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Andrew Griffiths

Professor Andrew GRIFFITHS

Contact

Telephone +61 7 3346 8172
Facsimile +61 7 3346 8166
Email a.griffiths@business.uq.edu.au
Location 37-531

Positions Held

Professor in Business Sustainability and Strategy
Director of the Sustainable Business Unit

Academic Qualifications

Degree Institution Field Year
PhD The University of New South Wales Strategy 2000
BA(Hons) Griffith Univrsity Politics 1991

Memberships

  • Academy of Management
  • Australian New Zealand Academy of Management

Major Research Grants

Year Title of Grant Granting Agency Amount
2007-2010 Knowledge Transfer Systems (with Parker, Hine and Gunasekera) ARC Linkage Grant 1,000,000
2005 Institutional governance systems and sustainability ARC Discovery Grant 145,000
2004 Stakeholder Interactions and Sustainability (with Winn, Zeistman, & Lawrence) Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 133,000

Field of Current Research

Title of Research Area Brief Description
Corporate sustainability and change This research program examines some of the key strategic issues involved when organisations engage with sustainability driven change.
Institutional governance systems Examines the role that institutional governance systems plays in hindering or generating sustained competitive advantages for firms and industries.
Massive disruptive change and organisation risk This program looks at the impact that significant events could have on organisation strategy and the types of risk approached put in place to mitigate those disruptive events.

Publications

  • Books And Monographs
  • Griffiths, A. (2004) Corporate Sustainability: Governance, Innovation and Methods for Implementation, San Palo: Content Management Publishers.
  • Dunphy, D., Griffiths, A. and Benn, S. (2003) Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability, London: Routledge.
  • Benn, S., Dunphy, D. and Griffiths, A. (2003) Corporate Change for Sustainability: The Way Ahead. TELA Paper, Australian Conservation Foundation, Canberra.
  • Dunphy, D., Griffiths, A., Beneviste, J. and Sutton, P. (2000) Sustainability: Corporate Challenge for the 21st Century, Sydney: Allen and Unwin.
  • Dunphy, D. and Griffiths A (1998): The Sustainable Corporation: Organisational Renewal in Australia, Sydney: Allen and Unwin.
  • Book Chapters
  • Griffiths, A. Benn, S. and Dunphy, D. (2005) 'Organisational Structures and Roles'. In R. Staib (eds.) Environmental Management and Decision Making for Business, Sydney; Palgrave.
  • Benn, S. and Griffiths, A. (2005) 'Changing Corporate Culture to an Environmental Ethos'. In R. Staib (eds.) Environmental Management and Decision Making for Business, Sydney; Palgrave
  • Griffiths, A., Dunphy, D. and Benn, S. (2005) 'Organizational change for corporate sustainability', in Starik, M. and Sharma, S. (eds.) New Horizons in Research on Sustainable Organizations, Greenleaf Publishers.
  • Griffiths, A. (2004) ' Corporate Sustainability and Innovation'. In Griffiths, A. (eds). Corporate Sustainability: Governance, Innovation and Mehtods for Implementation, San Palo: Content Management Publishers
  • Griffiths, A, and Dunphy, D (2002) 'Corporate Strategic Change'. In International Encyclopedia of Management, London; Thomson Learning
  • Griffiths, A. (2000) 'Architectures for Sustainability'. In Dunphy etal Sustainability, Sydney: Allen and Unwin.
  • Griffiths, A. (1998) Sociotechnical Interventions and Teams in Australia 1970s-1990s. Mortimer, D. eds Readings in Contemporary Employment Relations, Sydney: Harcourt Brace.

