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  • 1.  relationships

    Posted 01-16-2007 17:34
    Hello all,

    Here's a question for the list. I've been reading seeing a lot lately in the sociological and psychological literatures about how relationships and relational theory can provide a micro-foundation for the social sciences.

    Particularly captivating articles include:

    Baumeister, R.F., & Leary, M.R. (1995). The need to belong: desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117,497-529.

    Berscheid, E. (1995). Help Wanted: A Grand Theorist of Interpersonal Relationships, Sociologist or Anthropologist Preferred. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 12, No. 4, 529-533.

    Fiske, A.P. (1992). The four elementary forms of sociality: Framework for a unified theory of social relations. Psychological Review, 99, 689-723.

    Kelley, H. H., Holmes, J. G., Kerr, N. L., Reis, H. T., Rusbult, C. E., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2003). An atlas of interpersonal situations. New York: Cambridge University Press.

    Planalp, S., & Garvin-Doxas, K. (1994). Using mutual knowledge in conversation: Friends as experts on each other. In S. Duck (Ed.), Dynamics of relationships: Understanding relationship processes (Vol. 4, pp. 1–26). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.


    My question for the list is if anyone knows of good OB articles which incorporate a "relational perspective"? And more broadly, I would be interested in any commentary on what role relationships have in OB theory and scholarship.

    Cheers!
    Will Felps
    willf@u.washington.edu
    University of Washington
    PhD Candidate


  • 2.  relationships

    Posted 01-16-2007 17:42
    There is a new book just out--

    Dutton, J. E., & Ragins, B. R. 2007. Exploring Positive Relationships at Work:
    Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.


    Amy
    *******************************************************************************
    Amy Klemm Verbos
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    School of Business Administration
    Doctoral Candidate
    Organizations and Strategic Management
    akverbos@uwm.edu
    *******************************************************************************


    Quoting William A Felps <willf@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>:

    > Hello all,
    >
    > Here's a question for the list. I've been reading seeing a lot lately in the
    > sociological and psychological literatures about how relationships and
    > relational theory can provide a micro-foundation for the social sciences.
    >
    > Particularly captivating articles include:
    >
    > Baumeister, R.F., & Leary, M.R. (1995). The need to belong: desire for
    > interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological
    > Bulletin, 117,497-529.
    >
    > Berscheid, E. (1995). Help Wanted: A Grand Theorist of Interpersonal
    > Relationships, Sociologist or Anthropologist Preferred. Journal of Social and
    > Personal Relationships, Vol. 12, No. 4, 529-533.
    >
    > Fiske, A.P. (1992). The four elementary forms of sociality: Framework for a
    > unified theory of social relations. Psychological Review, 99, 689-723.
    >
    > Kelley, H. H., Holmes, J. G., Kerr, N. L., Reis, H. T., Rusbult, C. E., & Van
    > Lange, P. A. M. (2003). An atlas of interpersonal situations. New York:
    > Cambridge University Press.
    >
    > Planalp, S., & Garvin-Doxas, K. (1994). Using mutual knowledge in
    > conversation: Friends as experts on each other. In S. Duck (Ed.), Dynamics of
    > relationships: Understanding relationship processes (Vol. 4, pp. 1–26).
    > Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    >
    >
    > My question for the list is if anyone knows of good OB articles which
    > incorporate a "relational perspective"? And more broadly, I would be
    > interested in any commentary on what role relationships have in OB theory and
    > scholarship.
    >
    > Cheers!
    > Will Felps
    > willf@u.washington.edu
    > University of Washington
    > PhD Candidate
    >


  • 3.  relationships

    Posted 01-16-2007 21:51
    I'd also add:
    Berscheid, E. 1999. The greening of relationship science. American Psychologist, 54(4): 260-266.
    Bradbury, H., & Lichtenstein, B.M.B. 2000. Relationality in organizational research: Exploring the space between. Organization Science, 11(5): 551-564.

