Nicholson, N. (in press). Primal Business: Evolution, kinship and the family firm. In S.M. Colarelli, & R.A. Arvey, R. A. Handbook of the Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Nicholson, N. (in press). Evolutionary theory: A new synthesis for family business thought and research. In L. Melin, P. Sharma, & M. Nordqvist (Eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Family Business. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Nicholson, N. (2011). Introducing evolutionary psychology to business and management. In X.T. Wang & Y.J. Su (Eds.), Thus Speak Evolutionary Psychologists (pp. 232-240). Beijing: Peking Press.
Nicholson, N. (2012). The evolution of business and management. In S.C. Roberts (Ed.), Applied Evolutionary Psychology (pp16-35). Oxford: OUP.
Spisak, B.R., Nicholson, N., & Van Vugt, M. (2011). Leadership in organizations: An evolutionary perspective. In G. Saad (Ed.), Applications of evolutionary psychology in the business sciences (pp. 165-190). Heidelberg: Springer.
Nicholson, N. & Björnberg, A., (2008). The shape of things to come: Emotional ownership and the next generation in the family firm. In J. Tàpies & J.L. Ward (eds.), Family Values and Value Creation. London: Palgrave Macmillan
Nicholson, N., & Narayanan, J. (2008). Evolutionary theory. In J. R. Bailey & S.S. Clegg (eds.) International Encylopedia of Organization Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Soane, E., & Nicholson, N. (2008). Individual differences and decision making. In G. Hodgkinson & W. Starbuck (eds.), Handbook of Decision Making. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.HHaHH
Nicholson, N. (2007). The Getting of Wisdom: Self-conduct, personal identity and wisdom across the life-span. In E.H. Kessler & J.R. Bailey, J.R. (eds.) 2007. Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom. (pp. 377-397) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Nicholson, N. (2006). Destiny, drama and deliberation: Careers in the co-evolution of lives and societies. In H. Gunz & M.A. Peiperl (eds.) Handbook of Career Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Nicholson, N. (2006). Organization as Nature Intended - Human universals and the employment experience. In R. Gandossy (ed.), Five Unstoppable Workforce Trends. New York: Wiley.
Nicholson, N. and Björnberg, A. (2006). Critical leader relationships in family firms. In P.Z. Poutziouris, K.X. Smyrnios, & S.B. Klein (eds.), Handbook of Research on Family Business. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
13 Entries for Encylopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior, on "Achievement, need for"; "Affiliation, need for"; "Altruism"; "Authoritarian personality"; "Burnout"; "Career"; "Career plateau"; "Enactment"; "Evolutionary psychology"; "Family firms"; "Hardiness"; "Power, need for"; "Self-regulation" (with Ginka Toegel).
Nicholson, N., and Björnberg, Å. (2004). Evolutionary psychology and the family firm: structure, culture and performance. In S. Tomaselli & L. Melin (Eds.), Family Firms in the Wind of Change. Research Forum Proceedings, IFERA, Lausanne.
Rees, A. & Nicholson, N. (2004). The Twenty Statements Test. In C. Cassell & G. Symon (Eds.), Essential Guide to Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research. London : Sage Publications.
Nicholson, N. (2002). What stays the same. In Subir Chowdhury (Ed.) Organization 21C. New York: Financial Times & Prentice Hall.
Nicholson, N. (2001). An evolutionary perspective on change and stability in personality, culture and organization. In M. Erez, U. Kleinbeck, & H. Thierry (eds.). Work Motivation in the Context of Globalizing Economy. Elsevier.
Nicholson, N. (2000) Motivation-Selection-Connection: An Evolutionary Model of Career Development. In M. Peiperl, M. Arthur, R. Goffee, and T.Morris (eds.). Career Frontiers: New concepts of working life. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nicholson, N. (2000). Modelling withdrawal - Theoretical, empirical and methodological Implications. In D. Ilgen & C. Hulin (eds.) Computational Modeling of Behavioral Processes in Organizations. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Soane, E., Fenton-O'Creevy, M., Nicholson, N., & Willman, P. (1998). Psychological theory and financial institutions. In R. Jameson (ed.), Operational Risk and Financial Institutions. London: Risk Books.
