Ruth Blatt

Started Fall 2002

email:    rblatt@umich.edu
Phone:  734.763.4613
Office:   E2530
Advisor: Susan Ashford

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Curriculum Vita

Program

Management and Organizations

Research Interests

Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial teams
Nonstandard employment arrangements
Organizational and professional identity
Meaning at Work; Relationships at work

Dissertation:  Developing Relational Capital in Team-Based New Ventures

Publications

Blatt, R. Organizational citizenship behavior of temporary knowledge employees. Conditionally Accepted, Organization Studies. 

Ashford, S.J., George, E., & Blatt, R. (2007). Old Assumptions, new work: The opportunities and challenges of research on nonstandard employment. In A.P. Brief and J.P. Walsh (Eds.), Academy of Management Annals, Vol. 1, forthcoming. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Blatt, R., Christianson, M.K., Sutcliffe, K., & Rosenthal, M.M. (2006). A sensemaking lens on reliability. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 27(7), 897-917.

Blatt, R. & Camden, C.T. (2006). Positive relationships and cultivating community. In J.E. Dutton, and B.R. Ragins (Eds.), Exploring positive relationships at work: Building a theoretical and research foundation, (pp. 243-264). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Anderson, P., Blatt, R., Christianson, M., Grant, A., Marquis, C., Neuman, E., Sonenshein, S., & Sutcliffe, K. (2006). Understanding mechanisms in organizational research: Reflections from a collective journey. Journal of Management Inquiry, 15(2), 102-113.

Ashford, S.J, Blatt, R. & VandeWalle, D. (2003). Reflections on the looking glass: A review of research on feedback-seeking behavior in organizations, Journal of Management, 29(6), 773-799.

Teaching

MO 300: Behavioral Theory in Management, Fall 2004.

Educational Background

BA Swarthmore College, Psychology
MSC Tel Aviv University, Organizational Behavior, Magna Cum Laude, 2002

Academic Awards, Honors and Grants 

University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, 2006.

Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Research Grant, 2005.