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April 26, 2016
Ross Professor Wayne Baker once got stranded in Canada while sailing with his family. The response of complete strangers to drop everything and come to his rescue kicks off Baker’s recent TEDxUofM talk “The Paying It Forward Paradox.”
April 26, 2016
Reprinted from Ross Thought in Action It’s like the old saying goes: A good conference is nothing without a good soundtrack… Well, at least we think that’s an old saying? On May 12-13, Michigan Ross will host its third annual Positive Business Conference, featuring presentations from executives at Google, Patagonia, PwC, and the Kellogg Company, […]
April 26, 2016
Reprinted from Ross Thought in Action BY TERRY KOSDROSKY Research by Professors Scott DeRue and Sue Ashford shows how everyday interactions shape group leadership, and why you should spread that leadership around. Ever work with a group of peers and somebody, seemingly naturally, takes charge and becomes the de facto leader? Or did your group […]
April 26, 2016
Generalized reciprocity is the concept that if you help me and I feel gratitude as a result of your help, then I will pay it forward and help someone else. Wayne Baker, one of U-M’s very own professors and a CPO core faculty member, presented his research on generalized reciprocity at this year’s TEDx UofM […]
April 25, 2016
In the HBR column “Teams Who Share Personal Stories Are More Effective,” author Francecsa Gino talks about collaboration and the effect of relational self affirmation when working with teams. Her research, along with CPO post-doctoral fellow, Julia Lee and others, has found that relational self affirmation processing can heighten individual team members’ contributions and the team’s outcomes as […]
April 21, 2016
Julia Lee has been awarded the Best Symposium Award by the Organizational Behavior division of the Academy of Management. The award “recognizes the symposium that best exemplifies interesting, important, and high-impact research.” The symposium, which Lee co-organized with Ting Zhang from Columbia University, is titled “Behavioral Ethics at Work: A Move Towards Developing Interventions that […]
April 21, 2016
Gretchen Spreitzer was interviewed about her ‘jerks at work’ research for an episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s RN podcast, Best Practice. Early in the episode, Spreitzer explains, “A jerk can range from the person who harasses people … all the way to somebody who acts in incivil ways to others.” She elaborates that incivility […]
April 21, 2016
The 2016 Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award for early- to mid-career scholars goes to Michigan Ross Professor David Mayer for his prolific and high-quality research. The prestigious award is given by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. Mayer, a Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow and associate professor of management and organizations, […]
April 20, 2016
Michigan Ross faculty and executives from leading companies to inspire attendees to lead positive change within their organizations The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business today announced keynote and featured speakers for its third annual Positive Business Conference, which will take place May 12-13, 2016 at Michigan Ross in Ann Arbor, Mich. Featured speakers […]
April 19, 2016
This story is republished from the Michigan Alumni Association To promote his new book, “Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World,” Adam Grant crisscrossed continents last winter. From Los Angeles to London, he took part in a number of conversational events with rock stars of the new economy. In California, he spoke with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg […]
April 18, 2016
Bruce Pfau, vice chair of human resources and communications at KPMG, wrote about generational [in]differences in the Harvard Business Review article, “What do Millennials Really Want at Work? The Same Things the Rest of us do.” He begins by examining the stereotypes that exist about Millennials: they are self-centered, lazy, and wired for instant gratification. He […]
April 18, 2016
In the Harvard Business Review article, “Good Bosses Create More Wellness Than Wellness Plans Do,” author Emma Seppala cites research from the “pioneers of positive organizational psychology” including CPO faculty members Kim Cameron and Jane Dutton. The article questions what leads to employee happiness and examines current practices to try and improve employee well-being such as corporate wellness programs. […]