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Collaborative Creative Climate Study: Using Creative Systems To Improve Organizational Performance., James H. Wardlaw 2015 Buffalo State College

Collaborative Creative Climate Study: Using Creative Systems To Improve Organizational Performance., James H. Wardlaw

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

In response to an increasingly complex and fast-moving competitive landscape, organizational creativity is more frequently being identified as an area of potential strategic advantage. Leadership often lacks the knowledge, tools and access necessary to effectively incorporate creativity in a manner that meets the strategic and tactical demands of businesses. The Collaborative Creative Climate Study explores this challenge and proposes a systemic approach to creativity in organizational performance that provides leadership with a comprehensive view of creativity at all levels within the organizational framework that identifies weak dimensions in the creative climate, enhances teamwork and increases employee engagement.


How "Situational" Is Judgment In Situational Judgment Tests?, Stefan KRUMM, Filip LIEVENS, Joachim HUFFMEIER, Anastasiya A. LIPNEVICH, Hanna BENDELS, Gudio HERTEL 2015 Freie Universitat Berlin

How "Situational" Is Judgment In Situational Judgment Tests?, Stefan Krumm, Filip Lievens, Joachim Huffmeier, Anastasiya A. Lipnevich, Hanna Bendels, Gudio Hertel

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Whereas situational judgment tests (SJTs) have traditionally been conceptualized as low-fidelity simulations with an emphasis on contextualized situation descriptions and context-dependent knowledge, a recent perspective views SJTs as measures of more general domain (context-independent) knowledge. In the current research, we contrasted these 2 perspectives in 3 studies by removing the situation descriptions (i.e., item stems) from SJTs. Across studies, the traditional contextualized SJT perspective was not supported for between 43% and 71% of the items because it did not make a significant difference whether the situation description was included or not for these items. These results were replicated across construct …


Speaking Truth To Power: The Effect Of Candid Feedback On How Individuals With Power Allocate Resources, Burak OC, Michael R. BASHSHUR, Celia MOORE 2015 Università Bocconi

Speaking Truth To Power: The Effect Of Candid Feedback On How Individuals With Power Allocate Resources, Burak Oc, Michael R. Bashshur, Celia Moore

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Subordinates are often seen as impotent, able to react to but not affect how powerholders treat them. Instead, we conceptualize subordinate feedback as an important trigger of powerholders’ behavioral self-regulation, and explore subordinates’ reciprocal influence on how powerholders allocate resources to them over time. In two experiments using a multi-party, multi-round dictator game paradigm, we find that when subordinates provided candid feedback about whether they found prior allocations to be fair or unfair, powerholders regulated how self-interested their allocations were over time. However, when subordinates provided compliant feedback about powerholders’ prior allocation decisions (offered consistently positive feedback, regardless of the …


Most Admired Leader/Most Admired Follower, Susan D. Baker, Erica L. Anthony, Susan A. Stites-Doe 2015 Morgan State University

Most Admired Leader/Most Admired Follower, Susan D. Baker, Erica L. Anthony, Susan A. Stites-Doe

Organization Management Journal

In introducing concepts of leadership and followership to students, this experiential exercise highlights qualities associated with the leader and follower roles. Various learning objectives guide the development of the exercise. They focus on identification of behavioral qualities possessed by both leaders and followers and on the importance of the leader-follower relationship to the organization’s achievement of goals. Theoretical underpinnings are stressed throughout. In the exercise, students individually develop a list of characteristics associated with their own most admired leader or follower and then share their lists in small groups. In plenary discussion, groups share all characteristics identified, and the instructor …


Setting Goals In Different Roles: Applying Key Results From The Goal-Setting Literature, Lynn E. Miller, Richard M. Weiss 2015 La Salle University

Setting Goals In Different Roles: Applying Key Results From The Goal-Setting Literature, Lynn E. Miller, Richard M. Weiss

Organization Management Journal

Decades of research have demonstrated that managers can effect substantial performance improvements by setting challenging and specific performance goals (Locke & Latham, 2002), providing goal-relevant feedback on a regular basis (Karakowsky & Mann, 2008), and, when appropriate, involving subordinates in goal setting (Stansfield & Longenecker, 2006). This article reviews core findings from the goal setting literature, and presents a collaborative exercise in which teams of students apply these findings to address management problems in five fictitious scenarios. Debriefing tips cite additional research evidence to allow for more nuanced classroom discussion of goal setting. A pretest indicated that prior to completing …


Mission-Centric Learning: Developing Students’ Workplace Readiness Skills, Lisa A. Burke-Smalley, Kathleen Wheatley 2015 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Mission-Centric Learning: Developing Students’ Workplace Readiness Skills, Lisa A. Burke-Smalley, Kathleen Wheatley

Organization Management Journal

We discuss and evaluate the implementation of a mission-centric course project that is strategically tied to learning outcomes important to colleges of business. Specifically, to support our college’s mission, undergraduate students enrolled in a training and development class were tasked with applying course concepts to assess the need for, to design, and to deliver (to other business students) workplace readiness training. To aid other management educators interested in adopting similar strategically aligned and feedback-rich learning experiences, we outline and discuss relevant project planning, design, and facilitation issues, as well as present a summary of initial results derived from this project.


