Newton, Rebecca


Dr Rebecca Newton  

Department

Position held

Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour (EROB) (Department of Management)

Department of Management

Visiting Fellow

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Duke Corporate Education

GLRN faculty member

Newton Taylor Ltd

Director and Business Psychologist

Journal of Change Management

Member of Editorial Board

Experience keywords:

change; leadership; change management; organisational communication; mergers; organisational culture; executive coaching; negotiations; teams; leadership development; interpersonal relations

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Rebecca Newton's research interests are in the leadership of change in organisations, including co-leadership; the impact of change leadership on employees' work-based identity; resistance; and how leaders facilitate aligned global corporate culture. She joined the Department of Management as a Visiting Fellow in 2008, where she lectures in Leadership and Professional Development. Prior to this she was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University and in the Institute of Social Psychology at LSE.

Since 1999, Rebecca has been a coach, advisor and educator to multinationals, public organisations and PSFs in leadership development, change management and culture transformation. She has advised and trained hundreds of business leaders and teams from organisations such as Ericsson, Microsoft, London Crossrail, Bank of America Corporation, BG Group, Arcelor Mittal, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development (Dubai) and many professional services firms. Rebecca is a member of the Duke Corporate Education's Global Learning Resource Network, a Registered Psychologist with the NSW Psychologists’ Registration Board of Australia and a member of the Journal of Change Management Editorial Board.

Rebecca has a PhD in Psychology (Organisational Change) and MSc with distinction in Social and Organisational Psychology from LSE, and a BA from the University of Sydney.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

BankingConsultancyEnergyFinancial ServicesHealthcareLawPublic AdministrationTelecommunications

Countries and regions to which research relates:

All

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7712

Alt phone number:

+44 (0)20 8877 2613

Publications

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2013

van Dijk (Newton), Rebecca (2013) Leading change: a study of resistance and work-based identities. In: Carnall, C., (ed.) Managing change in organisations. FT Prentice Hall, London, UK.

2012

Newton, Rebecca (2012) Perceptions and development of ethical change leadership. In: By, Rune Todnem and Burnes, Bernard, (eds.) Organisational change, leadership and ethics: leading organizations towards sustainability. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415592444

2009

van Dijk (Newton), Rebecca and van Dick, Rolf (2009) Navigating organizational change: change leaders, employee resistance and work-based identities. Journal of change management, 9 (2). pp. 143-163. ISSN 1469-7017

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