{"title":"Team-building: Developing Teamwork Skills in College Students Using Experiential Activities in a Classroom Setting","authors":"Shelly Marasi","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1662761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1662761","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper provides a systematic team-building training to fill a knowledge hole and a skills gap as well as prepare college students for better employability and future career success. The team-building training follows the interpersonal approach and utilizes adventure learning in the form of improvisational activities that can be used in a classroom setting. The team-building training enhances student learning of teams and the team development process as well as develop students’ teamwork skills. Data from a treatment group and a control group through pre- and post-measures of student perceptions are presented to determine the team-building training’s effectiveness. Correlations, t-tests, and simple linear regressions were conducted. The results support the team-building training’s effectiveness as well as students’ beliefs of developing teamwork skills and having positive attitudes about teamwork skills. Potential modifications for the team-building training are presented. Limitations and future research directions of the study are discussed.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"324 - 337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1662761","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42997698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sungdoo Kim, Stacie Furst-Holloway, E. Hollensbe, Suzanne Masterson, Therese A. Sprinkle, Daniele A. Bologna
{"title":"A Qualitative Study of “online” Work Breaks","authors":"Sungdoo Kim, Stacie Furst-Holloway, E. Hollensbe, Suzanne Masterson, Therese A. Sprinkle, Daniele A. Bologna","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1663142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1663142","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite the growing empirical evidence on the beneficial effects of “micro” work breaks, scant research has examined “online” work breaks. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the nature and effects of online work breaks. Through an in-depth qualitative study of a diverse set of 33 full-time working professionals, we identified conditions under which online breaks occur as well as the characteristics and outcomes of these breaks. Interestingly, our findings point to both negative and positive outcomes associated with online breaks, largely dependent on an individual’s ability to self-regulate. Our grounded theory approach allows us to develop a richer description of online work breaks and a theoretical model to help guide future research.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"235 - 250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1663142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49593582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Business Meeting: A Cross-cultural Experiential Learning Activity","authors":"Arpita Joardar, Konrad Jamro, R. Ravi","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1663143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1663143","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper presents a simulation designed to help students learn about the challenges and necessary skills for conducting business in cross-cultural settings. The exercise involves assigning participants to two fictitious cultural groups, each with its own norms and expectations. Participants interact with members of the other culture in accordance with the instructions provided in order to negotiate successfully. This experiential learning activity allows students to reflect on their cross-cultural skills in a simulated business setting. An assessment of the exercise conducted in classroom setting indicated evidence of its effectiveness.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"338 - 349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1663143","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44818375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contributions of Mindfulness to Improvisational Behavior and Consequences on Business Performance and Stress of Entrepreneurs during Economic Downturn","authors":"Peerayuth Charoensukmongkol","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1661820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1661820","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This research investigates the role of mindfulness among Thai entrepreneurs that can be linked to their improvisational behavior that, in turn, explains business performance and stress during a period of economic contraction in Thailand. This research collected survey data from a sample of 186 owners of small retail shops in major marketplaces in Bangkok, Thailand. Results from partial least squares structural equation modeling show that mindfulness had a positive relationship with the degree of improvisational behavior exhibited by entrepreneurs. The findings also reveal that the entrepreneurs who exhibited a higher degree of improvisational behavior achieved higher business performance and had lower stress.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"209 - 219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1661820","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42999792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining Self-Monitoring and Neuroticism as Predictors and Self-Efficacy as an Outcome of Authentic Leadership","authors":"Richa Chaudhary, Chinmayee Panda","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1628697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1628697","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The present study explores the role of personality traits of neuroticism and self-monitoring as determinants of authentic leadership, and self-efficacy as an outcome using a sample of 300 employees from automobile and heavy engineering companies in India. Support for the study hypotheses was mixed. Although the effect of neuroticism on authentic leadership was negative, the relationship was not significant. The trait of self-monitoring showed significant positive association with the ratings of authentic leadership. With regard to the outcomes of authentic leadership, the results provided support for the positive relationship between authentic leadership and self-efficacy. The study makes significant contribution to the positive leadership theory building by exploring the linkage of personality with authentic leadership perceptions and establishing the importance of authentic leadership for developing positive psychological capacities among the followers.