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Professor Stephen Procter

Alcan Chair of Management

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1680
  • Address: Room 3.22
    缅北禁地 Business School
    Frederick Douglass Centre
    Helix Science Square
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    NE4 5TG
    UK
Background

Roles and Responsibilities

Stephen Procter is the Alcan Chair of Management.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Bristol, 1990

MSc (Econ), University of London (Queen Mary), 1985

BA, University of Warwick, 1984 

Research

1. Organization and Re-Organization of Work

A key focus of Stephen Procter’s research over a sustained period has been the contemporary restructuring of work. In particular, he has made major contributions to our understanding of teams and teamworking as central elements of this restructuring. In contrast to most other work, his analysis has stressed how teams have impact not through the attitudes of individual team members but through more structural factors at the level of the organization as a whole. This emerges both from empirical work which shows the importance of structural interdependence and from more conceptual work aimed at identifying the essential characteristics of teamworking and its links with organizational performance. More recent research has extended these ideas to provide an understanding of ‘lean’ teamworking that provides an alternative to an interpretation based simply on work intensification.

The focus on teamworking developed out of earlier work on workplace flexibility. Procter and his colleagues were important contributors to the debates around flexibility that dominated discussion of restructuring in the early 1990s. In response to these debates, the model of the new flexible firm was put forward as a means of understanding contemporary developments. It provided a novel and insightful means of linking workforce flexibility with broader operational and organizational concerns

2. Management of Organizational Change

Linked closely to issues in work restructuring has been Procter’s work on the management of change. Here we highlight two particular issues: the role of middle-level managers and employee attitudes to change. The importance of middle-level managers in the successful implementation of change has increasingly come to be recognized, and Procter’s work on the antecedents of their strategic contribution has come to be a standard reference in the area. More recent work has turned to the issue of employee attitudes to change, and Procter’s has been amongst work that has allowed a more nuanced approach to emerge, one that embraces such concepts as ambivalence and ambiguity.

3. Management and Organizational History

The application of historical methods to management and organizations has been a long-standing concern of Procter’s. An early contribution in this area has been influential in encouraging explicit linkages between the concerns of organizational culture and those of business history. More recent work has also made a significant contribution to the ‘historical turn’ in organization studies, in its attempt to use ideas of social memory to improve our understanding of what memory means in organizations.

Doctoral supervision

Stephen Procter is keen to receive expressions of interest from potential doctoral students in areas related to any of the above. He has a strong record of supervising students to successful completion. Among recent completions are the following:

Islam, M. ‘An Exploration of Industry 4.0 and Human Resource Management in the UK Retail Industry, [PhD, 缅北禁地, 2024, co-supervised with A. McKinlay].

Haist, J. ‘Understanding Grit in an Organisational Context: The Concept of Grit and its Role as a Predictor of Work-related Stress and Employee Performance’, [PhD, 缅北禁地, 2021, with H. Jha].

Photiou, C. 'How the Line of Sight (LoS) Concept Enhances our Understanding of the Impact of HR Practices on Employee Outcomes: an Investigation Conducted within the Cypriot Banking Sector' (PhD, 缅北禁地, 2019, co-supervised with T. Scurry).

Watson, J. 'The Value of Voice through Employee Ownership: Fabric or Fabrication?' (PhD, 缅北禁地, 2019, with S. Johnstone and J. McBride).

Ewington, E. 'Professional Women's Experiences of Trade Unionism: Understanding Enablers and Barriers to Participation' (PhD, 缅北禁地, 2018, with A. Lopes).

Thirkell, E. ‘Implementing, Managing and Working Under Lean’ (PhD, 缅北禁地, 2016, with T. Scurry and F. Worthington).

Siddique, M. ‘Exploring the Linkages between High Performance Work Systems and Organizational Performance: the Role of Relational Coordination in the Banking Sector of Pakistan’ (PhD, 缅北禁地, 2014, with S. Maioli).

Harrison, D. ‘Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships: A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences of ‘Non-Professionally Affiliated’ Workers in Community Mental Health Care’ (PhD, 缅北禁地, 2012, with P. Pearson and C. Dickinson).

Alsaghir, L. ‘Exploring HR Policies and the HR Specialist’s Role in the Context of Innovation: the Case of BPR in Two Large Lebanese Banks’ (DBA, 缅北禁地, 2011).

 

 


