Peter Case
Professor of Organization Studies at Bristol Business School

Biography
Bristol Business School
My research encompasses leadership studies, organizational development and international development. For the past four years I have acted as a programme management consultant for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) at the University of California San Francisco, advising on projects in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. I am currently leading a management development project for the MEI in southern Africa. In addition, I have extensive experience of leading rural development projects in Lao People's Democratic Republic funded by the Australian Centre for Agricultural Research. My research is geared toward 'making a difference' to the well being of others and achieving impact beyond academia.
I have extensive experience of running and teaching on leadership and executive development programmes internationally, incluing acting as a tutor for the London Business School EMBA core module ‘Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility’. Area of expertise I have acted as an academic and personal coach to a number of senior executives in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. My organizational and leadership development consultancy experience includes working with the UK NHS and a variety of other public and private sector organizations.
I am currently a member of the editorial boards of: Leadership, the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Development, Leadership & the Humanities, Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, and Social Business. I was co-Editor in Chief of Culture & Organization (Routledge) 2007-10.
I am a fellow of the Leadership Trust and fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Publications
Peltonen, T., Gaggiotti, H. and Case, P. (2018) Introduction: In search of alternative origins of organizing. In: Peltonen, T., Gaggiotti, H. and Case, P., eds. (2018) Origins of Organizing. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781785368745 [In Press] Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/36012 ' Peltonen, T., Gaggiotti, H. and Case, P., eds. (2018) Origins of Organizing. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781785368745 [In Press] Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/36010 ' Alexander, K. S., Parry, L., Thammavong, P., Sacklokham, S., Pasouvang, S., Connell, J. G., Jovanovic, T., Moglia, M., Larson, S. and Case, P. (2018) Rice farming systems in Southern Lao PDR: Interpreting farmers’ agricultural production decisions using Q methodology. Agricultural Systems, 160. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0308-521X Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/33637 ' Moglia, M., Alexander, K. S., Thephavan, M., Thammavong, T., Sodahak, V., Khounsy, B., Larson, S., Connell, J. G. and Case, P. (2018) A Bayesian Network model to explore practice change by smallholder rice farmers in Lao PDR. Agricultural Systems, 164. pp. 84-94. ISSN 0308-521X Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/35844 ' Goldberg, J., Marshall, N., Birtles, R. A., Case, P., Curnock, M. and Gurney, G. (2018) On the relationship between attitudes and environmental behaviours of key Great Barrier Reef user groups. Ecology and Society, 23 (2). p. 19. ISSN 1708-3087 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/35079 ' Alexander, K., Case, P., Jones, M. and Connell, J. (2017) Commercialising smallholder agricultural production in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Development in Practice, 27 (7). pp. 965-980. ISSN 0961-4524 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31977 ' Jones, M. J., Case, P. and Connell, J. G. (2017) Critical factors for self-sustaining farmer organizations in Northern Laos. Project Report. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/33250 ' Connell, J. G. and Case, P. (2017) Enhancing district delivery and management of agriculture extension in Lao PDR. Project Report. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/33249 ' Evans, L., Cohen, P. J., Case, P., Hicks, C. C., Prideaux, M. and Mills, D. (2017) The landscape of leadership in environmental governance: A case study from Solomon Islands. Human Ecology, 45 (3). pp. 357-365. ISSN 0300-7839 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31158 ' Schedlitzki, D., Case, P. and Knights, D. (2017) Ways of leading in non-Anglophone contexts: Representing, expressing and enacting authority beyond the English-speaking world. Leadership, 13 (2). pp. 127-132. ISSN 1742-7150 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31346 ' Case, P., Connell, J. and Jones, M. (2017) The language of leadership in Laos. Leadership, 13 (2). pp. 173-193. ISSN 1742-7150 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/29109 ' Goldberg, J., Birtles, A., Marshall, N., Curnock, M., Case, P. and Beeden, R. (2017) The role of Great Barrier Reef tourism operators in addressing climate change through strategic communication and direct action. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26 (2). pp. 238-256. ISSN 0966-9582 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/32057 ' Goldberg, J., Marshall, N., Birtles, A., Case, P., Bohensky, E., Curnock, M., Gooch, M., Parry-Husbands, H., Peter, P., Tobin, R., Villani, C. and Visperas, B. (2016) Climate change, the Great Barrier Reef, and the response of Australians. Palgrave Communications, 2. p. 15046. ISSN 2055-1045 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/27768 ' Case, P., Gaggiotti, H., Gosling, J. and Holmgren Caicedo, M. (2016) Of tropes, totems and taboos: Reflections on using Morgan’s images from a cross-cultural perspective. In: Ortenblad, A., Trehan, K. and Putnam, L., eds. (2016) Exploring Morgan’s Metaphors: Theory, Research, and Practice in Organizational Studies. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE, pp. 226-243. ISBN 9781506318776 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/29529 ' De Vita, G. and Case, P. (2016) 'The smell of the place': Managerialist culture in contemporary UK business schools. Culture and Organization, 22 (4). pp. 348-364. ISSN 1475-9551 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25323 ' Case, P., Evans, L., Fabinyi, M., Cohen, P., Hicks, C., Prideaux, M. and Mills, D. (2015) Rethinking environmental leadership: The social construction of leaders and leadership in discourses of ecological crisis, development and conservation. Leadership, 11 (4). pp. 396-423. ISSN 1742-7150 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25118 ' Grainger, D., Sun, S., Watkin-Lui, F. and Case, P. (2015) A simple decision market model. Journal of Prediction Markets, 9 (3). pp. 41-63. ISSN 1750-676X Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28282 ' Gosling, J., Case, P., Tulloch, J., Chandramohan, D., Wegbreit, J., Newby, G., Smith Gueye, C., Koita, K. and Gosling, R. (2015) Effective program management: A cornerstone of malaria elimination. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93 (1). pp. 135-138. ISSN 0002-9637 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25570 ' Eagle, L., Low, D., Case, P. and Vandomele, L. (2015) Attitudes of undergraduate business students toward sustainability issues. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 16 (5). pp. 650-668. ISSN 1467-6370 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25120 ' Evans, L., Hicks, C., Cohen, P., Case, P., Prideaux, M. and Mills, D. (2015) Understanding leadership in the environmental sciences. Ecology and Society, 20 (1). p. 50. ISSN 1708-3087 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25119 ' Case, P. and Gaggiotti, H. (2014) Organizing through displacement, travel and movement. Culture and Organization, 20 (3). pp. 179-184. ISSN 1475-9551 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25326 ' Case, P. and Gosling, J. (2014) Wisdom at work: Philosophical Practices for Leading and Organizing. Palgrave Macmillan. [In Press] Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/21558 ' Case, P. and Gaggiotti, H. (2014) Italo Calvino and the organizational imagination: Reading social organization through urban metaphors. Culture and Organization, 22 (2). pp. 178-198. ISSN 1475-9551 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/21557 ' Gosling, J. and Case, P. (2013) Give me the answer: The paradox of dependency in management learning. E-organization and People, 20 (3). pp. 57-64. ISSN 2042-9797 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22699 ' Case, P. (2013) Cultivation of wisdom in the Theravada Buddhist tradition: Implications for contemporary leadership and organization. In: Küpers, W. and Pauleen, D., eds. (2013) A Handbook of Practical Wisdom. London: Gower, pp. 65-78. ISBN 9781409439936 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/23290 ' Gosling, J. and Case, P. (2013) Social dreaming and ecocentric ethics: Sources of non-rational insight in the face of climate change catastrophe. Organization, 20 (5). pp. 705-721. ISSN 1350-5084 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/23287 ' Eagle, L., Case, P. and Low, D. (2013) Challenges facing behaviour change interventions: A social marketing perspective on communicating sustainability and climate change science. In: Kubacki, K. and Rundle-Thiele, S., eds. (2013) Contemporary Issues in Social Marketing. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars, pp. 21-40. ISBN 9781443850247 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22702 ' Case, P. and Pelzer, P. (2013) Risk management and the magical arts: Rituals of risk calculation in the banking industry. In: Letiche, H. and Linstead, S., eds. (2013) The Magic of Organization. London: Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781849800389 [In Press] Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/21559 ' Pelzer, P. and Case, P. (2012) Leadership and expectation: Thomas Pynchon. In: Gosling, J. and Villiers, P., eds. (2012) Fictional Leaders: Heroes, Villans and Absent Friends. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 155-165. ISBN 9781137272744 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/21569 ' Case, P. and Brohm, R. (2012) Buddhist belief and living ethics: Challenging business ethics. In: Case, P., Hopfl, H. and Letiche, H., eds. (2012) Belief and Organization. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 51-68. ISBN 9780230284715 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/21573 ' Case, P., Hopfl, H. and Letiche, H. (2012) Belief and Organization. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230284715 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/21572 ' Case, P., French, R. and Simpson, P. (2012) From theoria to theory: Leadership without contemplation. Organization, 19 (3). pp. 345-361. ISSN 1350-5084 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/15916 ' Case, P., Simpson, P. and French, R. (2012) From theoria to theory: Leadership without contemplation. Organization, 19 (3). pp. 345-361. ISSN 1350-5084 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/23288 ' Turnbull, S., Case, P., Edwards, G., Jepson, D. and Simpson, P. (2011) Worldly leadership: Alternative wisdoms for a complex world. London: Palgrave. ISBN 9780230284708 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14689 ' Jepson, D. (2011) National language and its importance for worldly leadership. In: Turnbull, S., Case, P., Edwards, G., Jepson, D. and Simpson, P., eds. (2011) Worldly Leadership. Palgrave. ISBN 9780230284708 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14686 ' Case, P., French, R. and Simpson, P. (2011) Philosophy of leadership. In: Bryman, A., Collinson, D., Grint, K., Jackson, B. and Uhl-Bien, M., eds. (2011) SAGE Handbook of Leadership. London: Sage, pp. 685-727. ISBN 9781848601468 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/11782 ' Eagle, L., Morey, Y., Case, P., Verne, J. and Bowtell, N. (2011) Response to the government’s healthy lives, healthy people: Our strategy for public health in England white paper. Project Report. South West Public Health Observatory, Bristol. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/14608 ' Case, P. and Gosling, J. (2010) The spiritual organization: critical reflections on the instrumentality of workplace spirituality. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 7 (4). pp. 257-282. ISSN 1476-6086 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/11250 ' Ladkin, D., Case, P., Gayá Wicks, P. and Kinsella, K. (2009) Developing leaders in cyber-space: how ‘distance’- learning enables leaders to ‘get close’ to where it matters. Leadership, 5 (2). pp. 193-212. ISSN 1742-7150 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/11244 ' French, R., Gosling, J. and Case, P. (2009) Betrayal and friendship. Society and Business Review, 4 (2). pp. 146-158. ISSN 1746-5680 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/11248 ' Case, P. and Pineiro, E. (2009) Stop whining, start doing! Identity conflict in project managed software environments. ephemera, 9 (2). pp. 93-112. ISSN 1473-2866 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/11246 ' Case, P. and Piñeiro, E. (2006) Aesthetics, performativity and resistance in the narratives of a computer programming community. Human Relations, 59 (6). pp. 753-782. ISSN 0018-7267 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/6359 ' Case, P. and Phillipson, G. (2004) Astrology, alchemy and retro-organization theory: An astro-genealogical critique of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®. Organization, 11 (4). pp. 473-495. ISSN 1350-5084 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/6360 ' Case, P. and Selvester, K. (2002) Watch your back: Reflections on trust and mistrust in management education. Management Learning, 33 (2). pp. 231-247. ISSN 1350-5076 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/6361 '
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