Nicholson, N. (1997). Hunter-gatherers of the organisation: Evolutionary psychology, feelings at work and the limits to change. In F. Avallone, J.Arnold & K. de Witte (eds.). Feelings Work in Europe. Milan: Guerini Studio.
Nicholson, N. (1997). The changing nature of careers. In Y. Altman (ed.), Careers in the New Millennium: Causes, challenges and consequences. Leuven: Acco.
Nicholson, N. (1997). Evolutionary psychology and organizational behaviour. In C.L. Cooper & S. Jackson, (eds.) Creating Tomorrow's Organizations: A Handbook for Future Research in Organizational Behavior. Chichester: Wiley.
Nigel Nicholson
Emeritus Professor of Organisational Behaviour
BA (Cardiff) PhD (Wales) CPsychol FBPsS FBAM
Professor Nigel Nicholson has been a Professor at London Business School since 1990. Before becoming a business psychologist he was a journalist, and he is a frequent commentator in the media on current business issues. He is widely known for
His current major research interests include the psychology of family business, biography and leadership, financial decision-making and people skills in management. He has published over 20 books and 200 articles in these fields, as well as on topics such as innovation, organisational change and executive career development.
Professor Nicholson led a major research project on risk and decision-making among finance professionals, culminating in the book Traders: Risks, Decisions and Management in Financial Markets, published in 2005. His book on family firms, Family Wars, was published in 2008. In 2013 he published The “I” of Leadership: Strategies for Seeing, Being and Doing, which takes a fresh look at leadership through the lens of biography and the self, is At London Business School he has held the positions of Chairman of the Organisational Behaviour department, Research Dean, member of the Governing Body and been a Deputy Dean of the School. He has been a guest professor at German, American, African and Australian universities, and been honoured with awards from the Academy of Management and the International Association for Applied Psychology for his contribution to the field.
Professor Nicholson has directed several executive programmes at London Business School, including High Performance People Skills and Proteus. He has served on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Family Business, and from 2003 to 2010 he was Chairman of the evaluation panel for the J.P.Morgan Private Banking UK and Ireland Family Business Honours programme.
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Book chapters
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Non referred journal articles
Nicholson, N. (2009). Leading in tough times. Business Strategy Review, Summer, 38-42.
Nicholson, N. (2008). Succession for Success. Business Executive.
Nicholson, N. (2008). Blood ties. Management Today, March, 53-60.
Nicholson, N., and Björnberg, A. (2004). Familiness: Fatal flaw or inimitable advantage? Families in Business, March, 52-54.
Nicholson, N. (2003). How to motivate your problem people. Harvard Business Review,Volume 81, January, 56-67.
Nicholson, N. (2001). The new word on gossip. Psychology Today. June, pp. 41-45.
Soane, E. and Nicholson, N. (2000). Are traders rational? Foreign Exchange and Money Markets July, p. 17-20.
Nicholson, N., and Cannon, D.C. (2000). Two views from the bridge. How CFOs and SME leaders perceive top team dynamics. European Management Journal, Volume 18, 367-376.
Nicholson, N. (1998). Personality and entrepreneurial leadership: A study of the heads of the UK's most successful independent companies. European Management Journal, Vol.16, 529-539.
Nicholson, N. (1998). How hardwired is human behavior? Harvard Business Review, Vol. 76 (no.4, July/August), 134-147.
Baruch, Y. & Nicholson, N. (1997). Home, sweet work. Journal of General Management, Vol. 23 (2), 15-30. -
Journalism
Nicholson, N. (2012). Evolution meets the Olympics. Business Strategy Review, July, pp. 68-69.
Nicholson, N. (2012). The Lure of Cities: London living. Business Strategy Review, August, pp. 38-39.
Monthly column, "What's the Big Idea" for Management Today, from September 2010.
Nicholson Monthly column, "What's the Big Idea" for Management Today, from September 2010.
Nicholson, N. (2010). The false theory of meritocracy. Harvard Business Review blog, June 1.
Nicholson, N. (2010). Gender and the future of hierarchical organization. Harvard Business Review blog, June 7.
Nicholson, N. (2007). The secret of managing without powerJanuary 9th .
Nicholson, N. (2006). Turning family business into a winning unit. Times of India, November 28th
Columns for Families in Business (2004-2005) and for.Times of India (2006-2007) .
Nicholson, N. (2004-2005). Small business "agony uncle". BBC News Online, various.
