Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations

Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation
Herausgeber: Golden-Biddle, Karen; Dutton, Jane E

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 894g
• ISBN-13: 9780415878852
• ISBN-10: 0415878853
• Artikelnr.: 33867994

Autorenporträt

Karen Golden-Biddle is Everett W Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Boston University School of Management. She currently serves as Senior Associate Dean. Karen received her PhD from Case Western Reserve University. Her research interests focus on large-scale organizational change, cultural dynamics and micro-processes in change, and health system transformation. She also examines the process of theorizing in field-based research.　 Jane E. Dutton is the Robert l. Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Psychology at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. She is currently Associate Director of the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship. Jane received her Ph.D from Northwestern University. Her research interests focus on organizations and compassion, high quality connections at work, job crafting and the dynamics of positive identities.　

Inhaltsangabe

A. Brief
M. Frese
K. Elsbach
Series Foreword. Part 1. Introduction. J. Dutton
K. Golden-Biddle
E. Feldman
The Call: Why a Book Now on Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations? Part 2. Change Agency. O. Branzei
Social Change Agency Under Adversity: How Relational Processes (Re)produce Hope in Hopeless Settings. S. Sonenshein
Being a Positive Social Change Agent through Issue Selling. T. Rimac
J. Mair
J. Battilana
Social Entrepreneurs
Socialization Processes
and Divergent Change: The Case of Sekem. D. Meyerson
L. Wernick
Power Beyond the Purse: Philanthropic Foundations as Agents of Social Change. E. Steckler
J. Bartunek
Revealing Themes: Applying a Positive Lens to the Chapters on Change Agency. Part 3. Environment and Sustainability. A.J. Hoffman
K.K. Badiane
N. Haigh
Hybrid Organizations as Agents of Positive Social Change: Bridging the For-Profit and Non-profit Divide. D. Riddell
O. Tjornbo
F. Westley
Agency and Innovation in a Phase of Turbulent Change: Conservation in the Great Bear Rain Forest. M. Feldman
Practicing Sustainability. P. Perez-Aleman
Connecting Sustainability Movements and Enterprises in Developing Economies: Building Networks and Capabilities. J. Howard-Grenville
Revealing Themes: Applying a Positive Lens to the Chapters on Environment and Sustainability. Part 4. Health Care. M.G. Pratt
C.M. Fiol
E.J. O'Connor
P. Panico
Promoting Positive Change in Physician-Administrator Relationships: The Importance of Identity Security in Managing Intractable Identity Conflicts. K. Golden-Biddle
K. Correia
Hope as Generative Dynamic in Transformational Change: Creating and Sustaining "Collaborative Care" in the ThedaCare Health System. R. Wells
Amplifying Resources and Buffering Demands: How Managers Can Support Front Line Staff in Loving Action for Each Child. V. Myers
L. Wooten
Generative Change in Health Care Organizations: From Inertia to Action in Reducing Patient Disparities. T. Reay
Revealing Themes: Applying a Positive Lens to the Chapters on Healthcare. Part 5. Poverty and Low-wage Work. C.R. Leana
E.E. Kossek
Positive Organizational Change by and for the Working Poor. C.M. Beckman
B. Gatewood
Building Organizations to Change Communities: Educational Entrepreneurs in Poor Urban Areas. L. Jones Christensen
Navigating Change in the Company of (Dissimilar) Others: Co-Developing Relational Capabilities with Microcredit Clients. R. Canales
The Stranger as Friend: Loan Officers and Positive Deviance in Microfinance. J. Pearce
Revealing Themes: Applying a Positive Lens to the Chapters on Poverty and Low-wage Work. Part 6. Conclusion. K. Golden-Biddle
J. Dutton
E. Feldman
The Response: What Does This Book Contribute to the Understanding of Social Change and Organizations?