Christopher Wright
BEc(Hons); PhD Sydney
Professor of Organisational Studies
christopher.wright@sydney.edu.au
Room 413
H03 - Institute Building
University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 5860
Fax: +61 2 9351 4729
Chris Wright's research focuses on the diffusion of management knowledge, managerial and professional identity, and organisational and workplace change. His current research interests include business and organisational responses to climate change; the role and impact of internal consultants; and decision-making and sensemaking among top management teams.
Chris has published in leading international journals including Human Relations, British Journal of Management, Organization, Management Learning, Business History, Work, Employment and Society, and New Technology Work and Employment. In addition his work has appeared in a range of edited collections and he is the author of several monographs including The Management of Labour: A History of Australian Employers (Oxford University Press, 1995). He has been a Chief Investigator on a range of major research projects and is the team leader on a recently announced Australian Research Council Discovery project (2011-2013) into Australian business responses to climate change.
Research Expertise
- Business responses to climate change
- Organisational change
- Organisational sustainability
- Managerial & professional identity
- Management consulting
- Human resource management