P. (2000). Folly, fantasy and roguery – A social psychology of finance risk disasters. Financial Times, June 12.

105 Reprinted in J. Pickford (ed.) (2001) Mastering Risk: Volume 1: Concepts. Harlow: Pearson, pp. 241-246.

106 Soane, E., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Nicholson, N. and Willman, P. (2000). The Individual Perspective. Derivatives 2000.

107 Soane, E. and Nicholson, N. (2000). Are traders rational? Foreign Exchange and Money Markets July, p. 17-20.

108 Soane, E., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Nicholson, N., & Willman, P. (1998). Psychological theory and financial institutions. In R. Jameson (ed.), Operational Risk and Financial Institutions. London: Risk Books.

 

CAREERS, BIOGRAPHY & TRANSITIONS

109 Nicholson, N. (2007). The Getting of Wisdom: Self-conduct, personal identity and wisdom across the life-span. In E.H. Kessler & J.R. Bailey, J.R. (eds.) 2007. Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom. (pp. 377-397) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

110 Nicholson, N. (2006). Destiny, drama and deliberation: Careers in the co-evolution of lives and societies. In H. Gunz & M.A. Peiperl (eds.) Handbook of Career Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

111 Franke, J., & Nicholson, N. (2002). Who shall we send? Cultural and other influences on the rating of selection criteria for expatriate assignments. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 2: 21-36.

112 Nicholson, N. (2000) Motivation-Selection-Connection: An Evolutionary Model of Career Development. In M. Peiperl, M. Arthur, R. Goffee, and T. Morris (eds.). Career Frontiers: New concepts of working life. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

113 Nicholson, N. (1997). The personality factor. In G. Bickerstaffe (ed.) Mastering Management. London: Financial Times/Pitman.

114 Nicholson, N. (1997). El neuvo contexto para las carreras: Retos para la teoría y práctica de la dirección. In J.L. Álvarez (ed.). Emploeo y Carreras Directivas: Prácticas avanzadas y retos de futuro. Bilbao, Deusto.

115 Nicholson, N. (1997). The changing nature of careers. In Y. Altman (ed.), Careers in the New Millennium: Causes, challenges and consequences. Leuven: Acco.

116 Nicholson, N. (1997). A careers theorist looks at the UK General Election. Career Development International, 2, 210-211.

117 Baruch, Y. & Nicholson, N. (1997). Home, sweet work. Journal of General Management, Vol. 23 (2), 15-30.

118 Nicholson, N. (1996). Careers in a new context. In Warr, P. (Ed.) Psychology at Work. Harmondsworth : Penguin.

119 Nicholson, N. (1996). Career systems in crisis: Change and opportunity in the information age. Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 10, 40-51.

120 Nicholson, N. (1996). Towards a new agenda for work and personality: Traits, self-identity, "strong" interactionism and change. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 45: 189-205.

121 Goffee, R. & Nicholson, N. (1994). Career Development in Male and Female Managers; Convergence or Collapse? In M.J. Davidson & R. Burke (Eds.), Women in Management: Current Research Issues. London: Chapman.

122 Nicholson, N. & Imaizumi, A. (1993). "The Adjustment of Japanese Expatriates to Living and Working in Britain", British Journal of Management, 4 119-134.

123 Nicholson, N. (1993). "Purgatory or Place of Safety? The Managerial Plateau and Organisational Agegrading", Human Relations, 46, No.12, 1369-1389. (lead article)

124 Jackson, G. M. & Nicholson, N. (1992). Individual transitions, role learning and innovation. In Dian-Marie Hosking & Neil Anderson (Eds.), Organizational Change and Innovation. Psychological Perspectives and Practices in Europe. London: Routledge.

125 Harvey, J. & Nicholson, N. (1993). "Incentives and Penalties as Means of Influencing Attendance", International Journal of Human Resource Management, 4:4, 841-858.

126 Nicholson, N. (1992). Career Development in Organisations: Issues, Problems and Best Practice in Western Companies. International Journal Theoretical & Practical Aspects of Management, 1, 70-76. [in Russian]

127 Nicholson, N. and Arnold, J. (1991). From expectation to experience: Graduates entering a large corporation. Journal of Organizational Behaviour 12, 413-429

128 Nicholson, N. (1991). The transition cycle: Causes, outcomes, processes and forms. In S. Fisher and C.L. Cooper (Eds.), On The Move: The Psychological Effects of Change and Transition. John Wiley, Chichester.

