November 17, 2006
By: Jane Dutton, Belle Rose Ragins
Topic(s): Positive Relationships
This edited volume brings together a select group of leading organizational scholars for the purpose of developing a foundation-setting book on positive relationships at work. Positive Relationships at Work (PRW) is a rich new interdisciplinary domain of inquiry that focuses on the generative processes, relational mechanisms and outcomes associated with positive relationships between people at work. This volume builds a solid foundation for this promising new area of scholarly inquiry and offers a multidisciplinary exploration of how relationships at work become a source of growth, vitality, learning and generative states of human and collective flourishing. A unique feature of the book is the use of a connecting commentator chapter at the end of each section. The Commentator Chapters, written by preeminent scholars, uncover and discuss integrative themes that emerge within sections.
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September 4, 2006
By: Kim S. Cameron, Edward D. Hess
Topic(s): Positive Ethics & Virtues, Positive Leadership
Values-based leadership is based upon honesty, respect, trust, and dignity, and it regards every employee within a company as a valued human being. This book shows how leaders can create extraordinary outcomes without sacrificing performance and profits, by acting ethically and virtuously, and treating all stakeholders with respect and dignity.
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August 1, 2006
By: Kim S. Cameron, Marc Lavine
Topic(s): Positive Leadership
Making the Impossible Possible reveals how breakthrough levels of performance can be achieved by any organization. Their example: the stunning success in the cleanup of Rocky Flats, one of the worst environmental disasters in the world.
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July 23, 2006
By: Wayne Baker
Topic(s): Positive Ethics & Virtues
Keyword(s): America, American, society, values
Is America bitterly divided? Has America lost its traditional values? Many politicians and religious leaders believe so, as do the majority of Americans, based on public opinion polls taken over the past several years. But is this crisis of values real? This book explores the moral terrain of America today, analyzing the widely held perception […]
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April 12, 2004
By: Robert E. Quinn
Topic(s): Positive Leadership
Keyword(s): Change
This comprehensive volume identifies the foundations and scholarly development of the construct of organizational effectiveness, charting its emergence and maturing in organizational studies literature.
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August 1, 2003
By: Kim S. Cameron, Robert E. Quinn, Jane Dutton
Written by senior scholars and internationally known authors, Positive Organizational Scholarship establishes a new field of study in the organizational sciences. While the concept of positive organizational scholarship encompasses the examination of typical and even dysfunctional patterns of behavior, it emphasizes positive deviance from expected patterns. Positive Organizational Scholarship examines the enablers, motivations, and effects […]
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July 25, 2003
By: Jane Dutton
Topic(s): Positive Relationships
Keyword(s): Resilience
Jane E. Dutton provides three pathways for turning negative connections into positive ones that create and sustain employee resilience and flexibility, facilitate the speed and quality of learning, and build individual commitment and cooperation.
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August 27, 2001
By: Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Robert E. Quinn
Topic(s): Positive Leadership
Keyword(s): Change, Empowerment, Energy
To be successful in today’s business environment, organizations need the knowledge, ideas, energy, and creativity of every employee. The best companies accomplish this by turning themselves into a company of leaders–an organization in which employees at every level take the initiative and act as though the business where their own.
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May 9, 2001
By: Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Warren Bennis
The Future of Leadership is a book that is inspiring, wise, and a joy to read. It honors the spirit and force of one of the world’s greatest thinkers on leadership, Warren Bennis. A must-read for students of the new, new economy-the hybrid that bridges the professionalism of the old with the agility of the […]
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July 31, 2000
By: Wayne Baker
Topic(s): Positive Relationships
Keyword(s): networks, organizational success, Relationships
A major secret to getting ahead in business today lies in the art of developing, maintaining, and using people networks. Indeed, it’s no exaggeration to say that the ability to build strong personal relationships and effectively manage networks of people can both make your career and enable you to assure the success of your organization. […]
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April 1, 2000
By: Robert E. Quinn
The idea that inner change makes outer change possible has always been part of spiritual and psychological teachings. But, until now, it’s an idea that hasn’t usually been addressed in leadership and management training. With Change the World! Quinn turns this idea into an action guide for organization leaders, managers, parents, and everyone else who wants to make a difference. Change the World presents eight principles that each of us can follow to make individual and organizational change happen: envision the productive community; first look within; embrace the hypocritical self; transcend fear; embody a vision of the common good; disturb the system; surrender to the emergent process; and entice through moral power.
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January 1, 1999
By: Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Jay A. Conger, Edward E. Lawler III, Warren Bennis
Recently, the nation’s top business researchers and practitioners gathered on the University of Southern California campus. They came together at the invitation of USC’s Leadership Institute and the Center for Effective Organizations, two of the country’s premier think tanks on leadership and change. Their mission: to collaborate on a book that would present the most […]
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