Dr Martin Corbett
Reader in Technology and Organisational Psychology
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0) 116 252 2844
- Email: mc407@le.ac.uk
- Office: Room 321, Level 3, Ken Edwards Building
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (plus booked appointments via mail)
Biography
I joined the School of Management in September 2011. Previously I was an Associate Professor at Warwick Business School where I was academic director of the BSc International Management and BSc Management degree programmes. I am an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Chartered Psychology, and have a BA from Leeds University, an MA from Lancaster University, and PhD from Warwick University.
Research Interests
My central research interest is the relationship between technology and organisational behaviour, with particular focus on subjectivity, power, perception, and the human sensorium. Associate interests include alternative (non-visual) ways of knowing, management history, and alternative forms of organising.
PhD Supervision
I would be especially interested in supervising PhD study in the following areas:
- Psychological and organisational implications of information and communication technologies
- Non-visual senses and subjectivity
- Non-visual epistemologies
- Organising festivals and events
- Applications of anarchist and situationist political philosophy to the
study of organisational behaviour
Teaching
MN7304 Knowledge Management
MN7019 Managing Information: Technology and Systems
Administrative Responsibilities
MBA Programme Leader (Full Time)
AMBA Liaison and Accreditation
Recent Publications
J. Bratton, P. Sawchuk, C. Forshaw, M. Callinan, and M. Corbett (2010) Work and Organizational Behaviour (2nd edition). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.
Corbett, J.M. (2009) Invoking spirits in the material world: spiritualism, surrealism, and spirituality at work. Management and Organizational History, 4, 339-357.
Corbett, J.M. (2009) What a kerfuffle about a truffle: food and the incorporation of identity. In: C. Rhodes and A. Pullen (eds) Bits of Organization. Sydney: Liber/CBS Press.
Corbett, J.M. (2009) Technology. In: P. Hancock and A. Spicer (eds) Managing Everyday Life. London: Sage.
Corbett, J.M. (2008) Towards neuroscientific management?: geometric chronophotography and the thin-slicing of the labouring body. Management and Organizational History, 3, 107-125.
Full listing of publications
Journals
Corbett, J.M. (2009) Invoking spirits in the material world: spiritualism, surrealism, and spirituality at work. Management and Organizational History, 4, 339-357.
Corbett, J.M. (2008) Towards neuroscientific management?: geometric chronophotography and the thin-slicing of the labouring body. Management and Organizational History, 3, 107-125.
Finney, S. and Corbett J.M. (2007) ERP implementation: a compilation and analysis of critical success factors. Business Process Management Journal, 13, 329-347.
Corbett, J.M. (2006) Scents of identity: organisation studies & the cultural conundrum of the nose. Culture and Organisation, 12, 221-232.
Lee, J. and Corbett, J.M. (2006) The impact of downsizing on employees’ affective commitment. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21, 176-199.
Panteli. N. and Corbett, J.M. (2004) Deskilling (1974-1994): 10 years after - in the era of empowerment. The ETHICOMP Journal, 1, 1-15.
Corbett, J.M. (2003) Sound organisation: a brief history of psychosonic management. Ephemera: critical dialogues on organization, 3, 261-272
Corbett, J.M. (2000) On being an elephant in the age of oblivion: computer-based information systems and organisational memory. Information Technology and People, 13, 282-297.
Faia-Correia, M, Patriotta, G., Brigham, M. and Corbett, J.M. (1999) Making sense of tele-banking information systems: the role of organisational back- ups. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 8, 143-156.
Corbett, J.M. (1998) Reconstructing human-centred technology: lessons from the Hollywood dream factory. AI and Society: The Journal of Human-Centred Systems and Machine Intelligence, 12, 214-230.
Brigham, M. and Corbett, J.M. (1997) Email, power and the constitution of organisational reality. New Technology, Work and Employment, 12, 25-35
Corbett, J.M. (1996) The development of user-centered advanced manufacturing technology: new design practice or new marketing rhetoric? International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing, 6, 79-87.
Corbett, J.M. (1995) Celluloid projections: images of technology and organisational futures in contemporary science fiction film. Organization, 2, 456-488.
West, M., Arnold, J., Corbett, J.M. and Fletcher, B. (1992) Editorial: advancing understanding about behaviour at work. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 65, 1-3.
Wall, T.D., Corbett, J.M., Clegg, C.W., Jackson, P. and Martin, R. (1990) Advanced manufacturing technology and work design: towards a theoretical framework. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 11, 201-219.
Wall, T.D., Corbett, J.M., Martin, R., Clegg, C.W. & Jackson, P. (1990) Advanced manufacturing technology, work design, and performance: a change study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 75, 691-697.
Corbett, J.M. (1990) Human centred advanced manufacturing systems: from rhetoric to reality. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 5, 83-90.
Corbett, J.M. (1989) Automate or innervate: the role of knowledge in advanced manufacturing systems. AI and Society: Human-Centred Systems Journal, 3, 198-208.
