Research

Albert J. Mills' research activities center on the impact of organization upon people, focussing on organizational change and human liberation. Specifically he is interested in issues of organizational culture and gender, organizational change, critical approaches to management; and employment equity.

He has recently completed a three-year programme of SSHRC-funded research into -
"Gender and change in the Canadian airline industry: a comparative study of Air Canada and Canadi>n over time." The objective of the study was to further our understanding of how organizational culture contributes to gendered organizational processes and practices, and how those practices are maintained and change over time.  The research was  undertaken in collaboration with Jean Helms Mills (Department of Management, SMU). He is now in the final year of a SSHRC-funded programme that is looking at "The gendering of organizational culture over time: Case studies of selected US airlines" (also with Jean Helms Mills).

He has recently complete a book on "Sex, Strategy and the Stratosphere: the Gendering of British Airways, 1919-1991", and is engaged in research on a variety of topics, including organizations and identity work;  Bakhtin and management theory; power and resistance; management theory in the cold war context; gender and organizational change; legitimacy and the AACSB.

He is currently the co-program chair of the Academy of Management Critical Management Studies Interest group for the 2007 annual conference.