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  • 1.  Studies on dealing with unexpected vs. routine events

    Posted 02-03-2017 10:49
    Can anybody point me toward research examining the level of effort, attention, or energy people expend dealing with unexpected versus routine events?

    Thanks! 
    _______________________________________
    Eean Crawford, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management & Organizations
    Tippie College of Business
    University of Iowa
    W376 John Pappajohn Business Bldg. 
    Iowa City, IA 52242-1994
    Ph: (319) 335-2884
    Fx: (319) 335-1956







  • 2.  Studies on dealing with unexpected vs. routine events

    Posted 02-03-2017 11:20

    Hi Eean,

     

    You might start with this classic...

     

    Kanfer, R., & Ackerman, P. L. (1989). Motivation and cognitive abilities: An integrative/aptitude-treatment interaction approach to skill acquisition. Journal of applied psychology, 74(4), 657.

     

    And this paper has a good review that might be useful:

     

    Beal, D. J., Weiss, H. M., Barros, E., & MacDermid, S. M. (2005). An episodic process model of affective influences on performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90(6), 1054.

     

    Hope this helps!
    Mike

     

     

    Mike Christian ▪ Sarah Graham Kenan Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior ▪ UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School ▪ 4723 McColl Bldg. ▪ Campus Box 3490  ▪ Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490 USA ▪ phone 919.962.2983 ▪ fax 919.962.4425 ▪ Personal Website ▪ Faculty Website ▪  www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu Shaping Leaders | Driving Results

     

     

     

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG] On Behalf Of Crawford, Eean R
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    Subject: [OB-LIST] Studies on dealing with unexpected vs. routine events

     

    Can anybody point me toward research examining the level of effort, attention, or energy people expend dealing with unexpected versus routine events?

     

    Thanks! 

    _______________________________________

    Eean Crawford, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management & Organizations

    Tippie College of Business

    University of Iowa

    W376 John Pappajohn Business Bldg. 

    Iowa City, IA 52242-1994

    Ph: (319) 335-2884

    Fx: (319) 335-1956

     

     

     

     

     



  • 3.  Studies on dealing with unexpected vs. routine events

    Posted 02-03-2017 13:17
    Hi there, 

    A foundational article in the cognition and sensemaking literature is Louis and Sutton, see below for full cite. 

    Louis, M. R. & Sutton, R. I. 1991. Switching cognitive gears: From habits of mind to active thinking. Human Relations, 44(1): 55-76.

    Emily


    On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Christian, Mike <Mike_Christian@kenan-flagler.unc.edu> wrote:

    Hi Eean,

     

    You might start with this classic...

     

    Kanfer, R., & Ackerman, P. L. (1989). Motivation and cognitive abilities: An integrative/aptitude-treatment interaction approach to skill acquisition. Journal of applied psychology, 74(4), 657.

     

    And this paper has a good review that might be useful:

     

    Beal, D. J., Weiss, H. M., Barros, E., & MacDermid, S. M. (2005). An episodic process model of affective influences on performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90(6), 1054.

     

    Hope this helps!
    Mike

     

     

    Mike Christian ▪ Sarah Graham Kenan Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior ▪ UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School ▪ 4723 McColl Bldg. ▪ Campus Box 3490  ▪ Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490 USA ▪ phone 919.962.2983 ▪ fax 919.962.4425 ▪ Personal Website ▪ Faculty Website ▪  www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu Shaping Leaders | Driving Results

     

     

     

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG] On Behalf Of Crawford, Eean R
    Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 10:49 AM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Studies on dealing with unexpected vs. routine events

     

    Can anybody point me toward research examining the level of effort, attention, or energy people expend dealing with unexpected versus routine events?

     

    Thanks! 

    _______________________________________

    Eean Crawford, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management & Organizations

    Tippie College of Business

    University of Iowa

    W376 John Pappajohn Business Bldg. 

    Iowa City, IA 52242-1994

     

     

     

     

     




  • 4.  Studies on dealing with unexpected vs. routine events

    Posted 02-03-2017 11:24

    Hi Eean,


    Muraven & Baumeister's studies on self-regulation/ ego depletion discuss how individuals cope with unpredictable events, which may be related to what you are looking for.


    Muraven, M., & Baumeister, R. F. (2000). Self-regualtion and depletion of limited resources: Does self-control resemble a muscle? Psychological Bulletin, 126, 247–259. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.126.2.247


    Best,

    Jakob


    Jakob Stollberger

    Research Associate

    Organisational Leadership & Decision-Making Group

    Cambridge Judge Business School

    University of Cambridge

    Trumpington Street

    Cambridge CB2 1AG

    T: +44 (0)1223 330738

    E: j.stollberger@jbs.cam.ac.uk

    W: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG> on behalf of Crawford, Eean R <eean-crawford@UIOWA.EDU>
    Sent: 03 February 2017 15:49
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Studies on dealing with unexpected vs. routine events
     
    Can anybody point me toward research examining the level of effort, attention, or energy people expend dealing with unexpected versus routine events?

    Thanks! 
    _______________________________________
    Eean Crawford, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management & Organizations
    Tippie College of Business
    University of Iowa
    W376 John Pappajohn Business Bldg. 
    Iowa City, IA 52242-1994
    Ph: (319) 335-2884
    Fx: (319) 335-1956







  • 5.  Studies on dealing with unexpected vs. routine events

    Posted 02-03-2017 12:16

    Hi Eean,

     

    I'm not sure if you're looking for more theoretical or empirical work, but a recently published paper in AMR by Morgeson, Mitchell, & Liu presents a theory on the dynamic and multilevel nature of events in organizations. They provide some discussion about event features, such as novelty, criticality, and the disruptive nature of events experienced by individuals, teams, and organizations. I recognize this isn't exactly an empirical paper comparing reactions to events varying by level of unexpectedness, but it may be somewhat related to what you are looking for regarding the nature of events.

     

    Morgeson, F. P., Mitchell, T. R., & Liu, D. (2015). Event system theory: An event-oriented approach to the organizational sciences. Academy of Management Review, 40(4), 515-537.

     

    All the best,

    Wayne

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    Wayne S. Crawford, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Management

    College of Business

    New Mexico State University

    P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3DJ

    Las Cruces, NM 88003

    Phone: (575) 646-5982 Fax: (575) 646-1372

    E-mail: wsc@nmsu.edu

     

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG] On Behalf Of Crawford, Eean R
    Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 8:49 AM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Studies on dealing with unexpected vs. routine events

     

    Can anybody point me toward research examining the level of effort, attention, or energy people expend dealing with unexpected versus routine events?

     

    Thanks! 

    _______________________________________

    Eean Crawford, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management & Organizations

    Tippie College of Business

    University of Iowa

    W376 John Pappajohn Business Bldg. 

    Iowa City, IA 52242-1994

    Ph: (319) 335-2884

    Fx: (319) 335-1956