Profile
Professor Iain Munro
Prof of Leadership & Org Change
- Address: 缅北禁地 Business School
Room 5.05,
5 Barrack Rd,
缅北禁地 upon
Tyne NE1 4SE
Iain is Professor of Leadership and Organization at 缅北禁地 Business School. He has previously worked at the universities of Warwick (1994-2000), St Andrews (2000-2009), and Innsbruck (2009-2013). He has diverse research interests and has published articles in Organization Studies, Human Relations, Organization, the Journal of the Operational Research Society and the Journal of Business Ethics. He has written a monograph on "Information Warfare in Business: Strategies of Control and Resistance".
Editorial Positions:
- Editorial board member of Human Relations
- Editorial board member of Organization Studies.
- Associate Editor of Organization
Google scholar:
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Iain-Munro
I am engaged in the following areas of research:
* Organizer and convenor, 缅北禁地, May 2019, ‘Whistleblowing, Human Rights and the Media’, speakers including John Kiriakou (CIA whistleblower), Craig Murray (UK Foreign Office whistleblower), Robert Tibbo (Edward Snowden’s lawyer) and Andrew Fowler (Investigative Journalist See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEiwXAys2wY
* Co-organizer and speaker, The Shard, London January 2020, ‘Whistleblowing, Transparency and Activism’, speakers including Katharine Gun (GCHQ whistleblower), Mark Curtis (National Security historian), Iain Munro, and Professor Kate Kenny. See https://www.whistleblowingimpact.org/10-january-2020-videos-recordings-of-whistleblowing-transparency-and-activism-programme-now-available/
* 'Transformations in Networked Whistleblowing'. The event was hosted by the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation at Oxford, Saïd Business School, March 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDsrvk7x-fI
* Invited panelist at York University, July, 2020 - ‘To blow the whistle or not? An online symposium on complicity and compliance in economic and social wrongdoing.” See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6julibkYKDA
* Convenor of 'Whistleblowing, Investigative Journalism, Freedom, Democracy and Solidarity', May 2021, speakers John Kiriakou (CIA whistleblower), Jeffrey Sterling (CIA whistleblower), Chamira Gamage (Amnesty International), Stephen Rohde (American Civil Liberties Union), Michael Albert, Max Blumenthal, Jimmy Dore, Joe Lauria. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfGiQE1hLrE&t=218s
* Organizer and co-convenor, 'Whistleblowing, human rights and social justice', speakers include Professor Robert Tibbo, Professor David Lewis andProfessor Kate Kenny. The event was co-hosted on 15th March 2022 by the 缅北禁地 Business School, the 缅北禁地 Forum for Human Rights and Social Justice and the Irish Centre for Human Rights. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tHjbU7elPs
* "Julian Assange, state secrecy and cover-ups." The event was hosted by the Labour Party Conference, September, 2022, with Dr Deepa Driver (legal observer in the Assange case, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers). Speakers: Stella Assange (human rights lawyer), Professor Iain Munro (expert on whistleblowers), Craig Murray and Ögmundur Jonasson (the Icelandic minister who refused to aide the FBI in framing Assange). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q-Pr3szBgY
* Co-organizer and host of "The emerging role of whistleblowers in democracies" by Professor Robert Tibbo. The event was part of the 缅北禁地 University Insights public lecture series, November, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gSul3KKJvwI&fbclid=IwAR0U9Er1Y4D_O2AxcWrvoY8hATP0ZTV8_u9pPVVXUW_rldDeWbPSJieGHHo#bottom-sheet
BUS3054 Strategy, Organizations & Society
BUS3347 Strategy, Organizations & Society (Study Abroad Sem 1)
BUS3017 Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics
BUS3062 Corporate Communications and Social Media
NBS8556 Core Readings in Management and Business Studies
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Articles
- Munro I. . Journal of Business Ethics 2026. In Press.
- Munro I, Boussebaa M, Rhodes C. . Critical Perspectives on International Business 2025, 21(3), 372-390.
- Munro I, Contu A, Dallyn S, Edward P, Frandsen A-C, Hoskin K, Hughes K, Go Jefferies J, Land C, Marx U, Tweedie J, Ul-Haq S, Zaeemdar S. . Management Learning 2025, epub ahead of print.
- Munro I. . Organization Studies 2025, 46(10), 1409-1430.
- Munro I, Kenny K. . Organization 2024, 31(6), 994-1008.
- Driver DG, Andenæs M, Munro I. . Organization 2024, 31(5), 829-845.
- Munro I. . Journal of Openness, Commons & Organizing (JOCO) 2023, 1(2), 12-22.
- Dallyn S, Checchi M, Prado P, Munro I. . Management Learning 2023, 55(1), 104-123.
- Trittin-Ulbrich H, Scherer AG, Munro I, Whelan G. . Organization 2021, 28(1), 8-25.
- de Vaujany F, Leclercq-Vandelannoitte A, Munro I, Yeah N, Holt R. . Organization Studies 2021, 42(5), 675–695.
