David CantliffView profile
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David Cantliff is a Teaching Fellow in the Leadership and Management department at Aston Business School, Aston University, United Kingdom. He also serves as an External Examiner at the University of Birmingham from 2023 to 2027. His educational background includes: Senior Fellowship HEA (SFHEA) from The Higher Education Academy (2021) PhD in Refocussing the Antecedent Stage of a Crisis: Resilient Practices and Strategic Decision-making for Crisis Avoidance from De Montfort University (2017) MSc in Business Management from Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (2005) BA in Business Administration (2001) Dr. Cantliff's research centers on Business Ethics, Deviant Behavior, and Bricolage, with a focus on how organizations can avoid crises through ethical decision-making and resilient practices. His work explores paradoxes in business ethics education and the application of bricolage to overcome disruptions while maintaining organizational performance, emphasizing Positive Deviance and Learning Pathways as critical frameworks. His publications reveal a cohesive trajectory examining ethical decision-making in crisis contexts, with recent work highlighting how learning pathways facilitate crisis avoidance and how bricolage strategies mitigate deviant behavior impacts during resource-constrained disruptions. His notable recognition includes: Senior Fellowship HEA (2021) No information is available regarding student advising or research grants.