The Way You Talk To Me: Bringing The Voice Back In Negotiation Practices, Kees Boersma 2015 VU University Amsterdam

The Way You Talk To Me: Bringing The Voice Back In Negotiation Practices, Kees Boersma

Organization Management Journal

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New Co-Editors And New Articles In Two Sections, Including One On “The Voice”, William P. Ferris 2015 Western New England University

New Co-Editors And New Articles In Two Sections, Including One On “The Voice”, William P. Ferris

Organization Management Journal

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Experiential Exercises On Goal Setting, Leadership/ Followership, And Workplace Readiness, Barbara A. Ritter 2015 Coastal Carolina University

Experiential Exercises On Goal Setting, Leadership/ Followership, And Workplace Readiness, Barbara A. Ritter

Organization Management Journal

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Implementing Voice Strategies In Extreme Negotiations: A Conversation With Christophe Caupenne, Successful Former Commando Of The French Raid Unit, Christophe Haag, Elizabeth Fresnel 2015 EMLYON Business School

Implementing Voice Strategies In Extreme Negotiations: A Conversation With Christophe Caupenne, Successful Former Commando Of The French Raid Unit, Christophe Haag, Elizabeth Fresnel

Organization Management Journal

This article explores the role voice plays in extreme negotiation through the point of view of a practitioner. In this study, we invite Christophe Caupenne, a former Research, Assistance, Intervention, and Deterrence (RAID) chief—now a private consultant to top managers and professional negotiators—to write in detail about his expertise. It was the first time he had fully reflected upon how his voice and vocal strategies psychologically impacted critical negotiations. Our goal was to determine whether business negotiators could learn from their well-trained police counterparts, many of whom engaged in high-stakes negotiations. We augmented our expert’s essay with a 2-hour interview, …


Ua41 University College Connection, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, University College 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua41 University College Connection, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, University College

UC Publications

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Trust Research Community Misses An Outstanding Scholar And Friend: Graham Dietz (1969-2014): Editorial, Peter Ping LI, Donald Lee FERRIN, Guido Möllering 2015 Singapore Management University

Trust Research Community Misses An Outstanding Scholar And Friend: Graham Dietz (1969-2014): Editorial, Peter Ping Li, Donald Lee Ferrin, Guido Möllering

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

As the world of academic research seems to be increasingly dominated by impact factors and performance indicators, it takes a personal tragedy to remind us of the human bonds we enjoy as part of our research and the outstanding people we have the privilege of meeting on our academic journeys. For the trust research community, Graham Dietz was unsurpassed in inspiring others with his extraordinary passion and insight. We are very sad to share the news that Graham passed away on Saturday, 20 December 2014, following the aftereffects of a heart attack a week earlier.


Anchors Weigh More Than Power: Why Absolute Powerlessness Liberates Negotiators To Achieve Better Outcomes, Michael SCHAERER, Roderick I. SWAAB, Adam D. GALINSKY 2015 Singapore Management University

Anchors Weigh More Than Power: Why Absolute Powerlessness Liberates Negotiators To Achieve Better Outcomes, Michael Schaerer, Roderick I. Swaab, Adam D. Galinsky

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The current research shows that having no power can be better than having a little power. Negotiators prefer having some power (weak negotiation alternatives) to having no power (no alternatives). We challenge this belief that having any alternative is beneficial by demonstrating that weak alternatives create low anchors that reduce the value of first offers. In contrast, having no alternatives is liberating because there is no anchor to weigh down first offers. In our experiments, negotiators with no alternatives felt less powerful but made higher first offers and secured superior outcomes compared with negotiators who had weak alternatives. We established …


Leader Humility In Singapore, Burak OC, Michael R. BASHSHUR, Michael A. DANIELS, Gary J. GREGURAS, James M. DIEFENDORFF 2015 Bocconi University

Leader Humility In Singapore, Burak Oc, Michael R. Bashshur, Michael A. Daniels, Gary J. Greguras, James M. Diefendorff

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The theoretical development and empirical testing of the effects of humility in the organizational sciences is surprisingly rare. This is especially pronounced in the study of leadership in Asian contexts. To address this we employ a qualitative approach to examine the conceptualization of leader humility in Singapore and assess whether this conceptualization differs from other emerging conceptualizations of leader humility. In Study 1, using semi-structured interviews of 25 Singaporeans, we identified nine major dimensions of humble leader behaviors and explored our participants' beliefs about culturally-based differences in leader humility. In Study 2 (N = 307), we generalized our findings …


The Key To Successful Negotiating, Michael BENOLIEL 2015 Singapore Management University

The Key To Successful Negotiating, Michael Benoliel

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Negotiation is complex. For many it is challenging and stressful because they are not sufficiently trained in the new art and science of persuasion.