Clegg, C.W., Ravden, S.J., Corbett, J.M. & Johnson, G.I. (1989) Allocating functions in Computer Integrated Manufacturing: a review and a new method. Behaviour and Information Technology, 8, 175-190.
Corbett, J.M., Martin, R., Wall, T.D., and Clegg, C.W. (1989) Technological coupling as a predictor of intrinsic job satisfaction: a replication study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 10, 91-95.
Kidd, P.J. and Corbett, J.M. (1988) Towards the joint social and technical design of advanced manufacturing systems. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2, 305-313.
Corbett, J.M., (1988) Strategic options for CIM: human-centred versus technology-centred systems design. Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, 1, 75-81.
Corbett, J.M. (1988) Ergonomics in the development of human-centred AMT. Applied Ergonomics, 19, 35-39.
Rauner, F., Rasmussen, L., and Corbett, J.M. (1987) The social shaping of technology and work: human-centred CIM systems. AI and Society: Human-Centred Systems Journal, 2, 47-61.
Corbett, J.M. (1987) A psychological study of advanced manufacturing technology: the concept of coupling. Behaviour and Information Technology, 6, 441-453.
Clegg, C.W. and Corbett, J.M. (1986) Psychological and organisational aspects of computer-aided manufacturing. Current Psychological Research and Reviews, 5, 189-204.
Corbett, J.M. (1985) Prospective work design of a human-centred CNC lathe. Behaviour and Information Technology, 4, 201-214.
Books
J. Bratton, P. Sawchuk, C. Forshaw, M. Callinan, and M. Corbett (2010) Work and Organizational Behaviour (2nd edition). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.
Warwick OB Staff (eds) (2001) Organizational Studies: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management. Volume 1: Models of Management. London: Routledge.
Warwick OB Staff (eds) (2001) Organizational Studies: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management. Volume 2: Objectivity and its Other. London: Routledge.
Warwick OB Staff (eds) (2001) Organizational Studies: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management. Volume 3: Selves and Subjects. London: Routledge.
Warwick OB Staff (eds) (2001) Organizational Studies: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management. Volume 4: Evil Empires. London: Routledge.
Corbett, J.M. (1994) Critical Cases in Organisational Behaviour. London: Macmillan (reprinted 2003).
Scarbrough, H. and Corbett, J.M. (1992) Technology and Organization: Power, Meaning and Design. London: Routledge.
Corbett, J.M., Rasmussen, L.B and Rauner, F. (1991) Crossing the Border: The Social and Engineering Design of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems. London: Springer.
Rosenbrock, H.H., Corbett, J.M., Eriksen, E., Dreyer, K., Wellhausen, F. and Mackay, R. (1987) Human-centred Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Overall System Specification. Brussels: CEC-ESPRIT Publishing.
Book Chapters
Corbett, J.M. (2010) Perception and emotion. In: J. Bratton, P. Sawchuk, C. Forshaw, M. Callinan and M. Corbett, Work and Organizational Behaviour (2nd edition). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.
Corbett, J.M. (2009) Technology. In: P. Hancock and A. Spicer (eds) Managing Everyday Life. London: Sage.
Corbett, J.M. (2009) What a kerfuffle about a truffle: food and the incorporation of identity. In: C. Rhodes and A. Pullen (eds) Bits of Organization. Sydney: Liber/CBS Press.
Corbett, J.M. (2008) Illustrations of madness: mechanomorphism and 'Joey the mechanical boy'. Proceedings of Art and Management IV, Banff, Canada.
Corbett, J.M. (2007) Situationist. In: M. Parker, V. Fournier and P. Reedy (eds), The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization. London: Zed Books.
Corbett, J.M. (2006) What to do with the ‘temps perdu’? Geometric chronophotography and the thin-slicing of the unconscious. In: R. ten Bos and R. Kaulingsfreks (eds) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Demons and Organisations. Nijmegan: Radboud University Press.
Corbett, J.M. (2003) I sing the body (in)corporate: identity, displacement and the radical priority of reception. In: M. Brigham, C. Brown and Associates (eds) Critique and Inclusivity: Critical Management Studies 3.
Land, C. and Corbett, J.M. (2001) From the Borgias to the Borg (and back again): rethinking organisational futures. In: M. Higgins, G. Lightfoot, M. Parker, and W. Smith (eds) Science Fiction and Organisation. London: Sage.
Corbett, J.M. and Morgan, G. (2001) Evil Empires. In: Warwick Organizational Behaviour Staff (eds) Organization Studies: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management. Volume 4. London: Routledge.
Brigham, M. and. Corbett, J.M. (2000) E-mail, power and the constitution of organisational reality. In: D. Preece, I. McLoughlin and P. Dawson (eds) Technology, Organizations and Innovation: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management. Volume 4. London: Routledge.
Corbett, J.M. (1999) The factory of the future. In: R. Rosenfeld and D.C. Wilson, Managing Organizations: Text, Readings and Cases (second edition). London: McGraw-Hill.
Faia-Correia, M., Patriotta, G., Brigham, M. and Corbett, J.M. (1999) Organizational backups: reconfiguring technology in a telemediated environment. In: R.H. Sprague (eds) Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press.
