Publications
Books
Muenjohn, Muttawuth , McMurray, Adela , Fernando, Mario , Hunt, James , Fitzgerald, Martin , McKenna, Bernard , Intezari, Ali , Bankins, Sarah and Waterhouse, Jennifer (2018). Leadership: regional and global perspectives. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108617666
Rooney, David, McKenna, Bernard and Liesch, Peter (2010). Wisdom and management in the knowledge economy. New York, U.S.A: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203852798
McKenna, B., Thomas, G., Waddell, N. and Barry, M. (2007). Corporate Communication: Effective Techniques for Business. 2nd ed. South Melbourne, Vic: Thomson/Social Science Press.
McKenna, B., Thomas, G. and Waddell, N. (2004). Australian guide to corporate communication: A practical handbook on effective writing & speaking. Tuggerah, Australia: Social Science Press.
McKenna, Bernard and Pearce, Sharyn (1999). Strange journeys : the works of Gary. Sydney , Australia: Hodder Headline Australia.
Book Chapters
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2019). Wise leadership. The Cambridge handbook of wisdom. (pp. 649-675) edited by Robert J. Sternberg and Judith Glück. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108568272.030
McKenna, Bernard and Intezari, Ali (2018). Power, politics and influence. Leadership: regional and global perspectives. (pp. 190-218) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Intezari, Ali and McKenna, Bernard (2018). Creating organizational culture. Leadership: regional and global perspectives. (pp. 160-189) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
McKenna, Bernard (2017). Management. The international encyclopedia of organizational communication. edited by Craig R. Scott, Laurie Lewis, James R. Barker, Joann Keyton, Timothy Kuhn and Paaige K. Turner. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118955567
Fein, Erich C., McKenna, Bernard, Bernobic, Iris and Ahmed, Ezaz (2017). Mapping smart power onto the cardinal virtues and cross-cultural leadership dimensions. Redefining management: smart power perspectives. (pp. 107-125) edited by Varda Muhlbauer and Wes Harry. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69209-8_7
McKenna, Bernard (2017). Aging and ethics. Springer encyclopedia of business and professional ethics. (pp. 1-5) edited by Deborah C. Poff and Alex C. Michalos. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_171-1
McKenna, Bernard (2017). Work-life balance. Springer encyclopedia of business and professional ethics. (pp. 1-4) edited by Deborah C. Poff and Alex C. Michalos. Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_176-1
McKenna, Bernard (2017). Embodying a wise graduate disposition in business school education. Wisdom learning: perspectives on wising-up business and management education. (pp. 41-61) edited by Wendelin Küpers and Olen Gunnlaugson. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315547039
McKenna, Bernard, Biloslavo, Roberto and Trnavcevic, Anita (2016). Wisdom in praxis: how engineers use practical wisdom in their decision making. Practical wisdom in the age of technology: insights, issues, and questions for a new millennium. (pp. 79-100) edited by Nikung Dalal, Ali Intezari and Marty H. Heitz. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Smith, Lauren, McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2014). Reconceptualizing business education for knowledge work: comparing corporate cults and highly effective organizations. The new development paradigm: education, knowledge economy and digital futures. (pp. 145-160) edited by Michael A. Peters, Tina Besley and Daniel Araya. New York, United States: Peter Lang.
McKenna, Bernard (2013). The multi-dimensional character of wisdom. Wise management in organisational complexity. (pp. 13-33) edited by Mike J. Thompson and David Bevan. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137002655_2
Biloslavo, Roberto and McKenna, Bernard (2013). Evaluating the process of wisdom in wise political leaders using a developmental wisdom model. A Handbook of Practical Wisdom: Leadership, Organization and Integral Business Practice. (pp. 111-132) edited by Wendelin Küpers and David J. Purleen. Farnham, Surrey, UK: Gower Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315564814
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2012). Wise face of organizations. The new faces of organizations in the 21st century: A management and business reference book. (pp. 243-272) edited by Mohammad Ali Sarlak. Toronto, ON, Canada: NAISIT Publishers.
McKenna, Bernard, Callan, Victor J. and Gallois, Cindy (2012). Comparing organizational and business communication. The Handbook of Comparative Communication Research. (pp. 48-63) edited by Frank Esser and Thomas Hanitzsch. New York and London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203149102-11
Parsons, R. and McKenna, B. J. (2009). Constructing social responsibility through corporate sustainability reporting. Critical Discourse Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. (pp. 183-200) edited by Thao Le and Megan Short. New York: Nova Science.