129 West, M.A., Nicholson, N. and Rees, A. (1990). The outcomes of downward managerial mobility. Journal of Organizational Behaviour, 11, 119 134.

130 Nicholson, N. and Arnold, J. (1990). Construing of self and others at work in the early years of corporate careers. Journal of Organizational Behaviour, 12, 621-639.

131 Nicholson, N. and West, M.A. (1989). Transitions, work histories and the myth of careers. In M.B. Arthur, D.T. Hall and B.S. Lawrence (Eds.), Handbook of Career Theory. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

132 Nicholson, N. and Arnold, J. (1989). Graduate entry and adjustment to corporate life. Personnel Review, 18 (3), 23 35.

133 Nicholson, N. and Arnold, J. (1989). Graduate early experience in a multi national corpora¬tion. Personnel Review, 18, (4), 3 14.

134 West, M.A. and Nicholson, N. (1989). The outcomes of job change. Journal of Vocational Behaviour, 34, 335 349.

135 Nicholson, N. and West, M.A. (1988). Managerial Job Change: Men and Women In Transition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

136 Nicholson, N. (1987). Transitions riding the cycle of change. Changes, 4, (4), 420 424.

137 Nicholson, N. (1987). Work role transitions: Processes and outcomes. In P.B. Warr (ed.), Psychology at Work, 3rd Edition. Penguin, Harmondsworth

138 West, M., Nicholson, N. and Arnold, J.M. (1987). Identity changes as outcomes of work role transitions. In T. Honess and K. Yardley (eds.), Self and Identity: Individual Change and Development. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.

139 Nicholson, N. (1987). The transition cycle: A conceptual framework for the analysis of change and human resource management. In J. Ferris and K.M. Rowland (eds.), Personal and Human Resources Management, Volume 5. JAI Press, Greenwich, Conn.

140 West, M.A., Nicholson, N. and Rees, A. (1987). Transitions into newly created jobs. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 60, 97 113.

141 Glowinkowski, S. and Nicholson, N. (1986). The promotion pathology: A study of British police Inspectors. Personnel Review, 15, (2), 12 21.

142 West, M.A. and Nicholson, N. (1986). Coping with the job that no one did before. Personnel Management, July, 38 41.

143 Nicholson, N. (1986). Turning points, traps and tunnels The significance of workrole transitions in the lives of individuals and organisations. In G. Debus and H.W. Schroiff (eds.), The Psychology of Work and Organization. Elsevier Science Publishers, North Holland.
reprinted in: D.T. Hall (Ed.) (1994) Career Development. Dartmouth Publishing, Aldershot.
Reprinted in J. Ferris & K. Rowland (Eds.) Career and Human Resources Management JAI Press, Greenwich, Conn., 1990.

144 Nicholson, N., West, M.A. and Cawsey, T.F. (1985). Future uncertain: Expected vs. attained job change among managers. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 58, 313 320

145 Nicholson, N. (1985). Work adjustment in the balance. Contemporary Psychology, 30, 802 803.

146 Nicholson, N. and West, M.A. (1985). Life stories. New Society, 70, (1146), 370 731.

147 Alban Metcalfe, B. and Nicholson, N. (1984). The Career Development of British Managers. British Institute of Management, London.

148 Nicholson, N. (1984). A theory of work role transitions. Administrative Science Quarterly, 29 (2), 172 191 (lead article)

149 Nicholson, N. (1977). Counselling the Adult Learner in the Open University. Teaching at a Distance, 8, 62 69.

 

EMPLOYEE & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

150 Nicholson, N. (1987). Negotiating. In R.L. Gregory (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to the Mind. Oxford University Press, London.

151 Kelly, J. E., Hartley, J. F. and Nicholson, N. (1985). Striker involvement and strike leadership. In Clegg C W, Kemp N, and Legge K (Eds.) Case Studies in Organizational Behaviour London: Harper and Row.

