Jane Dutton's research and expertise lies at the intersection of strategy, management and organizations, and psychology. After receiving her Ph.D. from Northwestern, she was on the strategy faculty of New York University for six years. Since 1989, when she joined the University of Michigan faculty, she has enjoyed a joint appointment between the Management and Organizations department at the Ross School and the Department of Psychology.

Jane's research is focused on processes that build capabilities and strengths of employees in organizations. In particular, she examines how high quality connections and identity processes increase employees' and organizations' capabilities. Her research has explored compassion and organizations, resilience and organizations, as well as energy and organizations  This research stream is part of positive organizational scholarship, a sub-field of management and organizations that Jane, along with Bob Quinn and Kim Cameron, established in 2001.  In 2002, they founded the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship, now known as the Center for Positive Organizations.  Her past research has explored processes of organizational adaptation, focusing on how strategic issues are interpreted and managed in organizations, as well as issues of organizational identity and change.

Jane has published over 100 articles and book chapters, edited 13 books and written two books for managers called Energize your Workplace: How to Build and Sustain High Quality Connections at Work (Jossey-Bass Publishers). and Awakening Compassion at Work (with Monica Worline, Berrett-Koehler Publishers). She  edited a book  (with Gretchen Spreitzer) called How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact (Berrett-Koehler Publishers). She also co-edited a book with Karen Golden-Biddle: Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations: Building A Theoretical and Research Foundation.(2012). This book is part of a series of edited books on Positive Organizational Scholarship that unpacks how looking at a core construct in organizational studies from a positive lens opens up new theoretical and research possibilities. As part of this series, Laura Morgan Roberts and Jane co-edited Exploring Positive Identity and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation (Psychology Press/Routledge). The first book in the series was completed with Belle Ragins and is called Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation (Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers). She co-edited the first book on Positive Organizational Scholarship with Kim Cameron and Bob Quinn (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003). Her research papers have won both the Best Paper Award for the Academy of Management Journal, the Administrative Science Quarterly Award for Scholarly Contribution, and the Breaking the Frame Award for the Journal of Management Inquiry.

She has been awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award for the Organization Behavior Division, Organization and Management Theory Division, the Organization Development and Change Division and the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division of the Academy of Management. At the Ross School of Business she has earned the Senior Scholar award and Researcher of the Year award,  In 2012 she was awarded the Scholarly Contributions Award for the Academy of Management. In 2007, she was honored with a Distinguished University Professorship and named it after one of her academic heroes, Robert L. Kahn.

Jane consults and works with a variety of organizations. For 10 years she served as co-director of ICOS (Interdisciplinary Committee of Organizational Studies), which is the largest interdisciplinary community of organizational scholars at any university. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Kelly Services. She loves teaching and participates in teaching undergraduates, MBAs and executives.  Currently, in her sem-retired status, she teaches an innovative course on Flourishing at Work. 

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Joep Cornelissen is Professor of Corporate Communication and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. The main focus of his research involves studies of the role of corporate and managerial communication in the context of innovation, entrepreneurship and change. In addition, he also has an interest in questions of scientific reasoning and theory development in management and organization theory.

His work has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science and Organization Studies, and he has written a general text on corporate communication (Corporate Communication: A Guide to Theory and Practice, Sage Publications) which is now in its sixth edition (2020).

He is the Editor-in-Chief of Organization Theory, a former Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Review, a Council member of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies, a former General Editor of the Journal of Management Studies (2006-2012) and serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Management Studies and Organization Studies.

Professional experience

Full Professor

Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Business-Society Management

Bex Hewett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management of Rotterdam School of Management. Her research focuses on the interface between HR practices and people's everyday experiences at work and she is interested in how HR practices can enhance value for the organisation whilst benefiting the wellbeing of employees.

Bex teaches HR-related courses to executives, and students at all levels, and is Academic Director for the MSc HRM at RSM. She works with organisations to apply research to practice and manages the Erasmus Centre for HR Excellence.

Bex was awarded her PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London. Prior to this she worked for 10 years as an HR professional, finally as Head of HR Operations at Ofcom (the UK's communications regulator). 

Professional experience

Assistant Professor

Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Organisation and Personnel Management

Sai Kalvapalle is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Business-Society Management at the Rotterdam School of Management. She previously completed her MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology at the London School of Economics (LSE) with Distinction, and her Bachelor’s in Psychology (Honours) at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Professional experience

PhD Candidate

Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Business-Society Management

As Strategy Director in Norway's largest telecoms operator, Sunil Singh has brought attention to developing skills and mindsets and transforming culture and governance, to improve the organization's ability to seize opportunities and deliver on its strategy. In 2016 he created the expectation and support for all employees to grow by establishing and leading a mandatory digital expertise program. For the last year he has been working on rolling out tools and adjusting governance to support company-wide business agility. He leads monthly virtual workshops for the top 100 managers in the company that aim to inform, engage and shape culture.

He is a Partner at Beyond Either Or, a provider of coaching, training and consulting for purpose-driven leaders and organizations.

In addition to co-leading the RSM Norway Alumni Chapter, Sunil has co-founded and co-led global virtual communities, organizations and positive-change initiatives.

Sunil is certified Integral Master Coach, Integral Facilitator and Scaled Agile Lean Portfolio Manager, and holds an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management and MA in Engineering from Cambridge University.