Rooney, David, McKenna, Bernard, Liesch, Peter and Boal, Kim (2008). Snapshot: Knowledge in the absence of wisdom. The Sage Handbook of New Approaches in Management and Organization. (pp. 344-345) edited by Barry, D. and Hansen, H.. London, UK: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781849200394.n58
McKenna, B. (2008). Communication as an academic field: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Rim. The International Encyclopedia of Communication. (pp. 121-127) edited by Wolfgang Donsbach. Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1002/9781405186407.wbiecc058
McKenna, Bernard, Rooney, David and Breit, Rhonda (2008). The role of media in the knowledge economy. Knowledge policy: Challenges for the 21st century. (pp. 98-106) edited by Greg Hearn and David Rooney. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.
McKenna, B. (2008). Introduction. Towards Humane Technologies: Biotechnology, New Media and Ethics. (pp. 7-14) edited by Sunderland, N., Graham, P., Isaacs, P. and McKenna, B.. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
McKenna, B. (2007). Sure, she's a scientist, but can she take neat notes and arrange morning tea?. Management Communication: New Zealand and Australian case studies. (pp. 40-49) edited by Page, D. J. and Zorn, T. E.. North Shore, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.
McKenna, B. (2005). Wisdom, ethics and the postmodern organization. Handbook on the knowledge economy. (pp. 37-53) edited by David Rooney, Greg Hearn and Abraham Ninan. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.
McKenna, B. (2002). Hype about hypertext. Research and Practice in Professional Discourse. (pp. 609-637) edited by C. Candlin. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press.
McKenna, B. (2001). Producing a civil society in a postmodern world. Ethics for Australian Business. (pp. 83-102) edited by J. Harrison. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Prentice Hall.
McKenna, Bernard (2001). Critical discourse method: Tracking the ideological shift in Australian Labor governments 1983-1986. Change and Continuity in Applied Linguistics. Selected Papers from the Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (Edinburgh, Scotland, September 1999). British Studies in Applied Linguistics 15.. (pp. x-x) edited by Hugh Trappes-Lomax. Clevedon, Buffalo: British Association for Applied Linguistics in association with Multilingual Matters.
McKenna, Bernard (2001). Labour responses to globalization: The Australian experience. Work and employment in a globalized era: An Asia Pacific Focus. (pp. 71-104) edited by Debrah, Yaw A. and Smith, Ian G.. London: Frank Cass.
Patti, C., McKenna, B., Thomas, G. and Renforth, B. (2000). An external communication audit of a superannuation company. Auditing organisational communication. (pp. 255-271) edited by Owen Hargie and Dennis Tourish. London , U.K.: Routledge.
Journal Articles
McKenna, Bernard, Brienza, Justin P. and Intezari, Ali (2023). Tribal games: Tribalist foundations of Trump supporters. Critical Sociology, 49 (4-5), 625-645. doi: 10.1177/08969205221135037
Trnavcevic, Anita, Biloslavo, Roberto, Bertoncel, Tine, Bagnoli, Carlo, Janeš, Aleksander, McKenna, Bernard and Bulut, Çağri (2022). Business models as scientific models: the question of perspective?. Human Systems Management, 42 (1), 15-25. doi: 10.3233/hsm-220036
Fein, Erich C. and McKenna, Bernard (2022). Depleted dedication, lowered organisation citizenship behaviours, and illegitimate tasks in police officers. Journal of Management and Organization, 1-23. doi: 10.1017/jmo.2021.68
Rahmati, Mohammad Hossein, Intezari, Ali and McKenna, Bernard (2021). A Shi’a Islam approach to wisdom in management: a deep understanding opening to dialogue and dialectic. Journal of Business Ethics, 181 (4), 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s10551-021-04958-2
Robinson, Kate, McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2021). The relationship of risk to rules, values, virtues, and moral complexity: what we can learn from the moral struggles of military leaders. Journal of Business Ethics, 179 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10551-021-04874-5
Oktaviani, Fitri Hariana, McKenna, Bernard and Fitzsimmons, Terrance (2021). Trapped within ideological wars: femininities in a Muslim society and the contest of women as leaders. Gender, Work and Organization, 28 (3), 1152-1176. doi: 10.1111/gwao.12662
