Dr Danielle Tucker
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Email
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Location
EBS.3.50, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
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Profile
Biography
Dr Danielle Tucker is a Reader in Management at the 黑料网. Her research interests focus on evaluating complex change management initiatives for public sector organisations (including Police, Local Authority, Local Government, NHS Trusts and health and social care providers). Specifically, she has published research on the interpretation of communication during organisational change, the use of organisational change agents and middle managers to facilitate change. She is particularly interested in the flow of information and ideas across boundaries, partnership working and collaboration arrangements (e.g. integrated care) Danielle's work draws upon the literature of organization studies, public management, strategic management and organisational psychology. She favours a multidisciplinary approach to research. She has over 10 years experience of both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods. Danielle is an Academic Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Qualifications
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PhD in Management, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE), University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
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BA Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management and Social Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Appointments
Other academic
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Academic Knowledge Mobilisation Lead, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England (1/10/2024 - present)
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Programme Director, Cambridge Public Health, University of Cambridge, Healthy Futures East (1/6/2025 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Organisational change management
Change Communication
Public Sector Management
Policy Implementation
Change Agents
Integrated Care
Current research
Employee reactions to organisational change in an integrated organisational collaboration.
In particular the interpretation of strategic communication
Managing organisational change: technology adoption and enhancing healthcare provision
Role crafting strategies for change agents
Using identity theory to explore the agency of middle managers in crafting change management roles
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Principles and Practices in Human Resource Management (BE475)
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Understanding Organisational Change (BE491)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Health and Organisational Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 13/12/2021
Degree subject: Business Administration
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 2/7/2019
Degree subject: Management Studies
Degree type: Master of Philosophy
Awarded date: 16/3/2018
Publications
Journal articles (15)
Gould, B., Tucker, D., Majdzadeh, R. and Di Cesare, M., (2026). Corrigendum to 鈥淚ntegrated care services: Developing strategies for integrated care - A relational content analysis鈥� [Public Health, Volume 249, December 2025, 106043]. Public Health. 250, 106052-106052
GOULD, B., Tucker, D., MAJDZADEH, R. and Di Cesare, M., (2025). . Public Health. 249, 106043-106043
Tucker, D., Hendy, J. and Chrysanthaki, T., (2022). . Human Relations. 75 (9), 1679-1706
Hendy, J. and Tucker, D., (2021). . Journal of Business Ethics. Online (4), 1-16
Zubac, A., Dasborough, M., Hughes, K., Jiang, Z., Kirkpatrick, S., Martinsons, M., Tucker, D. and Zwikael, O., (2021). . Management Decision. 59 (3), 481-505
Hancock, P. and Tucker, D., (2020). . Journal of Organizational Change Management. 33 (5), 965-977
Yeow, P., Dean, A., Tucker, D. and Pomeroy, L., (2019). . Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance. 6 (4), 227-245
Poels, T., Tucker, DA. and Kielema, J., (2017). . Journal of Organizational Change Management. 30 (6), 888-902
Tucker, DA., Hendy, J. and Barlow, J., (2016). . Journal of Business Research. 69 (12), 6079-6087
Barlow, J., Hendy, J. and Tucker, DA., (2016). . World Health Design. 9 (1), 8-22
Tucker, DA., Hendy, J. and Barlow, J., (2015). . Journal of Health Organization and Management. 29 (7), 1047-1064
Tucker, DA. and Hendy, J., (2015). . Academy of Management Proceedings. 1 (1), 11084-11084
A. Tucker, D., Hendy, J. and Barlow, J., (2014). . Journal of Organizational Change Management. 27 (6), 955-972
Yeow, P., Dean, A. and Tucker, D., (2014). . Journal of Business Ethics. 125 (1), 87-99