152 Hartley, J.F., Kelly, J.E. and Nicholson, N. (1983). Steel Strike. Batsford, London.

153 Nicholson, N., Ursell, G. and Blyton, P. (1981). The Dynamics of White Collar Unionism. Academic Press, London.

154 Blyton, P.R., Nicholson, N. and Ursell, G. (1981). Job status and white collar members' union activity. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 54, 32 45.

155 Kelly, J.E. and Nicholson, N. (1981). The causation of strikes: A review of theoretical approaches and the potential contribution of social psychology. Human Relations, 33, 853 883.

156 Kelly, J.E. and Nicholson, N. (1981). Strikes and other forms of industrial action. Industrial Relations Journal, 11, 20 31.

157 Nicholson, N., Ursell, G. and Lubbock, J.S. (1981). Membership participation in a white collar union. Industrial Relations, 20, 162 178.

158 Ursell, G., Nicholson, N. and Blyton, P.R. (1981). Processes of decision making in a trade union branch. Organization Studies, 2, 45 72.

159 Nicholson, N. (1981). Motivation: A test case for the integration of psychology and industrial relations? In A.W.J. Thomson and M. Warner (Eds.), The Behavioural Sciences and Industrial Relations: Some Problems of Integration. Gower, Farnborough.

160 Nicholson, N. and Kelly, J.E. (1980). The psychology of strikes. Journal of Occupational Behaviour, 1, 275 284.

161 Nicholson, N., Ursell, G. and Blyton, P.R. (1980). Social background, attitudes and behaviour of white collar shop stewards. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 18, 231 239.

162 Ursell, G., Wall, T.D., Clegg, C.W., Lubbock, J.S., Blyton, P.R. and Nicholson, N. (1979). Shop stewards' attitudes to industrial democracy. Industrial Relations Journal, 10 (4), 22 30.

163 Nicholson, N. (1979). Industrial relations climate: A case study approach. Personnel Review, 8 (3), 20 25.

164 Nicholson, N. (1978). The study of bargaining: A tale of two tribes in search of the promised land?. Personnel Review, 7 (2), 55 58.

165 Nicholson, N. (1978). Can consultation work? Personnel Management, 10, 42 46.

166 Clegg, C.W., Nicholson, N., Ursell, G., Blyton, P. and Wall, T.D. (1978). Managers' attitudes to industrial democracy. Industrial Relations Journal, 9, 4 17.

167 Nicholson, N. (1978). Mythology, theory, and research on union democracy. Industrial Relations Journal, 9, 32 41.

168 Warr, P.B., Fineman, S., Nicholson, N. and Payne, R.L. (1978). Developing Employee Relations. Teakfield, Farnborough.

169 Nicholson, N. (1977). Skills, values and relationships in an industrial negotiating committee. Industrial Relations Journal, 8, 54 60.

170 Nicholson, N. (1977). The Employee Relations Project: Assisted change in a Sheffield steel¬works. In The Human Factor in Metals Plant Operation. The Metals Society, London.

171 Nicholson, N. and Ursell, G. (1977). The NALGO activists. New Society, 42, 581 582.

172 Nicholson, N. and Wall, T. D. (1976). Psychology's place in industrial relations. Personnel Management, 8, 22 25.

173 Nicholson, N. (1976). The role of the shop steward: An empirical case study. Industrial Relations Journal, 7, 15 26.

174 Nicholson, N. (1976). Negotiating research into industrial relations. In C.A. Brown, P. Guillet de Monthoux and A. McCullough (Eds.), The Access Casebook, THS Co, Stockholm.

 

BUSINESS ETHICS

175 Nicholson, N. (2007). The Getting of Wisdom: Self-conduct, personal identity and wisdom across the life-span. In E.H. Kessler & J.R. Bailey, J.R. (eds.) 2007. Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom. (pp. 377-397) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

176 Nicholson, N. & Robertson, D.C. (1996). The ethical issue emphasis of companies: Content, patterning and influences. Human Relations, Vol.49, 1367-1394. (lead article)

177 Robertson, D.C. & Nicholson, N. (1996). Expressions of corporate social responsibility in U.K. firms. Journal of Business Ethics, 15: 1095-1996.

178 Nicholson, N. (1995). The moral order of the organization: Issues for theory and research. Organization, Vol. 2, 339-344.