du Plessis, Carol, Winterbotham, Sonya, Fein, Erich C., Brownlow, Charlotte, du Preez, Jan, McKenna, Bernard, Chen, Peter, Beel, Nathan and du Plessis, Graham (2020). I’m still in the blue family: gender and professional identity construction in police officers. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 36 (3), 386-396. doi: 10.1007/s11896-020-09397-9
Lin, Xue, McKenna, Bernard, Ho, Christabel M. F. and Shen, Geoffrey Q. P. (2019). Stakeholders' influence strategies on social responsibility implementation in construction projects. Journal of Cleaner Production, 235, 348-358. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.253
Kriyantono, Rachmat and McKenna, Bernard (2019). Crisis response vs crisis cluster: a test of situational crisis communication theory on two crisis clusters in Indonesian public relations. Jurnal Komunikasi-Malaysian Journal of Communication, 35 (1), 222-236. doi: 10.17576/JKMJC-2019-3501-15
McKenna, Bernard (2018). Workers' capital: industry funds and the fight for universal superannuation in Australia. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 64 (1), 147-149. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12435
Kriyantono, Rachmat and Mckenna, Bernard (2017). Developing a Culturally-Relevant Public Relations Theory for Indonesia. Jurnal Komunikasi-Malaysian Journal of Communication, 33 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.17576/jkmjc-2017-3301-01
McKenna, Bernard, Verreynne, Martie-Louise and Waddell, Neal W. (2016). Locating gendered work practices: a typology. International Journal of Manpower, 37 (6), 1085-1107. doi: 10.1108/IJM-12-2015-0210
McKenna, Bernard, Zacher, Hannes, Sattari Ardabili, Farzad and Mohebbi, Hassan (2016). Career Adapt-Abilities Scale—Iran Form: psychometric properties and relationships with career satisfaction and entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 93, 81-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2016.01.004
Bhattacharjee, Anindo, McKenna, Bernard and Ray, Subhasis (2016). Preface: Indian philosophical issues - relevance to contemporary management. Philosophy of Management, 15 (1), 1-5. doi: 10.1007/s40926-016-0033-y
Fielding, Kelly S., van Kasteren, Yasmin, Louis, Winnifred, McKenna, Bernard, Russell, Sally and Spinks, Anneliese (2016). Using individual householder survey responses to predict household environmental outcomes: the cases of recycling and water conservation. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 106, 90-97. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.11.009
Zacher, Hannes, McKenna, Bernard, Rooney, David and Gold, Steven (2015). Wisdom in the Military Context. Military Psychology, 27 (3), 142-154. doi: 10.1037/mil0000070
Oktaviani, Fitri, Rooney, David, McKenna, Bernard and Zacher, Hannes (2015). Family, feudalism and selfishness: Looking at Indonesian leadership through a wisdom lens. Leadership, 12 (5), 538-563. doi: 10.1177/1742715015574319
Rowlands, Terry, Waddell, Neal and McKenna, Bernard (2015). Are we there yet? A technique to determine theoretical saturation. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 56 (1), 40-47. doi: 10.1080/08874417.2015.11645799
Greaves, Claire E., Zacher, Hannes, McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2014). Wisdom and narcissism as predictors of transformational leadership. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 35 (4), 335-358. doi: 10.1108/LODJ-07-2012-0092
McKenna, Bernard, Rooney, David and Kenworthy, Amy L. (2013). Introduction: wisdom and management-a guest-edited special collection of resource reviews for management educators. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 12 (2), 306-311. doi: 10.5465/amle.2013.0112
McKenna, Bernard (2013). Teaching for wisdom: cross cultural perspectives on fostering wisdom. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 12 (2), 319-320. doi: 10.5465/amle.2013.0113
Zacher, Hannes, Pearce, Liane K., Rooney, David and McKenna, Bernard (2013). Leaders' personal wisdom and leader-member exchange quality: The role of individualized consideration. Journal of Business Ethics, 121 (2), 171-187. doi: 10.1007/s10551-013-1692-4
Wong, Peter Sun San, Neck, Philip Arthur and McKenna, Bernard (2013). Spiritual wisdom of Taoism in business: through the lens of interpretation realism in a Cisco end-to-end case study. Purushartha: A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality, 6 (1), 1-20.
