Research Interests
Innovation; roles of interorganisational networks in technology design and diffusion; knowledge creation; diffusion; utilisation.
Teaching in 2020-2021
Evening Executive MBA (London)
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IB700N: Organisational Behaviour
Executive MBA (London)
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IB700L: Organisational Behaviour
Biography
Research investigates the management of knowledge and networks where the aim is to improve innovation and is relevant across public and private sector organizations. Currently focusing on the implementation of innovation in healthcare. Principal investigator on an EPSRC-funded project on 'The Management and Organization of Clinical Trials' and an SDO-funded project on Evidence in Management Decisions - Advancing Knowledge Utilization in Healthcare Management'.
Publications
Journal Articles
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Mengis, J., Nicolini, D. and Swan, J. (2018) "Integrating knowledge in the face of epistemic uncertainty : dialogically drawing distinctions", Management Learning, 49, 5, 595-612
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Swan, J., Gkeredakis, E., Manning, R. M., Nicolini, D., Sharp, D. and Powell, J. (2017) "Improving the capabilities of NHS organisations to use evidence : a qualitative study of redesign projects in Clinical Commissioning Groups", Health Services and Delivery Research, 5, 18, 1-112
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D’Andreta, D., Marabelli, M., Newell, S., Scarbrough, H. and Swan, J. (2016) "Dominant cognitive frames and the innovative power of social networks
", Organization Studies, 37, 3, 293-321
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Swan, J., Scarbrough, H. and Ziebro, M. C. (2016) "Liminal roles as a source of creative agency in management : the case of knowledge-sharing communities", Human Relations, 69, 3, 781-811
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Scarbrough, H., D’Andreta, D., Evans, S., Marabelli, M., Newell, S., Powell, J. and Swan, J. (2015) "Networked innovation in the health sector : comparative qualitative study of the role of collaborations for leadership in applied health research and care in translating research into practice", Health Services and Delivery Research, 2, 13, 1-128
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Scarbrough, H., Robertson, M. and Swan, J. (2015) "Diffusion in the face of failure : the evolution of a management innovation", British Journal of Management, 26, 3, 365-387
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Marabelli, M., Newell, S., Swan, J. and Krantz, C. (2014) "Knowledge sharing and health-care coordination : the role of creation and use brokers", Health Systems, 3, 3, 185-198
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Taylor-Phillips, S., Clarke, A., Grove, A. L., Swan, J., Parsons, H., Gkeredakis, E., Mills, P., Powell, J., Nicolini, D., Roginski, C. and Scarbrough, H. (2014) "Coproduction in commissioning decisions : is there an association with decision satisfaction for commissioners working in the NHS? A cross-sectional survey 2010/2011", BMJ Open, Volume 4, Number 6, Article number e004810
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Clarke, A., Taylor-Phillips, S., Swan, J., Gkeredakis, E., Mills, P., Nicolini, D., Powell, J., Roginski, C., Scarbrough, H. and Grove, A. L. (2013) "Evidence-based commissioning in the English NHS : who uses which sources of evidence? A survey 2010/2011", BMJ Open, Volume 3, Number 5, Article number e002714
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Scarbrough, H., Swan, J., Amaeshi, K. and Briggs, T. (2013) "Exploring the role of trust in the deal-making process for early-stage technology ventures", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice , Volume 37, Number 5, 1203-1228
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Nicolini, D., Mengis, J. and Swan, J. (2012) "Understanding the role of objects in cross-disciplinary collaboration", Organization Science, Volume 23, Number 3, 612-629
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Gkeredakis, E., Swan, J., Clarke, A., Powell, J., Nicolini, D., Scarbrough, H., Roginski, C. and Taylor-Phillips, S. (2011) "Mind the gap : understanding utilisation of evidence and policy in health care management practice", Journal of Health Organization and Management, Vol.25, No.3, 298-314
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Swan, J., Bresnen, M., Robertson, M., Newell, S. and Dopson, S. (2010) "When policy meets practice: colliding logics and the challenges of 'mode 2' initiatives in the translation of academic knowledge", Organization Studies, Vol.31, No.9-10, 1311-1340
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Swan, J., Scarbrough, H. and Newell, S. (2010) "Why don't (or do) organizations learn from projects?", Management Learning, Vol.41, No.3, 325-344
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Newell, S., Goussevskaia, A., Swan, J., Bresnen, M. and Obembe, A. (2008) "Interdependencies in complex project ecologies : the case of biomedical innovation", Long Range Planning, Vol.41, No.1, 33-54
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Swan, J., Bresnen, M., Newell, S. and Robertson, M. (2007) "The object of knowledge : the role of objects in biomedical innovation", Human Relations, Vol.60, No.12, 1809-1837
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Swan, J., Goussevskaia, A., Newell, S., Robertson, M., Bresnen, M. and Obembe, A. (2007) "Modes of organizing biomedical innovation in the UK and US and the role of integrative and relational capabilities", Research Policy, Vol.36, No.4, 529-547
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Scarbrough, H., Robertson, M., Swan, J. and Nicolini, D. (2007) "Introduction : organizational learning, knowledge and capabilities conference issue", Management Learning, Vol.38, No.3, 259-263
