Publications
Selected publications
Books (Monographs)
Muzio, D., S. Aulakh, and I. Kirkpatrick (2020) âProfessional occupations and organizations.â In R. Greenwood and N. Philips (eds.) Elements of Organization Theory Cambridge (series). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press â forthcoming.
Kirkpatrick, I., Ackroyd, S. And Walker, R. (2005) The New Managerialism and Public Service Professions, London: Palgrave.
Whipp, R., Kirkpatrick, I., and Kitchener, M. (2005) Managing Residential Child Care: A Managed Service?, London: Palgrave.
Contributions to peer reviewed journals
Kirkpatrick, I., Sturdy, A., Veronesi, G., Reguera, N. and Blanco-Oliver, A. (2023) âBeyond hollowing out: Public sector managers and the use of external management consultantsâ, Public Administration Review â Forthcoming.
Veronesi, G., Sarto, F., Kirkpatrick, I. and Altanler, A. (2022) âCorporatization, administrative intensity and the performance of public sector organizationsâ, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory â Online ready.
Kirkpatrick, I., Altanlar, A. and Veronesi, G. (2021) âHybrid professional managers in healthcare: an expanding or thwarted occupational interest?â Public Management Review â online ready https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/
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Sturdy, A., Kirkpatrick, I., Reguera, N., Blanco-Oliver, A. and Veronesi, G. (2021) âThe management consultancy effect: demand inflation and its consequences in the sourcing of external adviceâ, Public Administration â https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padm.12712.
Kirkpatrick, I., Aulakh, S. and Muzio, M. (2021) âThe Evolution of Professionalism as a Mode of Regulation: Evidence from the United Statesâ, Work, Employment and Society â https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09500170211035297
Kirkpatrick, I and Hoque, K. (2021) âHuman resource management professionals and the adoption and effectiveness of high performance work practicesâ, Human Resource Management Journal â https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1748-8583.12403
Gulati, K. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2021) âDeveloping Medical Leadership in India: A Mission Impossible?â British Medical Journal Leader, Published Online First: 24 December 2020. doi: 10.1136/leader-2020-000217.
Adams, T. L., Kirkpatrick, I., Tolbert, P. S., & Waring, J. (2020). From Protective to Connective Professionalism: Quo Vadis Professional Exclusivity? Journal of Professions and Organization, 7(2), 234-245. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/joaa014
Liu, Z., Kirkpatrick, I., Chen, Y. and Mei, J. (2020) âOvercoming the legacy of marketization: Chinaâs response to Covid-19 and the fast forward of healthcare re-organisationâ, British Medical Journal Leader, 0:1â4. doi:10.1136/leader-2020-000294
Skouteris, H., Kirkpatrick, I., Currie, G., Braithwaite, J., and Teede, H. (2019) âAre external management consultancies effective in healthcare improvement, do they reflect value for money and what are the alternative models?â Internal Medicine Journal, 49, 11, 1451-1455.
Mei, J. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2019) âThe engagement of doctors in management from the perspective of new public management: Motivation, influencing factors and performanceâ. Chinese Journal of Health Policy, 12(7):42-49.
Jixia, M. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2019) 'Public Hospital Reforms in China: Towards a model of New Public Managementâ, International Journal of Public Sector Management â forthcoming.
Sarto, F, Kirkpatrick, I, and Veronesi, G. (2019) âOrganizing professionals and their impact on performance: the case of public health doctors in the Italian SSNâ, Public Management Review â forthcoming.
Veronesi, G., Kirkpatrick, I. and Altanlar, A. (2019) âAre public managers a bureaucratic burden? The case of English public hospitalsâ, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory [Online first].
Kirkpatrick, I., Sturdy, A., Reguera, N. and Blanco-Oliver, A. and Veronesi, G., (2019) âThe impact of management consultants on public service efficiencyâ, Policy and Politics [Online first].