    John Paul Stephens, M.S.
    Doctoral Candidate
    Organizational Psychology
    University of Michigan
    http://sitemaker.umich.edu/jpsteph



    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv on behalf of Amy Verbos
    Sent: Tue 1/16/2007 5:42 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: relationships

    There is a new book just out--

    Dutton, J. E., & Ragins, B. R. 2007. Exploring Positive Relationships at Work:
    Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.


    Amy
    *******************************************************************************
    Amy Klemm Verbos
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    School of Business Administration
    Doctoral Candidate
    Organizations and Strategic Management
    akverbos@uwm.edu
    *******************************************************************************


    Quoting William A Felps <willf@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>:

    > Hello all,
    >
    > Here's a question for the list. I've been reading seeing a lot lately in the
    > sociological and psychological literatures about how relationships and
    > relational theory can provide a micro-foundation for the social sciences.
    >
    > Particularly captivating articles include:
    >
    > Baumeister, R.F., & Leary, M.R. (1995). The need to belong: desire for
    > interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological
    > Bulletin, 117,497-529.
    >
    > Berscheid, E. (1995). Help Wanted: A Grand Theorist of Interpersonal
    > Relationships, Sociologist or Anthropologist Preferred. Journal of Social and
    > Personal Relationships, Vol. 12, No. 4, 529-533.
    >
    > Fiske, A.P. (1992). The four elementary forms of sociality: Framework for a
    > unified theory of social relations. Psychological Review, 99, 689-723.
    >
    > Kelley, H. H., Holmes, J. G., Kerr, N. L., Reis, H. T., Rusbult, C. E., & Van
    > Lange, P. A. M. (2003). An atlas of interpersonal situations. New York:
    > Cambridge University Press.
    >
    > Planalp, S., & Garvin-Doxas, K. (1994). Using mutual knowledge in
    > conversation: Friends as experts on each other. In S. Duck (Ed.), Dynamics of
    > relationships: Understanding relationship processes (Vol. 4, pp. 1â?"26).
    > Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    >
    >
    > My question for the list is if anyone knows of good OB articles which
    > incorporate a "relational perspective"? And more broadly, I would be
    > interested in any commentary on what role relationships have in OB theory and
    > scholarship.
    >
    > Cheers!
    > Will Felps
    > willf@u.washington.edu
    > University of Washington
    > PhD Candidate
    >


  • 4.  relationships

    Posted 01-16-2007 23:22
    Here's another book with similar themes:
    Coyle-Shapiro, J A-M, Shore, L, Taylor, S M and Tetrick, L (2004) (Eds.) The Employment Relationship: Examining Psychological and Contextual Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press

    ________________________________

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv on behalf of Amy Verbos
    Sent: Tue 1/16/2007 4:42 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: relationships



    There is a new book just out--

    Dutton, J. E., & Ragins, B. R. 2007. Exploring Positive Relationships at Work:
    Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.


    Amy
    *******************************************************************************
    Amy Klemm Verbos
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    School of Business Administration
    Doctoral Candidate
    Organizations and Strategic Management
    akverbos@uwm.edu
    *******************************************************************************


    Quoting William A Felps <willf@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>:

    > Hello all,
    >
    > Here's a question for the list. I've been reading seeing a lot lately in the
    > sociological and psychological literatures about how relationships and
    > relational theory can provide a micro-foundation for the social sciences.
    >
    > Particularly captivating articles include:
    >
    > Baumeister, R.F., & Leary, M.R. (1995). The need to belong: desire for
    > interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological
    > Bulletin, 117,497-529.
    >
    > Berscheid, E. (1995). Help Wanted: A Grand Theorist of Interpersonal
    > Relationships, Sociologist or Anthropologist Preferred. Journal of Social and
    > Personal Relationships, Vol. 12, No. 4, 529-533.
    >
    > Fiske, A.P. (1992). The four elementary forms of sociality: Framework for a
    > unified theory of social relations. Psychological Review, 99, 689-723.
    >
    > Kelley, H. H., Holmes, J. G., Kerr, N. L., Reis, H. T., Rusbult, C. E., & Van
    > Lange, P. A. M. (2003). An atlas of interpersonal situations. New York:
    > Cambridge University Press.
    >
    > Planalp, S., & Garvin-Doxas, K. (1994). Using mutual knowledge in
    > conversation: Friends as experts on each other. In S. Duck (Ed.), Dynamics of
    > relationships: Understanding relationship processes (Vol. 4, pp. 1âEUR"26).
    > Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    >
    >
    > My question for the list is if anyone knows of good OB articles which
    > incorporate a "relational perspective"? And more broadly, I would be
    > interested in any commentary on what role relationships have in OB theory and
    > scholarship.
    >
    > Cheers!
    > Will Felps
    > willf@u.washington.edu
    > University of Washington
    > PhD Candidate
    >


