Nom
BARDON
Prénom
Thibaut
Nom
BARDON
Prénom
Thibaut
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TitreProfessor
- Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
- Membre du comité d'orientation
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Department
Département
Organization Studies and Ethics
Teaching areas
Domaine d’enseignement
Strategic management
Knowledge management
Project management
Managerial innovations
Management Research
Research areas
Domaine de recherche
Employees' perception, behaviour and attitude towards new management practices
Strategic management
Knowledge management
Project management
Identity work
Managerial innovations
Critical approaches
Post-structuralism
Skills
Strategy
Management
Innovation
Identity of organisations
Biography
Biographie
Thibaut Bardon is Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research at Audencia Business School. He holds a double doctorate from the University of Paris-Dauphine (France) and the University of Geneva (Switzerland) as well as an Habilitation to Supervise Research from the University of Paris-Dauphine (France) in Management Sciences. His research focuses mainly on managerial innovation and the construction of identity in organisations.
Diplomas
HDR (Research Supervision Qualification)
Université de Paris IX - Dauphine, Paris
(2016)
Doctorate, Business administration, Management
Université de Paris IX - Dauphine, Paris
(2011)
Doctorate, Business administration, Management
University of Geneva, Geneva
(2011)
MA in Strategy and organization (Master 101)
Université de Paris IX - Dauphine, Paris
(2006)
MA in corporate Finance (MSG)
Université de Paris IX - Dauphine, Paris
(2004)
Experiences
Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
Audencia Business School, Nantes
Since 2024
Academic director
Audencia Business School, Nantes
2020 - 2023
Membre du comité d'orientation
Association Régionale de l'Amélioration des Conditions de Travail (ARACT)
Since 2018
Research Head - Management department
Audencia Business School, Nantes
2016 - 2020
Chair Holder - Managerial innovations
Audencia Business School, Nantes
2015 - 2019
Managing editor of the journal m@n@gement
2008 - 2011
Teaching and Research assistant
University of Geneva, Genève
2006 - 2011
Management Consultant
2003 - 2005
Visiting out
2020 - 2020
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), China (PRC) : Teaching Visiting Out
2019 - 2019
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), China (PRC) : Teaching Visiting Out
2018 - 2018
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), China (PRC) : Teaching Visiting Out
2017 - 2017
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), China (PRC) : Teaching Visiting Out
2016 - 2016
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), China (PRC) : Teaching Visiting Out
2015 - 2015
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), China (PRC) : Teaching Visiting Out
Since 2012
Universidade Federal do Rio deJaneiro, : TeachingVisiting Out
Publications
Published
BARLATIER P.-J., DU J., JOSSERAND E., BARDON T., HERMEL P., RUIZ E., (2025). Delivering Sustainability Through Ecosystem Innovation: A Multilevel Framework for Sustainability Transition.
M@n@gement, 28 (5), 1-10
BARDON T., BROWN A. D., PUYOU F. R., (2023). Citius, Altius, Fortius: Managers’ Quest for Heroic Leader Identities.
Organization, 30 (5), 942-960
BARDON T., JOSSERAND E., SFERRAZZO R., CLEGG S., (2023). Tensions between (post)bureaucratic and neo-normative demands : Investigating employees subjective positions at EurAirport.
British Journal of Management, 34 (1), 57-71
BARDON T., FREMEAUX S., LETIERCE C., ROULET T., (2023). Making sense of renouncing: A typology of types, motives, and approaches to renouncing at work.
European Management Review, 20 (3), 576-590
LE PENDEVEN B., BARDON T., MANIGART S., (2022). Explaining academic interest in crowdfunding as a research topic.
British Journal of Management, 33 (Special Issue in Honor of Mike Wright) (1), 9-25
FREMEAUX S., BARDON T., LETIERCE C., (2021). How to be a 'wise' researcher : learning from the Aristotelian approach to practical wisdom.
Journal of Business Ethics, 171 (4), 667–681
BARDON T., GARREAU L., ABDALLAH C., JOURNE B., KORICA M., (2020). Rethinking Observation: Challenges and Practices.
M@n@gement, 23 (3), 1-8
BARDON T., JOSSERAND Emmanuel, (2018). Management innovations from a foucauldian perspective: Time to take action.
