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Thriving at work: Toward its measurement, construct validation, and theoretical refinement
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012-02)
Giving peace a chance: organizational leadership, empowerment, and peace An earlier version of this paper was presented at an All Academy Symposium entitled ‘A role for organizations in sustainable peace’ at the 2005 National Academy of Management Meetings, August 7–10, Hawaii.
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007-11)
This paper provides an exploratory look at how the leadership practices of business organizations may foster more peaceful societies. I develop the logic for positive relationships between participative organizational ...
To stay or to go: voluntary survivor turnover following an organizational downsizing
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2002-09)
This paper examines the relationship between survivor reactions to a downsizing and retention subsequent to a downsizing. We hypothesize that survivors who experience the downsizing as distributively, procedurally, and ...
Reading the wind: how middle managers assess the context for selling issues to top managers
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1997-05)
Issue selling is an important mechanism for creating change initiatives in organizations. This paper presents two studies that examine what middle managers think about as they decide whether or not to sell strategic issues ...
Too much of a good thing: Curvilinear effect of positive affect on proactive behaviors
(SageWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2014-05)
The contours and consequences of compassion at work
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008-02)
This paper describes two studies that explore core questions about compassion at work. Findings from a pilot survey indicate that compassion occurs with relative frequency among a wide variety of individuals, suggesting a ...
The Amplifying and Buffering Effects of Virtuousness in Downsized Organizations
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2006-03)
Virtuousness refers to the pursuit of the highest aspirations in the human condition. It is characterized by human impact, moral goodness, and unconditional societal betterment. Several writers have recently argued that ...
Crafting scholarly life: Strategies for creating meaning in academic careers
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2011-08)
Job crafting, which occurs when individuals proactively make changes to their jobs, can be a useful tool for academics seeking more meaningful careers. We suggest changes to the cognitive, task, and relational aspects of ...
Ethics and Ethos: The Buffering and Amplifying Effects of Ethical Behavior and Virtuousness
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-06)
Logical and moral arguments have been made for the organizational importance of ethos or virtuousness, in addition to ethics and responsibility. Research evidence is beginning to provide, empirical support for such normative ...