  • 5.  relationships

    Posted 01-17-2007 20:06

    Will,

     

    As some mentioned, there is work on employer-employee relationships and on vertical (e.g. LMX); comparatively, there is much less attention dedicated to lateral relationships.

     

    I am working on a review paper on this topic and theories from social psychology (social comparison, social influence) and sociology (social exchange) are indeed helpful. Listed below are some OB-related references (although some deal only tangentially with lateral dyads). 

     

    Best, Dan

     

    Baron, R. A. (1996). Interpersonal relations in organizations. In K. Murphy (Ed.), Individual differences (pp. 334-370). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

     

    Barry, B., & Crant, M. J. (2000). Dyadic communication relationships in organizations: an attribution expectancy approach. Organization Science, 11, 648-664.

     

    Cole, M. S., Schaninger, W. S. J., & Harris, S. G. (2002). The Workplace Social Exchange Network: A Multilevel, Conceptual Examination. Group & Organization Management, 27(1), 142-167.

     

    Ferris, G. R., & Mitchell. (1987). The components of social influence and their importance for human resources research. Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management.

     

    Nugent, P. D., & Abolafia, M. Y. (2006). The Creation of Trust Through Interaction and Exchange: The Role of Consideration in Organizations. Group and Organization Management, 31, pp. 628-650).

     

    Salancik, G. R., & Pfeffer, J. (1978). A Social Information Processing Approach to Job Attitudes and Task Design, Administrative Science Quarterly (Vol. 23, pp. 224).

     

    Sherony, K. M., & Green, S. G. (2002). Coworker exchange: Relationships between coworkers, leader-member exchange, and work attitudes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(3), 542-548.

     



    On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:33:55 -0800 Organizational Behavior Division Listserv wrote:
    Hello all,  Here's a question for the list.  I've been reading seeing a lot lately in the sociological and psychological literatures about how relationships and relational theory can provide a micro-foundation for the social sciences.  Particularly captivating articles include:  Baumeister, R.F., & Leary, M.R. (1995).  The need to belong: desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.  Psychological Bulletin, 117,497-529.  Berscheid, E. (1995). Help Wanted: A Grand Theorist of Interpersonal Relationships, Sociologist or Anthropologist Preferred. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 12, No. 4, 529-533.  Fiske, A.P. (1992). The four elementary forms of sociality: Framework for a unified theory of social relations. Psychological Review, 99, 689-723.  Kelley, H. H., Holmes, J. G., Kerr, N. L., Reis, H. T., Rusbult, C. E., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2003). An atlas of interpersonal situations. New York: Cambridge University Press.  Planalp, S., & Garvin-Doxas, K. (1994). Using mutual knowledge in conversation: Friends as experts on each other. In S. Duck (Ed.), Dynamics of relationships: Understanding relationship processes (Vol. 4, pp. 1–26). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.   My question for the list is if anyone knows of good OB articles which incorporate a "relational perspective"? And more broadly, I would be interested in any commentary on what role relationships have in OB theory and scholarship.  Cheers! Will Felps https://webmail.psu.edu/webmail/main.cgi# University of Washington  PhD Candidate


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  • 6.  relationships

    Posted 01-18-2007 02:18
    Hi, Will, - here is the book with a refined Fiske's model and much of recent research in support, - "Relational Models Theory" edited by Nick Haslam (2004).
     
