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Profile

Qualifications

PhD, Bradford
MA, Leeds
BSc, Bradford
Chartered Psychologist
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

Experience

Chris Allinson started his academic career as a Lecturer in the Department of Management Studies at the University of Leeds before the creation of the Leeds University Business School in which he is now a Professor. In addition to teaching and research, he has performed a number of administrative roles including those of Undergraduate Tutor, Admissions Co-ordinator and Head of the Management Division. He has wide experience as an external examiner and as a moderator on university collegiate degree schemes. He has also contributed as a lecturer and consultant to a variety of industrial, governmental and voluntary organisations.

Research

Chris Allinson's research has been largely concerned with the person-job and person-organisation fit. He is presently engaged in studies of human information processing at the workplace, especially consequences of the interaction between cognitive style and job characteristics. Outcomes investigated so far include work performance, job satisfaction, occupational stress and leader-member exchange. His previous research was mainly concerned with the skills of performance appraisal and socialisation in bureaucracies.

Teaching

Occupational Psychology Module, MA Human Resource Management
Data Analysis, Executive MBA
Organisational Behaviour Module, Undergraduate level 1

Publications

Journal articles and books

Armstrong, S. J., Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., The effects of cognitive style on research supervision: A study of student-supervisor dyads in management education, Academy of Management Learning and Education (forthcoming).

Hayes, J., Allinson, C. W. and Armstrong, S. Intuition, women managers and gendered stereotypes, Personnel Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2004 (forthcoming).

Hayes, J., Allinson, C. W., Hudson, R. S. and Keasey, K., Further reflections on the nature of intuition-analysis and the construct validity of the Cognitive Style Index, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 76, No. 2, 2003, pp. 269-278.

Armstrong, S. J., Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., Formal mentoring systems: An examination of the effects of mentor/protégé cognitive styles on the mentoring process, Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 39, No. 8, 2002, pp. 1111-1137.

Allinson, C. W., Armstrong, S. J. and Hayes, J., The effects of cognitive style on leader-member exchange: A study of manager-subordinate dyads, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 74, 2001, pp. 201-220.

Allinson, C. W., The Cognitive Style Index, in J. Maltby, C. A. Lewis and A. Hill, Commissioned Reviews of 250 Psychological Tests, Lampeter, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, pp.169-172.

Sadler-Smith, E., Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., Learning preferences and cognitive style: some implications for continuing professional development, Management Learning, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2000, pp. 239-256.

Allinson, C. W., Chell, E. and Hayes, J., Intuition and entrepreneurial performance, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2000, pp. 31-43.

Hayes, J., Rose-Quirie, A. and Allinson, C. W., Senior managers’ perceptions of the competencies they require for effective performance: implications for training and development, Personnel Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2000, pp. 92-105.

Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., Cross-national differences in cognitive style: implications for management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2000, pp. 161-170.

Allinson, C. W., Personality and Bureaucracy, in D. Wilson and R. Rosenfeld, Managing Organisations: Text, Readings and Cases, London, McGraw-Hill, 1999, 2^nd edition, pp. 114 - 120.

Allinson, C. W., Chell, E. and Hayes, J., Intuition and entrepreneurial behaviour: an exploratory study, Proceedings of the European Learning Style Information Network Conference, University of Central Lancashire, 1999.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Cognitive style and the theory and practice of individual and collective learning in organisations, Human Relations, Vol. 51, No.7, 1998, pp. 847-871.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Learning styles and training and development in work settings: lessons from educational research, Educational Psychology, Vol. 17, Nos. 1 and 2, 1997, pp. 185-193.

Armstrong, S., Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., The implications of cognitive style for the management of student-supervisor relationships, Educational Psychology, Vol. 17, 1997, Vols. 1 and 2, pp. 209-217.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., The implications of learning styles for training and development: a discussion of the matching hypothesis, British Journal of Management, Vol. 7, 1996, pp. 63-73.

Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., The Cognitive Style Index: a measure of intuition-analysis for organisational research, Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 33, 1996, pp. 119-135.

Pant, D., Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., Transferring the western model of project organisation to a bureaucratic culture: the case of Nepal, International Journal of Project Management, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1996, pp. 53-57.

Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., Cross-national differences in cognitive style: implications for management. In Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference, University of Aston, 1996.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Cognitive style and learning at the level of the individual and the organisation, Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference, University of Aston, 1996.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Cultural differences in the learning styles of managers, in T. Jackson (ed.), Cross Cultural Management, Oxford, Butterworth Heinemann, 1995, pp. 373-379.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Learning styles: implications of the matching hypothesis for training and development. In Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference (refereed papers track), 1994, Lancaster, University of Lancaster, 1994, pp. 99 - 110.

Allinson, C. W., Hayes, J. and Davis, A., Matching the cognitive styles of management students and teachers: a preliminary study, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Vol. 79, 1994, pp. 125 - 128.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Cognitive style and its relevance for management practice, British Journal of Management, Vol. 5, 1994, pp. 53 - 71.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Matching learning style and instructional strategy: an application of the person-environment interaction paradigm, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Vol. 76, 1993, pp. 63 - 79.

Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., Validity of the Learning Styles Questionnaire, Psychological Reports, Vol. 67, No. 3, 1990, pp. 859 - 866.

Allinson, C. W., Personality and Bureaucracy, in D. Wilson and R. Rosenfeld, Managing Organisations: Text, Readings and Cases, London, McGraw-Hill, 1990, pp. 245 - 260.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Cultural differences in the learning styles of managers, Management International Review, Vol. 28, No. 3, 1988, pp 75 - 80.

Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., The Learning Styles Questionnaire: an alternative to Kolb's Inventory?, Journal of Management Studies Vol. 25, No. 3, 1988, pp 269 - 281.

Allinson, C. W., The reliability of the Work Environment Preference Schedule, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1988, pp 189 - 194.

Allinson, C. W., Management education and the universities, Journal of Further and Higher Education, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1987, pp 19 - 22.

Allinson, C. W., The industrial bureaucrat, Journal of General Management, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1986, pp 47 - 55.

Allinson, C. W., Bureaucratic Personality and Organisation Structure, Aldershot, Gower, 1984.

Allinson, C. W., Training in performance appraisal interviewing; an evaluation study, Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1977, pp 179 - 191.

Allinson, C. W., Teaching methods in undergraduate business education, Management Education and Development, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1976, pp 85 - 93.

Recent conference papers

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Learning style and international human resource development. Paper presented at the fourth meeting of the International Conference of Human Resource Management, Brisbane, Australia, July 1994.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Learning styles: implications of the matching hypothesis for training and development. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management Annual Conference, University of Lancaster, September, 1994.

Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., Understanding organisational behaviour through cognitive styles. Paper presented at the Management Skills Training Conference, the University of Liverpool, March 1995.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., The business of style management and the management of learning in organizations. Learning Style Conference, University of Birmingham, April 1996.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Cognitive style and the theory and practice of individual and collective learning in organizations: a conceptual synthesis, Symposium on Organizational Learning and the Learning Organization: Theoretical and Research Developments, University of Lancaster, September 1996.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Cognitive style and learning at the level of the individual and the organisation, British Academy of Management Conference, University of Aston, September 1996.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Intuition, women managers and gendered stereotypes, European Learning Style Information Network Conference, University of Birmingham, July 1997.

Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., Formal mentoring systems: an empirical study of the effects of mentor-protégé cognitive styles on interpersonal relationships, International Work Psychology Conference, University of Sheffield, July 1998.

Hayes, J. and Allinson, C. W., Cognitive style and organisational learning, European Learning Style Information Network conference, University of Sunderland, July 1998.

Allinson, C. W., Armstrong, S. J. and Hayes, J., The effects of cognitive style on leader-member exchange relationships: do they matter?, Academy of Management Conference, San Diego, USA, August 1998.

Allinson, C. W., Chell, E. and Hayes, J., Intuition and entrepreneurial behaviour: an exploratory study, European Learning Style Information Network Conference, University of Central Lancashire, July 1999.

Armstrong, S. J., Allinson, C. W. and Hayes, J., Cognitive style and mentor-protégé relationships, Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, USA, August 1999.