Professor Ian Kirkpatrick
Monash Warwick Professor of Healthcare Improvement & Implementation Science (Organisational Studies)
Research Interests
Ian's research interests are in the management, organisation and performance of health services, both in the UK and internationally. He has made use of a variety of routine and administrative data sources to profile the nature and effectiveness of management and governance in the UK NHS and other health systems (including Spain, Italy and China). Ian is also involved in research focusing on other professional services, including management consulting, law and professional and trade associations in the United States.
Teaching in 2017-2018
Executive MBA (London)
- IB9FLL: Healthcare Improvement
Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Organising Healthcare Research Network
Email: Ian.Kirkpatrick@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 23191 / Room: 3.217
Biography
Ian Kirkpatrick is the Monash Warwick Professor of Healthcare Improvement & Implementation Science (Organisational Studies) at Warwick Business School. Ian joined Warwick in May 2016 after previously working at Leeds University Business School and, earlier, Cardiff Business School. At Leeds he served as Chair of the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Centre Academic Quality Committee and Director of the Leeds Social Science Institute. In this capacity he helped to establish the ESRC funded Consumer Data Research Centre and was a founder member of the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics. Ian has published this work in leading journals including, most recently, Public Administration, Journal of Management Studies, Organisation Studies and Public Administration Review. He served as Chair of Framework 7 European COST Action, focusing on the relationship between medicine and management, and sub-editor of the British Sociological Association journal, Work, Employment and Society. He has held visiting positions at the Universitat
Publications
Journal Articles
- Kirkpatrick, I., Vallascas, F. and Veronesi, G. (2017) "Business experts on public sector boards : what do they contribute?", Public Administration Review
- Kirkpatrick, I., Altanlar, A. and Veronesi, G. (2017) "Corporatisation and the emergence of (under-managered) managed organisations : the case of English public hospitals", Organization Studies
- Lonsdale, C., Hoque, K., Kirkpatrick, I. and Sanderson, J. (2017) "Knowing the price of everything? Exploring the impact of increased procurement professional involvement on management consultancy purchasing", Industrial Marketing Management, 65, 157-167
- Cascon-Pereira, R., Kirkpatrick, I. and Exworthy, M. (2017) "The status of the medical profession : reinforced or challenged by the new public management?", Gaceta Sanitaria, 31, 3, 273-275
- Aulakh, S. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2016) "Changing regulation and the future of the professional partnership : the case of the Legal Services Act, 2007 in England and Wales", International Journal of the Legal Profession, 23, 3, 277-303
- Blanco-Oliver, A., Veronesi, G. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2016) "Board heterogeneity and organisational performance : the mediating effects of line managers and staff satisfaction", Journal of Business Ethics, 1-15
- Kirkpatrick, I., Kuhlmann, E., Hartley, K., Dent, M. and Lega, F. (2016) "Medicine and management in European hospitals : a comparative overview", BMC Health Services Research, 16, 2, 171
- Sarto, F., Veronesi, G., Kirkpatrick, I. and Cuccurullo, C. (2016) "Exploring regionalism in public management reforms : the case of the Italian hospital sector", Policy and Politics, 44, 4, 525-545
- Angrave, D., Charlwood, A., Kirkpatrick, I., Lawrence, M. and Stuart, M. (2016) "HR and analytics : why HR is set to fail the big data challenge", Human Resource Management Journal, 26, 1, 1-11
- Veronesi, G., Kirkpatrick, I. and Altanlar, A. (2015) "Clinical leadership and the changing governance of public hospitals : implications for patient experience", Public Administration, 93, 4, 1031-1048