179 Nicholson, N. (1994) "Ethics in organizations: a framework for theory and research", Journal of Business Ethics, 13: 581-596. (lead article)

180 Nicholson, N., Brenner, S.O. (1994). "Dimensions of Perceived Organisational Performance - Tests of a Model" Applied Psychology: An International Review, 43, No.1, 89-108.

181 Nicholson, N. (1993). Business Ethics: of Academic Interest to Organizational Psychology. The Occupational Psychologist, No.21, December, 31-36.

 

ABSENCE FROM WORK

182 Nicholson, N. (2000). Modelling withdrawal - Theoretical, empirical and methodological Implications. In D. Ilgen & C. Hulin (eds.) Computational Modeling of Behavioral Processes in Organizations. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

183 Harvey, J., & Nicholson, N. (1999). Minor illness as a legitimate reason for absence. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 20: 979-994

184 Nicholson, N. & Martocchio, J.J. (1995). The Management of Absence: What Do We Know? What Can We Do? In G J Ferris (Ed.), Handbook of Human Resource Management, Oxford: Blackwell.

185 Nicholson, N. "Absent without leave", Financial Times, 26 March, 1993.

186 Nicholson, N. (1993). "Absence: There and Back Again". Journal of Organisational Behaviour, 14, No.3, 288-291.

187 Nicholson, N. (1989). Absence from work and turnover. In S. Greif, H. Holling and N. Nicholson (Eds.), Arbeits und Organisations psychologie: Internationales Handbuck in Schulusselbegriffen (Work and Organizational Psychology: An International Handbook of Key Concepts). Psychologie Verlags Union, Munchen

188 Nicholson, N. and Payne, R.L. (1987). Absence from work: Explanations and attributions. International Review of Applied Psychology, 36, 121 132.

189 Nicholson, N. and Johns, G. (1985). The absence culture and the psychological contract: Who's in control of absence? Academy of Management Review, 10, 397 407.
Reprinted in R.M. Steers & L.M. Porter (Eds.) Motivation and Work Behaviour 4th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1987.

190 Nicholson, N. (1985). The absentee bus crews: A case study. In C.W. Clegg, N.J. Kemp and K. Legge (Eds.), Case Studies in Organization Behaviour. Harper and Row, London.

191 Chadwick Jones, J.K., Nicholson, N. and Brown, C.A. (1982). The Social Psychology of Absenteeism. Praeger, NY.

192 Johns, G. and Nicholson, N. (1982). The meanings of absence: New strategies for theory and research. In B. Staw and L.L. Cummings (Eds.) Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 4. JAI Press, Greenwich, Conn.
Reprinted in L.L. Cummings & B M Staw (Eds.) (1990) Evaluation and Employment in Organizations, JAI Press, Greenwich, Conn.

193 Nicholson, N., Jackson, P.J. and Howes, G. (1978). Shiftwork and absence: An analysis of temporal trends. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 51, 127 137.

194 Nicholson, N. (1977). Absence behaviour and attendance motivation: A conceptual synthesis. Journal of Management Studies, 14, 231 252.

195 Nicholson, N., Brown, C.A. and Chadwick Jones, J.K. (1977). Absence from work and personal characteristics. Journal of Applied Psychology, 62, 319 327.

196 Nicholson, N., Wall, T.D. and Lischeron, J. (1977). The predictability of absence and propen¬sity to leave from employees' job satisfaction and attitudes towards influence in decision making. Human Relations, 30, 499 514.

197 Nicholson, N. (1976). Management sanctions and absence control. Human Relations, 29, 139 152.

198 Nicholson, N. and Goodge, P.M. (1976). The influence of social, organisational and biographical factors on female absence. Journal of Management Studies, 13, 234 254.

199 Nicholson, N., Brown, C.A. and Chadwick Jones, J.K. (1976). Absence from work and job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 61, 728 737.

200 Chadwick Jones, J.K., Brown, C.A. and Nicholson, N. (1973). A type and B type absence: Empirical trends for women employees. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 47, 75 80.

201 Chadwick Jones, J.K., Brown, C.A. and Nicholson, N. (1973). Absence from work: Its meaning, measurement and control. International Review of Applied Psychology, 22, 137 156.

