Table of Contents
A. Brief, M. Frese, K. Elsbach, Series Foreword. Part 1. Introduction. J. Dutton, K. Golden-Biddle, E. Feldman, The Call: Why a Book Now on Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations? Part 2. Change Agency. O. Branzei, Social Change Agency Under Adversity: How Relational Processes (Re)produce Hope in Hopeless Settings. S. Sonenshein, Being a Positive Social Change Agent through Issue Selling. T. Rimac, J. Mair, J. Battilana, Social Entrepreneurs, Socialization Processes, and Divergent Change: The Case of Sekem. D. Meyerson, L. Wernick, Power Beyond the Purse: Philanthropic Foundations as Agents of Social Change. E. Steckler, J. Bartunek, Revealing Themes: Applying a Positive Lens to the Chapters on Change Agency. Part 3. Environment and Sustainability. A.J. Hoffman, K.K. Badiane, N. Haigh, Hybrid Organizations as Agents of Positive Social Change: Bridging the For-Profit and Non-profit Divide. D. Riddell, O. Tjornbo, F. Westley, Agency and Innovation in a Phase of Turbulent Change: Conservation in the Great Bear Rain Forest. M. Feldman, Practicing Sustainability. P. Perez-Aleman, Connecting Sustainability Movements and Enterprises in Developing Economies: Building Networks and Capabilities. J. Howard-Grenville, Revealing Themes: Applying a Positive Lens to the Chapters on Environment and Sustainability. Part 4. Health Care. M.G. Pratt, C.M. Fiol, E.J. O'Connor, P. Panico, Promoting Positive Change in Physician-Administrator Relationships: The Importance of Identity Security in Managing Intractable Identity Conflicts. K. Golden-Biddle, K. Correia, Hope as Generative Dynamic in Transformational Change: Creating and Sustaining "Collaborative Care" in the ThedaCare Health System. R. Wells, Amplifying Resources and Buffering Demands: How Managers Can Support Front Line Staff in Loving Action for Each Child. V. Myers, L. Wooten, Generative Change in Health Care Organizations: From Inertia to Action in Reducing Patient Disparities. T. Reay, Revealing Themes: Applying a Positive Lens to the Chapters on Healthcare. Part 5. Poverty and Low-wage Work. C.R. Leana, E.E. Kossek, Positive Organizational Change by and for the Working Poor. C.M. Beckman, B. Gatewood, Building Organizations to Change Communities: Educational Entrepreneurs in Poor Urban Areas. L. Jones Christensen, Navigating Change in the Company of (Dissimilar) Others: Co-Developing Relational Capabilities with Microcredit Clients. R. Canales, The Stranger as Friend: Loan Officers and Positive Deviance in Microfinance. J. Pearce, Revealing Themes: Applying a Positive Lens to the Chapters on Poverty and Low-wage Work. Part 6. Conclusion. K. Golden-Biddle, J. Dutton, E. Feldman, The Response: What Does This Book Contribute to the Understanding of Social Change and Organizations?