Dr Nick Butler
BA (Hons), MA, PhD
Lecturer in Organisation Studies
Contact details
Tel: +44 (0)1334 461975
Fax: +44 (0)1334 462812
Biography
Nick was trained at the universities of Warwick, Sussex and Leicester before joining the School of Management as a lecturer in 2009.
Nick is a member of the editorial board of ephemera: theory & politics in organization. He is also a member of the Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy at the School of Management, University of Leicester.
From September 2012, Nick will be on secondment to Lund University, Sweden for two years.
Research Interests
Nick's research is in the area of organisation studies, focusing primarily on the sociology of work and critical perspectives on management. He is currently working on two major projects.
The first, conducted with Dr Sverre Spoelstra, Dr Helen Nicholson and Professor Mats Alvesson at Lund University, looks at the politics of 'excellence' and 'relevance' in the business school. Funded by Handelsbanken, the study investigates the changing institutional context in which academic knowledge is produced and disseminated in the contemporary university.
The second project, conducted with Dr Dimitrinka Stoyanova at the University of Andrews, focuses on the working lives of comedians. Funded by the British Academy, the study examines how freelance creative labourers seek employment and negotiate a career in an unstructured and highly competitive environment.
Selected Publications
Your Excellency
Butler, N.
& Spoelstra, S.
2013
In :
Organization
.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Professions at the Margins
Butler, N.
,
Chillas, S. A.
& Muhr, S. L.
2013
In :
Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization
.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Duelling with Dualisms: Descartes, Foucault and the History of Organizational Limits
Butler, N.
& Dunne, S.
2012
In :
Management and Organizational History
.
7
,
1
,
p. 31-44.
Research output
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Contribution to journal
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Article
Work, Play and Boredom
Butler, N.
, Olaison, L. , Sliwa, M. , Sørensen, B. M. & Spoelstra, S.
2011
In :
Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization
.
11
,
4
,
p. 329-335.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
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Article
Subjectivity and Subjectivation
Butler, N.
2011
In:
Key Concepts in Critical Management Studies.
Tadajewski, M., Maclaran, P., Parsons, E. & Parker, M. (eds.). London:
Sage
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
“Lessons for Managers and Consultants”: A Reading of Edgar H. Schein’s "Process Consultation"
Butler, N.
2010
In:
‘The Leading Publication in the Field’: Unsettling Authority in the Social Sciences of Management.
Armstrong, P., Lilley, S. & Lightfoot, G. (eds.). London:
MayFlyBooks
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Editorial: Throwing Shoes...
Butler, N.
, Land, C. & Sliwa, M.
2009
In :
Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization
.
9
,
3
,
p. 195-200.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
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Editorial
‘The Invention of the Business School’ (review of Rakesh Khurana's From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession)
Butler, N.
2008
In :
Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization
.
8
,
3
,
p. 348-352.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
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Book/Film/Article review
Critical and Clinical Management Studies
Butler, N.
2008
In :
Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization
.
8
,
1
,
p. 7-25.
Research output
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Article