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Five keys to flourishing in trying times
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010)
Kim Cameron reports on two decades of empirical research on organizations that have faced difficult economic situations but achieved unexpected and exceptional levels of success. Examining these organizations, Cameron has ...
Decentralized dynamic processes for finding equilibrium
(Elsevier, 1992-04)
This paper describes a class of decentralized dynamic processes designed to converge to equilibrium when the equilibrium equations are linear. These processes can also be viewed as distributed algorithms for solving systems ...
Prejudice toward Immigrants to Spain and Israel
(Sage Publications, 1998)
An integrated threat theory composed of four variables was used to predict attitudes toward immigrant groups in Spain and Israel. The four threats are symbolic threats based on value differences between groups; realistic ...
The Idea of Social Life
(Sage Publications, 1995)
This paper reclaims the idea that human society is a form of life, an idea once vibrant in the work of Toennies, Durkheim, Simmel, Le Bon, Kroeber, Freud, Bion, and Follett but moribund today. Despite current disparagements, ...
Thriving at work: Toward its measurement, construct validation, and theoretical refinement
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012-02)
Social Network Analysis: Recent Achievements and Current Controversies
(Sage Publications, 1994)
Network analysis has grown rapidly over the past two decades, but criticisms of the approach have increased as well This article focuses on several accomplishments and unresolved problems of the network approach In the ...
Mosque-based emotional support among young Muslim Americans
(2013)
Despite a growing literature on social support networks in religious settings (i.e., church-based social support), little is known about mosque-based support among Muslims. This study investigates the demographic and ...
“We're Not Speaking Any More”: A Cross-Cultural Study of Intergenerational Cut-Offs
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-06)
This study of individuals in the U.S. and Tamil Nadu, India, examines the reasons given for voluntary limitations on contact between adult children and their parents (“cut-offs”). We examine the possibly that these breeches ...
Paradox in Positive Organizational Change
(NTL Institute - Sage, 2008-03)
Positive organizational change is a paradox. On the one hand, natural human inclinations toward the positive and heliotropic tendencies foster a proclivity toward positive change in human systems. On the other hand, human ...