Research outputs
Selected research outputs
- Breaching the professional social contract to drive system innovation: Nurse managers and the emergence of a new professional group (Journal article - 2025)
- Leveraging normative power in co-production to redress power imbalances (Journal article - 2025)
- Neutralized, enhanced, tokenistic: The influence of formal employment of service-users on processes of co-production (Journal article - 2022)
- Unified Divergence and the Development of Collective Leadership (Journal article - 2022)
- Professionalism in a Pandemic: Shifting Perceptions of Nursing Through Social Media (Chapter - 2021)
- Improvisation during a crisis: hidden innovation in healthcare systems (Journal article - 2020)
- The competing influences of national identity on the negotiation of ideal worker expectations: Insights from the Sri Lankan knowledge work industry (Journal article - 2018)
- Moving from rational to normative ideologies of control over public involvement: A case of continued managerial dominance (Journal article - 2016)
- BROKEN 'TWO-WAY WINDOWS'? AN EXPLORATION OF PROFESSIONAL HYBRIDS (Journal article - 2015)
- The Impact of Emotionally Important Social Identities on the Construction of a Managerial Leader Identity: A Challenge for Nurses in the English National Health Service (Journal article - 2015)
2026
The (Non)Integration of Social Identity Demands and Implicit Leadership Expectations
Croft, C., Currie, G., & Davies, J. (2026). The (Non)Integration of Social Identity Demands and Implicit Leadership Expectations. In The Oxford Handbook of Leadership, Followership, and Identity (pp. 471-483). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197822357.013.0021
2025
Breaching the professional social contract to drive system innovation: Nurse managers and the emergence of a new professional group
Croft, C., & Reay, T. (2025). Breaching the professional social contract to drive system innovation: Nurse managers and the emergence of a new professional group. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 373. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118054
Leveraging normative power in co-production to redress power imbalances
Chen, Y., Croft, C., & Currie, G. (2025). Leveraging normative power in co-production to redress power imbalances. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, 103(1), 296-312. doi:10.1111/padm.13015
2023
How to Develop Inclusive, Sustainable Leadership in Nursing? Clean the Sticky Floor!
Croft, C., & Dawson, A. (2023). How to Develop Inclusive, Sustainable Leadership in Nursing? Clean the Sticky Floor!. In Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare (pp. 115-130). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-24212-0_6
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) for Enhancing Absorptive Capacity (ACAP) in Pursuit of High-Quality, Affordable and Equitable Healthcare
Croft, C., Currie, G., & Kiefer, T. (2023). Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) for Enhancing Absorptive Capacity (ACAP) in Pursuit of High-Quality, Affordable and Equitable Healthcare. In Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare (pp. 93-111). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-24212-0_5
2022
Neutralized, enhanced, tokenistic: The influence of formal employment of service-users on processes of co-production
Chauhan, T., Croft, C., & Spyridonidis, D. (2022). Neutralized, enhanced, tokenistic: The influence of formal employment of service-users on processes of co-production. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. doi:10.1111/padm.12839
Unified Divergence and the Development of Collective Leadership
Croft, C., McGivern, G., Currie, G., Lockett, A., & Spyridonidis, D. (2022). Unified Divergence and the Development of Collective Leadership. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 59(2), 460-488. doi:10.1111/joms.12744
2021
Professionalism in a Pandemic: Shifting Perceptions of Nursing Through Social Media
Croft, C., & Chauhan, T. (2021). Professionalism in a Pandemic: Shifting Perceptions of Nursing Through Social Media. In Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare (pp. 203-223). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-82696-3_10
2020
Improvisation during a crisis: hidden innovation in healthcare systems
Wiedner, R., Croft, C., & McGivern, G. (2020). Improvisation during a crisis: hidden innovation in healthcare systems. BMJ Leader, 4(4), 185-188. doi:10.1136/leader-2020-000259
Bridging the research-practice gap in healthcare: a rapid review of research translation centres in England and Australia
Robinson, T., Bailey, C., Morris, H., Burns, P., Melder, A., Croft, C., . . . Teede, H. (2020). Bridging the research-practice gap in healthcare: a rapid review of research translation centres in England and Australia. HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS, 18(1). doi:10.1186/s12961-020-00621-w
Realizing policy aspirations of voluntary sector involvement in integrated care provision: Insights from the English National Health Service
Croft, C., & Currie, G. (2020). Realizing policy aspirations of voluntary sector involvement in integrated care provision: Insights from the English National Health Service. HEALTH POLICY, 124(5), 549-555. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.03.008
Using patient experience data to support improvements in inpatient mental health care: the EURIPIDES multimethod study
Weich, S., Fenton, S. -J., Staniszewska, S., Canaway, A., Crepaz-Keay, D., Larkin, M., . . . Griffiths, F. (2020). Using patient experience data to support improvements in inpatient mental health care: the EURIPIDES multimethod study.
