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 1,000+ 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.
On September 11, 2024, we hosted the 250th session of the Adderley Positive Research Incubator. This celebratory online gathering marked not just a number, but a living legacy—a vibrant community investing in the science of thriving organizations and the people who lead this work. Watch the videos!
Fall 2025 Sessions
Humanizing Work: How Personal Grief-Inducing Events Affect Professional Life
Lidiia Pletneva, London School of Economics and Political Science
Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 2:00 p.m. ET
To Err is Algorithmic: How Organizations Can Derive Value from Imperfect Predictive Algorithms
Elisabeth Yang, Yale University
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 2:00 p.m. ET
Tap Filtering: A Framework for Understanding How Strategic Self-Disclosure Shapes Workplace Relationships
Natalie Longmire, Tulane University
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 2:00 p.m. ET
What is Felt and What is Spoken? Employee Emotional Accountability Contributes to Voice via Greater Commitment
Jacob Levitt, Indiana University
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 2:00 p.m. ET
Winter 2026 Sessions
Holding on, Letting Go: Relational Reconstruction After Role Transition Away from Beneficiaries
Solomiya Draga, Harvard University
Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET
Fixing Relationality into a Sustainability that Challenges Unjust Market Systems
Cat Summers, University of Michigan
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET
Under the Surface: The Emotional and Relational Power of Secret Conversations at Work
Ashlyee Freeman, Emory University
Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET
DEI U-Turns: Understanding Negative Shifts in Attitudes Towards DEI
Camellia Bryan, University of British Columbia
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET
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.
To respect the confidential nature of research-in-progress and safeguard the work of our scholars, we kindly ask that AI-enabled notetaking or transcription tools (including AI bots) are not used during these sessions. Thank you for helping us foster a respectful and secure environment.