M@n@gement, 21 (4), 1244-1263
BARDON Thibaut, BROWN A. D., PEZE S., (2017). Identity Regulation, Identity Work and Phronesis.
Human Relations, 70 (8), 940-965
BARDON Thibaut, BORZILLO Stefano, (2016). Communities of Practice: Control or Autonomy?.
Journal of Business Strategy, 37 (1), 11-18
BARDON Thibaut, JOSSERAND Emmanuel, VILLESECHE Florence, (2015). Beyond nostalgia: Identity work in corporate alumni networks.
Human Relations, 68 (4), 583-606
BANDEIRA de MELLO Rodrigo, BARDON Thibaut, CORBEL Pascal, CUSIN Julien, NGUYEN Pham Hoanh Son, (2013). Introduction: Management relationnel et frontières de l'entreprise.
Revue Française de Gestion, (232), 15-23
BARDON Thibaut, CLEGG Stewart, JOSSERAND Emmanuel, (2012). Exploring identity construction from a critical management perspective: a research agenda.
M@n@gement, 15 (4), 350-366
BARDON T., JOSSERAND E., (2011). A Nietzschean reading of Foucauldian thinking: constructing a project of the self within an ontology of becoming.
Organization, 18 (4), 497-515
BARDON T., JOSSERAND E., (2009). Why do we play the games? Exploring institutional and political motivations.
Education and Training, 51 (5/6), 460-475
BARDON T., ARNAUD N., LETIERCE C., (2019). Les innovations managériales..
Dunod
BARDON T., ARNAUD N., (2017). Des mythes à la réalité: Les employés face aux innovations managériales.
Audencia Business School
BARDON Thibaut, ARNAUD Nicolas, (2016). Le management intermédiaire, moteur de l'innovation managériale.
Audencia Business School, 3
ARNAUD Nicolas, BARDON Thibaut, (2015). Innovations managériales : donner du sens pour manager autrement.
Audencia Business School, 2
BARDON, T., STRAUB, T., BORZILLO, S., RAUB, S. (2021). Strategisches Management (3rd ed.). In Straub. T. (Ed.), Einführung in die Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre (pp. 103-141). Pearson.
BARDON, T., PEZE, S. (2020). Identity and Power in Organization Research (1rst ed.). In Brown, A. (Eds.), Handbook of Identities in Organizations (pp. 715-732). Oxford University Press.
BARDON, T., BORZILLO, S. (2015). Strategisches Management (2nd ed.). In STRAUB, Thomas (Eds.), Einführung in die moderne Betriebswirtschaftslehre (pp. 49-86). Pearson.
BARDON, T., JOSSERAND, E., & VILLESECHE, F. (2014). Networks as media for nostalgia in an organizational context. In NIEMEYER, Katharina (Eds.), Media & Nostalgia, yearning for the past, present and future (pp. 105-117). Palgrave.
BARDON, T., & BORZILLO, S. (2012). Strategisches Management. In STRAUB, Thomas (Eds.), Einführung in die moderne Betriebswirtschaftslehre (pp. 49-86). Pearson.
BARDON, T., & JOSSERAND, E. (2012). Penser les pratiques organisationnelles comme des morales avec Michel Foucault. In GERMAIN, Olivier (Eds.), Les grands inspirateurs de la théorie des organisations (pp. 63-95). Editions EMS.
BARDON, T., LETIERCE, C., ARNAUD, N. (2022). Sepro Group: when a business and an executive share a destiny. CCMP, G1943 (GB).
BARDON, T., JOSSERAND, E. (2011). Sanofi-Aventis’ Corporate Strategy. European Clearing Case House (ECCH).
Press articles
TRAN, S., KERBERIOU, T., BARDON, T. (2025). AI4ALL : L'expérience innovante d'Audencia. Grand Angle.
BARDON, T. (2020). Le Coronavirus questionne qui nous sommes et ce que nous pouvons devenir. Le Matin d'Algérie.
BARDON, T. (2020). Chief Happiness Officers : des responsables du bonheur au travail qui posent questions. Monde des Grandes Ecoles et Universités.
BARDON, T. (2020). Do you really like your job? How COVID-19 made us think. Raconteur.
BARDON, T. (2020). a pandemia... questiona quem somos.... .. Revista Melhor.
