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March 30, 2021
Photo: Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash POISED (Positive Organizational Inclusion Scholarship for Equity and Diversity) Research Spotlight Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) Faculty Affiliate Courtney McCluney recently co-authored the paper “‘Against a sharp white background’: How Black women experience the white gaze at work” in the journal Gender, Work, & Organization. The paper, co-authored with Verónica Caridad […]
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March 26, 2021
We are resolute in the stance that hate, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and white supremacy of any kind have no home at the Center for Positive Organizations. We are angry and heartbroken by the increasing number of attacks against Asian Americans across the United States, including the recent mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, where eight people […]
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March 25, 2021
Businesses that take a few tangible actions can improve their employees’ lives as well as their own performance, Ross School of Business Professor [and Center for Positive Organizations Faculty Associate] Ach Adhvaryu explains in a new video. As part of a TEDx Gateway webinar series called “The World Has Changed,” Adhvaryu recently gave a live-streamed talk titled […]
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March 11, 2021
Photo: Helena Lopes on Pexels Several Center for Positive Organization (CPO) researchers recently co-authored a paper called “Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health” in The Journal of Positive Psychology. The paper, co-authored by researchers including CPO faculty affiliate Lea Waters, CPO co-founder Jane Dutton, and CPO faculty affiliate Barbara Fredrickson, […]
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March 9, 2021
U-M Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program awards $1.75M in grants to seven research projects The Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program at the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute has awarded research grants to seven projects aimed at reducing net carbon emissions. The multiyear program was created last year with a $5 million gift from an anonymous donor. […]
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March 9, 2021
Faculty Q&A Young people entering certain careers like medicine, ministry or public service may see their choice as not only a way to earn a living, but also to serve society. Andy Hoffman, professor of management and organizations at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business [and Center for Positive Organizations faculty associate], thinks […]
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March 9, 2021
Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) faculty affiliate Courtney McCluney speaks with Fast Company on The New Way We Work podcast episode titled “The toll of code-switching and the tyranny of culture fit.” The episode explores the exhausting labor that underrepresented people perform to fit in at workplaces biased toward white standards. For example, an employee […]
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March 9, 2021
Photo: Thought Catalog on Unsplash Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) faculty affiliate Lindsey Cameron visits the Work and Life podcast for an episode called “The Gig Economy and the Pandemic.” The episode explores Cameron’s research into how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted gig workers personally and professionally. Many gig workers are first generation Americans, people […]
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March 9, 2021
By: Wayne Baker
Photo: Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Here are six practices to help your team ask for and give more help to each other. Not long after Jim Mallozzi took charge of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation, the company hosted a convention for their many thousands of sales professionals around the world. The theme of my first […]
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February 21, 2021
Photo: LinkedIn Sales Navigator on Unsplash POISED (Positive Organizational Inclusion Scholarship for Equity and Diversity) Research Spotlight Sandra Cha, Stephanie Creary, and Laura Morgan Roberts recently co-authored a paper titled “Fumbling in relationships across difference: The potential spiraling effects of a single racial identity reference at work” in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. The paper explores […]
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February 16, 2021
Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) faculty affiliate Adam Grant encourages people to reconsider their assumptions in his new book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. Grant’s timely book suggests that learning to question your opinions and open other people’s minds can be beneficial at work and in life. He recently talked […]
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February 10, 2021
Photo: Lisa Fotios on Pexels Members of a team are more willing to share their diverse perspectives when they receive affirmation from individuals outside their team, according to a recent research paper by Julia Lee Cunningham, Francesca Gino, Dan Cable, and Bradley Staats. Teamwork can accomplish great things. Yet past research has shown that teams […]
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