Published Refereed Journal Articles

  • Haigh,N. and Griffiths, A. (2008). 'Egovernment and Environmental Sustainability: The Results from Three Australian Cases'. Egovernment Journal, Vol 5 No 1, pp45-62.
  • Griffiths, A.; Haigh, N. and Rassias, J. (2007) 'Institutional Governance Systems and Australia's response to emissions trading'. European Management Journal, Vol 25 No 6, pp415-427.
  • Haigh, N. and Griffiths, A. (2007) 'The Natural Environment as Primary Stakeholder: The Case of Climate Change'. Business, Strategy and Environment, (forthcoming).
  • Linnenluecke, M. Russell, S. and Griffiths, A. (2007) 'Subcultures and sustainability practices: Understanding Corporate Sustainability', Business, Strategy and Sustainability, (forthcoming).
  • Haigh, N. and Griffiths, A. (2007) 'The environmental sustainability of information systems considering the impact of operational strategies and practices'. International Journal of Technology Management vol 43 No 1-3, pp48-63.
  • Griffiths, A. and Haigh, N. (2004) Co-ordinating small wins as an effective mechanism for implementing firm level eco-innovations. Journal of Social Issues (submitted)
  • Griffiths, A. and Zammuto, R. (2005) 'Institutional governance systems and variations in national competitive advantage: An Integrative model'. Academy of Management Review.
  • Jimmieson, N. Jones, R. and Griffiths, A. (2005) 'The impact of organisational culture and reshaping capabilities on change implementation success: The mediating role of readiness for change' Journal of Management Studies Vol 42, No 2 p361-386.
  • Griffiths, A. (2004) ' Corporate Sustainability and Innovation'. Innovation Management Policy and Practice Vol 6 No 2 pvi-xiv.
  • Waldersee, R. and Griffiths, A. (2004) 'Implementing Change: Matching Change Type to Implementation Methods'. Leadership and Organisation Development Journal. Vol 25 No 5 p424-434.
  • Hine, D. and Griffiths, A. (2004) 'The impact of market forces on the sustainability of the biotechnology industry', International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Vol 4 No 2 p138-149.
  • Griffiths, A. and Hine, D. (2003) ' Sustainability of the New Economy: Cautionary Lessons of 'e' fads', International Journal of Management Decision Making.Vol 4 no 2 p230-239.
  • Griffiths, A.; Dunphy, D. and Benn, S. (2003) 'Building corporate sustainability'. Australian Institute of Training and Development Journal Vol 30 No 2 p 20-23.
  • Griffiths, A.; Dunphy, D. and Benn, S. (2003) 'Innovating towards corporate sustainability', ECOS p19-20.
  • Waldersee, R., Griffiths, A. and Lai, J. (2003) 'Predicting organizational change success: Matching organization type, change type and capabilities'. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship Vol 8 No1.
  • Griffiths, A. and Dunphy, D. (2002) 'From Heresies to Orthodoxies: The Organisational Renewal Movement in Australia'. Management Decision Vol 40 No 1 p74-81.
  • Griffiths, A. and Petrick, J. (2001) 'Generating New Organisational Architectures for Sustainability'. International Journal of Operations and Productions Management 21: 12: pp1573-1585. (This article won an Emerald award)
  • Griffiths, A. and Parker, R. (1999) 'From International Competitiveness to National Economic Policy' Journal of Economic and Social Policy.Vol 3 No 2.
  • Griffiths, A. (1998) 'Institutional Capacity and National Competitive Advantage' Journal of Industry and Innovation Vol 5 No 2.
  • Griffiths A (1995): 'Sociotechnical Systems and Teams in Australian Organisations: 1970 - 1990s' in Economic and Labour Relations Review, October 1995.

