Adderley Positive Research Incubator

Since our first gathering in 2004, the Adderley Positive Research Incubator has enabled 250 researchers in the broad domain of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) to share early research ideas. Designed to foster a developmental environment characterized by positive regard, generative insights, and new collaborative possibilities, incubators encourage both high-quality research and scholarly growth.

On October 10, 2016, we honored the generous support of Terence E. Adderley with the naming of the Adderley Positive Research Incubator.

In the spring of 2021, we relaunched the Adderley Positive Research Incubator to celebrate and invest in the research ideas of young scholars (doctoral students and junior faculty members). We redesigned the incubator to enable young scholars to offer research ideas and have designated faculty build on these ideas.

The design also invites incubator attendees (from our 800+ person POS Community of Scholars) to offer gifts of feedback and to share their major learning from the presented research. By design, the research incubator is an exciting forum for the growth, celebration, and expansion of research ideas aimed at fostering our understanding of the science of thriving organizations.

The September 11, 2024, session will mark the 250th Adderley Positive Research Incubator presentation. We will celebrate this milestone in POS research with a special incubator event that invites us all to “look back to look forward,” revisiting what is distinctive about a positive lens and re-narrating some signature moves that illuminate generative processes in organizations and organizing. Please join us for this special online event (registration below).

250th Adderley Positive Research Incubator

Wednesday, September 11, 2:00 p.m. ET
Join is us for this milestone event as we “look back to look forward,” revisiting what is distinctive about a positive lens and re-narrating some signature moves that illuminate generative processes in organizations and organizing.
Details and registration
 
 

Working Alone Together: Interventions to Boost Gig Worker Focus and Mood

Brittany Lambert, Indiana University
Wednesday, October 9, 2:00 p.m. ET
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Promoting Psychological Safety and Voice in Work Groups

Nicole Abi-Esber, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Wednesday, November 13, 2:00 p.m. ET
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Creating an Optimal Workplace: How Expressions of Gratitude and Appreciation Enhance Employee’s Sense of Belonging

Ayana Younge, University of Virginia
Wednesday, December 4, 2:00 p.m. ET
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Commitment, Doubt, and Entrepreneurial Persistence

Greg Fetzer, University of Liverpool
Wednesday, January 22, 2:00 p.m. ET
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How Peer Development Groups Impact Business Leaders and, Consequently, their Organizations Over Time?

Roman Terekhin, George Mason University
Wednesday, February 12, 2:00 p.m. ET
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The Perceived Interpersonal Risks of Helping Others Grow

Grace Cormier, Harvard University
Wednesday, March 12, 2:00 p.m. ET
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Lonely or Just Alone? Beliefs Shape the Experience of Being Alone

Micaela Rodriguez, University of Michigan
Wednesday, April 9, 2:00 p.m. ET
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Members of our POS Community of Scholars and any interested scholars or researchers are invited to attend our Adderley Positive Research Incubators. Not yet a member of our Community of Scholars? Join here: https://myumi.ch/dkxRG. For more information about the Adderley Positive Research Incubator sessions, contact us at cpo-events@umich.edu.