Nicholson, N. (2004). Culture: Don't reach for your gun. Families in Business, January/February, p.80.
Nicholson, N., and Björnberg, Å. (2004). Familiness: Fatal flaw or inimitable advantage? Families in Business, March.
Nicholson, N. (2004). Leadership in family business: The what, who and how. Families in Business, November/December, p.49.
Nicholson, N. (2003). Family business: Promises and pitfalls. Family Business, Vol. 11(1): p.3.
Nicholson, N. (2002). Beyond the gene lottery - leadership in family firms. Families in Business, April, p. 10-11.
Nicholson, N. (2002). What lies at the root of roguery. Financial Times, March 5, p.15.
Nicholson, N. (2001). Jazz up your workers. The Observer newspaper. Business section, August 29, p.9.
Nicholson, N. (2001). How to run your boss. The Observer newspaper. Business section, June 10, p.9.
Nicholson, N. (2001). Gene politics and the natural selection of leadership. Leader to Leader. No. 20, Spring, pp. 46-52.
Nicholson, N., & Willman, P. (2000). Folly, fantasy and roguery - A social psychology of finance risk disasters. Financial Times, June 12. Reprinted in J. Pickford (ed.) (2001) Mastering Risk: Volume 1: Concepts. Harlow: Pearson, pp. 241-246.
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- Nigel Nicholson CV
Research and Awards
- 2011 “Best Professor in OB Award”, Global HR Excellence Awards, Mumbai, India, February
- 2010 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, IAAP, Melbourne, July.
- 2006 Winner “Breaking the Frame” best paper award for 2005, Journal of Management Inquiry.
- 2005 Paper (with Toegel: “Multisource feedback…” awarded “Outstanding Practiced-based paper on management consulting”, Academy of Management, Annual Congress, Hawaii, USA
- 2004 Ranked #55in the “2005 Excellence 100”, of the world’s top leadership consultants
- 2003 Teaching innovation award, London Business School, for design and development of the Proteus Programme
- 1983 Co-Recipient of the Academy of Management 1983 "New Concept Award" for "the most significant contribution to the advancement of theory or method in organizational behavior research"
- Leadership
- Business applications of evolutionary psychology
- Family business
- Biography and personal development
- Personality, risk and decision-making in finance.
2019
Evolutionary awareness: Darwin among the organizational sciences
Duening T; Nicholson N; Bradley-Geist J
International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior 2019 Vol 22:4 p 297-312
2018
Nepotism
Nicholson N
In Todd K. Shackelford and Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford, (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York: Springer
2016
Evolution and organizational leadership
Nicholson N
In D.M. Buss (Ed.), Handbook of evolutionary psychology Vol.2 : integrations, 2nd Ed. New York: Wiley
2015
Niche construction and the evolution of leadership: Toward a unified theory
Spisak BR; OBrien MJ; Nicholson N; Van Vugt M
Academy of Management Review 2015 Vol 40:2 p 291-306
Primal business: evolution, kinship and the family firm
Nicholson N
in Colarelli S. M. & Arvey R. D. (Eds.), Handbook of the Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Various entries
Nicholson N
in In P. Flood & Y. Freeney (Eds.) Wiley encylopedia of management: vol 11 organizational behavior. Wiley
2014
Evolutionary theory: A new synthesis for family business thought and research
Nicholson N
In Melin L., Nordqvist M., Sharma P. (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Family Business, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Chapter 7, pp 119-136
Introduction
Nicholson N
in A. Manuti & P.D.de Palma (Eds.). Why human capital is important for organizations: people come first. London: Palgrave Macmillan
2012
Emotional ownership: The next generation's relationship with the family firm
Björnberg Å; Nicholson N
Family Business Review 2012 Vol 25:4 p 374-390
2011
Introducing evolutionary psychology to business and management
Nicholson N
In Wang XT & Yang-Jie S (Eds.) Thus Speak Evolutionary Psychologists, Beijing: Peking Press
Leadership in organizations: An evolutionary perspective
Spisak B R; Nicholson N; Van Vugt M
in Saad, G (ed.), Evolutionary Psychology in the Business Sciences, Heidelberg: Springer
The evolution of business and management
Nicholson N
in Roberts S C (ed.), Applied Evolutionary Psychology, Oxford: OUP
The evolved self, co-evolutionary processes and the self-regulation of leadership
Nicholson N
Biological Theory 2011 Vol 6:4 p 12-44
2010
The design of work: An evolutionary perspective
Nicholson N
Journal of Organizational Behavior 2010 Vol 31:2-3 p 422-431
Thinking, feeling and deciding: the influence of emotions on the decision making and performance of traders
Fenton-O'Creevy M; Nicholson N; Soane E; Willman P
Journal of Organizational Behavior 2010 Vol 32:8 p 1044-1061
Emotional Ownership: The critical pathway between the next generation and the family firm
Björnberg Å; Nicholson N
London: Institute for Family Business report
Evolutionary psychology and family business: A new synthesis for theory, research and practice
Nicholson N
Family Business Review 2008 Vol 21:1 p 103-118
Evolutionary psychology, corporate culture and family business
Nicholson N
Academy of Management Perspectives 2008 Vol 22:2 p 73-84
Family wars: Classic conflicts in the family firm and how to deal with them
Gordon G; Nicholson N
London: Kogan Page.