Tucker, DA., Yeow, P. and Viki, GT., (2013). . Management Communication Quarterly. 27 (2), 184-209
Books (2)
Tucker, D., Cirella, S. and Kelly, P., (2024). Organizational Change Management Inclusion, Collaboration and Digital Change in Practice. Sage Publications Limited. 152979224X. 9781529792249
(2022). Effective Implementation of Transformation Strategies. Springer Nature Singapore. 9789811923357
Book chapters (12)
Tucker, D. and Hendy, J., (2026). The authenticity of organizational narratives and the co-production of knowledge in strategy implementation. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Strategy, Change and Transformational Project Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan. 9819535875. 9789819535873
Zubac, A., Tucker, D. and Zwikael, O., (2026). The Portfolio Hierarchy and the Strategically Agile, Innovative Organisation. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Strategy, Change and Transformational Project Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan. 9819535875. 9789819535873
Tucker, D., (2025). Leadership Challenges in Addressing the Tension Between Policy Context and Market Forces for Nonprofit Service Providers. In: Journeys Through the Disability and Mental Health Nonprofit Sector The Theory and Practice of Leadership. Springer Nature. 9819631130. 9789819631131
Tucker, D. and Lind, S., (2022). Family Firms and Mergers and Acquisitions: The Importance of Transfer of Trust. In: Effective Implementation of Transformation Strategies. Springer Nature Singapore. 387- 406. 9789811923357
Zubac, A., Tucker, D., Zwikael, O., Hughes, K. and Kirkpatrick, S., (2022). Introduction: The Customer Value Creation Strategy. In: Effective Implementation of Transformation Strategies. Springer Nature Singapore. 205- 212. 9789811923357
Zubac, A., Tucker, D., Zwikael, O., Hughes, K. and Kirkpatrick, S., (2022). Introduction: The Resource Strategy. In: Effective Implementation of Transformation Strategies. Springer Nature Singapore. 319- 325. 9789811923357
Zubac, A., Tucker, D., Zwikael, O., Hughes, K. and Kirkpatrick, S., (2022). Introduction: The Strategy Process. In: Effective Implementation of Transformation Strategies. Springer Nature Singapore. 25- 29. 9789811923357
Zubac, A., Tucker, D., Zwikael, O., Hughes, K. and Kirkpatrick, S., (2022). Introduction: The Resource Strategy. In: Effective Implementation of Transformation Strategies how to Navigate the Strategy and Change Interface Successfully. 319- 325
Zubac, A., Tucker, D., Zwikael, O., Hughes, K. and Kirkpatrick, S., (2022). Introduction: The Financial Strategy. In: Effective Implementation of Transformation Strategies. Springer Nature Singapore. 131- 137. 9789811923357
Zubac, A., Tucker, D., Zwikael, O., Hughes, K. and Kirkpatrick, S., (2022). Introduction: Non-market Strategies. In: Effective Implementation of Transformation Strategies. Springer Nature Singapore. 409- 414. 9789811923357
Zubac, A., Tucker, D., Zwikael, O., Hughes, K. and Kirkpatrick, S., (2022). Introduction: Navigating the Strategy and Change Interface Successfully. In: Effective Implementation of Transformation Strategies. Springer Nature Singapore. 1- 22. 9789811923357
Tucker, DA. and Cirella, S., (2018). . In: Research in Organizational Change and Development. Editors: Shani, AB. and Noumair, D., . Emerald. 307- 340. 9781787563520
Conferences (3)
Tucker, D. and Hendy, J., (2020). HOW DOES POLICY ALIENATION DEVELOP? EXPLORING STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRATS鈥� RESPONSES TO POLICY CONTEXT SHIFT IN UK TELECARE
Ahmed, MS. and Tucker, D., (2020). Accounting and Construction of Wage Theft: A form of Organisational Corruption
Tucker, DA., Hendy, J. and Barlow, J., (2012).
Grants and funding
2025
Healthy Futures East Programme Lead
University of Cambridge
Organisational change consultancy and training
Essex County Council
The 黑料网 and Mid and North Essex Mind KTP 25 _26 R1
Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)
Enhancing the income generation potential of the Change Agent Hub (Enterprise Project Fund)
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2024
Evaluation M&NEE MIND Consultancy
Mid and North East Essex MIND
Academic Knowledge Mobilisation (KM) Lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for the East of England (NIHR ARC EoE)
NIHR ARC East of England
2023
Community360 KTP 22_23 R4
Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)
2022
Change Agent Learning and Development Toolkit
British Academy
2020
Change Agent Learning and Development Toolkit
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2019
Provide PM assistance
Provide
2016
Long term Impact of Care Closer to Home on Anglian Community Enterprise
Anglian Community Enterprise
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