André Spicer is a New Zealand academic, Dean, and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at

Bayes Business School Bayes Business School, formerly known as Cass Business School, is the business school of City St George's, University of London, located in St Luke's, London, St Luke's, just to the north of the City of London. It was established in 1966. Bayes ...

City, University of London City, University of London was a public university from 1966 to 2024 in London, England. It merged with St George's, University of London to form City St George's, University of London in August 2024. The names "City, University of London" an ...

. He is an expert in the fields of Organisational Behaviour, Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility, and is the founding director of ETHOS: The Centre for Responsible Enterprise at Bayes.

Early life

Spicer was born and raised in

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former Whangarei City, Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town councils to admi ...

, New Zealand. He earned a bachelor's degree from the

University of Otago The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and one of the oldest universities in ...

, and a PhD from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

Career

Spicer started his career at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded in 1965 as part of ...

and eventually became a professor of Organisation Studies there. He then became Professor of Organisational Behaviour at

. He was the founding director of ETHOS: The Centre for Responsible Enterprise there and the Head of the Faculty of Management. His research on wellbeing, organizational politics, organisational culture, employee identity, new organizational forms, work space and leadership among other areas of expertise have been published in numerous top scholarly journals. Spicer is the author of a number of books include ''The Wellness Syndrome'', ''The Stupidity Paradox'', ''Desperately Seeking Self Improvement'' and ''Business Bullshit''. He has written columns for the Guardian, the Financial Times, New Statesman and The Conversation. Spicer has co-authored reports on the culture of banking and financial regulators. On 1 December 2021, Spicer was named Bayes Business School's Interim Dean following the departure of Professor Paolo Volpin. In March 2022, Spicer was appointed as the permanent Dean.Professor Andre Spicer appointed Dean of Bayes Business School
Bayes Business School, 11 March 2022

Publications

*''Contesting the Corporation Struggle, Power and Resistance in Organizations'' (2007), co-written with Peter Fleming. . *''Unmasking the Entrepreneur'' (2009), co-written with Campbell Jones. . *''Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Read World'' (2011), co-written with Mats Alvesson. . *''Managing 'Human Resources' by Exploiting and Exploring People's Potentials'' (2013), co-written with Mikael Holmqvist. . *''The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work'' (2016), co-written with Mats Alvesson. *''Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimisation Movement'' (2017), co-written with Carl Cederström. . *''Business Bullshit'' (2017). *''Wellness Syndrome'' (2015), (2017), co-written with Carl Cederström. *''The Corporation: A Critical, Multi-Disciplinary Handbook'' (2017), co-written with Grietje Baars. .

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The power of pitfalls and functional stupidity at work
'. André Spicer at TEDxWandsworth, 2016 on YouTube. {{DEFAULTSORT:Spicer, Andre Living people Academics of City, University of London Academics of the University of Warwick University of Otago alumni University of Melbourne alumni People from Whangārei Year of birth missing (living people) Researchers in organizational studies

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