Varvas, Serena and McKenna, Bernard (2013). Learning the communication lessons of the Port-au-Prince earthquake relief effort. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 43 (1), 43-61. doi: 10.2190/TW.43.1.c
Angus, Daniel, Rooney, David, McKenna, Bernard and Wiles, Janet (2012). Visualizing punctuated equilibria in discursive change: exploring a new text analysis possibility for management research. Journal of Business and Management Landscapes, 1 (1), 1-16.
Zacher, Hannes, McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2012). Effects of self-reported wisdom on happiness: not much more than emotional intelligence?. Journal of Happiness Studies, 14 (6), 1697-1716. doi: 10.1007/s10902-012-9404-9
Zhu, Yunxia and McKenna, Bernard (2012). Legitimating a Chinese takeover of an Australian iconic firm: revisiting models of media discourse of legitimacy. Discourse and Society, 23 (5), 525-552. doi: 10.1177/0957926512452971
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2012). Making sense of irrealis in the Global Financial Crisis. Culture and Organization, 18 (2), 123-137. doi: 10.1080/14759551.2011.636615
McKenna, B. J. (2011). Good Business; Exercising Effective and Ethical Leadership. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 10 (4), 738-739. doi: 10.5465/amle.2011.0542
Rooney, David, McKenna, Bernard and Barker, James R. (2011). History of ideas in Management Communication Quarterly. Management Communication Quarterly, 25 (4), 583-611. doi: 10.1177/0893318911405623
McKenna, Bernard and Biloslavo, Roberto (2011). Human flourishing as a foundation for a new sustainability oriented business school curriculum: Open questions and possible answers. Journal of Management and Organization, 17 (5), 693-710. doi: 10.5172/jmo.2011.17.5.691
McKenna, Bernard, Rooney, David and Hays, Jay (2011). Wisdom and the good life. Philosophy of Management, 10 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.5840/pom20111017
McKenna, B. (2009). Book Review: Material Markets: How Economic Agents are Constructed by Donald MacKenzie. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Prometheus, 27 (3), 333-336. doi: 10.1080/08109020903174465
McKenna, B., Rooney, D. and Boal, K. B. (2009). Wisdom principles as a meta-theoretical basis for evaluating leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 20 (2), 177-190. doi: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.01.013
Waddell, N. and McKenna, B. (2009). The colour of rhetoric in the contemporary agora. Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 22, 271-291.
Waddell, N. and McKenna, B. (2009). A typology of political nonpersuasion. Australian Journal of Communication, 36 (2), 127-141.
McKenna, B. (2009). Book Review: Outsourcing Technical Communication: Issues, Policies and Practices, by Barry Thatcher and Carlos Evia, Amityville NY: Baywood Publishing Company Inc., 2007. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 39 (3), 342-345. doi: 10.2190/TW.39.3.h
McKenna, B. and Rooney, D. (2009). Book Review: Kessler, E. H. & Bailey, J. R. (Eds.) Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom, 2007 Sage. Organization Studies, 30 (4), 447-449.
Rooney, D. and McKenna, B. (2009). Knowledge, wisdom and intellectual leadership: A question of the future and knowledge-based sustainability. International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 6 (1/2), 52-70. doi: 10.1504/IJLIC.2009.021720
Rooney, David and McKenna, Bernard (2008). Wisdom in public administration: Looking for a sociology of wise practice. European Finance
Rooney, D. and McKenna, B. (2008). Wisdom in public administration: Looking for a sociology of wise practice. Public Administration Review, 68 (4), 709-721. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00909.x
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2008). Wise leadership and the capacity for ontological acuity. Management Communication Quarterly, 21 (4), 537-546. doi: 10.1177/0893318907313715
McKenna, Bernard, Rooney, David and ten Bos, Rene (2007). Wisdom as the old dog ... with new tricks. Social Epistemology, 21 (2), 83-86. doi: 10.1080/02691720701393392
McKenna, B. (2007). Book Review. Phil Graham, Hypercapitalism: New media, language and social perceptions of value. Peter Lang Publishing, New York. Prometheus, 25 (2), 219-221.
