Haridimos Tsoukas

Haridimos "Hari" K. Tsoukas (Χαρίδημoς Κ. Τσούκας, born 1961) is a Greek theorist on organization and leadership.

Tsoukas currently is The Columbia Ship Management Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Cyprus, and Distinguished Research Environment Professor of Organization Studies at the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Editor-in-chief of Organization Studies, a major management journal.

He has conducted pioneering research in the fields of knowledge-based perspectives on organizations, the epistemology of practice, epistemological issues in organization theory, and management of organizational change and social reforms.

Career

Tsoukas was born in Karpenisi in 1961. He obtained his BSc in Electrical Engineering (1983) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, his MSc in Industrial Engineering (1985) from Cranfield University. By his own admission, Tsoukas was an "unhappy" engineer, which led to him seeking his PhD in Organizational Sociology (1989) from the Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester to become a social scientist.[1]

From 1988 to 1990, Tsoukas taught at Manchester Business School, 1990 to 1995 at Warwick Business School, 1995 to 1998 at the University of Cyprus, 1998 to 2000 at the University of Essex, 2000 to 2003 at the University of Strathclyde, and 1999 to 2009 at the ALBA Graduate Business School.

Besides his work in research and education, Tsoukas contributed to different publications amongst which an assignment as Editor-in-chief (2003–2008) of Organization Studies, the renowned peer-reviewed academic journal. He is a regular contributor to Kathimerini.[2] Further, Tsoukas maintained a personal blog in Greek entitled Ὲναρθη Κραυγή (Enarthi Kravgi, "Articulate Howl"), on which he regularly commented on Greek and Cypriot politics[3]; the blog eventually supplied the title of one of his books.

Tsoukas is frequently interviewed or cited by the Cypriot media, notably about the fallout from the now-closed Cypriot "golden visa" program[4], and regarding a controversy over the alleged use of "woke" terminology in a government database, for which the minister responsible apologized.[5] Tsoukas defends wokeism as essential to being a "consistent liberal democrat", stating that "...you’re obliged to stay vigilant – to be woke."[5] Regarding the dismissal of former auditor Odysseas Michaelides, which has become an issue in the upcoming Cypriot election, Tsoukas said that Michaelides had given Cypriots "the power to hope that Cyprus is viable once again."[6]

Awards

The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies honored his work in 2009 with their The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Award.

Selected publications

Tsoukas has published, as an author, editor or contributor, more than 300 works, held in more than 3400 libraries worldwide.[7]

In English

Books

  • 2024 Leadership as Masterpiece Creation: What Business Leaders Can Learn from the Humanities about Moral Risk-Taking Hardcover Cambridge: MIT Press (with Charles Spinosa and Matthew Hancocks) ISBN 0262048965
  • (2012) From Stagnation to Forced Adjustment: Reforms in Greece, 1974-2010 London - New York: Hurst & Co. - Columbia University Press (with George Pagoulatos and Stathis Kalyvas) ISBN 9781849041980
  • (2011) Philosophy and Organization Theory, Emerald (with Robert Chia) ISBN 978-0-85724-595-3
  • (2005) Complex Knowledge: Studies in Organizational Epistemology, Oxford University Press ISBN 9780199275571
  • (2004) Organizations as Knowledge Systems, Palgrave Macmillan (with N. Mylonopoulos) ISBN 9780230571150
  • (2004) Managing the Future: Foresight in the Knowledge Economy, Blackwell (with J. Shepherd) ISBN 1405116153
  • (2003) The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory: Meta-theoretical Perspectives (Oxford Handbooks); Oxford University Press (with Christian Knudsen) ISBN 9780199275250
  • (2002) Constructing Identity in and Around Organizations, Oxford University Press (with M. Schultz, S. Maguire and A. Langley) ISBN 9780199640997, revised 2012.

Journals

  • (2009) A dialogical approach to the creation of new knowledge in organizations, Organization Science, 2009, 20/6: 941-957

In Greek

  • (2015) Η τραγωδία των κοινών • Πολιτική φαυλότητα, απαξίωση θεσμών και χρεοκοπία [The Tragedy of the Commons: Political Corruption, Obsolescence of Institutions, and Bankruptcy], Athens:Ikaros ISBN 978-960-572-054-4
  • (2007) Έναρθρη κραυγή • Κριτικές παρεμβολές στον δημόσιο λόγο' [Articulate Howl: Critical Interjections in the Public Discourse], Athens:Kastiniotis, ISBN 9789600344745
  • (2005) Αν ο Αριστοτέλης ήταν διευθύνων σύμβουλος • Δοκίμια για την ηγεσία και τη διοίκηση [If Aristotle Was a CEO: Essays in Leadership and Management], Athens:Kastiniotis ISBN 978-960-03-3903-1

References

  1. ^ Haridimos Tsoukas. "Bio". Haridimos Tskoukas: Organization Theorist. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  2. ^ "ΧΑΡΙΔΗΜΟΣ ΤΣΟΥΚΑΣ" [University of Cyprus: Staff Catalogue]. Πανεπιστήμιου Κύπρου · Κατάλογος Προσωπικού (in Greek). Lefkosia, Cyprus: Unviersity of Cyprus. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  3. ^ Haridimos Tsoukas. "Ὲναρθη Κραυγή". Blogspot. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  4. ^ Pieridis, Kyriakos; Mavroudes, Christodoulos (May 28, 2025). "Cypriot Auditor Scrutinizes Political Donations From 'Golden Passport' Program". Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Chrystalla, Hadjidemetriou (January 21, 2025). "This Week's Ministerial U-Turns". en.philnews. Nicosia: Phileftheros Media Group. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  6. ^ "Χαρίδημος Τσούκας: Ο «ανάρμοστος» Οδυσσέας Μιχαηλίδης μας έδωσε τη δύναμη να ελπίζουμε ότι μια άλλη Κύπρος είναι εφικτή" [Haridimos Tsoukas: The "Inappropriate" Odysseas Michaelides gave us the power to hope that Cyprus is viable once again"] (in Greek). Nicosia: Phileftheros Media Group. December 13, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  7. ^ "Haridimos Tsoukas". worldcat.org. OCLC, Inc. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
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