Management Practice Associate Professor
BA (University of Nottingham), MA (University of Manchester), PhD (University of Cambridge)
Research interests
Multinational organisation; cross-cultural management; human resource management in China.
Subject group: Organisational Behaviour
Selected publications
Here are a selection of Keith Goodall’s publications. Please see the “Selected publications” tab above for a more comprehensive list.
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
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)
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. (1999) “Enterprise reform, labor-management relations, and human resource management in a multinational context.” International Studies of Management and Organization, 29(3): 21-36
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
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
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
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., 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
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. (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
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 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 Petersen, D. (2022) “Management education in China.” In: Nolan, J. and Kamoche, K. (eds.) The Routledge handbook of Chinese business and management. Abingdon: Routledge (forthcoming)
Working papers
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.
Goodall, K., Li, N. and Warner, M. (2007) “Expatriate managers in China: the influence of Chinese culture on cross-cutural management.” Cambridge Judge Business School Working Papers, No.01/2007. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
