Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson is Professor of Organisational Analysis in the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde. He was formerly Professor of Management and Head of Department of Business Studies, University of Edinburgh. His recent research has focused on workplace innovation and teamworking in the Scottish Spirits Industry, and work organisation in call centres. He has written extensively on general trends in work and organisations. Recent published work includes Workplaces of the Future (edited with Chris Warhurst, Macmillan, 1998) and Organisational Misbehaviour (Sage, 1999, with Stephen Ackroyd).

Paul Thompson is co-organiser of the International Labour Process Conference and Editor for the Palgrave Series, Management, Work and Organisations; and Critical Perspectives on Work and Organisations. He also has a broad interest in public policy and is Editor of Renewal: a Journal of Labour Politics and a member of the Advisory Board of Centre for Scottish Public Policy.