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Dermot Breslin

Professor
Organisation, Work and Leadership (OWL)
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Dermot Breslin

Professor
Organisation, Work and Leadership (OWL)

Dermot's research and teaching focus on leading and managing change. Using qualitative, experimental and agent-based approaches he has studied path dependency, group creativity, improvisation, organizational learning, routines and rule breaking. Dermot has taught courses on Organisational Change and Leadership across various programs in UK, France, Italy, and Germany.

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Room: 01.030 - Riddel Hall
Queen's Business School
185 Stranmillis Road
Belfast
BT9 5EE

  •    dbreslin@qub.ac.uk
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Responsibilities

Mary McAleese Chair in Connected Leadership

Education

PhD (Lincoln Business School)

Editorial Roles

Human Resource Management Journal (Special Issue and Reviews Editor), Journal of Management Studies (Editorial Board), International Small Business Journal (Editorial Board), International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research (Editorial Board)

Keywords

leadership; organisational change; creativity; routines; improvisation; organisational learning

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