Gavin Schwarz

Selected journal articles

• Schwarz, G.M. In press. Shaking Fruit out of the Tree: Temporal Effects and Life Cycle in Organizational Change Research, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (accepted 25/11/11) - Best Division Paper, Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2011, Organizational Development and Change Division 
• Schwarz, G.M. 2012. The logic of deliberate structural inertia, Journal of Management, 38: 546-571
• Schwarz, G.M., Watson, B.M., & Callan, V.C. 2011. 'Talking up failure: How discourse can signal failure to change', Management Communication Quarterly, 25 (2), 311-352
• Schwarz, G.M. 2009. Elephant on a treadmill: An evaluation of thematic narrowness in organizational change research, Research on Organizational Change and Development, 17: 301-348
• Schwarz, G.M. & Huber, G.P. 2008. Challenging organizational change research, British Journal of Management, 19: 1-6
  Schwarz, G.M., Clegg, S., Donaldson, L., Cummings, T.G., & Miner, J.B. 2007. We see dead people: The state of organization science, Journal of Management Inquiry, 16 (4): 300-317
• Schwarz, G.M. & Shulman, A.D. 2007. The patterning of limited structural change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 20 (6): 829-846
• Schwarz, G.M. 2006. Positioning hierarchy in enterprise system change, New Technology, Work and Employment, 21 (3): 252-265
• Schwarz, G.M. Kerr, S., Mowday, R.T., Starbuck, W.H., Tung, R.L., & Von Glinow, M.A. 2006. Astute foresight or wishful thinking? Learning from visions, Journal of Management Inquiry. 15 (4): 347-361
• Schwarz, G.M. & Watson, B.M. 2005. The Influence of Perceptions of Social Identity on Information Technology-Enabled Change, Group and Organization Management, 30: 289-318
• Schwarz, G.M. 2002. Organizational hierarchy adaptation and information technology, Information and Organization, 12: 153-182
• Andrews, T. & Schwarz, G.M. 2002. Preparing students for virtual organization: An evaluation of virtual learning technologies. Educational Technology and Society, 5 (3), 54-65

Book chapters

• 2011 Mishra, K.E., Schwarz. G, & Mishra, A.K. The Evolution of Trust and Control as Seen Through an Organization's Human Resources Practices. In R.H. Searle & D. Skinner (eds) Trust and HRM. Pp. 42-66. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
• 2005 Watson, BM, Schwarz, GM, & Jones, L. 'Is Organizational E-Democracy Inevitable? The Impact of Information Technologies on Communication Effectiveness. In T. Torres-Coronas & M. Arias Olivia (Eds.). e-HRM: Managing the Knowledge People. pp206-235 Idea Group Publishing:Hershey, PA
• 2008 Reprinted in C. Van Slyke. Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (Volume V), pp.3171-3189. Information Science Reference: Hershey, PA

Book reviews

• 2005 'The social study of information and communication technology: Innovation, actors, and contexts' edited by C. Avgerou, C. Ciborra, & F. Land, 2004. Reviewed in Administrative Science Quarterly, March 2005
• 2003 'Breaking the Code of Change' edited by M. Beer and N. Nohria, 2002. Reviewed in International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 11(1):85-87

Selected recent conference presentations

• Schwarz, G.M. 2011. “Temporal effects and life cycle of organizational change research”, presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio
• Schwarz, G.M. Wong, W.F.E., & Kwong, Y.Y.Y. 2011. “The role of regret in institutional persistence and change”, presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio 
• Schwarz, G.M. 2011. “That Was Great 7!”: More High Impact Activities, Exercises And Approaches For Teaching Or Consulting On Organizational Change 7” presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (with I.Palmer, R.Dunford, A. Buono, S. Adams, J. Klem, T. Yaeger, G. Wagenheim, and R. Marshak), San Antonio
• Park, K.M. & Schwarz, G.M. 2010. "The influence of corporate acquisition activity on CEO leadership styles, presented at the 4th Israel Strategy Conference, Haifa
• Schwarz, G.M. 2010. "That Was Great 6": More High Impact Activities, Exercises And Approaches For Teaching Or Consulting On Organizational Change 6" presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (with I.Palmer, R.Dunford, A. Buono, G. Wagenheim, and R. Marshak), Montreal
• Schwarz, G.M. & Watson, B.M. 2010. How talk can signal failure to change, presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal
• 2009 'Elephant on a Treadmill: An Evaluation of Thematic Narrowness in Organizational Change Research'. Paper presented at the U.S. Academy of Management annual meeting
• 2009 Interpersonal and interorganizational trust: What's the same and what's the difference?' Paper presented at the U.S. Academy of Management annual meeting (with A.K. Mishra & K.E. Mishra)
• 2009 'That Was Great 5!': More High Impact Activities, Exercises And Approaches For Teaching Or Consulting On Organizational Change. Symposium presented at the US Academy of Management Annual Meeting (with R. Dunford, A. Buono, I. Palmer, G. Wagenheim)
• 2008'The co-evolution of trust and control when organizations grow'. Paper presented at the U.S. Academy of Management annual meeting (with A.K. Mishra & K.E. Mishra)
• 2008 'An evaluation of thematic narrowness in organizational change research'. Paper presented at the Southern Management Association annual meeting
• 2008 'That Was Great 4!': More High Impact Activities, Exercises And Approaches For Teaching Or Consulting On Organizational Change. Symposium presented at the US Academy of Management Annual Meeting (with R. Dunford, A. Buono, I. Palmer, G. Wagenheim, A. Feyerherm)
• 2007 'That Was Great 3!': Even More High Impact Activities, Exercises And Approaches For Teaching Or Consulting On Organizational Change. Symposium presented at the US Academy of Management Annual Meeting (with R. Dunford, A. Buono, I. Palmer, S.M. Adams, T. Thompson, P. McGraw, M. Manning & S. Geigle)
• 2007 'That Was Great!': Even More High Impact Activities, Exercises And Approaches For Teaching Or Consulting On Organizational Change. Symposium to be presented at the US Academy of Management Annual Meeting (with R. Dunford, A. Buono, I. Palmer, S.M. Adams, T. Thompson, P. McGraw, M. Manning & S. Geigle)

• Organisational change
• Organisational decline and failure
• Organisation design and effective organisation structures for change
• Strategies for innovation

• 2003 - 2007: Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grant ($234,000), Project: The management of information technology based organizational change. Partner: Queensland Government, Department of Employment and Training
• 2006 - 2007: UNSW Gordon J. Samuels Fellowship

Professional activities

• Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Management
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Organizational Behaviour
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Organizational Change Management
• Associate Editor (2011-2013) Journal of Change Management
• Executive Board Academy of Management Organization Development Change (ODC) Division