Zhu, Yunxia, McKenna, Bernard and Sun, Zhu (2007). Negotiating with Chinese: Success of initial meetings is the key. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 14 (4), 354-364. doi: 10.1108/13527600710830368
McKenna, B. and Rooney, D. (2007). Wisdom in organisations: Whence and whither. Social Epistemology, 21 (2), 113-138. doi: 10.1080/02691720701393434
McKenna, Bernard. and Waddell, Neal (2007). Media-ted political oratory following terrorist events: International political responses to the 2005 London bombing. Journal of Language and Politics, 6 (3), 377-399. doi: 10.1075/jlp.6.3.06mck
McKenna, Bernard, Rooney, David and Liesch, Peter W. (2006). Beyond knowledge to wisdom in international business strategy. Prometheus (Abingdon), 24 (3), 283-300. doi: 10.1080/08109020600877576
McKenna, Bernard and Waddell, Neal (2006). Technologizing inhumanity: A discursive practice. Critical Discourse Studies, 3 (2), 211-228. doi: 10.1080/17405900600908129
McKenna, B. (2006). Book Review: Darin Barney. The Network Society. Polity Press: Malden MA.. Prometheus, 24 (1), 124-126.
McKenna, Bernard (2006). Unchartered waters: Social responsibility in Australian trade unions by Greg Mallory. Social Alternatives, 25 (3), 69-71.
Rooney, David, McKenna, Bernard and Keenan, Thomas (2006). Copyright and cultural production: A knowledge and wisdom theory perspective on education policy. Policy Futures in Education, 4 (4), 379-394. doi: 10.2304/pfie.2006.4.4.380
McKenna, B. (2005). Guest editorial. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 35 (4), 343-344.
Rooney, D. and McKenna, B. (2005). Should the knowledge-based economy be a savant or a sage? Wisdom and socially intelligent innovation. Prometheus, 23 (3), 307-323. doi: 10.1080/08109020500211025
McKenna, B. (2005). Creative Knowledge Environments: The influences on creativity in Research and Innovation. Prometheus, 23 (2), 246-249. doi: 10.1080/08109020500238267
McKenna, Bernard (2004). Critical discourse studies: Where to from here?. Critical Discourse Studies, 1 (1), 9-39. doi: 10.1080/17405900410001674498
McKenna, B. (2004). Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science and Technology. Prometheus, 22 (2), 225-227. doi: 10.1080/0810902042000271798
McKenna, B. (2004). Public policy in knowledge-based economies: Foundations and Frameworks. Prometheus, 22 (1), 112-115. doi: 10.1080/0810902032000194065
McKenna, B. J. (2004). The new knowledge economy in Europe: A strategy for international competitiveness and social cohesion. Labour & Industry, 15 (1), 95-97.
McKenna, Bernard (2003). The Internet in Everyday Life by Barry Wellman & Caroline Haythornthwaite & Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley by Chris Benner. Prometheus, 21 (3), 367-370. doi: 10.1080/0810902032000118249
McKenna, Bernard (2002). Book Review: Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends. Prometheus, 21.
McKenna, Bernard (2002). Social Change, Public Policy, and Community Collaborations: Training Human Development Professionals for the Twenty-first Century Eds. Penny A. Ralston, Richard M. Lerner, Ann K. Mullis, Coby B. Simerly and John B. Murray. Prometheus, 20 (2), 189-190. doi: 10.1080/08109020210138988
McKenna, Bernard (2002). Book Review: Fibreculture Reader: Politics of a digital present. Media Culture & Society, 4 (3), 423-429. doi: 10.1177/146144480200400306
McKenna, Bernard (2002). Book Review: What's the matter with the internet?. Prometheus, 20 (4), 397-399. doi: 10.1080/0810902021000023318
McKenna, Bernard (2002). Constructivism in science education: A philosophical examination. Ed. M.R. Matthews. Poverty and Inequality. Prometheus, 20 (2), 190-190. doi: 10.1080/08109020210138988
McKenna, Bernard (2001). Review of: Body and organization / edited by John Hassard, Ruth Holliday, and Hugh Willmott. Prometheus, 19 (2), 171-175. doi: 10.1080/08109020110064152
McKenna, B. (2001). Labour responses to globalization: The Australian experience. Asia Pacific Business Review, 7 (1), 71-104.
McKenna, Bernard (2000). Labour responses to globalization: The Australian experience. Asia Pacific Business Review, 7 (1), 99-104.