Published Refereed Conference Papers And Subsequent Abstracts

  • Griffiths, A. and Winn, M. (2005) 'Slack and Sustainability', paper presented to the Academy of Management Conference, Hawaii, August 2005, Organisation and Management Theory Division and Organization and Natural Environment Division.
  • Haigh, N. and Griffiths, A. (2005) 'Tensions Between Technology and Sustainability: An Exploratory Study of eGovernment', Academy of Management Conference, Hawaii, August 2005, Organization and Natural Environment Division
  • Griffiths, A. (2004) Co-ordinating small wins as an effective mechanism for implementing firm level eco-innovations. This Paper has been nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award at the Academy of Management Conference in New Orleans. This paper will also be published in the Best Paper Conference Proceedings from the Organisations and Natural Environment Division for the Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans.
  • Griffiths, A. and Petrick, J. (2004) Switiching Behaviours for Corporate Sustainability, Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans, Organization and Natural Environment Division.
  • Actioning Corporate Sustainability: Synergies, Tensions and Implications for Change and leadership (Suzanne Benn, Dexter Dunphy, Andrew Griffiths, Paul Gollan).
  • Benn, S., Dunphy, D., Griffiths, A. and Ross-Smith, A. (2004) 'Building the sustainable organisation: Synergies, Tensions and Implications for Change Leadership' ANZAM Conference, 2004.
  • Griffiths, A. and Mollenkamp, G. (2003) 'Pathways to sustainability: European experiences', Academy of Management Conference, Seattle.
  • Petrick, J. and Griffiths, A. (2003) 'Rebuilding public trust in accountancy', Academy of Management Conference, Seattle.
  • Hine, D. and Griffiths, A. (2003) 'The rival influence of stakeholders in high technology industries: evidence of unsustainable practice from two industries', European Group on Organisation Studies, Copenhagen.
  • Griffiths, A. (2003) 'Innovating for sustainability' Greening of Industry Network, San Francisco.
  • Griffiths, A. and Zammuto, R. (2002) 'Institutional governance systems and variations in national competitive advantage: An Integrative model' Academy of Management Conference, Denver, Colorado.
  • Griffiths, A., Petrick, J. and Fung, V. (2002) 'Proactive environmental management of ecological information'. Academy of Management Conference, Denver, Colorado.
  • Jimmieson, N. Jones, R. and Griffiths, A. (2002) 'The impact of orgnaisational culture and reshaping capabilities on changer implementation success: The mediating role of readiness for change'. Academy of Management Conference, Denver, Colorado.
  • Jimmieson, N. L., & Griffiths, A. (2001). The role of external and internal coping resources in creating readiness to change and adaptation to change. 4th Australian Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, Sydney, Australia, 23rd June - 24th June.
  • Griffiths, A.; Fung, V. and Petrick, J. (2000) Organisational Structures for Managing and Understanding Environmental Information. Organizations and the Naturtal Environment ANZAM 2000.
  • Griffiths, A. and Dunphy, D. (2000) 'Social Movements and Management Orthodoxies: A Study in the Diffusion and Adoption of OT Knowledge'. 16th EGOS Conference 2-4TH July, Helsinki.
  • Griffiths,A. and Dunphy, D. (2000) 'Phases in the Development of Corporate Sustainability: Linking Human and Ecological Sustainability'. 16th EGOS Conference 2-4th July, Helsinki.
  • Waldersee, R.; Griffiths, A. and Lai, J. (2000) 'Predicting Organizational Change Success; Matching Organization Type, Change Type and Capabilities'. AOM Conference Toronto 2000.
  • Griffiths, A. and Petrick, J. (2000) 'Corporate Architectures for Sustainability'. AOM Conference Toronto 2000.
  • Griffiths, A. and Dunphy, D. (1999) 'From Heresieis to Orthodoxies: The Organisational Renewal Movement in Australia'. Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, 1999.
  • Waldersee, R., Griffiths, A. and Bilik, L. (1999) 'Implementing Change: Matching Change Type to Implementation Methods. Academy of Management Conference, Chicago 1999.
  • Griffiths, A. (1998) 'Organisational Innovation Adoption and Organisational Context'. British Academy of Management, Nottingham, September 14-17, 1998.
  • Griffiths, A. (1998) 'RIP Fututech: A misfit between technology development and constituent needs'. Academy of Management, San Diego, August 8, 1998.
  • Griffiths A (1995): Sociotechnical Systems and Teams in Australia, International Symposium on Socio Technical Systems, Melbourne, May 1995.

Research Interests

  • Innovation Strategy and Leadership

Academic Cluster

Strategy

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