Professor Paul N. Gooderham, is a fractional Professor of Human Resource Management.
He is a graduate of the University of Bergen with a doctoral degree in sociology from NTNU, University of Trondheim, Norway.
He was Professor of International Management at NHH -The Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration. He is bi-lingual – English/Norwegian.
Bi-lingual – English/Norwegian
English, Norwegian.
He has taught courses on International Management for twenty years. His teaching draws on a textbook he has co-authored on international management, "Global Strategy and Management" (Edward Elgar) published in a revised edition in 2019.
He also teaches a course in Comparative Human Resource Management at the University of Gothenburg.
He has published three editions of a co-authored textbook on international management including Global Strategy and Management (Edward Elgar) published in 2019.
Recent journal articles:
Gooderham, P., Morley, M., Parry, E., Stavrou, E. (2015). National and firm level drivers of the devolution of HRM decision making to line managers. Journal of International Business Studies, 46(6), 715-723).
Dasi, A., Pedersen, T., Gooderham, Elter, F. & Hildrum, J. (2017). The organizational separation effect on knowledge sharing within and between business units in MNCs. Journal of World Business 52(3), 431–446.
Gooderham, P.N., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Croucher, R., and Brookes, M., (2018) A multi-level analysis of the use of individual pay-for-performance systems. Journal of Management.
Gooderham, P.N., Mayrhofer, W. & Brewster, C. (2019). Towards a comparative institutional research agenda for HRM. A review of progress 2007-2017. International Journal of Human Resource Management.
Parry, E., Stavrou, Gooderham, P.N., Morely, M. & Lazarova, M. (2021). Institutional duality and human resource management practice in foreign subsidiaries of multinationals. Human Resource Management Journal
Croucher, R., Gooderham, P.N. & Madsen Sandvik, A. (2021). 'Americanization' and the drivers of the establishment and use of works councils in three post-socialist countries. Human Resource Management Journal
View more publicationsHis current research is on radical change in the context of large extant organizations with legacy technologies. This research is funded by four Norwegian multinational companies and the Norwegian Reseach Council.
https://www.nhh.no/en/research-centres/digital-innovation-for-growth/research/race/
His previous research such as The GOLD Project (2007-2010) was centered on managerial challenges such as knowledge sharing facing multinational companies. His various research teams have received substantial funding from Scandinavian multinationals and the Research Council of Norway. The projects have involved substantial interaction with the companies and regular reporting of research findings to senior managers. http://paraplyen.imaker.no/paraplyen/paraplyen_/english_ve/english_ve/gold-hits-/