Professor Eivor Oborn
Professor
Research Interests
Her research interests include knowledge translation, multidisciplinary collaboration, organisation theory and change, health service innovation, technology use and health policy reform.
Teaching in 2018-2019
Postgraduate Research Business and Management
- IB9K30: Developing Management Research
Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Organising Healthcare Research Network
Email: Eivor.Oborn@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 22091 / Room: 3.225
Biography
Eivor Oborn joined Warwick Business School in October 2012 as Professor of Health Care Management. She is also a Research Fellow at Judge Business School, Cambridge University. Eivor holds an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Bio-Surgery and Surgical Technology at Imperial College London, working in association with Lord Darzi. She received her PhD as a Gates Scholar from Cambridge Judge Business School in 2006.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Essen, A. and Oborn, E. (2017) "The performativity of numbers in illness management : the case of Swedish rheumatology", Social Science & Medicine, 184, 134-143
- Wiedner, R., Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2017) "The emergence of change in unexpected places : resourcing across organizational practices in strategic change ", Academy of Management Journal, 60, 3, 823-854
- Racko, G., Oborn, E. and Barrett, M. (2017) "Developing collaborative professionalism : an investigation of status differentiation in academic organizations in knowledge transfer partnerships", The International Journal of Human Resource Management
- Oborn, E. and Barrett, S. K. (2016) "Digital health and citizen engagement : changing the face of health service delivery", Health Services Management Research, 29, 1-2, 16-20
- Barrett, M., Oborn, E. and Orlikowski, W. J. (2016) "Creating value in online communities : the sociomaterial configuring of strategy, platform, and stakeholder engagement", Information Systems Research, 27, 4, 704-723
- Sausman, C., Oborn, E. and Barrett, M. (2015) "Policy translation through localisation : implementing national policy in the UK", Policy & Politics, 1-36
- Gillard, S., Holley, J., Gibson, S., Larsen, J., Lucock, M., Oborn, E., Rinaldi, M. and Stamou, E. (2015) "Introducing new peer worker roles into mental health services in England : comparative case study research across a range of organisational contexts", Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 42, 6, 682-694
- Farrington, C., Clare, I. C. H., Holland, A. J., Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2015) "Knowledge exchange and integrated services: experiences from an integrated community intellectual (learning) disability service for adults", Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 59, 3, 238-247
- Prince, K., Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2014) "Dialogical strategies for orchestrating strategic innovation networks : the case of the Internet of Things", Information and Organization, Volume 24, Number 2, 106-127
- Venters, W., Oborn, E. and Barrett, M. (2014) "A trichordal temporal approach to digital coordination : the sociomaterial mangling of the CERN grid", MIS Quarterly , Volume 38, Number 3, 927-949
- Oborn, E., Barrett, M. and Racko, G. (2013) "Knowledge translation in healthcare : incorporating theories of learning and knowledge from the management literature", Journal of Health Organization and Management, Volume 27, Number 4, 412-431
- Oborn, E., Barrett, M. and Dawson, S. (2013) "Distributed leadership in policy formulation : a sociomaterial perspective", Organization Studies, 34, 2, 253-276
- Zachariadis, M., Oborn, E., Barrett, M. I. and Zollinger-Read, P. (2013) "Leadership of healthcare commissioning networks in England : a mixed-methods study on clinical commissioning groups", BMJ Open, Volume 3, Number 2, Article number e002112
- Oborn, E., Barrett, M., Prince, K. and Racko, G. (2013) "Balancing exploration and exploitation in transferring research into practice : a comparison of five knowledge translation entity archetypes", Implementation Science, Volume 8, Number 1, Article number 104
- Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2013) "Envisioning E-HRM and strategic HR : taking seriously identity, innovative practice, and service", The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 22, 3, 252-256
- Barrett, M., Oborn, E., Orlikowski, W. J. and Yates, J. (2012) "Reconfiguring boundary relations : robotic innovations in pharmacy work", Organization Science, 23, 5, 1448-1466
- Eivor Oborn (2012) "Facilitating implementation of the translational research pipeline in neurological rehabilitation", Current Opinion in Neurology, Volume 25, Number 6, 676-681
- Oborn, E., Barrett, M. and Davidson, E. (2011) "Unity in diversity : electronic patient record use in multidisciplinary practice", Information Systems Research, Vol.22, No.3, 547-564
- Komporozos-Athanasiou, A., Oborn, E., Barrett, M. and Chan, Y. E. (2011) "Policy as a struggle for meaning: disentangling knowledge translation across international health contexts", Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Vol.9, No.3, 215-227
- Oborn, E., Barrett, M. and Exworthy, M. (2011) "Policy entrepreneurship in the development of public sector strategy : the case of London health reform", Public Administration, Vol.89, No.2, 325-344
- Oborn, E., Barrett, M. and Darzi, A. (2011) "Robots and service innovation in health care", Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Vol.16, No.1, 46-50
- Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2010) "Boundary object use in cross-cultural software development teams", Human Relations, Vol.63, No.8, 1199-1221
- Oborn, E. and Dawson, S. (2010) "Learning across communities of practice : an examination of multidisciplinary work", British Journal of Management, Vol.21, No.4, 843-858
- Oborn, E. and Dawson, S. (2010) "Knowledge and practice in multidisciplinary teams : Struggle, accommodation and privilege", Human Relations, Vol.63, No.12, 1835-1857
- Eivor Oborn (2008) "Legitimacy of hospital reconfiguration : the controversial downsizing of Kidderminster hospital", Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, Vol.13, No.2, 11-18
- Oborn, E. and Barrett, M. (2008) "The adoption of dispensing technology : an occasion for restructuring hospital pharmacy work", International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Vol.16, No.2, 109-114
Book Items
- Oborn, E., Komporozos-Athanasiou, M., Barrett, A. and Chan, Y. (2011) "Discourses in healthcare policy : comparing UK and Canada ", Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
- Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2010) "Challenges of Using IT to support multi-disciplinary team decision making ", Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford ; New York
- Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2009) "Global sourcing in a developing country context : organizing IS resources to develop local knowledge ", Springer, Berlin [etc.]
- Barrett, M., Oborn, E. and Hinings, C. R. (2008) "Legitimacy management and trust in offshoring IT services ", 267, Springer, New York, NY
Report
- Lockett, A., El Enany, N., Currie, G., Oborn, E., Barrett, M., Racko, G., Bishop, S. and Waring, J. (2014) "A formative evaluation of collaborations for leadership in applied health research and car (CLAHRC) : institutional entrepreneurship for service innovation. Final report"
Book
- Eivor Oborn (2008) "Processes of knowing in multidisciplinary team practice : a study of specialist cancer care in England", Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken VDM Verlag. 9783639031836
