Organizational Behavior Department - Research

With a proud tradition of creative and foundational scholarship, the Organizational Behavior Department is the home to a number of significant ideas in the field of organizational development including experiential learning theory and learning styles, stages of group and task oriented team development, resonant leadership and emotional intelligence,studies of the executive mind and executive life, advances in socio-technical systems analysis, the competencies approach to managerial learning, human inquiry and participatory action-research, the organization dimensions of global sustainability, intentional change theory, and Appreciative Inquiry, a cornerstone in positive human science scholarship.

Recent Publications

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Working Papers

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Fowler Center for Sustainable Value

Research from the Organizational Behavior Department has led to the creation of the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value. At the heart of the Center is World Inquiry, a global search for the many ways dynamic leaders in the business sector are putting their people, imagination and assets to work to benefit the earth, from its ecosystem to the needs of its vast, diverse population.

The Center takes the work being done by business practitioners, civil sector actors, and the academic community in business-in-society innovations and synthesizes their knowledge and experience into one powerful, central location. Topic of focus include sustainability, social entrepreneurship, and corporate social responsibility (CSR).