Graham, P. W. and McKenna, B. (2000). A theoretical and analytical Synthesis of autopoiesis and sociolinguistics for the study of organisational communication. Social Semiotics, 10 (1), 41-59. doi: 10.1080/103503300114540
McKenna, B. and Graham, P. W. (2000). Technocratic discourse: a primer. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 30 (3), 223-251. doi: 10.2190/56FY-V5TH-2U3U-MHQK
Klein, William D. and Mckenna, Bernard (1997). Policies and procedures. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 27 (2), 147-161. doi: 10.2190/5KYT-8P67-0KLF-U8EU
McKenna, Bernard (1997). How engineers write: an empirical study of engineering report writing. Applied Linguistics, 18 (2), 189-211. doi: 10.1093/applin/18.2.189
Conference Papers
Brienza, Justin P., McKenna, Bernard and Intezari, Ali (2022). Perceptions of leader wisdom and follower resilience in crises. Society for the Study of Human Development 2021-2022 Conference Series, Online, 4-5 April 2022. Gainesville, FL, United States: Society For The Study Of Human Development.
Orole, Felix Akinwumi, McKenna, Bernard Joseph, Hartel, Charmine E. J. and Forbes, Elana (2019). Unanticipated change in organisational leadership: an employees’ perspective in Australian SMEs. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2019, Boston, MA United States, 9-13 August 2019. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2019.15973abstract
Intezari, Ali and McKenna, Bernard (2018). Preparing leaders for the Anthropocene era. Australian Business Ethics Network (ABEN), Auckland, New Zealand, 9-11 December 2018.
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2013). Institutionalized ethics and the deskilling of wisdom. ABEN2013: 3rd Annual Australasian Business Ethics Network Conference on Business, Ethics and Business Ethics. Managing Ethics On The Loose, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 1-3 December, 2013.
Rooney, David and McKenna, Bernard (2013). Conation and courage in practice based wisdom and ethics: a history of philosophical practices. ABEN2013: 3rd Annual Australasian Business Ethics Network Conference on Business, Ethics and Business Ethics. Managing Ethics On The Loose, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 1-3 December, 2013.
Biloslavo, Roberto and McKenna, Bernard (2011). Wisdom and transformational leadership: A conceptual model. CMS7 2011: 7th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Naples, Italy, July 11-13 2011. CMS7.
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2010). The problem of spirituality in the workplace. Wisdom in Management Conference, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia, 8-9 July 2010.
Zhu, Yunxia and McKenna, Bernard (2009). Media Discourse Study About Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in Australian Mining Industry. Symposium on English as the Language of Asian Business and Professions (ELABP), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 5-6 November 2009.
McKenna, B. (2009). Asking the right questions for a wisdom culture. ANZAM 2009 Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, 1-4 December 2009. Melbourne, Victoria: ANZAM Secretariat.
Waddell, N. and McKenna, B. (2008). Managers extended working hours: The cognitive dissonance of institutional expectation and individual obligation. The 58th Annual International Communication Association 2008 Conference, Montreal, Canada, 22-26 May, 2008.
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2007). Critical ontological acuity as the foundation of wise leadership. 6th Annual International Studying Leadership Conference. 2007 Studying Leadership Conference, Coventry, United Kingdom, 13-14 December 2007. United Kingdom: The Institute of Governance and Public Management (IGPM), Warwick Business School.
Rooney, D. and McKenna, B. (2007). A research agenda for wisdom-based leadership using (Critical) Discourse Theory. Festschrift to Honours James G. (Jerry) Hunt, Lubbock, Texas, 11-12 October, 2007. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University.
Waddell, N. and McKenna, B. (2007). Professional and managerial work time: A critical Australian perspective. 5th International Critical Management Studies Conference (CMS 2007), Manchester, 11-13 July, 2007. Hamilton, New Zealand: Waikato Management School.
Zhu, Y. and McKenna, B. (2007). Towards a Conceptual Model of Cross-Cultural Competence for Business Communication. 19th Biennial Conference of the World Communication Association: Communication in the 21st Century: Exploring Roots; Expanding Visions, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 27-31 July 2007. Brisbane: World Communication Association.
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2006). Organizational isomorphism, hard discourses, and environmental catastrophe. 2nd Australasian Caucus of the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, Auckland, New Zealand, 29 November - 1 December 2006.
Ayoko, O. B. and McKenna, B. (2006). Remoteness, Indigeneity and Community Health Engagement Processes: A Discursive Approach. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA, 11-16 August, 2006. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management.
McKenna, B. and Waddell, N. (2006). Media-ted political responses to the 2005 London bombing: Deontics and epideictics. 56th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association: Networking Communication Research, Dresden, Germany, 19-23 June 2006.
van Kasteren, Yasmin and McKenna, Bernard (2006). The Micro Processes of Citizen Jury Deliberation: Implications for Deliberative Democracy. 56th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany, 19-23 June, 2006.