Individual differences and decision making
Soane E; Nicholson N
in Handbook of Decision Making, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
The shape of things to come: Emotional ownership and the next generation in the family firm
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
in In Tàpies J & Ward J L (eds.), Family Values and Value Creation. London: Palgrave Macmillan
2007
Destiny, drama and deliberation: careers in co-evolution of lives and societies
Nicholson N
In Gunz H & Peiperl M A eds., Handbook of career studies, Sage, 2007
Evolutionary theory
Nicholson N; Narayanan J
In Clegg S R & Bailey J R eds., International encylopedia of organization studies, Sage, 2007
Family climate scales: development of a new measure for use in family business research
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
Family Business Review 2007 September Vol 20:3 p 229-246
Getting of wisdom: self-conduct, personal identity and wisdom across the life-span
Nicholson N
In Bailey J R and Kessler K eds., Handbook of organizational and managerial wisdom, Sage, 2007
Individual differences and decision making
Soane E; Nicholson N
In Hodgkinson G and Starbuck W eds., Oxford handbook of organizational decision making, OUP, 2008
Ready, willing and able? The next generation in family business
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
London: Institute for Family Business, 2007
Succession: ready willing and able?
Björnberg Å; Nicholson N
Institute for Family Business Yearbook, p. 59-61
2006
Critical leader relationships in family firms
Björnberg Å; Nicholson N
In: P. Poutziouris, K.X. Smyrnios & S. B. Klein (Eds.). Handbook of Research on Family Business. Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton (Mass.): Edward Elgar Publishing.
Darwinism — a new paradigm for organizational behavior?
Nicholson N; White R
Journal of Organizational Behavior 2006 March Vol 27:2 p 111-119
Highlights from the family business leadership inquiry
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
Family Business Yearbook 2006
Noise trading and the management of operational risk: firms, traders and irrationality in financial markets
Willman P; Fenton-O'Creevy M; Nicholson N et al
Journal of Management Studies 2006:43 p 1357-1374
Organization as nature intended: human universals and the employment experience
Nicholson N
in Gandossy R, Verma N and Tucker E eds., Workforce wake-up call: your workforce is changing, are you?, Wiley 2006
2005
Achievement, Need for
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Affiliation, Need for
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Altruism
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Authoritarian personality
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Burnout
Nicholson N; Toegel G
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Career
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Career plateau
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Case reports of the 2005 family business honours: Walkers Shortbread, Bestway, Ringtons, OC Group
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
London: J P Morgan Private Bank
Enactment
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Evolutionary psychology
Nicholson N; Toegel G
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Family firms
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Hardiness
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Meeting the Maasai: messages for management
Nicholson N
Journal of Management Inquiry 2005 Sep Vol 14:3 p 255-267
Objections to evolutionary psychology: reflections, implications and the leadership exemplar
Nicholson N
Human Relations 2005 Mar Vol 58:3 p 393-409
Personality and domain-specific risk taking
Nicholson N et al.
