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Overview
Background
Paul is a leading scholar in strategy and qualitative research. His research reflects his passion to identify the relevance of theory in practice, and how practice can inform theory. He has been part of and leading several research teams, in the context of entrepreneurship, health, reinsurance, telecommunication and the petrochemical industry.
His research is at the forefront of theory development, in particular strategy-as-practice and advances qualitative research methodology. His work appeared in a number of top-tier journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science and Organisation Studies amongst others.
Paul’s work has made an impact to practice and academe. Based on a global ethnography of reinsurance trading, his book ‘Making a market for acts of God’ has been highly influential leading to contributions in the Financial Times, The Economist, ABC News - The Business and Actuaries Digital amongst others. He has been invited to contribute to webinars and several professional development workshops for instance on process research methods and on career advice for doctoral students and early career researchers. Recently, one of his published manuscripts received the Emerald Citation Award recognising the impact of his work. His work has also received several prestigious distinctions including best paper awards from the leading professional associations in business and management, the Academy of Management and the European Group of Organisation Studies.
His experience and drive to explore the relation of theory and practice is reflected in his approach to teaching. Currently, Paul delivers and oversees the strategy course in the Master of Business. Paul also delivers a popular strategy capstone course into the Medical Leadership Program.
Paul actively supervises Master thesis and doctoral students, whose work has received several awards, including the prestigious Carolyn Dexter award (awarded by the Academy of Management).
Paul has been very engaged shaping the academic profession of strategy scholarship. Currently, serves as Chair of the Strategizing, Activities and Practices (SAP) interest group in the term 2017-2018. SAP is a rapidly growing interest group within the Academy of Management, a global association. To foster debates in the academic community, Paul has organised numerous workshops and convened streams at several national and international conferences.
Paul serves as Senior Editor at Organization Studies, a leading journal included in the Financial Times 45 list. He is also an invited member of the editorial board serving Long Range Planning, a leading strategy journal, and Organizational Research Methods, the leading journal advancing innovation in research methods.
Availability
- Associate Professor Paul Spee is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Glamorgan
- Doctor of Philosophy, Aston University
Works
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2015
Conference Publication
Is ‘corporate tax maximisation’ an unthinkable?
Anesa, Mattia, Sadiq, Kerrie, Gillespie, Nicole and Spee, Paul (2015). Is ‘corporate tax maximisation’ an unthinkable?. 27th Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference - Tax: ‘It’s time’ for change, Adelaide SA, Australia, 19-21 January 2015.
2014
Journal Article
Charting new territory for organizational ethnography: insights from a team-based video ethnography
Smets, Michael, Burke, Gary, Jarzabkowski, Paula and Spee, Paul (2014). Charting new territory for organizational ethnography: insights from a team-based video ethnography. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 3 (1), 10-26. doi: 10.1108/JOE-12-2012-0056
2013
Journal Article
Material artifacts: practices for doing strategy with 'stuff'
Jarzabkowski, Paula, Spee, Andreas Paul and Smets, Michael (2013). Material artifacts: practices for doing strategy with 'stuff'. European Management Journal, 31 (1), 41-54. doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2012.09.001
2013
Journal Article
Institutional ambidexterity: leveraging institutional complexity in practice
Jarzabkowski, Paula, Smets, Michael, Bednarek, Rebecca, Burke, Gary and Spee, Paul (2013). Institutional ambidexterity: leveraging institutional complexity in practice. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 39 B, 37-61. doi: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2013)0039AB015
2012
Conference Publication
Reinsurance trading in Lloyd's of London: Balancing conflicting-yet-complementary logics in practice
Smets, Michael, Jarzabkowski, Paula, Burke, Gary T. and Spee, Paul (2012). Reinsurance trading in Lloyd's of London: Balancing conflicting-yet-complementary logics in practice. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2012, Boston, MA, 7-10 August 2012. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2012.246
2012
Book Chapter
Leveraging relationships to get ready for change
Jarzabkowski, Paula, Smets Michael and Spee, Paul (2012). Leveraging relationships to get ready for change. Ready for change? : transition through turbulence to reformation and transformation. (pp. 165-184) edited by Cora Lynn Heimer Rathbone. Basomgstple: Palgrave MacMillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137008404
2012
Conference Publication
Material artifacts: Practices for doing strategy with 'Stuff'
Spee, Andreas Paul, Jarzabkowski, Paula and Smets, Michael (2012). Material artifacts: Practices for doing strategy with 'Stuff'. Academy of Management 2012 Annual Meeting, AOM 2012, Boston, MA United States, 3-7 August 2012. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2012.250
2011
Journal Article
Strategic planning as communicative process
Spee, A. Paul and Jarzabkowski, Paula (2011). Strategic planning as communicative process. Organization Studies, 32 (9), 1217-1245. doi: 10.1177/0170840611411387
2010
Other Outputs
Trading risk: The value of relationships, models and face-to-face interaction in the global reinsurance market
Jarzabkowski, Paula, Smets, Michael and Spee, Paul (2010). Trading risk: The value of relationships, models and face-to-face interaction in the global reinsurance market. Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom: Aston Business School.
2009
Journal Article
Strategy tools as boundary objects
Spee, Andreas Paul and Jarzabkowski, Paula (2009). Strategy tools as boundary objects. Strategic Organization, 7 (2), 223-232. doi: 10.1177/1476127009102674
2009
Journal Article
Strategy-as-practice: a review and future directions for the field
Jarzabkowski, Paula and Spee, Andreas Paul (2009). Strategy-as-practice: a review and future directions for the field. International Journal of Management Reviews, 11 (1), 69-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2008.00250.x
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
From exclusion to inclusion: Reconciling the paradoxes by which different groups of the underinsured are excluded from financial protection for extreme weather disasters.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paula Jarzabkowski
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding learning of novice entrepreneurs during new venture creation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anna Jenkins
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
How and Why Senior Managers Think Differently About Wellbeing: Towards a Constructive-Developmental Theory
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lance Newey
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
An exploration of knowledge creation processes in Open Innovation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Martie-Louise Verreynne
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Strategic Change and Human Capital Issues: A micro-level investigation into board decision making.
Associate Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the legitimacy of Corporate Tax Minimization
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicole Gillespie
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