202 Chadwick Jones, J.K., Brown, C.A., Nicholson, N. and Sheppard, C. (1971). Absence measures: Their reliability and stability in an industrial setting. Personnel Psychology, 24, 463 470.

 

GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

203 Nicholson, N., Audia, P., & Pillutla, M. (Eds.). (2004) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Management: Organizational Behavior. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Blackwell

204 Nicholson, N. (2004). Series Editor. Decision Makers. Norwich: Format.
Degraeve, Z., & Nicholson, N. (2004) Risk: How to make decisions in an uncertain world. Norwich: Format.
Anand. N., & Nicholson, N. (2004) Change: How to adapt and transform the business.
Pillutla, M., & Nicholson, N. (2004). Negotiation: How to make deals and reach agreement in business. Norwich Format.
Houlder, D., & Nicholson. N. (2004). Strategy: How to shape the future of the business. Norwich: Format.

205 Nicholson, N. (1995) (Ed.) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Organizational Behavior. Oxford: Blackwell (paperback edition published in 1997).

206 Nicholson, N. (1996) (Ed.) Work and Personality. Special issue: Applied Psychology - An International Review.

207 Greif, S., Holling, H. and Nicholson, N. (Eds.) (1989 & 1995). Arbeits und Organisations psychologie: Internationales Handbuch in Schlusselbegriffen (Work and Organizational Psychology: An International Handbook of Key Concepts). First & Second Editions Psychologie Verlags Union, Munchen.

208 Melia, J.L., & Nicholson, N. (Eds.) (1993). Psychosocial Changes in Human Work. Special Issue: The European Work and Organizational Psychologist, 3 (3).

209 Nicholson, N. and Wall, T.D. (Eds.) (1982). Essays in the Theory and Practice of Organisa¬tional Psychology. Academic Press, London.

210 Nicholson, N. (2014). Introduction. In A. Manuti & P.D.de Palma (Eds.). Why Human Capital Is Important for Organizations: People come first. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

211 Nicholson, N. (2014). Enactment. In P. Flood & Y. Freeney (Eds.) Wiley Encylopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior. Chichester: Wiley.

212 Nicholson, N. (2014). Short entries in P. Flood & Y. Freeney (Eds.) Wiley Encylopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior. Chichester: Wiley: Need for power; Need for affiliation;

213 Soane, E., & Nicholson, N. (2008). Individual differences and decision making. In G. Hodgkinson & W. Starbuck (eds.), Handbook of Decision Making. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

214 Nicholson, N. (2005). 13 Entries for Encylopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior, on “Achievement, need for”; “Affiliation, need for”; “Altruism”; “Authoritarian personality”; “Burnout”; “Career”; “Career plateau”; “Enactment”; “Evolutionary psychology”; “Family firms”; “Hardiness”; “Power, need for”; “Self-regulation” (with Ginka Toegel).

215 Rees, A. & Nicholson, N. (2004). The Twenty Statements Test. In C. Cassell & G. Symon (Eds.), Essential Guide to Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research. London: Sage Publications

216 Nicholson, N. (1995). Entries on: "Alienation", "Benchmarking", "Career Transitions", "Control", "Fuzzy Sets", "Organizational Demography", "Persistence", "Research Design" & "Work Involvement" in Nicholson, N. (Ed.) Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Organizational Behavior. Oxford: Blackwell.

217 Rees, A. & Nicholson, N. (1994). The Twenty Statements Test. In C. Cassell & G. Symon (Eds.), Qualitative Methods in Organizational and Occupational Psychology: A Practical Guide. London: Sage Publications

218 Greif, S., Holling, H. and Nicholson, N. (1989). Theories of work and organizational psychology. In S. Greif, H. Holling and N. Nicholson (Eds.), Arbeits und Organisations psychologie: Internationales Handbuck in Schulusselbegriffen (Work and Organizational Psychology: An International Handbook of Key Concepts). Psychologie Verlags Union, Munchen.

