Organizational Perspectives http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives Applying busines, psychology and education disciplines to help human capital management professionals improve the performance of their organizations. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:49:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Low-Wage Workers in the Coming Economy http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/11/05/low-wage-workers-in-the-coming-economy/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/11/05/low-wage-workers-in-the-coming-economy/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:48:33 +0000 Janet Salmons http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=1047 Join the web conference: “Low-Wage Workers in the Coming Economy."

Featured speakers will include:

  • Stacy Blake-Beard, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Simmons School of Management
  • Ellen Ernst Kossek, University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University's Graduate School of Labor & Industrial Relations
  • Introductory remarks from Barbara Dyer and Mark Popovich, President and CEO and Senior Program Officer respectively at the Hitachi Foundation, a major funder of efforts to improve labor market outcomes for low-wage workers.

The web conference will be moderated by Maureen Scully, Assistant Professor of Management at UMASS Boston’s College of Management. The conference is free of charge and will be held on Friday, November 20, at noon Eastern time.

To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at chad.ayotte@aspeninst.org.

]]> http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/11/05/low-wage-workers-in-the-coming-economy/feed/ 0 Conflict Management Resources http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/11/03/conflict-management-resources/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/11/03/conflict-management-resources/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:01:22 +0000 Janet Salmons http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=1055 In cooperation with the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), the Negotiations Research Network (NEG) is pleased to announce the 2009 IACM Meetings Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting journal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meetings papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

You can browse all IACM 2009 Meeting abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking here. There are currently 63 such papers in the system. For more information about the conference click here.

You can subscribe at no cost to the IACM 2009 Meeting abstracting journal here.

 

 

]]> http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/11/03/conflict-management-resources/feed/ 0 An Empirical Study of Other-Oriented and Rational Self-Interest Leadership Approaches http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/11/02/an-empirical-study-of-other-oriented-and-rational-self-interest-leadership-approaches/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/11/02/an-empirical-study-of-other-oriented-and-rational-self-interest-leadership-approaches/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:06:04 +0000 Lisa Barrow http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=1024 Other orientation is defined as “the extent to which individuals are concerned with the welfare of others” (Meglino & Korsgaard, 2007, p. 59). Other-oriented leaders focus their attention on organizational objectives coupled with a human resource emphasis, whereas rational self-interested leaders concern themselves with organizational objectives coupled with self-emphasis.

 This quantitative study examines philanthropian and servant leadership, which are other-oriented leadership approaches, and transactional leadership, which is a rational self-interested leadership approach, to determine the effectiveness of the approaches in the 21st century. This study further examines the results of a hermeneutic phenomenological study of philanthropian leadership that introduced a new other-oriented leadership model. This study focuses on leadership preferences of leaders, employees, and third-year undergraduate business students to determine if there is a significant difference between preferences among groups for other-oriented and rational self-interest-oriented leadership approaches.

Review the entire article here.

]]> http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/11/02/an-empirical-study-of-other-oriented-and-rational-self-interest-leadership-approaches/feed/ 0 What would Peter say? http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/30/what-would-peter-say-2/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/30/what-would-peter-say-2/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:06:18 +0000 Janet Salmons http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=1060 Rosabeth Moss Kanter reminds us of the continuing relevance of the Drucker perspective in this short article. Read it here.

]]> http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/30/what-would-peter-say-2/feed/ 0 New Yorkers Want Workplace Bullying Ban, Survey Finds http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/29/new-yorkers-want-workplace-bullying-ban-survey-finds/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/29/new-yorkers-want-workplace-bullying-ban-survey-finds/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:12:31 +0000 Lisa Barrow http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=1020 1.4 million or 7 percent of New Yorkers are subjected to workplace bullying on a regular basis. New Yorkers surveyed believe it is time for Assembly and Senate representatives to pass the Healthy Workplace Bills which would make workplace bullying illegal.

What are your thoughts? Post a comment.


]]> http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/29/new-yorkers-want-workplace-bullying-ban-survey-finds/feed/ 0 Visit OPIEWeb: An Org. Psychology Q&A Website http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/27/visit-opieweb-an-org-psychology-qa-website/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/27/visit-opieweb-an-org-psychology-qa-website/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:56:37 +0000 Janet Salmons http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=987 What is OPIEWeb?

OPIEWeb is a community-based question and answer Web site dedicated to all things Organizational Psychology. The Web site is built with new hybrid technology that shares the ease of entry of a discussion board with the editorial control of wikis like Wikipedia. It also adds a reputation system. As you ask thoughtful questions and give helpful answers, the community will award you reputation, which will grant you more editorial control.

The Organizational Psychology Information Exchange is now online .