Journal of Risk Research 2005 Mar Vol 8:2 p 157-176
Playing to win: biological imperatives, self-regulation and trade-offs in the game of career success
Nicholson N; De Waal Andrews W
Journal of Organisational Behaviour 2005 Mar Vol 26:2 p 137-154
Power, Need for
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
Self-regulation
Nicholson N; Toegel G
in Nicholson N, Audia P and Pillutla M eds., Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2005
2004
Best practice UK chapter: Bettys & Taylors family case study UK
Björnberg Å; Nicholson N
The Family Business Network Newsletter, 37, p. 10-11
Case reports of the 2004 UK family business honours: Bruntwood, WIlliam Jackson & Son, William Reed Publishing
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
London: J P Morgan Private Bank
Challenge of leadership succession
Nicholson N
in Succession management in family companies, BDO Stoy Hayward, 2004
Change: how to adapt and transform the business
Anand N; Narasimhan A; Nicholson N
Format Publishing, 2004
Competitive advantage of open cultures
Nicholson N
in Role of outsiders in family companies, BDO Stoy Hayward, 2004
Evolutionary psychology and the family firm: structure, culture and performance
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
in Tomaselli S and Melin L eds., Family firms in the wind of change: Research Forum Proceedings, IFERA, Lausanne, 2004
Familiness: fatal flaw or inimitable advantage?
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
Families in Business 2004 Mar
Happy families and the family firm
Nicholson N
in Getting the family to work together, BDO Stoy Hayward, 2004
Leadership in family business: the what, who and how
Nicholson N
Families in Business 2004 Nov/Dec p 49
Motivation and reward in the family firm
Nicholson N
in Pay benefits and incentives in family companies, BDO Stoy Hayward, 2004
Negotiation: how to make deals and reach agreement in business
Pillutla M M; Nicholson N
Format Publishing, 2004
Traders: risks, decision and management in financial markets
Fenton-O'Creevy M; Nicholson N et al.
Oxford University Press, 2004
Twenty statements test
Rees A; Nicholson N
in Cassell C and Symon G eds, Essential guide to qualitative methods in organizational research, Sage, 2004
2003
Case reports of the 2003 UK family business honours: Bettys & Taylors, C & J Clark, Samworth Brothers
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
London: J P Morgan Private Bank, 2003
How to motivate your problem people
Nicholson N
Harvard Business Review 2003 Jan Vol 81:1 p 56-65 Special Issue
Trading on illusions: unrealistic perceptions of control and trading performance
Nicholson N et al.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 2003 Mar Vol 76:1 p 53-68
Beyond the gene lottery: leadership in family firms
Nicholson N
Families in Business 2002 Apr p 10-11
What stays the same
Nicholson N
in Chowdhury S ed., Organization 21C, Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2002
Who shall we send?: cultural and other influences on the rating of selection criteria for expatriate assignments
Franke J; Nicholson N
International Journal of Cross Cultural Management 2002 Vol 2 p 21-36
Evolutionary perspective on change and stability in personality, culture and organization
Nicholson N
in Erez M, Klienbeck U and Thierry H eds., Work motivation in the context of globalizing economy, Elsevier, 2001
Gene politics and the natural selection of leadership
Nicholson N
Leader to Leader 2001 Spring Vol 20 p 46-52
Knowing the risks: theory and practice in financial market trading
Nicholson N; Soane E et al.
Human Relations 2001 Vol 54:7 p 887-910
Traders, managers and loss aversion in investment banking: a field study
Willman P W; Nicholson N; Soane E; et al.
Accounting, Organizations and Society 2001 Vol 27 p 85-98
Folly, fantasy and roguery: a social psychology of finance risk disasters
Nicholson N; Willman P W
Financial Times 2000 Jun 12
Individual perspective
Soane E; Nicholson N; et al.
Derivatives 2000 (yearbook of the Futures and Options Association)
Modelling withdrawal: theoretical, empirical and methodological implications
Nicholson N
in Ilgen D and Hulin C eds., Computational modeling of behavioral processes in organizations, American Psychological Association, 2000
Motivation-selection-connection: an evolutionary model of career development
Nicholson N
in Peiperl M A, Goffee R E et al. eds., Career frontiers: new concepts of working life, Oxford University Press, 2000
Two views from the bridge: how CFOs and SME leaders perceive top team dynamics
Nicholson N; Cannon D C
European Management Journal 2000 Vol 18:4 p 367-376
1999
Minor illness as a legitimate reason for absence
Harvey J; Nicholson N
Journal of Organisational Behaviour 1999 Vol 20:6 p 979-994
1998
Financial decision-making: risk-taking by traders in financial markets
Nicholson N; Soane E et al.
in Conference Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, London, 1998
How hardwired is human behavior?