BARDON, T. (2020). The post-Covid company doesn't exist yet, but we can create it together. People Management.
BARDON, T. (2020). La empresa post-COVID 19 todavía no existe, pero podemos crearla juntos. Gestion Digital.
BARDON, T., ARNAUD, N. (2019). Se transformer pour transformer le management de son entreprise. Forbes.
BARDON, T. (2018, May). Management « à la cool » : des bienfaits et quelques dérives !. Les Echos.
BARDON, T. (2018, May). Так ли просто работать в компаниях с «расслабленной» культурой менеджмента?. Kadrovyi Management .
BARDON, T. (2018, May). The Power Of 'Cool' Culture In Business. Minutehack.com.
BARDON, T., PUYOU, F.-R. (2018). Après quoi les managers courent-ils? Harvard Business Review (magazine France).
BARDON, T. (2018). En finir avec le culte du bonheur au travail. Harvard Business Review (magazine France).
ARNAUD, N., BARDON, T. (2017). The five balancing acts line managers must grapple with. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
BARDON, T. (2017). The challenges of looking after your employees' hapiness. Institutelm.com.
ARNAUD, N., BARDON, T. (2017). Management is dead! Long live management!. Managers.org.uk.
ARNAUD, N., BARDON, T. (2017). Le management est mort ! Vive le management !. Focus RH.
ARNAUD, N., BARDON, T. (2017). Happiness in the workplace is no laughing matter. People Management.
BARDON, T., & ARNAUD, N. (2017). Les 5 équilibres du management intermédiaire. Focus RH.
BARDON, T. (2017, March). Les entreprises s’occupent de votre bonheur…pour votre plus grand malheur ?. Challenges.
BARDON, T., & ARNAUD, N. (2017, Spring). The Six Commandments of Managerial Innovation. Association of AMBAs .
BARDON, T., & ARNAUD, N. (2017, March). Management : Faut-il en finir avec le « bonheur au travail?. Kommersant (Russia).
BARDON, T., & ARNAUD, N. (2017, July). The end of management. Kadrovyi Management .
BARDON, T., ARNAUD, N., WAMBERGUE, Z. (2016). Repenser les espaces de travail pour incarner son projet d'entreprise. Ouest-France.
ARNAUD, N., BARDON, T. (2016). Communiquer le changement par l'implication des managers et l'agencement des bureaux. Les echos.fr.
BARDON, T., & ARNAUD, N. (2016). 6 commandements pour penser les innovations managériales autrement. Les echos.fr.
BARDON, T., ARNAUD, N., & WAMBERGUE, Z. (2016). Faut-il libérer l'entreprise au nom de la génération Y ?. Ouest-France.
BARDON, T., ARNAUD, N., & LETIERCE, C. (2016). Autonomie au travail, des discours à la réalité. Ouest-France.
BARDON, T. (2016). Quand les entreprises s'emparent du sport. Ouest-France.
ARNAUD, N., BARDON, T. (2015). The six commandments of management innovation. The Edge (UK).
BARDON, T., JOSSERAND, E., VILLESECHE, F. (2015). The Past Connect. The Smart Manager, pp. 63-65.
BARDON, T. (2015). La libération de l'entreprise ne doit pas être un outil de prêt à penser. Le Journal des Entreprises en Pays de la Loire.
BARDON, T. (2015). Beyond nostalgia: Identity work in corporate alumni networks. The Hans India.
Broadcast
Professional conference
Scientific activities
Reviewer for an academic journal
M@n@gement
2020
Journal of Business Ethics
2019
Organization Studies
2016
European Management Journal
Journal of Management Studies
Organization
Revue Française de Gestion
Human Relations
Member of the scientific board of an academic association
Scientific council of the AIMS
2012
Awards and honors
Trophée "Talent for the Planet" pour l'initiative "Gaïa Improvement For Future Teaching (GIFT)" avec Ochs, A. et Elbasha, T., 2025
Best Full Paper Award 2018 (HRM) - British Academy of Management Conference, 2018
Best Full Paper Award EURAM 2014 (SIG Business & Society), 2014
Doctoral supervision
(2018) : Comment mieux évaluer la capacité à changer organisationnelle dans un projet de changement ? A la recherche de régularités dans la représentation de sa constitution et de son évaluation par les agents de changement..