Publications

  • Articles

    • Rodriguez JK, Procter S. . Human Resource Management Journal 2026, epub ahead of print.
    • Gibbs E, Mackenzie E, McKinlay A, McNulty D, Phillips J, Procter S. . Modern British History 2025, 36(2), hwaf002.
    • Randall J, Procter S. . Journal of Change Management 2024, 24(2), 123-136.
    • Gibbs E, Mackenzie E, McKinlay A, McNulty D, Phillips J, Procter S. . Management and Organizational History 2024, 20(4), 517-536.
    • Rodriguez J, Procter S, Perez Arrau G. . The International Journal of Human Resource Management 2024, 35(9), 1681-1707.
    • Rodriguez J, Procter S, Perez Arrau G. . Social Science and Medicine 2023, 329, 1-8.
    • Procter S, Harrison D, Pearson P, Dickinson C. . New Technology, Work and Employment 2022, 37(1), 124-145.
    • Siddique M, Procter S, Gittell JH. . Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance 2019, 6(4), 246-266.
    • By R, Kuipers B, Procter S. . Journal of Change Management 2018, 18(1), 1-9.
    • Procter S, Harrison D, Pearson P, Dickinson C. . Industrial Relations Journal 2018, 49(3), 211-226.
    • Procter S, Radnor Z. . International Journal of Human Resource Management 2017, 28(3), 468-480.
    • Rodriguez J, Johnstone S, Procter S. . International Journal of Human Resource Management 2017, 28(21), 2957-2982.
    • Procter S, Harrison D, Pearson P, Dickinson C, Lombardo C. . Journal of Mental Health 2016, 25(2), 126-130.
    • Procter S, Randall J. . Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management 2015, 10(1), 38-60.
    • Procter S, Radnor Z. . International Journal of Human Resource Management 2014, 25(21), 2978-2995.
    • Randall J, Procter S. . Journal of Change Management 2013, 13(2), 143-158.
    • Procter S, Rowlinson M. . Industrial Relations Journal 2012, 43(1), 5-21.
    • Rowlinson M, Booth C, Clark P, Delahaye A, Procter S. . Organization Studies 2010, 31(1), 69-87.
    • Delahaye A, Booth C, Clark P, Procter S, Rowlinson M. . Journal of Organizational Change Management 2009, 22(1), 27-48.
    • Booth C, Rowlinson M, Clark P, Delahaye A, Procter S. . Futures 2009, 41(2), 87-95.
    • Procter S, Burridge M. . International Journal of Human Resource Management 2008, 19(1), 153-168.
    • Delarue A, Van Hootegem G, Procter S, Burridge M. . International Journal of Management Reviews 2008, 10(2), 127-148.
    • Randall J, Procter S. . Journal of Organizational Change Management 2008, 21(6), 686-700.
    • Clark P, Booth C, Rowlinson M, Procter S, Delahaye A. . Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 2007, 19(1), 83-97.
    • Booth C, Clark P, Delahaye A, Procter S, Rowlinson M. . Critical Perspectives on Accounting 2007, 18(6), 625-644.
    • Currie G, Procter S. . Journal of Management Studies 2005, 42(7), 1325-1356.
    • Van Hootegem G, Benders J, Delarue A, Procter S. . International Journal of Human Resource Management 2005, 16(2), 167-173.
    • Booth C, Clark P, Delahaye A, Procter S, Rowlinson M. . Revista Empresa y Humanismo 2005, 9(2), 95-130.
    • Procter S, Currie G. . Human Relations 2004, 57(12), 1547-1572.
    • Currie G, Procter S. . International Journal of Human Resource Management 2003, 14(4), 581-599.
    • Currie G, Procter S. . New Technology, Work and Employment 2002, 17(2), 102-118.
    • Procter S, Currie G. . Personnel Review 2002, 31(3), 304-319.
    • Currie G, Procter S. . Human Resource Management Journal 2001, 11(3), 53-69.
    • Mueller F, Procter S, Buchanan D. . Human Relations 2000, 53(11), 1387-1424.
    • Procter S, Ackroyd S. . International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 2000, 1(4/5), 366-380.
    • Procter S, Toms S. . Journal of Industrial History 2000, 3(1), 54-72.

  • Book Chapters

    • Harrison D, Procter S. . In: Procter, S, ed. A Research Agenda for Work and Employment. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, pp.3-21.
    • Procter S, Toms S. . In: Wilson J;Toms S;Wong N, ed. The Cotton and Textile Industry: Innovation and Maturity: Studies in Industrial History. London: Routledge, 2021.
    • Ingvaldsen J, Benders J, Procter S. . In: A. Wilkinson, J. Donaghey, T. Dundon and R. Freeman, ed. Handbook of Research on Employee Voice. Edward Elgar, 2020, pp.328-341.
    • Johnstone S, Procter S. . In: T. Dundon and A. Wilkinson, ed. Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management. Edward Elgar, 2020, pp.25-30.
    • Currie G, Procter S. . In: R. Rushmer, H. Davies, M. Tavakoli, M. Malek, ed. Organisation Development in Health Care: Strategic Issues in Health Care Management. Routledge, 2017.
    • Procter S, Randall J. . In: Burnes,B; Randall,J, ed. Perspectives on Change: What Academics, Consultants and Managers Really Think About Change. Routledge, 2016, pp.64-80.
    • Procter S, Benders J. . In: Wilkinson, A; Donaghey, J; Dundon, T; Freeman, RB, ed. Handbook of Research on Employee Voice. Padstow, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc, 2014, pp.298-309.
    • Procter S, Randall J. . In: Boje, D., Burnes, B., Hassard, J, ed. Routledge Companion to Organizational Change. London: Routledge, 2011, pp.366-374.
    • Booth D, Clark P, Delahaye-Dado A, Procter S, Rowlinson M. . In: Costanzo, L., MacKay, R, ed. Handbook of Research on Strategy and Foresight. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2009, pp.113-127.
    • Rowlinson M, Clark P, Delahaye-Dado A, Booth C, Procter S. . In: Scarbrough, H, ed. The Evolution of Business Knowledge. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp.339-356.
    • Procter S. . In: Ackroyd, S., Batt, R., Thompson, P., Tolbert, P, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp.462-484.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

    • Kyle P, Procter S. . In: British Academy of Management Conference (BAM 2024). 2024, Nottingham, UK: British Academy of Management.

  • Edited Book

    • Procter S, Mueller F, ed. . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.

  • Editorial

    • Benders J, Hotegeem G, Procter S, Mueller F. . New Technology, Work and Employment 2001, 16(3), 150-151.

  • Reports

    • Harrison D, Scurry T, Procter S, Lain D, Lopes A, Steven A, Tomietto M. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: 缅北禁地 Business School, 缅北禁地, 2025.
    • Harrison D, Procter S, McKinlay A. . London: Alex Ferry Foundation, 2022.