Nicholson N
Harvard Business Review 1998 Jul/Aug Vol 76:4 p 134-147
Personality and entrepreneurial leadership: a study of the heads of the UK's most successful independent companies
Nicholson N
European Management Journal 1998 May Vol 16:5 p 529-539
Psychological theory and financial institutions
Soane E; Nicholson N et al.
in Jameson R ed., Operational risk, p 159-172, Risk Books/Arthur Anderson, 1998
Seven deadly syndromes of management and organization: the view from evolutionary psychology
Nicholson N
Managerial and Decision Economics 1998 Vol 19:7-8 p 411-426
1997
Career theorist looks at the UK general election
Nicholson N
Career Development International 1997 Vol 2 p 210-211
Changing nature of careers
Nicholson N
in Altman Y ed., Careers in the new millennium: causes, challenges and consequences, Acco, 1997
Chief Financial Officer in UK companies: caught between conflicting demands?
Nicholson N; Cannon D
London Business School/Egon Zehnder International, 1997
El nuevo contexto para las carreras: retos para la teoria y practica de la direccion
Nicholson N
in Alvarez J L ed., Empleo y carreras directivas, Deusto, 1997
Evolutionary psychology and organizational behavior
Nicholson N
in Cooper C and Jackson S eds., Creating tomorrow's organizations: a handbook for future research in organizational behavior, Wiley, 1997
Evolutionary psychology: toward a new view of human nature and organizational society
Nicholson N
Human Relations 1997 Vol 50 p 1053-1078
Hunter-gatherers of the organisation: evolutionary pyschology, feelings at work and the limits to change
Nicholson N
in Avallone F, Arnold J and de Witte K eds., Feelings work in Europe, Guerini Studio, 1997
Personality factor
Nicholson N
in Bickerstaffe G ed., Mastering management, Financial Times/Pitman, 1997
Understanding the risk-taking behaviour of traders in financial markets
Soane E; Nicholson N et al.
in Conference Proceedings of the British Academy of Management, 1997
1996
Career systems in crisis: change and opportunity in the information age
Nicholson N
Academy of Management Executive 1996 Vol 10:4 p 40-51
Ethical issue emphasis of companies: content, patterning and influences
Nicholson N; Robertson D C
Human Relations 1996 Vol 49:11 p 1367-1393
Expressions of corporate social responsibility in UK firms
Robertson D C; Nicholson N
Journal of Business Ethics 1996 Vol 15:10 p 1095-1106
Towards a new agenda for work and personality: traits, self-identity, "strong" interactionism, and change
Nicholson N
Applied Psychology 1996 July Vol 45:3 p 189-205 Special Issue
1995
Alienation
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N ed., Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior, Basil Blackwell, 1995
Benchmarking
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N ed., Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior, Basil Blackwell, 1995
Career transitions
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N ed., Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior, Basil Blackwell, 1995
Control
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N ed., Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior, Basil Blackwell, 1995
Fuzzy sets
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N ed., Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior, Basil Blackwell, 1995
Management of absence: what do we know?: what can we do?
Nicholson N; Martocchio J J
in Ferris G J ed., Handbook of human resource management, Blackwell, 1995
Moral order of the organization: directions for theory and research
Nicholson N
Organization 1995 May Vol 2:2 p 339-344
Organizational demography
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N ed., Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior, Basil Blackwell, 1995
Persistence
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N ed., Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior, Basil Blackwell, 1995
Research design
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N ed., Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior, Basil Blackwell, 1995
Work involvement
Nicholson N
in Nicholson N ed., Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior, Basil Blackwell, 1995
1994
Career development in male and female managers
Goffee R E; Nicholson N
in Davidson M J and Burke R J eds., Women in management: current research issues, Paul Chapman Publishing, 1994
Diagnosing organisational structure, systems and culture
Flynn I; Goffee R E; Nicholson N
National Audit Office, 1994
Dimensions of perceived organisational performance: tests of a model
Nicholson N; Brenner S O
Applied Psychology 1994 Vol 43:1 p 89-108
Ethics in organizations: a framework for theory and research
Nicholson N
Journal of Business Ethics 1994 Vol 13:8 p 581-596
Middle management: their contribution to employee involvement
Fenton-O'Creevy M; Nicholson N
Stationery Office, 1994
Twenty statements test
Rees A; Nicholson N
in Cassell C and Symon G eds., Qualitative methods in organisational and occupational psychology: a practical guide, Sage Publications, 2002
1993
Absence: there and back again
Nicholson N
Journal of Organisational Behaviour 1993 Vol 14:3 p 288-291
Adjustment of Japanese expatriates to living and working in Britain
Nicholson N; Imaizumi A
British Journal of Management 1993 Jun Vol 4:2 p 119-134
Business ethics: of academic interest to organizational psychology?