    Good luck, and please let me know if you find anything else interesting on the topic outside of this distribution list!
    Andre Avramchuk, arttooz@aol.com
    PhD student, Human & Org. Development
    Fielding Graduate University 
     
     
    -----Original Message-----
    From: willf@U.WASHINGTON.EDU
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 2:33 PM
    Subject: relationships

    Hello all, 
     
    Here's a question for the list. I've been reading seeing a lot lately in the sociological and psychological literatures about how relationships and relational theory can provide a micro-foundation for the social sciences. 
     
    Particularly captivating articles include: 
     
    Baumeister, R.F., & Leary, M.R. (1995). The need to belong: desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117,497-529. 
     
    Berscheid, E. (1995). Help Wanted: A Grand Theorist of Interpersonal Relationships, Sociologist or Anthropologist Preferred. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 12, No. 4, 529-533. 
     
    Fiske, A.P. (1992). The four elementary forms of sociality: Framework for a unified theory of social relations. Psychological Review, 99, 689-723. 
     
    Kelley, H. H., Holmes, J. G., Kerr, N. L., Reis, H. T., Rusbult, C. E., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2003). An atlas of interpersonal situations. New York: Cambridge University Press. 
     
    Planalp, S., & Garvin-Doxas, K. (1994). Using mutual knowledge in conversation: Friends as experts on each other. In S. Duck (Ed.), Dynamics of relationships: Understanding relationship processes (Vol. 4, pp. 1–26). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 
     
    My question for the list is if anyone knows of good OB articles which incorporate a "relational perspective"? And more broadly, I would be interested in any commentary on what role relationships have in OB theory and scholarship. 
     
    Cheers! 
    Will Felps 
    willf@u.washington.edu 
    University of Washington PhD Candidate 
    Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.


  • 7.  relationships

    Posted 01-18-2007 09:59
    I have posted a ph.d course syllabus on Relationships and Organizations and an MBA course syllabus on Managing Professional Relationships (which has teaching notes for each class embedded in it) on the website for the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship. You can find both resources through this link:
     
     
    The links to the syllabi are at the bootm of the page.
     
    Jane Dutton
     
    On 1/18/07, Andre Avramchuk <arttooz@aol.com> wrote:
    Hi, Will, - here is the book with a refined Fiske's model and much of recent research in support, - "Relational Models Theory" edited by Nick Haslam (2004).
     
    Good luck, and please let me know if you find anything else interesting on the topic outside of this distribution list!
    Andre Avramchuk, arttooz@aol.com
    PhD student, Human & Org. Development
    Fielding Graduate University 
     
     
    -----Original Message-----
    From: willf@U.WASHINGTON.EDU
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 2:33 PM
    Subject: relationships
    Hello all, 
     
    Here's a question for the list. I've been reading seeing a lot lately in the sociological and psychological literatures about how relationships and relational theory can provide a micro-foundation for the social sciences. 
     
    Particularly captivating articles include: 
     
    Baumeister, R.F., & Leary, M.R. (1995). The need to belong: desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117,497-529. 
     
    Berscheid, E. (1995). Help Wanted: A Grand Theorist of Interpersonal Relationships, Sociologist or Anthropologist Preferred. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 12, No. 4, 529-533. 
     
    Fiske, A.P. (1992). The four elementary forms of sociality: Framework for a unified theory of social relations. Psychological Review, 99, 689-723. 
     
    Kelley, H. H., Holmes, J. G., Kerr, N. L., Reis, H. T., Rusbult, C. E., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2003). An atlas of interpersonal situations. New York: Cambridge University Press. 
     
    Planalp, S., & Garvin-Doxas , K. (1994). Using mutual knowledge in conversation: Friends as experts on each other. In S. Duck (Ed.), Dynamics of relationships: Understanding relationship processes (Vol. 4, pp. 1–26). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 
     
    My question for the list is if anyone knows of good OB articles which incorporate a "relational perspective"? And more broadly, I would be interested in any commentary on what role relationships have in OB theory and scholarship. 
     
    Cheers! 
    Will Felps 
    willf@u.washington.edu 
    University of Washington PhD Candidate 
    Check out the new AOL . Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.