Professor James Hayton
Professor
Research Interests
(1) The applied psychology of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, particularly the intersections among culture, dispositions, motives, and cognitions with respect to entrepreneurial action.
(2) Strategic Human Resource Management, and especially the application of HRM practices to the development of entrepreneurial capabilities in established organisations.
Teaching in 2018-2019
Distance Learning MBA
- IB829P: Innovation and Creativity in Organisations
Evening Executive MBA (London)
- IB829N: Innovation and Creativity in Organisations
Executive MBA
- IB829E: Innovation and Creativity in Organisations
Executive MBA (London)
- IB829L: Innovation and Creativity in Organisations
Full Time MBA
- IB829F: Innovation and Creativity in Organisations
Human Resource Management & Employment Relations
- IB9DM0: Introduction to Human Resource Management
- IB96P0: Managing Human Resources
Applied & Organisational Psychology Research Network, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Enterprise Research Centre, Organisation & HRM
Email: James.Hayton@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 28432 / Room: 3.209
Biography
James' research focuses on how human resource management practices foster organizations' capacity for entrepreneurship and strategic renewal. In a second stream he focuses on the influence of cultural and psychological factors on entrepreneurial behavior. His research has been published in scholarly outlets such as the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Human Resource Management, Organizational Research Methods, Multivariate Behavioral Research, R&D Management and several other journals and books.
James serves as Editor-in-Chief at Human Resource Management, included in the Financial Times shortlist of influential management journals. He is also an Editor at Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, and a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management Review, and the Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, and an active member of the Academy of Management. In 2009, he received a Distinguished Service Award from the Human Resources Division.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Koryak, O., Lockett, A., Hayton, J. C., Nicolaou, N. and Mole, K. (2018) "Disentangling the antecedents of ambidexterity : exploration and exploitation", Research Policy, 47, 2, 413-427
- Cacciotti, G., Hayton, J. C., Mitchell, J. R. and Giazitzoglu, A. (2016) "A reconceptualization of fear of failure in entrepreneurship", Journal of Business Venturing, 31, 3, 302-325
- Currie, G., Burgess, N. and Hayton, J. C. (2015) "HR practices and knowledge brokering by hybrid middle managers in hospital settings : the influence of professional hierarchy", Human Resource Management, 54, 4, 793-812
- Kuratko, D. F., Hornsby, J. S. and Hayton, J. C. (2015) "Corporate entrepreneurship : the innovative challenge for a new global economic reality", Small Business Economics, Volume 45, Number 2, 245-253
- Cacciotti, G. and Hayton, J. C. (2015) "Fear and entrepreneurship : a review and research agenda", International Journal of Management Reviews, 17, 2, 165-190
- Koryak, O., Mole, K., Lockett, A., Hayton, J. C., Ucbasaran, D. and Hodgkinson, G. P. (2015) "Entrepreneurial leadership, capabilities and firm growth", International Small Business Journal, 33, 1, 89-105
- Hayton, J. C. and Cacciotti, G. (2013) "Is there an entrepreneurial culture? A review of empirical research", Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Volume 25, Number 9-10, 708-731
- Hornsby, J. S., Bloodgood, J. M., Hayton, J. C. and Kuratko, D. F. (2013) "Network legitimacy diffusion : a model for corporate entrepreneurship", International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Volume 9, Number 3, 307-322
- Hayton, J. C. and Cholakova, M. (2012) "The Role of affect in the creation and intentional pursuit of entrepreneurial Ideas", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice , 36, 1, 41-68
- Hayton, J. C., Carnabuci, G. and Eisenberger, R. (2012) "With a little help from my colleagues : a social embeddedness approach to perceived organizational support", Journal of Organizational Behavior, Volume 33, Number 2, 235-249
- Hayton, J. C., Piperopoulos, P. and Welbourne, T. M. (2011) "Celebrating 50 years : 50 years of knowledge sharing : learning from a field moving forward", Human Resource Management, 50, 6, 697-714
- Hayton, J. C., Chandler, G. N. and DeTienne, D. R. (2011) "Entrepreneurial opportunity identification and new firm development processes : a comparison of family and non-family new ventures", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Volume 13, Number 1
- Hayton, J. C., Sehili, S. and Scarpello, V. (2010) "Why do firms join consortial research centers? an empirical examination of firm, industry and environmental antecedents", The Journal of Technology Transfer, Volume 35, Number 5, 494-510
- James Hayton (2009) "Commentary on 'Exploring the sensitivity of Horn's parallel analysis to the distributional form of random data'", Multivariate Behavioral Research, Volume 44, Number 3, 389-395
- Zahra, S. A., Hayton, J. C., Neubaum, D. O., Dibrell, C. and Craig, J. (2008) "Culture of family commitment and strategic flexibility : the moderating effect of stewardship", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice , 32, 6, 1035-1054
- Zahra, S. A. and Hayton, J. C. (2008) "The effect of international venturing on firm performance : the moderating influence of absorptive capacity", Journal of Business Venturing, 23, 2, 195-220
- Zahra, S. A., Rawhouser, H. N., Bhawe, N., Neubaum, D. O. and Hayton, J. C. (2008) "Globalization of social entrepreneurship opportunities", Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Volume 2, Number 2, 117-131
- Hayton, J. C., Allen, D. G. and Scarpello, V. (2004) "Factor retention decisions in exploratory factor analysis : a tutorial on parallel analysis", Organizational Research Methods, Volume 7, Number 2, 191-205
Book Item
- Grant, R. L. and Hayton, J. C. (2011) "Interdependencies between people in organizations", Oxford University Press, Oxford
Books
- Grandori, A., Gillard Giordani, L. and Hayton, J. C. (2011) "Organizing entrepreneurship", Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York . 9780415570374
- James Hayton (2011) "Global human resource management casebook", Routledge, New York. 9780415893701