Nicholson N
Occupational Psychologist 1993 Dec Vol 21 p 31-36
Incentives and penalties as means of influencing attendance
Harvey J; Nicholson N
International Journal of Human Resource Management 1993 Dec Vol 4:4 p 841-858
Organizational change
Nicholson N
in Mabey C and Mayon-White B eds., Managing change. 2nd ed., Paul Chapman Publishing, 1993
Purgatory or place of safety?: the managerial plateau and organisational agegrading
Nicholson N
Human Relations 1993 Vol 46:12 p 1369-1390
1992
Career development in organisations: issues, problems and best practice in Western companies
Nicholson N
International Journal of Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Management 1992 Vol 1
Individual transitions, role learning and innovation
Nicholson N; Jackson G M
in Hosking D and Anderson N eds., Organizational change and innovation: psychological perspectives and practices in Europe, Routledge, 1992
1991
From expectation to experience: graduates entering a large corporation
Nicholson N; Arnold J
Journal of Organizational Behavior 1991 Vol 12 p 413-429
Transition cycle: causes, outcomes, processes and forms
Nicholson N
in Fisher S and Cooper C L eds., On the move: the psychological effects of change and transition, John Wiley, 1991
1990
Construing of self and others at work in the early years of corporate careers
Nicholson N; Arnold J
Journal of Organizational Behavior 1990 Vol 12 p 621-639
Organisational innovation in context: culture, interpretation and application
Nicholson N
in West M A and Farr J eds., Innovation and creativity at work: psychological approaches, Wiley, 1990
Outcomes of downward managerial mobility
Nicholson N; Rees A
Journal of Organizational Behavior 1990 Vol 11 p 119-134
Strategy innovation and performance
Nicholson N; Rees A; Brooks-Rooney A
Journal of Management Studies 1990 Vol 27:5 p 511-534
1989
Does the charter break faith with academic applied psychology?
Nicholson N
Psychologist 1989 Vol 2 p 108-109
Graduate early experience in a multi-national corporation
Nicholson N; Arnold J
Personnel Review 1989 Vol 18:4 p 3-14
Graduate entry and adjustment into corporate life
Nicholson N; Arnold J
Personnel Review 1989 Vol 18:3 p 23-35
Innovation and creativity at work: psychological approaches
Nicholson N
in West M A and Farr J eds., Organisational innovation in context: culture, interpretation and application, John Wiley, 1989
Transitions, work histories and the myth of careers
Nicholson N; West M A
in Arthur M B, Hall D T and Lawrence B S eds., Handbook of career theory, Cambridge University Press, 1989
1987
Transitions into newly created jobs
West M A; Nicholson N; Rees A
Journal of Occupational Psychology 1987 Vol 60 p 97-113
1985
Future uncertain: Expected vs. attained job change among managers
Nicholson N; West M A; Cawsey T F
Journal of Occupational Psychology 1985 Vol 58 p 313-320
The absence culture and the psychological contract: Who's in control of absence?