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Newell, S., Bresnen, M., Edelman, L., Scarbrough, H. and Swan, J. (2006) "Sharing knowledge across projects : limits to ICT-led project review practices", Management Learning, 37, 2, 167-185
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Bresnen, M., Dale, K., Newell, S., Robertson, M. and Swan, J. (1998) "Modes of Organizing, Power/Knowledge Shifts and the Case of the Conference", Organization, 5, 4, 451-460
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Hislop, D., Newell, S., Scarbrough, H. and Swan, J. (1997) "Innovation and Networks : Linking Diffusion and Implementation", International Journal of Innovation Management, 01, 04, 427-448
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Jacky Swan (1997) "Using Cognitive Mapping in Management Research : Decisions about Technical Innovation", British Journal of Management, 8, 2, 183-198
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Robertson, M., Swan, J. and Newell, S. (1996) "The role of networks in the diffusion of technological innovation", Journal of Management Studies, 33, 3, 333-359
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Swan, J. and Galliers, R. (1996) "Networking : The future of information systems", Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, 27, 4, 92-98
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Swan, J. and Newell, S. (1995) "The role of professional associations in technology diffusion
", Organization Studies, 16, 5, 847-874
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Newell, S. and Swan, J. (1995) "Professional Associations as Important Mediators of the Innovation Process
", Science Communication, 16, 4, 371-387
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Jacky Swan (1995) "Exploring Knowledge and Cognitions in Decisions about Technological Innovation : Mapping Managerial Cognitions
", Human Relations, 48, 11, 1241-1270
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Newell, S. and Swan, J. (1995) "The Diffusion of Innovations in Sport Organizations : An Evaluative Framework", Journal of Sport Management, 9, 3, 317-337
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Swan, J., Newell, S. and Robertson, M. (1995) "The Diffusion of Knowledge and the Role of Cognitions in Technology Design", Management Research News, 18, 10/11, 30-41
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Swan, J. and Newell, S. (1994) "Managers′ Beliefs about Factors Affecting the Adoption of Technological Innovation", Journal of Managerial Psychology, 9, 2, 3-11
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Swan, J., De Moraes, L. F. R. and Cooper, C. L. (1993) "Developing the occupational stress indicator (OSI) for use in Brazil : A report on the reliability and validity of the translated OSI", Stress Medicine, 9, 4, 247-253
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Renault Moraes, L. F. D., Swan, J. and Cooper, C. L. (1993) "A study of occupational stress among government white-collar workers in Brazil using the occupational stress indicator", Stress Medicine, 9, 2, 91-104
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Newell, S., Swan, J. and Clark, P. (1993) "The Importance of User Design in the Adoption of New Information Technologies : The Example of Production and Inventory Control Systems (PICS)", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 13, 2, 4-22
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Swan, J. and Clark, P. (1992) "Organizational decision-making in the appropriation of technological innovation : cognitive and political dimensions", European Work and Organizational Psychologist, 2, 2, 103-127
Journal Item
Book Items
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Swan, J., Robertson, M. and Newell, S. (2016) "Dynamic in-capabilities : the paradox of routines in the ecology of complex innovation", Oxford University Press, Oxford
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Nicolini, D., Mengis, J., Meacheam, D., Waring, J. and Swan, J. (2016) "Recovering the performative role of innovations in the Global Travel of Healthcare Practices : is there a ghost in the machine?", 177 -198, Oxford: University Press, Oxford
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Kravčenko, D. and Swan, J. (2016) "Talking through objects : the socio-political dynamics embodied in boundary objects in architectural work", Oxford University Press, Oxford
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Gkeredakis, E., Swan, J. and Nicolini, D. (2014) "Moral judgements as organizational accomplishments : insights from a focused ethnography in the English healthcare sector", 4, 293-324, Oxford University Press, Oxford
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Jacky Swan (2011) "Managing knowledge work", Chapter 20, 535-560, Oxford University Press, Oxford ; UK
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Swan, J. and Robertson, M. (2010) "Knowledge", Chapter 9, 149-164, Sage Publications Ltd., London
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Scarbrough, H. and Swan, J. (2008) "Project work as a locus of learning : the journey through practice", Chapter 6, 148-177, Oxford University Press, Oxford ; UK
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Swan, J., Bresnen, M., Newell, S., Robertson, M., Goussevskaia, A. and Obembe, A. (2008) "The evolution of biomedical knowledge : interactive innovation in the United Kingdom and United States", Chapter 8, 161-187, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Report
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Swan, J., Clarke, A., Nicolini, D., Powell, J., Scarbrough, H., Roginski, C., Gkeredakis, E., Mills, P. and Taylor-Phillips, S. (2012) "Evidence in Management Decisions (EMD) : advancing knowledge utilization in healthcare management : final report"
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