The Center for POS is pleased to announce that the authors of two submissions for the first bi-annual Award for Best Paper in Positive Organizational Scholarship will share the $5,000 prize. Adam Grant and Ingrid Nembhard accepted on behalf of the authors of their respective papers at the Magnetic Forces of POS conference in Ann Arbor on December 5, 2008. Congratulations to all!

Adam Grant, Elizabeth Campbell, Grace Chen, Keenan Cottone, David Lapedis, and Karen Lee

For their submission:

Impact and the Art of Motivation Maintenance: The Effects of Contact with Beneficiaries on Persistence Behavior.

Citation:

Grant, A. M., Campbell, E. M., Chen, G., Cottone, K., Lapedis, D., & Lee, K. (2007). Impact and the art of motivation maintenance: The effects of contact with beneficiaries on persistence behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 103, 53–67.

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Ingrid M. Nembhard and Amy C. Edmondson

For their submission:

Making it safe: The effects of leader inclusiveness and professional status on psychological safety and improvement efforts in health care teams.

Citation:

Nembhard, Ingrid M. and Edmondson, Amy C. (2006). Making it safe: The effects of leader inclusiveness and professional status on psychological safety and improvement efforts in health care teams. J. Organiz. Behav. 27, 941–966.

2008 Best Paper in Positive Organizational Scholarship Award Guidelines

Information about the 2010 Best Paper in Positive Organizational Scholarship Award will be available in early 2010 at www.bus.umich.edu/positive. We look forward to your submissions!