Management Practice Associate Professor
BA (University of Nottingham), MA (University of Manchester), PhD (University of Cambridge)
My research interests include multinational organisation, cross-cultural management, and human resource management in China.
I’m a member of the Organisational Behaviour subject group at Cambridge Judge Business School, which aspires to promote our basic understanding of behaviour at all levels within organisations and translate our scientific research into practical applications with executive and corporate value.
Publications
- Selected publications
- Journal articles
- Books, monographs, reports and case studies
- Book chapters
- Working papers
Selected publications
- Goodall, K., Li, N. and Warner, M. (2007) “Expatriate managers in China: the influence of Chinese culture on cross-cultural management.” Journal of General Management, 32(2): 57-76
- Goodall, K., Warner, M. and Lang, V. (2004) “HRD in the People’s Republic: the MBA ‘with Chinese characteristics’?” Journal of World Business, 39(4): 311-323
- Goodall, K. and Roberts, J. (2003) “Repairing managerial knowledge-ability over distance.” Organization Studies, 24(7): 1153-1175
- Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (2003) “Kodak in China: transferring ‘know-how’ to the Xiamen Plant.” In Gooderham, P.N. and Nordhaug, O. (eds.): International management: cross-boundary challenges. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, pp.274-295
- Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (2003) “Lafarge in China: cross-national HRM.” In Gooderham, P.N. and Nordhaug, O. (eds.): International management: cross-boundary challenges. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, pp.103-129
- Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (2002) “Corporate governance in Sino-foreign joint ventures in the PRC: the view of Chinese directors.” Journal of General Management, 27(3): 77-92
Journal articles
- Petersen, D.A. and Goodall, K. (2025) “Leadership development in the cross-cultural context of China: who really cares?” International Business Review, 34(3): 102400 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102400)
- Goodall, K., Boyle, A.A. and MacKenzie, R. (2024) “Qualitative study of new doctor induction and socialisation.” Emergency Medicine Journal, 41: 532-537 (DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2022-212369)
- Goodall, K., Li, N. and Warner, M. (2007) “Expatriate managers in China: the influence of Chinese culture on cross-cultural management.” Journal of General Management, 32(2): 57-76
- Goodall, K., Warner, M. and Lang, V. (2004) “HRD in the People’s Republic: the MBA ‘with Chinese characteristics’?” Journal of World Business, 39(4): 311-323
- Goodall, K. and Roberts, J. (2003) “Only connect: teamwork in the multinational.” Journal of World Business, 38(2): 150-164
- Goodall, K. and Roberts, J. (2003) “Repairing managerial knowledge-ability over distance.” Organization Studies, 24(7): 1153-1175
- Ding, D., Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (2002) “The impact of economic reform on the role of trade unions in Chinese enterprises.” International Journal of Human Resource Management, 13(3): 431-449
- Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (2002) “Corporate governance in Sino-foreign joint ventures in the PRC: the view of Chinese directors.” Journal of General Management, 27(3): 77-92
- Ding, D., Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (2000) “End of the ‘iron rice-bowl’: whither Chinese human resource management?” International Journal of Human Resource Management, 11(2): 217-236
- Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (1999) “Enterprise reform, labor-management relations, and human resource management in a multinational context.” International Studies of Management and Organization, 29(3): 21-36
- Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (1998) “HRM dilemmas in China: the case of foreign-invested enterprises in Shanghai.” Asia Pacific Business Review, 4(4): 1-21 (DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288264)
- Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (1997) “Human resources in Sino-foreign joint ventures: selected case studies in Shanghai, compared with Beijing.” International Journal of Human Resource Management, 8(5): 569-594 (DOI: 10.1080/095851997341397)
Books, monographs, reports and case studies
- Warner, M. and Goodall, K. (eds.) (2009) Management training and development in China. Abingdon, Oxon and New York, NY: Routledge.
Book chapters
- Goodall, K. and Petersen, D.A. (2023) “Management education in China.” In: Nolan, J., Shuming, Z. and Kamoche, K. (eds.) Routledge handbook of Chinese business and management. London: Routledge
- Goodall, K. and Ponomareva, Y. (2018) “Building an LNG tank in the Russian Arctic: scientific management in the snow.” In: Casas i Klett, T. and Ponomareva, Y. (eds.) The life of Russian business: (re)cognizing, (re)activating, and (re)configuring institutions. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, pp.93-96
- Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (2003) “Kodak in China: transferring ‘know-how’ to the Xiamen Plant.” In Gooderham, P.N. and Nordhaug, O. (eds.): International management: cross-boundary challenges. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, pp.274-295
- Goodall, K. and Warner, M. (2003) “Lafarge in China: cross-national HRM.” In Gooderham, P.N. and Nordhaug, O. (eds.): International management: cross-boundary challenges. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, pp.103-129
- Goodall, K. (2002) “Managing to learn: from cross-cultural theory to management education practice.” In Warner, M. and Joynt, P. (eds.): Managing across cultures: issues and perspectives. London: Thomson Learning, 2nd edition, pp.256-268
- Warner, M., Goodall, K. and Ding, D. (2002) “Implementing China’s people-management reforms.” In Warner, M. and Joynt, P. (eds.): Managing across cultures: issues and perspectives. London: Thomson Learning, 2nd edition, pp.168-177
Working papers
- Goodall, K., Li, N. and Warner, M. (2007) “Expatriate managers in China: the influence of Chinese culture on cross-cultural management.” Cambridge Judge Business School Working Papers, No.01/2007. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
- Warner, M., Goodall, K. and Ding, D. (1999) “The ‘myth’ of human resource management in Chinese enterprises.” Judge Business School Working Papers, No.1999/13. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
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