About
Charlotte Croft is Professor of Organisation Studies and Head of the Work, Organisation and Management Group.
Her work focuses on issues of identity, leadership and collaboration in professionalised contexts. The majority of her research is focused on healthcare organisations, with a particular interest in the interplay between different professional and managerial groups during processes of collaboration. Charlotte was awarded her PhD from Warwick Business School in 2012, and her doctoral thesis focused on the challenges of leadership for nurses in middle management positions.
Charlotte's research has been published in multiple highly ranked, peer reviewed journals such as Journal of Management Studies, Organisation Studies, Human Relations and Public Administration. She is currently on the Research Organising Committee for the Healthcare Management stream of the Academy of Management.
Prior to moving into academia, Charlotte worked as an Intensive Care Staff Nurse.