McKenna, B., Boal, K. and Rooney, D. (2006). Using wisdom principles to guide authentic leadership research. Second Biannual Gallup Leadership Institute Summit, Gallup World Headquarters, Washington DC, 7-9 October, 2006.
Rooney, D. and McKenna, B. (2006). The knowledge, wisdom and intellectual leadership: A question of the future and knowledge-based sustainability. KMAP 2006, Hong Kong, 11-13 December, 2006. Forthcoming in Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital.
Parsons, and McKenna, B. (2006). Rationalising corporate-community engagement: A critical discourse perspective. 7th International Conference on Organizational Discourse, Amsterdam, 26-28 July, 2006.
Parsons, Richard and McKenna, Bernard J. (2006). Constructing social responsibility in mining company reports. International Conference on Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory into Research, Launceston, Australia, 15-18 November 2005. Launceston, Australia: Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania.
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2005). Wisdom Management: Tensions Between Theory And Practice In Practice. KMAP 2005 Knowledge Management in Asia Pacific Conference: Building a Knowledge Society, School of Information Management and the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 28-29 November, 2005. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University, Wellington.
Brereton, D. J., Beach, R., Callan, V. J., Cheshire, L. A., McKenna, B., Paulsen, N. and Parsons, D.E.R. (2005). Engaging on the ground: Site-level community engagement practices in the Australian minerals industry. Sustainable Development Conference 2005 (SD05), Alice Springs, NT, 31 October - 4 November 2005. Kingston, ACT: Minerals Council of Australia.
McKenna, B., Rooney, D. and Liesch, P. W. (2005). Beyond knowledge to wisdom in international business strategy. 31st European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference, Oslo, Norway, 10-13 December 2005. Oslo, Norway: European International Business Academy (EIBA).
McKenna, B. (2005). What is this thing called community? A communication perspective. International Conference on Engaging Communities, Brisbane, QLD, Austalia, 14-17 August, 2005. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Department of Main Roads.
McKenna, B. J., Beach, R., Brereton, D. and Callan, V. J. (2005). Measuring Community Engagement Through Sense of Place and Identity. IAP2 Conference: Risks and Rewards in Public Participation, Sydney, 6-8 March, 2005.
McKenna, B. and Wardell, N. (2004). The Technologizing of inhumane practices. International Communication Association Conference 2004, New Orleans USA, 27-31 May 2004.
Rooney, D., McKenna, B. and D'Agostino, F. B. (2004). Wisdom as an attribute of knowledge work. International Conference of Knowledge Management in Asia Pacific (KMAP), Taipei, Taiwan, 7-8 December, 2004. Taipei. Taiwan: National Taiwan University.
McKenna, Bernard (2004). When Mining Companies Discover the Triple Bottom line. SCOS 2004 Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 3-4 December, 2004.
Rooney, David, McKenna, Bernard and Hearn, Greg (2003). The knowledge-based economy: Savant or sage?. Knowledge and Economic and Social Change: New Challenges to Innovation Studies Conference, Manchester University, 7-9 April 2003. University of Manchester and UMIST: Centre for Research in Innovation and Competition.
McKenna, Bernard (2003). Hype about hypertext. International Conference on Research and Practice in Professional Discourse, City University of Hong Kong, 15 -19 November, 2000.
McKenna, Bernard (1997). Phenomena and Epiphenomena: is Pauline Hanson racist?. ANZCA Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne, July 7-9, 1997.
Research Report
Collins, Michael, McKenna, Bernard and Intezari, Ali (2020). Leading to serve: a community-centred approach to leadership in the Queensland Police Service. Brisbane, Queensland: The University of Queensland.
Seminar Paper
McKenna, Bernard and Rooney, David (2009). An archaeology and genealogy of financial irrealis. Discourse and Financialisation Workshop. Business School, Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney.
Generic Document
Bromley, M., Fitzgerald, R. D., Gallois, C., Leach, J., McKenna, B. and Rooney, D. (2009). Recommendations for a directed approach to science communication along the National Framework/Local Action model. Submission on National Science Communication Strategy.
Preprint
Thesis
McKenna, Bernard Joseph (1999). How labor lost its labour: A critical discourse analysis of the Hawke-Keating years. PhD Thesis, Graduate School of Education, The University of Queensland.