The Work, Organisation and Management (WOM) Group leads and delivers world-class research, teaching, and business collaborations, aimed at developing a meaningful understanding of organisations, work and society. 

 

Our researchers are making original contributions to work, organisation, and management theory and practice. They regularly publish in some of the top journals within the field, such as:

• Academy of Management Journal
• Academy of Management Review
• Academy of Management Annals
• Academy of Management Learning & Education
• Organisation Studies
• Journal of Management Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
• Journal of Organizational Behavior

 

Many group members also hold senior editorial positions in world-leading journals such as Journal of Management Studies, as well as holding associate editor positions across a range of FT50 journals.  

 

Research themes

The WOM colleagues position their world-leading research across the following themes: 

• Work, Health and Wellbeing
• Leadership
• Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
• Identity
• Grand challenges in Work, Organisation and Management

 

Research centres

We host the School’s Centre for Organisational and Employee Wellbeing, aimed at conducting and disseminating novel research exploring how organising and managing affects production, working life and health.

 

Find out more about the Management School's research centres