- Rhodes C, Munro I, Thanem T, Pullen A. . Journal of Business Ethics 2020, 164, 627-632.
- Pina e Cunha M, Rego A, Munro I. . Human Relations 2019, 72(4), 778-800.
- Munro I. . Organization 2019, 26(2), 276-290.
- Munro I, Thanem T. . Business Ethics Quarterly 2018, 28(1), 51-69.
- Wegerer P, Munro I. . Organization 2018, 25(6), 695-709.
- Munro I, Thanem T. . Critical Perspectives in Accounting 2018, 53, 69-78.
- Munro I. . Organization 2018, 25(1), 106-122.
- Munro I. . Human Relations 2017, 70(5), 519-543.
- Munro I. . Organization 2016, 23(4), 567-587.
- Clegg S, PinaeCunha M, Munro I, Rego A, OomdeSousa M. . Journal of Political Power 2016, 9(2), 157-181.
- Labatut J, Munro I, Desmond J. . Organization 2016, 23(3), 315-329.
- Munro I. . Organization Studies 2014, 35(8), 1127-1148.
- Huber C, Munro I. . Journal of Business Ethics 2014, 124(2), 259-269.
- Maréchal G, Linstead S, Munro I. . Culture and Organization 2013, 19(3), 185-208.
- Munro I, Jordan S. . Human Relations 2013, 66(11), 1497-1525.
- Munro I. . International Journal of Management Reviews 2012, 14(3), 345-362.
- Weiskopf R, Munro I. . Organization 2012, 19(6), 685-702.
- Munro I, Huber C. . Human Relations 2012, 65(4), 523-543.
- MacKay B, Munro I. . Organization Studies 2012, 33(11), 1507-1536.
- Munro I. Nomadic Strategies in the Network Society: From Lawrence of Arabia to Linux. Scandinavian Journal of Management 2010, 26(2), 215-223.
- Randall J, Munro I. . Journal of Change Management 2010, 10(1), 23-39.
- Randall J, Munro I. . Organization Studies 2010, 31(11), 1485-1504.
- Munro I. . Organization 2010, 17(2), 199-222.
- Munro I, Randall J. 'I don't know what I'm doing. How about you?': Discourse and identity in practitioners dealing with the survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Organization 2007, 14(6), 887-907.
- Dibben M, Munro I. Applying Process Thought in Organization Studies. Process Studies 2003, 32(2), 183-195.
- Munro I, Mingers J. The Use of Multimethodology in Practice ‑ Results of a Survey of Practitioners. Journal of the Operational Research Society 2002, 53(4), 369-378.
- Munro I. Non‑Disciplinary Power and the Network Society. Organization 2000, 7(4), 679-695.
- Ballantine J, Levy M, Martin A, Munro I, Powel P. An Ethical Perspective on Information Systems Evaluation. International Journal of Agile Management Systems 2000, 2(3), 233-242.
- Munro I. Man Machine Systems: People and Technology in OR. Systems Practice and Action Research 1999, 12, 513-532.
- Munro I. An exploration of three emancipatory themes within OR and systems thinking. Journal of the Operational Research Society 1997, 48(6), 576-584.
- Ballantine J, Bonner M, Levy M, Martin A, Munro I, Powel P. The 3D Model of Information Systems Success: the Search for the Dependent Variable Continues. Information Resources Management Journal 1996, 9(4), 5-14.
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Authored Book
- Munro I. Information Warfare in Business: Strategies of Control and Resistance. London: Routledge, 2005.
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Book Chapters
- Munro I. . In: McCann, L; Bozkurt, O; Finn, R; Granter, E; Hunter, C; Kivinen, N; Kumar, A; Wierman, B, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2025.
- Casler C, Pierides D. . In: McCann, L; Bozkurt, Ö; Finn, R; Granter, E; Hunter, C; Kivinen, N; Kumar, A; Wierman, B, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2025, pp.409-412.
- Aroles J, Liang Y. . In: McCann, L; Bozkurt, Ö; Finn, R; Granter, E; Hunter, C; Kivinen, N; Kumar, A; & Wierman, B, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, pp.155-157.
- Casler C, Pierides D. . In: McCann, L; Bozkurt, Ö; Finn, R; Granter, E; Hunter, C; Kivinen, N; Kumar, A; Wierman, B, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2025, pp.36-41.
- Munro I, Kenny K. . In: Gabbioneta C; Minoja M; Greenwood R, ed. Organizational Wrongdoing as the "Foundational" Grand Challenge : Consequences and Impact. Bingley: Emerald Publishing, 2022, pp.121-140.
- Munro I, MacKay B. Information War. In: Dr. Chris Rojek, ed. Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition. John Wiley, 2019. In Preparation.
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Edited Book
- Munro I, Kenny K, Fotaki M, ed. Perspectives on Whistleblowing: Concepts and Cases. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2025. In Preparation.