Mindfulness At Work: Antecedents And Consequences Of Employee Awareness And Absent-Mindedness, Jochen REB, Jayanth NARAYANAN, Zhi Wei HO 2015 Singapore Management University

Mindfulness At Work: Antecedents And Consequences Of Employee Awareness And Absent-Mindedness, Jochen Reb, Jayanth Narayanan, Zhi Wei Ho

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The present study examines antecedents and consequences of two aspects of mindfulness in a work setting: employee awareness and employee absent-mindedness. Using two samples, the study found these two aspects of mindfulness to be beneficially associated with employee well-being, as measured by emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, and psychological need satisfaction, and with job performance, as measured by task performance, organizational citizenship behaviors, and deviance. These results suggest a potentially important role of mindfulness at the workplace. The study also found that organizational constraints and organizational support predicted employee mindfulness, pointing to the important role that the organizational environment may play …


Leader Humility In Singapore, Burak OC, Michael Ramsay BASHSHUR, Michael A. DANIELS, Gary John GREGURAS, James M. DIEFENDORFF 2015 Singapore Management University

Leader Humility In Singapore, Burak Oc, Michael Ramsay Bashshur, Michael A. Daniels, Gary John Greguras, James M. Diefendorff

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The theoretical development and empirical testing of the effects of humility in the organizational sciences is surprisingly rare. This is especially pronounced in the study of leadership in Asian contexts. To address this we employ a qualitative approach to examine the conceptualization of leader humility in Singapore and assess whether this conceptualization differs from other emerging conceptualizations of leader humility. In Study I, using semi-structured interviews of 25 Singaporeans, we identified nine major dimensions of humble leader behaviors and explored our participants' beliefs about culturally-based differences in leader humility. In Study 2 (N = 307), we generalized our findings to …


Who Shall Get More? How Intangible Resources And Aspiration Levels Affect The Valuation Of Resource Providers, Gokhan ERTUG, Fabrizio CASTELLUCCI 2015 Singapore Management University

Who Shall Get More? How Intangible Resources And Aspiration Levels Affect The Valuation Of Resource Providers, Gokhan Ertug, Fabrizio Castellucci

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In this study, we identify the effects of reputation and status by determining how they are differently valued by organizations that are concurrently pursuing different goals. Building on research on intangible assets and on aspiration levels, we develop a framework to explain organizations’ valuation of resource providers. We expect organizations to value resource providers who possess a specific type of intangible asset higher as their performance, relative to aspirations, decreases on the outcome more closely tied to that particular asset. We also expect to observe this sensitivity primarily when the organization has a low level of the intangible asset in …


A Career Stage Perspective On Employees' Preferred Psychological Contract Contributions And Inducements, Chin Heng LOW, Prashant BORDIA 2015 Singapore Management University

A Career Stage Perspective On Employees' Preferred Psychological Contract Contributions And Inducements, Chin Heng Low, Prashant Bordia

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The employer–employee relationship is underpinned by a psychological contract, referring to employees’ beliefs about the exchange of employee contributions and employer inducements. While there is limited understanding of how employers can shape psychological contracts to meet employees’ needs and aspirations, meeting these needs requires understanding employees’ preferences for psychological contract contributions and inducements. The authors propose that career stage models can be used to achieve such understanding. Using the career stage models of Dalton, Thompson, and Price (1977) and Super (1957), insights are derived into the preferred contributions and inducements at various points in an employee’s career lifecycle. These insights …


Parody Social Media Accounts: Influence And Impact On Organizations During Crisis, Sarah WAN, Regina KOH, Andrew ONG, Augustine PANG 2015 Nanyang Technological University

Parody Social Media Accounts: Influence And Impact On Organizations During Crisis, Sarah Wan, Regina Koh, Andrew Ong, Augustine Pang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

With the uptake of the use of social media, the communication field has seen a rise in a new phenomenon: parody social media accounts. Through study of five such accounts, this paper shows how parody social media accounts can arise from a crisis or paracrisis, which is “a publicly visible crisis threat” that is triggered online (Coombs & Holladay, 2012, p. 409). The study also examines the behavior of these accounts and how they enforce negative perceptions and impede an organization's efforts and initiatives. Using the social-mediated crisis communication model as its theoretical lens, this study seeks to examine parody …


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