 

]]> http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/27/visit-opieweb-an-org-psychology-qa-website/feed/ 1 Capella Career Center: Learn How to Move Forward! http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/27/capella-career-center-learn-how-to-move-forward/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/27/capella-career-center-learn-how-to-move-forward/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:36:36 +0000 Janet Salmons http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=958 The Career Center is offering a series of webinars in Fall Quarter to share job search and career advice in challenging economic times. The following topics will be presented at various times throughout the quarter:

• Job Search Strategies in a Tough Economy
• Teaching in Higher Education
• Online Social Networking
• Job Search Strategies for the Mature Worker
• Professional Portfolios: New! In this webinar, you will gain an understanding of the purpose of a professional portfolio, be able to identify the components of an effective portfolio, and learn how to present your portfolio in various professional situations, including job interviews and career discussions. At the end of this webinar, you will know how to develop your own portfolio and understand how to use it effectively to market yourself in the job search.

Sign up today for one of the following webinar sessions:
Register for an upcoming career workshop ALL TIMES ARE IN THE CENTRAL TIME ZONE

October
Wednesday, Oct. 28th Job Search Strategies 1:00 pm


November
Tuesday, Nov. 3rd Teaching in Higher Ed 1:00 pm
Wednesday, Nov. 4th Professional Portfolios 4:00 pm
Tuesday, Nov. 10th The Mature Worker 10:00 am
Wednesday, Nov. 11th Job Search Strategies 1:00 pm
Monday, Nov. 16th Job Search Strategies 4:00 pm
Thursday, Nov. 19th Teaching in Higher Ed 10:00 am
Monday, Nov. 23rd Professional Portfolios Noon

December
Tuesday, Dec. 1st Job Search Strategies 11:00 am
Wednesday, Dec. 2nd Teaching in Higher Ed 4:00 pm
Wednesday, Dec. 9th Job Search Strategies 1:00 pm
Thursday, Dec. 10th Professional Portfolios 5:00 pm
Monday, Dec. 14th Teaching in Higher Ed Noon Participants will need to use their telephone and access the internet to attend the webinars. The confirmation message sent after registration will include instructions.

]]> http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/27/capella-career-center-learn-how-to-move-forward/feed/ 0 Calls for Papers: Education, Society & IT http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/26/calls-for-papers-education-society-it/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/26/calls-for-papers-education-society-it/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:58:19 +0000 Janet Salmons http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=954 The International Conference on Education, Training and Informatics: ICETI 2010 and the International Conference on Society and Information Technologies: ICSIT 2010 will be held at the same time and the same venue, on April 6 -9, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

  • Papers/Abstracts Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals: October 28, 2009
  • Authors Notifications: November 23, 2009
  • Camera-ready, full papers: December 16, 2009


 

]]> http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/26/calls-for-papers-education-society-it/feed/ 0 Book release: Designing Instruction for the Traditional, Adult, & Distance Learner http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/23/book-release-designing-instruction-for-the-traditional-adult-distance-learner/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/23/book-release-designing-instruction-for-the-traditional-adult-distance-learner/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:53:03 +0000 Janet Salmons http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=946 Designing Instruction for the Traditional, Adult, and Distance Learner: A New Engine for Technology-Based Teaching
Published under Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global

Adult students demand a wider variety of instructional strategies that encompass real-world, interactive, cooperative, and discovery learning experiences. Designing Instruction for the Traditional, Adult, and Distance Learner: A New Engine for Technology-Based Teaching explores how technology impacts the process of devising instructional plans as well as learning itself in adult students. Containing research from leading international experts, this publication proposes realistic and accurate archetypes to assist educators in incorporating state-of-the-art technologies into online instruction. The book is authored by: Lawrence A. Tomei.

Learn more here.

]]> http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/23/book-release-designing-instruction-for-the-traditional-adult-distance-learner/feed/ 0 Call for papers & reviewers: Management Decision http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/21/call-for-papers-reviewers-management-decision/ http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/2009/10/21/call-for-papers-reviewers-management-decision/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:10:07 +0000 Janet Salmons http://blogs.capella.edu/organizationalperspectives/?p=944 Contribute to a special issue of Management Decision entitled  Enhancing Decisions. This issue’s focus will be on ways to help people with managerial responsibilities, at work and in private lives,  enhance their decision-making skills and success. Selection of papers for the issue will be based on their likely interest to: individuals who want to improve their own skills, to faculty member in various disciplines, and to readers who have management development responsibilities.Papers can address research or viewpoints and can be: technical or conceptual papers, case studies, literature reviews, or general  reviews.

All papers will be double-blind reviewed, after a preliminary screening by the guest editor. 

As a guide, papers should be  between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length.

The deadline is August 1,  2010. 

Read here for more information or contact the guest editor, Erwin Rausch, at didacticra@aol.com.

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