Corbett, J.M., Faia-Correia, M., Patriotta, G. and Brigham, M. (1999). Back up the organisation: how employes and, information systems remember organisational practice. In: R.H. Sprague (ed) Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press.
Corbett, J.M. (1998) Sublime technologies and future organization in science fiction film, 1970-95. In: J Hassard and R Halliday (eds), Organization-Representation: Work and Organizations in Popular Culture.
Corbett, J.M. (1998) Human resources management and the electronic office. In: M Armstrong (ed), The Human Resources Management Yearbook 1998/99. London: AP Publications.
Corbett, J.M. (1997) Towards a sociological model of organisational memory. In: J.F. Nunamaker and R.H. Sprague (eds) Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Vol. II. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press.
Brigham, M. and Corbett, J.M. (1996) Trust and the virtual organisation: ‘Handy’ cyberias. In: P. Jackson and J. van der Wielen (eds) New International Perspectives on Telework: From Telecommuting to the Virtual Organisation. Tilburg: Tilburg University Press.
Corbett, J.M. (1996) The social shaping of machine tool design and manufacture in the United Kingdom: some preliminary findings. In: L.B. Rasmussen and F. Rauner (eds) Industrial Cultures and Production: Understanding Competitiveness. London: Springer.
Corbett, J.M. (1996) The cultural and social shaping of factory automation: towards a new research agenda. In: L.B. Rasmussen and F. Rauner (eds) Industrial Cultures and Production: Understanding Competitiveness. London: Springer.
Corbett, J.M. (1996) Designing jobs with advanced manufacturing technology: the negotiation of expertise. In: H. Scarbrough (ed) The Management of Expertise. London: MacMillan.
Corbett, J.M. (1994) Cultural aspects of the design of advanced manufacturing technologies. In: P.T. Kidd and W. Karwowski (eds) Advances in Agile Manufacturing. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
Corbett, J.M. (1992) Work at the interface: advanced manufacturing technology and job design. In: P.S. Adler and T.A. Winograd (eds) Usability: Turning Technologies Into Tools. New York: Oxford University Press.
Corbett, J.M. (1990) The factory of the future. In: D.C. Wilson and R. Rosenfeld, Managing Organisations: Text, Readings and Cases. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill.
Corbett, J.M. (1990) Design for human-machine interfaces. In: M. Warner, W. Wobbe and P. Brodner (eds) New Technology and Manufacturing Management: Strategic Choices for Flexible Production Systems. Chichester: Wiley.
Corbett, J.M. (1989) Towards a design methodology: a psychologist's view. In: H.H. Rosenbrock (ed) Designing Human-Centred Technology: A Cross-disciplinary Project in Computer-aided Manufacturing. London: Springer.
Corbett, J.M. (1988) Designing hybrid automated manufacturing systems: a European perspective. In: W. Karwowski, H.R. Parsaei and M.R. Wilhelm (eds) Ergonomics of Hybrid Automated Systems I. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Corbett, J.M. (1988) Ergonomics in the development of human-centred AMT. In: G.I. Johnson and J.R. Wilson (eds) Ergonomics Matters in Advanced Manufacturing Technology. London: Butterworth.
Corbett, J.M., Ravden, S.J. and Clegg, C.W. (1987) The development and implementation of human and organisational criteria in Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems. In: K. Rathmill and P. MacConnaill (eds) Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Bedford: IFS Publications/Springer.
Corbett, J.M. (1987) Strategic options for human-machine interface design. In: P. Brodner (ed) Strategic options for New Production Systems: CHIM - Computer and Human Integrated Manufacturing systems. Brussels: CEC-FAST Publications.
Ravden, S.J., Johnson, G.I., Clegg, C.W. and Corbett, J.M. (1987) Human factors in the design of a flexible automated assembly cell. In: P. Brodner (ed) Skill-Based Automated Manufacturing. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Clegg, C.W. and Corbett, J.M. (1987) Research and development in 'humanising' advanced manufacturing technology. In: T.D. Wall, C.W. Clegg and N.J. Kemp (eds) The Human Side of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Chichester: Wiley.
Corbett, J.M. (1987) Computer aided manufacturing and the design of shopfloor jobs: towards a new research perspective in occupational psychology. In: M. Frese, E. Ulich and W. Dzida (eds) Psychological Issues of Human-Computer Interaction in the Workplace. Amsterdam: North-Holland.
Corbett, J.M. (1987) Human work design criteria and the design process: the devil in the detail. In: P. Brodner (ed) Skill-Based Automated Manufacturing. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Corbett, J.M. (1986) Design of a CNC lathe for the user. In: M. Blumberger (ed) Trade Unions and Computers: The Case of CAD/CAM. Linz: Schriftenreihe (in German).
Shimmin, S., Corbett, J.M. and McHugh, D. (1985) Human behaviour: some aspects of risk-taking in the construction industry. In: Safe Construction for the Future. London: Institute of Civil Engineering Publications.