Nicholson N; Johns G
Academy of Management Review 1985 Vol 10 p 397-407
1984
A theory of work role transitions
Nicholson N
Administrative Science Quarterly 1984 Vol 29:2 p 172-191
1982
The meanings of absence: New strategies for theory and research
Johns G; Nicholson N
Research in Organizational Behavior 1982 Vol 4
1981
Job status and white collar members' union activity
Blyton P R; Nicholson N; Ursell G
Journal of Occupational Psychology 1981 Vol 54 p 32-45
Membership participation in a white collar union
Nicholson N; Ursell G; Lubbock J S
Industrial Relations 1981 Vol 20 p 162-178
Processes of decision making in a trade union branch
Ursell G; NicholsoN N; Blyton P R
Organization Studies 1981 Vol 2 p 162-45 72
Strikes and other forms of industrial action
Kelly J E Nicholson N
Industrial Relations Journal 1981 Vol 11 p 20-31
1980
Social background, attitudes and behaviour of white collar shop stewards
Nicholson N; Ursell G ; Blyton P R
British Journal of Industrial Relations 1980 Vol 18 p 231-239
1979
Shop stewards' attitudes to industrial democracy
Ursell G; Wall T D; Clegg C W; Lubbock J S; Blyton P R; Nicholson N
Industrial Relations Journal 1979 Vol 10:4 p 22-30
1978
Managers' attitudes to industrial democracy
Clegg C W; Nicholson N; Ursell G; Blyton P; Wall T D
Industrial Relations Journal 1978 Vol 9 p 4-17
Shiftwork and absence: An analysis of temporal trends
Nicholson N; Jackson P J; Howes G
Journal of Occupational Psychology 1978 Vol 51 p 127-137
1977
Absence behaviour and attendance motivation: A conceptual synthesis
Nicholson N
Journal of Management Studies 1977 Vol 14 p 231-252
Absence from work and personal characteristics
Nicholson N; Brown C A; Chadwick Jones J K
Journal of Applied Psychology 1977 Vol 62 p 319-327
Skills, values and relationships in an industrial negotiating committee
Nicholson N
Industrial Relations Journal 1977 Vol 8 p 54-60
The predictability of absence and propensity to leave from employees' job satisfaction and attitudes towards influence in decision making
Nicholson N; Wall T D; Lischeron J
Human Relations 1977 Vol 30 p 499-514
The role of the shop steward: An empirical case study
Nicholson N
Industrial Relations Journal 1977 Vol 7 p 15-26
1976
Absence from work and job satisfaction
Nicholson N; Brown C A; Chadwick Jones J K
Journal of Applied Psychology 1976 Vol 61 p 728-737
The influence of social, organisational and biographical factors on female absence
Nicholson N; Goodge P M
Journal of Management Studies 1976 Vol 13 p 234-254
1973
A type and B type absence: Empirical trends for women employees
Chadwick Jones J K; Brown C A; Nicholson N
Journal of Occupational Psychology 1973 Vol 47 p 75-80
1971
Absence measures: Their reliability and stability in an industrial setting
Chadwick Jones J K; Brown C A ; Nicholson N; Sheppard C
Personnel Psychology 1971 Vol 24 p 463-470
2003
Understanding the family firm: a new framework for theory and research
Nicholson N
COR Working Paper
1998
Psychological theory and financial institutions: individual and organisational influences on decision making and behaviour
Soane E; Nicholson N; et al.
COR Working Paper
1997
Making sense of failure: memory, motive and self-regulation
Cannon D; Nicholson N
COR Working Paper
Managerial support for and resistance to employee involvement
Fenton-O'Creevy M; Nicholson N
COR Working Paper
2013
The ‘I’ of leadership: Strategies for seeing, being and doing
Nicholson N
Leadership Excellence 2013 Vol 30:6 p 4
2006
Case reports of the 2006 family business honours: Musgrave, Newhall Publications, Wates Group and Caledonia Investments
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
London: J P Morgan Private Bank
2005
Blackwell encylopedia of management: organizational behavior. 2nd ed.
Nicholson N; Audia P; Pillutla M M; eds.
Blackwell, 2005
Family business leadership inquiry
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
London: Institute for Family Business, 2005
London Business School / FFI family business advisors and educators survey
Nicholson N; Björnberg Å
London Business School report
Traders: risks, decisions and management in financial markets
Fenton-O'Creevy M; Nicholson N; et al.
Oxford University Press, 2005
2000
Executive instinct: managing the human animal in the information age
Nicholson N
Crown Business Books, 2000
1996
Careers in the year 2000 and beyond
Jackson C; Nicholson N; et al.
Institute of Employment Studies, 1996
1995
Arbeits und Organisations-psychologie: Internationales Handbuch in Schlusselbegriffen. 2nd ed.
Greif S; Holling H; Nicholson N; eds.
Psychologie Verlags Union, 1995
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