Research Interests
My research focuses on digital health, organizational theory, and collaborative innovation processes. I am particularly interested in research that seeks to address social and organisational problems, linked with the use of digital technologies. I have employed a wide variety of theoretical perspectives which include practice theory, adoption and diffusion of IT innovation, theories of time and theories of knowledge in my work.
Teaching in 2020-2021
Executive MBA (London)
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IB9FKL: Strategic Leadership for the Healthcare Industry
Undergraduate
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IB2B70: Corporate Entrepreneurship
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IB0070: Problem-Solving in Organisations
Biography
Eivor Oborn is current Professor of Healthcare Management in the area of Innovation and Organisational Change at Warwick Business School, UK. She earned her PhD at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge in 2006, and is currently an honorary Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School and Fellow at the Cambridge Digital Innovation Centre (CDI). Eivor is also a Visiting Professor at Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) in Sweden. Eivor is Senior Editor at MISQ and has published work in leading journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Information Systems Research and MISQ. Her research interests span the fields of healthcare, online communities, digital innovation & ICTs, as well as entrepreneurship in ecosystem contexts. She teaches in the area of Change Management, Strategic Health Leadership and Corporate Entrepreneurship.
Publications
Journal Articles
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Oborn, E. and Barrett, M. (2021) "Marching to different drum beats : a temporal perspective on coordinating occupational work", Organization Science
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Oborn, E., Pilosof, N., Hinings, B. and Zimlichman, E. (2021) "Institutional logics and innovation in times of crisis : telemedicine as digital ‘PPE’", Information and Organization
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Oborn, E., Barrett, M. I. and Barrett, D. A. S. (2020) "Beware of the pendulum swing : how leaders can sustain rapid technology innovation beyond the COVID-19 crisis", BMJ Leader
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Salmon, V. E., Hay‐Smith, E. J. C., Jarvie, R., Dean, S., Terry, R., Frawley, H., Oborn, E., Bayliss, S. E., Bick, D., Davenport, C., MacArthur, C. and Pearson, M. (2020) "Implementing pelvic floor muscle training in women's childbearing years : a critical interpretive synthesis of individual, professional, and service issues", Neurourology and Urodynamics, 39, 2, 863-870
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Faik, I., Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2020) "How information technology matters in societal change : an affordance-based institutional logics perspective", MIS Quarterly , 44, 3, 1359-1390
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Oborn, E., Barrett, M., Gibson, S. and Gillard, S. (2019) "Knowledge and expertise in care practices : the role of the peer worker in mental health teams
", Sociology of Health and Illness, 41, 7, 1305-1322
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Oborn, E., Barrett, M., Orlikowski, W. and Kim, A. (2019) "Trajectory dynamics in innovation : developing and transforming a mobile money service across time and place
", Organization Science, 30, 5, 1097-1123
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Currie, G., Spyridonidis, D. and Oborn, E. (2019) "The influence of HR practices upon knowledge brokering in professional organizations for service improvement : addressing professional legitimacy & identity in healthcare", Human Resource Management
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Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2018) "Bridging the research-practice divide : harnessing expertise collaboration in making a wider set of contributions", Information and Organization, 28, 1, 44-51
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Polykarpou, S., Barrett, M., Oborn, E., Salge, T. O., Antons, D. and Kohli, R. (2018) "Justifying health IT investments : a process model of framing practices and reputational value", Information and Organization, 28, 4, 153-169
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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
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Essen, A. and Oborn, E. (2017) "The performativity of numbers in illness management : the case of Swedish rheumatology", Social Science & Medicine, 184, 134-143
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Salmon, V. E., Hay-Smith, E. J. C., Jarvie, R., Dean, S., Oborn, E., Bayliss, S. E., Bick, D., Davenport, C., Ismail, K. M., MacArthur, C. and Pearson, M. (2017) "Opportunities, challenges and concerns for the implementation and uptake of pelvic floor muscle assessment and exercises during the childbearing years: protocol for a critical interpretive synthesis", Systematic Reviews, 6, 1, 18
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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
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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
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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
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Sausman, C., Oborn, E. and Barrett, M. (2015) "Policy translation through localisation : implementing national policy in the UK", Policy & Politics, 1-36
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Oborn, E., Barrett, M. and Dawson, S. (2013) "Distributed leadership in policy formulation : a sociomaterial perspective", Organization Studies, 34, 2, 253-276
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Eivor Oborn (2012) "Facilitating implementation of the translational research pipeline in neurological rehabilitation", Current Opinion in Neurology, Volume 25, Number 6, 676-681
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2010) "Boundary object use in cross-cultural software development teams", Human Relations, Vol.63, No.8, 1199-1221
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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
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Oborn, E. and Dawson, S. (2010) "Knowledge and practice in multidisciplinary teams : Struggle, accommodation and privilege", Human Relations, Vol.63, No.12, 1835-1857
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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
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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
Journal Item
Book Items
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Latuszynska, A., Reay, T. and Oborn, E. (2018) "Managing Risk In Healthcare Settings", 378-391, Routledge, New York
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Oborn, E., Komporozos-Athanasiou, M., Barrett, A. and Chan, Y. (2011) "Discourses in healthcare policy : comparing UK and Canada
", Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
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Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2010) "Challenges of Using IT to support multi-disciplinary team decision making
", Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford ; New York
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Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2009) "Global sourcing in a developing country context : organizing IS resources to develop local knowledge
", Springer, Berlin [etc.]
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Barrett, M., Oborn, E. and Hinings, C. R. (2008) "Legitimacy management and trust in offshoring IT services
", 267, Springer, New York, NY
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Latuszynska, A., Reay, T. and Oborn, E. () "HRM practices ", Routledge,
Digital Scholarly Resource
Report
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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"
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