Areas of Current Research
- Dark Side Leadership
- Change Leadership
- Leader Mindfulness
- Team Cohesion in Top Teams
- Talent Management
Recent Books and Chapters
Lichtenstein, S., and Higgs, M.J. (2021). Strategy through Personal Values. Palgrave Macmillan, UK. ISBN 978-3-030-88268-6
O'Riordan, C., Kelliher, F., Flood, P.C., Higgs, M. 2019. Outsider Leadership: Insights and Interviews from Business Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan, UK. ISBN 978-3-319-97463-7
Clarke, N., & Higgs, M. (2019). Participation in Organisational Culture Change. In Hamin, R. & Ellinger, A. (Eds.) Evidence-Based Organisational Change Management. IAG Publishing
Clarke, N., Higgs, M.J., D’Amato, A., and Vahedi, R. (2018). Responsible Leadership in Projects. Pennsylvania, Project Management Institute
Higgs, M.J., & Dulewicz, S.V. (2016). Leading with Emotional Intelligence. London, Palgrave Macmillan
Recent Journal Papers
Kuipers, B., Higgs, M.J., and Stein, B. (2022). Change leadership and change embeddedness in public organisations: Connecting macro-level reform to micro-level implementation. Public Administration, in press (ABS 4*)
Higgs, M.J., and Rowland, D. (2022). Is Change all in the Mind? A study of Leader Mindfulness, Leader Behaviors and Change Success. Journal of General Management (ABS 2) – (in Press)
Higgs, M.J. (2022). Insomnia? Try counting leadership theories: Reflections on studying leadership. Journal of Change Management. (ABS 1) – (In Press)
Clarke, N, and Higgs, M.J. (2019). Political Skill and Role Overload as Antecedents of Innovative Work Behavior. Public Personnel Management 1–26
Sweeney, A., Clarke, N., and Higgs, M.J. (2019). Shared leadership in organisations: A systematic review of definitions, theoretical frameworks, and organisational outcomes. International Journal of Management Reviews (ABS 3)
Lichtenstein, S., Lichtenstein, G., and Higgs, M.J. (2018). Personal values at work: a mixed-methods study of executives’ strategic decision-making. Journal of General Management – (ABS 2)
Levene, F., and Higgs, M.J. (2018). Relational Leadership in Russia: A case study exploring change. Journal of General Management (ABS 2)
Hong T.M. Bui, Yolanda Zeng, Malcolm Higgs, (2017). The role of person-job fit in the relationship between transformational leadership and job engagement, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 32 Issue: 5, pp.373-386, https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-05-2016-0144 (ABS 3)
Clarke, N. and Higgs, M.J. (2015). How strategic focus relates to the delivery of leadership training and development. Human Resource Management; DOI:10.1002/hrm.21683 (ABS 4*)
Baden, D., and Higgs, M.J. (2015). Challenging the perceived wisdom of management theories and practice. Academy of Management Learning and Education. (ABS 4)
Rejchrt, P., & Higgs, M. (2014). When in Rome: How Non-domestic Companies Listed in the UK May Not Comply with Accepted Norms and Principles of Good Corporate Governance. Does Home Market Culture Explain These Corporate Behaviours and Attitudes to Compliance?. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-29. (ABS 3)
Higgs, M.J., & Dulewicz, S.V. (2015). Antecedents of well-being: a study to examine the extent to which personality and emotional intelligence contribute to well-being. International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABS 3)
Kuipers, B.S., Higgs, M.J., Kickert, W.J.M., Tummers, L.G., Grandia, J., & Van der Voet, J. (2014) The management of change in public organisations: A literature review. Public Administration (ABS 4)