- Veronesi, G., Kirkpatrick, I. and Vallascas, F. (2014) "Does clinical management improve efficiency? Evidence from the English National Health Service", Public Money and Management , 34, 1, 35-42
- Charlwood, A., Forde, C., Grugulis, I., Hardy, K., Kirkpatrick, I., MacKenzie, R. and Stuart, M. (2014) "Clear, rigorous and relevant : publishing quantitative research articles in work, employment and society", Work, Employment And Society, 28, 2, 155-167
- Kirkpatrick, I., Bullinger, B., Lega, F. and Dent, M. (2013) "The translation of hospital management models in european health systems : a framework for comparison", British Journal of Management, 24, S3, S48-S61
- Kipping, M. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2013) "Alternative pathways of change in professional services firms : the case of management consulting", Journal of Management Studies, 50, 5, 777-807
- Veronesi, G., Kirkpatrick, I. and Vallascas, F. (2013) "Clinicians on the board : what difference does it make?", Social Science and Medicine, 77, 1, 147-155
- Hoque, K., Kirkpatrick, I., Lonsdale, C. and De Ruyter, A. (2011) "Outsourcing the procurement of agency workers : the impact of vendor managed services in English social care", Work, Employment & Society, 25, 3, 522-539
- Kirkpatrick, I., De Ruyter, A., Hoque, K. and Lonsdale, C. (2011) " ‘Practising what they preach’? The disconnect between the state as regulator and user of employment agencies", The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Volume 22, Number 18, 3711-3726
- Muzio, D. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2011) "Introduction : professions and organizations - a conceptual framework", Current Sociology, 59, 4, 389-405
- Lonsdale, C., Kirkpatrick, I., Hoque, K. and De Ruyter, A. (2010) "Supplier behaviour and public contracting in the English agency nursing market ", Public Administration, Volume 88, Number 3, 800-818
- Kirkpatrick, I., Jespersen, P. K., Dent, M. and Neogy, I. (2009) "Medicine and management in a comparative perspective : the case of Denmark and England", Sociology of Health & Illness, 31, 5, 642-658
- Hoque, K., Kirkpatrick, I., De Ruyter, A. and Lonsdale, C. (2008) "New contractual relationships in the agency worker market : the case of the UK's National Health Service", British Journal of Industrial Relations, 46, 3, 389-412
- de Ruyter, A., Kirkpatrick, I., Hoque, K., Lonsdale, C. and Malan, J. (2008) "Agency working and the degradation of public service employment : the case of nurses and social workers", The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Volume 19, Number 3, 432-445
- Hoque, K. and Kirkpatrick, I. (2008) "Making the core contingent : professional agency work and its consequences in UK social services", Public Administration, Volume 86, Number 2, 331-344
- Ackroyd, S., Kirkpatrick, I. and Walker, R. M. (2007) "Public management reform in the UK and its consequences for professional organization : a comparative analysis", Public Administration, 85, 1, 9-26
- Kirkpatrick, I. and Hoque, K. (2006) "A retreat from permanent employment?: Accounting for the rise of professional agency work in UK public services", Work, Employment & Society, 20, 4, 649-666
- Kirkpatrick, I. and Hoque, K. (2005) "The decentralisation of employment relations in the British public sector", Industrial Relations Journal, 36, 2, 100-120
Book Items
- Kirkpatrick, I., Dent, M. and Lega, F. (2017) "Hybrid connections between professional work and organizations", Routledge, London
- Kirkpatrick, I., Hartley, K., Kuhlmann, E. and Veronesi, G. (2016) "Clinical management and professionalism", The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance, 325-340, Palgrave Macmillan,
- Ian Kirkpatrick (2016) "Hybrid managers and professional leadership", Taylor & Francis Ltd., Basindstoke
- Kirkpatrick, I., Lonsdale, C. and Neogy, I. (2016) "Management consulting in health care", OUP, Oxford
- Kirkpatrick, I. and Noordegraaf, M. (2015) "Organisations and occupations : towards hybrid professionalism in PSFs?", Oxford University Press, Oxford
- Dent, M., Kirkpatrick, I. and Neogy, I. (2013) "Medical leadership and management reforms in hospitals : a comparative study", Leadership in the Public Sector: Promises and Pitfalls, 105-125, Taylor and Francis,
