Using a positive lens to explore social change and organizations : building a theoretical and research foundation - Golden-Biddle, Karen; Dutton, Jane E. (New York : Routledge, 2012)
Introduction -- The call : why a book now on using a positive lens to explore social change and organizations? / Jane E. Dutton, Karen Golden-Biddle, and Elana Feldman -- Change agency -- Social change agency under adversity : how relational processes (re)produce hope in hopeless settings / Oana Branzei -- Being a positive social change agent through issue selling / Scott Sonenshein -- Social entrepreneurs, socialization processes, and social change : the case of sekem / Tomislav Rimac, Johanna Mair, and Julie Battilana -- Power beyond the purse : philanthropic foundations as agents of social change / Debra Meyerson and Laura Wernick -- Revealing themes : applying a positive lens to the chapters on change agency / Erica L. Steckler and Jean M. Bartunek -- Environment and sustainability -- Hybrid organizations as agents of positive social change : bridging the for-profit and non-profit divide / Andrew J. Hoffman, Krista K. Badiane, and Nardia Haigh -- Agency and innovation in a phase of turbulent change : conservation in the Great Bear rainforest / Darcy Riddell, Ola Tjörnbo, and Frances Westley -- Practicing sustainability : a generative approach to change agency / Martha S. Feldman -- Connecting sustainability movements and enterprises in developing economies : building networks and capabilities / Paola Perez-Aleman -- Revealing themes : applying a positive lens to the chapters on environment and sustainability / Jennifer Howard-Grenvil -- Health care -- Hope as generative dynamic in transformational -- Change : creating and sustaining "collaborative care" in the care health system / Karen Golden-Biddle and Kathryn Correia -- Promoting positive change in physician-administrator relationships : the importance of identity security in managing intractable identity conflicts / Michael G. Pratt, C. Marlene Fiol, Edward J. O'Connor, and Paul Panico -- Amplifying resources and buffering demands : how managers can support front line staff in -- Loving action for each child / Rebecca Wells -- Generative change in health care organizations : co-creating health to reduce health disparities / Valerie Myers and Lynn Perry Wooten -- Revealing themes : applying a positive lens to the chapters on health care / Trish Reay -- Poverty and low-wage work -- Positive organizational change by and for the working poor / Carrie R. Leana and Ellen Ernst Kossek -- Building organizations to change communities : educational entrepreneurs in poor urban areas / Christine M. Beckman and Brooking Gatewood -- Navigating change in the company of (dissimilar) others : co-developing relational capabilities with microcredit clients / Lisa Jones Christensen -- The stranger as friend : loan officers and positive deviance in microfinance / Rodrigo Canales -- Revealing themes : applying a positive lens to the chapters on poverty and low-wage work / Jone L. Pearce -- The response : what does this book contribute to the understanding of social change and -- Organizations? / Karen Golden-Biddle, Jane E. Dutton, and Elana Feldman.
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Keywords: Social change; Organizational change; Sustainable development -- Developing countries; Developing countries -- Social policy; Electronic books