Martin Kitchener
Dean & Professor
Cardiff Business School
Cardiff University
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor Martin Kitchener BSc (Econ) Hons MBA PhD has served as Dean and Head of Cardiff Business School since October 2012. In addition to exercising his responsibility for the strategic direction and leadership of the School, Martin continues to conduct research, teach, and supervise students. Martin’s academic research concentrates on issues of organisation, performance, and policy in health and social care. In the UK, he has led externally-funded studies of settings including hospitals, residential children’s care, and mental health. Martin is currently leading a major NHS SDO-funded study of organisational features associated with the successful implementation of hospital patient safety/improvement initiatives. Between 1999 and 2007, Martin worked at the University of California (Berkeley and San Francisco) where he studied the organisation of long-term care, academic health centres, and dentistry. The outputs of his research are published widely and have had considerable impact on practice and policy.
Research Interest
2007-2013 External Examiner, Nottingham University, MBA in Public Services 2000-2007 Professor, University of California, San Francisco 2003 Services Employees International Union (SEIU), Research Recognition Award 1999-2000 Harkness Research Fellowship in Health Policy at University of California, Berkeley 1990-1993 Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC), Management Teaching Fellow
Publications
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Hardyman, W., Daunt, K. L. and Kitchener, M. J. 2015. Value co-creation through patient engagement in health care: a micro-level approach and research agenda. Public Management Review 17(1), pp. 90-107. (10.1080/14719037.2014.881539)
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Herepath, A. and Kitchener, M. 2016. When small bandages fail: the field-level repair of severe and protracted institutional breaches. Organization Studies 37(8), pp. 1113-1139. (10.1177/0170840615622065)
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Kitchener, M., McDermott, A. and Cooper, S. 2017. Critical healthcare management studies: green shoots. Journal of Health Organization and Management 31(5) (10.1108/JHOM-07-2017-0187)