219 Nicholson, N. (2012). Evolution meets the Olympics. Business Strategy Review, July, pp. 68-69.

220 Nicholson, N. (2012). The Lure of Cities: London living. Business Strategy Review, August, pp. 38-39.

221 Monthly column, “What’s the Big Idea” for Management Today, from September 2010-August 2015.

222 Nicholson, N. (2004, 2005). Small business “agony uncle”. BBC News Online, November.

223 Nicholson, N. (1995) "Personality", Financial Times Masters in Management Series.

224 Nicholson, N. "A UK insight into SA business". Johannesburg Star, September 13, 1995.

225 Nicholson, N. "Getting satisfaction from staff surveys", Financial Times, 6 January, 1993.

 

226 Nicholson, N. (1989). Does the Charter break faith with academic applied psychology? The Psychologist, 2, 108 109.

 

HONOURS/AWARDS/KEYNOTES

2016 Admitted Companion of Chartered Institute of Management.

2015 Keynote Speaker, Why Human Capital is Important for Organization, University of Bari.

2014 Keynote Speaker, HR Summit, Istanbul, February.

2013 - Entry in Continental Who’s Who

2011- Entry in Who’s Who.

2011 “Best Professor in OB Award”, Global HR Excellence Awards, Mumbai, India, February.

2010 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, IAAP, Melbourne, July.

2009 Keynote Speaker to the W.I.N. Global Leadership Conference, Prague, October.

2008 Keynote Speaker to the XI Congreso De La Empresa Familiar 2008, Madrid, November.

2008 Keynote Speaker to the FBN International Congress, New Delhi, October.

2008 Keynote Speaker at the IFB National Forum Conference, London, May.

2006 Elected Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology

2006 Winner “Breaking the Frame” best paper award for 2005, Journal of Management Inquiry. See publication #26.

2006 Keynote speaker, Société Générale Investment Bank, top 250 conference, London.

2006 Keynote speaker, India Business Forum, Mumbai, September.

2005 Paper (with Toegel: “Multisource feedback…” awarded “Outstanding Practiced-based paper on management consulting”, Academy of Management, Annual Congress, Hawaii, USA

2004 Ranked #55in the “2005 Excellence 100”, of the world’s top leadership consultants

2004 Keynote Presentation to the Euromoney 4th Annual Forex Forum, May.

2003 Teaching innovation award, London Business School, for design and development of the Proteus Programme.

2002 Keynote Speaker, Business Week CEO Summit, Washington DC, September.

2002 – Listed in Who’s Who in the City; Who’s Who in the World; Who’s Who in the Professions and Business.

2002 Keynote Speaker, International Association of Applied Psychology, Singapore, July.

2001 Nominated for British Diversity Awards, November.

2001 Keynote Speaker, CIPD National Conference, Harrogate, October.

2000 Keynote Speaker, BFIM Conference, London, October

2001 Keynote Speaker, the Lean Office, London, May.

2000 Keynote Speaker, Forbes CEO Forum, Charleston, SC, June

1999 Distinguished Unilever Visitor, AGSM, University of New South Wales, Australia, October to December.

1998 Inaugural Lecture for opening of the Fedsure Auditorium, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg.

1998 Proposer, Honorary Doctorate Award, Professor Chris Argyris, Harvard University, Degree Congregation, London Business School.

1998 Nominated as Titular Professor, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management

1997 Alec Rodger Memorial Lecture, Birkbeck College, September.

1997 Keynote Speaker, 8th European Work and Organisational Psychology Congress, Verona, April

1996 Distinguished Speaker, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Congress, Toronto, May

1996 Distinguished Lecturer, Wilfred Laurier University, Ontario, May

1996 Distinguished Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, July

1995 Admitted as Fellow of the British Academy of Management (one of the first 16 elected)

1994 Proposer, Honorary Fellowship Award, Philip Levie, Chairman Polygram International, Degree Congregation, London Business School.

1993 Keynote Speaker, Annual Conference for Masters Students in Occupational Psychology, Nottingham University, September.

1993 Keynote Speaker, BPS Annual Occupational Psychology Conference, University of Sussex, January.

1992 Keynote Speaker, 5th International Conference on Comparative Management, Taiwan, June.

1988 Admitted as Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

1987 CIL Distinguished Lecturer, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

1987 Distinguished Speaker, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Congress, Toronto, June.

1987 Guest Professor, University of Osnabrück, West Germany, February.

1983 Co Recipient of the Academy of Management 1983 "New Concept Award" for "the most significant contribution to the advancement of theory or method in organiza¬tional behavior research"