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"179 - 192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1628697","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48647377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrity according to Whom? An Experiment of the Effects of Gender, Moral Integrity, and Behavioral Consistency on Evaluations of Leaders","authors":"B. Thomas","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1628698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1628698","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Organizational stakeholders place great importance on leaders’ integrity, which, current theory indicates is a multidimensional construct. Drawing from leadership categorization theory and multidimensional leadership perspective, this research offered novel tests of the independent and interactive effects of a leaders’ behavioral consistency (the alignment between a leader’s words and actions) and moral integrity (doing right and not doing wrong) using experimental methods. The results of the 2x3x3 between-subjects (N = 781) factorial design reveal the moderate-strong magnitude of the effects of leader integrity on followers’ evaluations, and indicate the two dimensions of leader integrity—behavioral consistency and moral integrity—interact in fascinating ways. Results also indicate gender and leader integrity interact. Implications include support for a multidimensional view of leader integrity, but reveal nuances in this theoretical perspective, emphasizing the value of both avoiding low integrity and striving for high integrity, and a caution on the importance of gender in considering leaders' integrity.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"193 - 207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1628698","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46299144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychological Underpinnings of the Work-Site Selection Process of Knowledge Workers","authors":"April J. Spivack, Ashay Desai","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1609344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1609344","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As a result of technological advances, knowledge workers have become increasingly mobile; people can perform work in a variety of new locations via an assortment of new working arrangements. Knowledge workers are now faced with the question of where to work. We argue that the process of work-site selection depends on the relationship between a variety of individual factors such as motivation, cognitive and affective evaluation, and regulatory focus as they interact with self-regulatory resources. Specifically, we use a dynamic interactionist perspective to integrate components of social exchange, self-determination, regulatory focus, and self-regulation theories. The resulting conceptual model contributes to the existing literature by integrating different theoretical sets of predictor variables and examining their effect on self-regulatory resources, which have implications for productivity and well-being. We discuss implications and avenues for future work exploring these relationships.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"123 - 139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1609344","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49301068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategy Implementation as Performative Practice: Reshaping Organization into Alignment with Strategy","authors":"Sander Merkus, Thijs Willems, M. Veenswijk","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1611403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1611403","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Much of the existing scholarly work on strategy implementation focuses on factors that either catalyze or obstruct the infusion of strategy into the organization. While this renders valuable knowledge about factors enabling or frustrating implementation, the actual process of strategy implementation is treated as a black box and as a step in the strategy model which is not further explained. To understand this process, this conceptual paper draws from performativity literature in which a strategy is conceptualized as a performative device. This means that a strategy triggers practices which reshape the organization so that the strategy is actualized in the organization. Specifically, we explain the idea of routinization as an instrument for enacting strategy into the organization by means of organizational routines. An illustrative empirical vignette is used to exemplify our conceptual point. Our study contributes to strategy implementation literature by introducing an alternative though complementary lens for studying strategy implementation and offers inspiration for strategy practitioners who aim to develop new implementation strategies.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"140 - 155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1611403","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42822351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Inclusion of Leadership Development into New Employee Orientations: A Proposed Approach from Army Leader Development","authors":"Michael J. Kirchner, Mesut Akdere","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1618694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1618694","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Regardless of industry, organization leaders recognize the need for a strong leadership pipeline and a culture of sustained leader development, and the U.S. Army is no exception. Beginning in basic training, Army leaders offer soldiers leader development training through various methods, including defining leadership expectations, providing experience-based developmental exercises, and offering self-development opportunities. The early introduction is part of a continuous leader development regimen engrained in military service, and—as a result—military veterans are often credited by employers for their leadership skills. This paper, through exploring Army leader development, proposes a framework for introducing leadership development during new employee orientations based on U.S. Army strategies. Though the proposed framework offers three leader development strategies for inclusion in new employee orientation, barriers exist which may impede successful application, and are discussed. Additionally, the authors identify three propositions and propose future research opportunities for integrating Army leader development in new employee orientations.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"156 - 166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1618694","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49546958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peak Learning Experiences: A Group-Based Phenomenological Investigation and Description","authors":"Thomas A. Conklin","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1611404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1611404","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper explores peak learning (PL) experiences through a semi-longitudinal approach across the life space of multiple groups of learners. Appreciative inquiry (AI) was used to gather data through interviews that resulted in unique examples of PL experiences. Once collected, a novel application of phenomenology was employed to identify the structural elements of participants’ experiences. Finally, thematic analysis was applied to the aggregated structural elements of each group to identify those common to all who participated in the AI. The final synthesis description was written in alignment with the structural themes and could be applied as a qualitative assessment to determine the presence of peak learning in learning environments. The description also serves as a foundation of the idea that may be extended through future research.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"167 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1611404","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42582603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}