Stewart Clegg

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Research Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney. Born in Bradford, England, Stewart Clegg migrated to Australia in 1976, after completing a first degree at the University of Aston (1971) and a Doctorate at Bradford University (1974). Previously he has held Professorial positions at the University of New England (1985-1989); University of St. Andrews (1990-1993), Scotland; University of Western Sydney (1993-1996). He has produced over thirty books, including 'Frameworks of Power' (London: Sage, 1989) and over a hundred journal and other refereed publications, in top journals such as the Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Studies, and Human Relations, writing extensively on power, organizations and related matters.

His most recent books are 'Trends in Japanese Management: Continuing Strengths, Current Problems and Changing Priorities', co-authored with Toyohiro Kono (London: Palgrave, 2001); an eight-volume collection on 'Central Currents in Organization Studies' (London: Sage, 2002); 'Paradoxes of Management and Organizations', (Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2002) and 'Debating Organisations', (London: Macmillan, 2003, with Robert Westwood). He is perhaps best known for the 'Handbook of Organization Studies', which he co-edited with Cynthia Hardy and Walter Nord (London: Sage, 1996), and which won the Academy of Management George R. Terry "Best Book" Award in 1997. He has been a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia since 1988.

He has consulted widely in Australia, Europe and Asia to a number of significant organisations, including the Asia Development Bank, TAFE NSW, Scott & Fyffe, the ATO (Australian Tax Office) as well as a number of prestigious universities throughout the world.