Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

DPD MA HRM and MA IHRM

Semianar Series Convenor, HRM/OS

Research Interests

Symbolic, social, and knowledge boundaries
Practice theory, particularly the work of Pierre Bourdieu
Hypocrisy, (self-)censorship, and undiscussability
Critical perspectives on organizational knowledge and learning

Postgraduate Supervision

Mr Paulo Ferreira: an activity-theoretical appproach to marketing knowledge.
Mr Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Kalahroodi on university spin-offs in biotechnology.

Postgraduate Teaching

Operations Management (MBA & EMBA)
Organisational Learning (PG elective)
Service Delivery in Healthcare (Executive Education)
Research Methods (Doctorate of Business Administration)

• Ferreira P, Zdunczyk K, Simpson A. Knowing marketing: An activity theory perspective on knowledge and learning in the marketing domain. In: Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Annual Conference. 2010, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Zdunczyk K. Relational Boundaries in Knowledge-Related Collaboration. In: European Group of Organization Studies Annual Colloquium. 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Zdunczyk K, Blenkinsopp J. Do organisational factors support creativity and innovation in Polish firms?. European Journal of Innovation Management 2007, 10(1), 25-40.
• Blenkinsopp J, Zdunczyk K. Making sense of mistakes in managerial careers. Career Development International 2005, 10(5), 359-374.
• Nicholson A, Zdunczyk K. Implementing the Service Concept through Value Engineering. In:Zulch, G., Jagdev, H.S., Stock, P., ed. Integrating Human Aspects in Production Management.New York, USA:Springer,2004, pp. 359-374.