Boak, Dr George

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Name:

Boak, Dr George

Email:

g.boak@yorksj.ac.uk

Department:

York Business School

Organisation:

York St John University

Address:

Lord Mayor's Walk York YO31 7EX

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Homepage:

http://www.yorksj.ac.uk

Biography

Expertise:

Leading innovation and change, Leadership development, Team working, Organisational learning, Action learning

Job title:

Associate Professor in Leadership & Innovation

Biography:

George is an Associate Professor in Leadership and Innovation. He works with experienced managers and professionals on the Business School's global MBA programmes, and supervises PhD research. Through the MBA programmes, he works with leaders, managers and professionals based in countries all across the world. He is the Co-editor of the journal Action Learning: Research and Practice

Qualifications:

PhD, MSc, MA

My Latest

Bruning, Francisca and Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2025) Artificial intelligence coach bots: coaches’ perceptions of potential future impacts on professional coaching, a qualitative study. Journal of Work Applied Management.
Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2025) Functions and forms of action learning. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 22 (1). pp. 5-6.
Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2024) Twenty years of action learning in the journal Action Learning: Research and Practice. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 21 (3). pp. 228-243.
Johnson, Craig, Abbott, Christine, Sanyal, Chandana and Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2024) Anniversary special issue. Action Learning: Research and Practice. p. 1.
Robson, Mark and Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2024) Motivations of internal workplace coaches: what attracts them to the role? A mixed methods study. European Journal of Training and Development, 49 (1/2). pp. 196-209.
Scrase, Fiona and Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2023) Developing skills of action learning facilitators. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 21 (1). pp. 86-93.
Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2023) Developing ideas and stories about action learning. Action Learning : Research and Practice, 20 (3). pp. 201-202.
Finnestrand, Hanne, Vie, Ola Edvin and Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2023) Critical incident technique and action learning to enable organizational learning. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 20 (3).
Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2023) Action learning aiding innovation. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 20 (2). pp. 97-98.
Sanyal, C., Edmonstone, J., Abbott, C., Winterburn, K. and Boak, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-3096 (2022) Action learning and healthcare: affinities and challenges. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 19 (3). pp. 269-274.

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2	Evidence-Based Initiatives for Organizational Change and Development	290	501
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4	Introducing Artificial Intelligence into a human resources function	249	2261
5	An exploratory content analysis of situational leadership	245
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7	Team learning and service improvements in health care	196	166
8	Leading change: introducing an electronic medical record system to a paramedic service	181	297
9	Procuring a sustainable future: an action learning approach to the development and modelling of ethical and sustainable procurement practices	180	100
10	Evaluating the impact of coaching skills training on individual and corporate behaviour	164	997