Kirkpatrick, I., Hoque, K. and Lonsdale, C. (2019) âClient organizations and the management of professional agency work: the case of English health and social careâ, Human Resource Management, 51, 1, 71-84
Aulakh, S. and Kirkpatrick (2018) âNew governance regulation and lawyers: When substantive compliance erodes legal professionalismâ, Journal of Professions and Organization, 5, 3, 167â183.
Blanco-Oliver, A., Veronesi, G. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2018) â Board heterogeneity and organisational performance: the mediating effects of line managers and staff satisfaction â, Journal of Business Ethics, 152, 2, 393-407
Lonsdale, C., Hoque, K., Sanderson, J.R. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2017) âKnowing the Price of Everything? Exploring the Impact of Increased Procurement Professional Involvement on Management Consultancy Purchasingâ, Industrial Marketing Management, 65, 157-167
Kirkpatrick, I., Veronesi, G. and Altanlar, A. (2017) âCorporatisation and the emergence of ( under managered ) managed organizations: the case of English public hospitalsâ, Organization Studies, 38, 12, 1687-1708.
Kirkpatrick, I., Veronesi, G. and Vallascas, F. (2017) âBusiness experts on public sector boards: what do they contribute?â Public Administration Review, 77, 754-765.
Aulakh, S. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2016) âChanging Regulation and the Future of the Professional Partnership: the case of the Legal Services Act, 2007 in England and Walesâ, International Journal of the Legal Profession, 23, 3, 277-303.
Angrave, D., Charlwood, A., Kirkpatrick, I., Lawrence, M. and Stuart, M. (2016) âHR analytics: Why HR is set to fail the big data challengeâ, Human Resource Management Journal, 26, 1: 1-11.
Kirkpatrick, I., Kuhlmann, E., Hartley, K. and Lega, F. (2016) âMedicine and Management in European Hospitalsâ, BMC Health â https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/supplements/
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Veronesi, G., Kirkpatrick, I. and Altanlar, A. (2015) âClinical leadership and the changing governance of public hospitals: Implications for patient experienceâ Public Administration, 93, 4, 1031-1048.
Sarto, F, Veronesi, G, Kirkpatrick, I and Cuccurullo, C. (2015) âExploring regionalism in public management reforms: the case of the Italian hospital sectorâ, Policy and Politics , 44, 4, 525-545.
Veronesi, G., Kirkpatrick, I. and Vallascas, F. (2014) âDoes clinical management improve efficiency? Evidence from the English NHSâ, Public Money and Management, January, 1-8.
Chapters in books
Kirkpatrick, I and Veronesi, G. (2018) â Researching healthcare management using secondary sourcesâ, in Saks, M. & Allsop, J. (Eds.) Researching Health: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods, 3rd edition, London: Sage.
Kirkpatrick, I, Lonsdale, C. and Neogy, I. (2016) âManagement consulting in health careâ, in Ferlie, E., Montgomery, K. and Reff Pedersen, A. (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Health care Management, Oxford: OUP.
Kirkpatrick, I. (2016) âHybrid Managers and Professional Leadershipâ, in Denis, J-L and Dent, M. (Eds.) The Routledge Companion to the Professions and Professionalism, London: Routledge.
Kirkpatrick, I., Kuhlmann, E., Veronesi, G. And Hartley, K. (2015) âClinical management and professionalismâ, in Kuhlmann et al. (eds.) The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance, London: Palgrave.
Kirkpatrick, I. and Noordegraaf, M. (2014) âOrganisations and occupations: towards hybrid professionalism in professional services firmsâ, in Empson, L., Muzio, D., Broschak, J. and Hinings, B. (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
In the news
Management consultancy in healthcareâtime for some independent action? BMJ Opinion
Do management consultants make healthcare better or worse? â Financial Times - https://www.ft.com/content/ce406ed2-0ab4-4b89-8c85-bede68ae6288
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8o4ImsjtCU
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