2018
The competing influences of national identity on the negotiation of ideal worker expectations: Insights from the Sri Lankan knowledge work industry
Croft, C., & Fernando, W. D. A. (2018). The competing influences of national identity on the negotiation of ideal worker expectations: Insights from the Sri Lankan knowledge work industry. HUMAN RELATIONS, 71(8), 1096-1119. doi:10.1177/0018726717733530
Realist Evaluation of the Use of Patient Experience Data to Improve the Quality of Inpatient Mental Health Care (EURIPIDES) in England: study protocol
Weich, S., Fenton, S. -J. H., Bhui, K., Staniszewska, S., Madan, J., Larkin, M., . . . Griffiths, F. (2018). Realist Evaluation of the Use of Patient Experience Data to Improve the Quality of Inpatient Mental Health Care (EURIPIDES) in England: study protocol. BMJ OPEN, 8(6). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021013
The capacity of health service commissioners to use evidence: a case study
Currie, G., Croft, C., Chen, Y., Kiefer, T., Staniszewska, S., & Lilford, R. J. (2018). The capacity of health service commissioners to use evidence: a case study. doi:10.3310/hsdr06120
2016
Moving from rational to normative ideologies of control over public involvement: A case of continued managerial dominance
Croft, C., Currie, G., & Staniszewska, S. (2016). Moving from rational to normative ideologies of control over public involvement: A case of continued managerial dominance. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 162, 124-132. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.010
Impact of managerialism upon professionals in public services organizations
Currie, G., & Croft, C. (2016). Impact of managerialism upon professionals in public services organizations. In Perspectives on Contemporary Professional Work Challenges and Experiences (pp. 35-59).
2015
BROKEN 'TWO-WAY WINDOWS'? AN EXPLORATION OF PROFESSIONAL HYBRIDS
Croft, C., Currie, G., & Lockett, A. (2015). BROKEN 'TWO-WAY WINDOWS'? AN EXPLORATION OF PROFESSIONAL HYBRIDS. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, 93(2), 380-394. doi:10.1111/padm.12115
A New Approach to Hybrid Leadership Development
Croft, C. (2015). A New Approach to Hybrid Leadership Development. In Managing Change (pp. 170-185). Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9781137518163_12
Examining hybrid nurse managers as a case of identity transition in healthcare: developing a balanced research agenda
Currie, G., & Croft, C. (2015). Examining hybrid nurse managers as a case of identity transition in healthcare: developing a balanced research agenda. WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY, 29(5), 855-865. doi:10.1177/0950017015572581
The Impact of Emotionally Important Social Identities on the Construction of a Managerial Leader Identity: A Challenge for Nurses in the English National Health Service
Croft, C., Currie, G., & Lockett, A. (2015). The Impact of Emotionally Important Social Identities on the Construction of a Managerial Leader Identity: A Challenge for Nurses in the English National Health Service. ORGANIZATION STUDIES, 36(1), 113-131. doi:10.1177/0170840614556915