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Research paper thumbnail of 39. 2018-C & BR-Thibault, Forest, Zigarmi Housen & Boucher- 2018-0886368717750904 - Copy.pdf

Research paper thumbnail of Can Pronouns Predict Work Intentions? An Empirical Assessment of the Reich Test

In a 1993 op-ed piece in the Washington Post, then-Secretary of Labor Robert Reich proposed that ... more In a 1993 op-ed piece in the Washington Post, then-Secretary of Labor Robert Reich proposed that employees reveal their job attitudes through the pronouns they use to describe their organization, specifically suggesting that employees who describe their organization using the pronoun " we " are more engaged and committed, whereas the opposite is true for those who use the pronoun " they. " This study empirically tested Reich's assumption by studying the relationship between employees' pronoun use in describing their work experiences and their work intentions. The study finds qualified evidence of a relationship between pronoun use and work intentions, under specific conditions.

Research paper thumbnail of A Test of Three Basic Assumptions of the Situational Leadership® II Model and Their Implications for HRD Practitioners

2015),"Proposing a new approach for evaluating the situational leadership theory based on the Kan... more 2015),"Proposing a new approach for evaluating the situational leadership theory based on the Kano model: The case of university students"

Research paper thumbnail of A Preliminary Field Test of an Employee Work Passion Model

Four dimensions of a process model for the formulation of employee work passion, derived from Zig... more Four dimensions of a process model for the formulation of employee work passion, derived from Zigarmi, Nimon, Houson, Witt, and Diehl (2009), were tested in a field setting. A total of 447 employees completed questionnaires that assessed the internal elements of the model in a corporate work environment. Data from the measurements of work affect, work cognition, job well-being, and work intention supported the hypothesized model. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that a partial mediation model fitted best to the data. Implications for theory, practice, and future research directions are discussed. Zigarmi, Nimon, Houson, Witt, and Diehl (2009) proposed a process model for the formulation of employee work passion using social cognitive theory as an underlying framework. Recognizing the issues in the existing employee engagement literature, Zigarmi et al. developed a cognitive model that separates the constructs of work affect, work cognition, and work intention in order to describe the formation of a construct they termed employee work passion. They used the term employee work passion to differentiate the construct from the redundancy, confusion, and misinterpretation associated with employee engagement. Their model provides human resource development (HRD) professionals with the opportunity to serve their employee base by understanding the factors that connect employees' experience of their organizational work life to their resultant work passion. The employee work passion model (Zigarmi et al., 2009) offers three advantages to the process of diagnosing and improving organizational life over and above traditional models of employee engagement (e.g., Avery, McKay, & Wilson, 2007; Harter, Schmidt, & Hayes, 2002). First, employee work passion considers both organizational and job factors. Second, employee work passion incorporates self-defining activities. Third, employee work passion is supported by theory that can explain how it is formed.

Research paper thumbnail of Personal View of the Stresses of Being an Ethnographer

Research paper thumbnail of Leadership and School Climate: A Data-based Approach to Administrative Taining

Research paper thumbnail of Employee Engagement and HRD: Philosophical Underpinnings, Measurement, and Interventions Brad Shuck University of Louisville Kim Nimon University of North Texas

Research paper thumbnail of The Leadership-Profit Chain

Research paper thumbnail of Creation and Initial Validation of the Motivation Beliefs Inventory Measuring Leaders’ Beliefs about Employee Motivation Using Four Motivation Theories

Journal of Business Administration Research, 2014

This article describes the development and validation of the Motivation Beliefs Inventory (MBI), ... more This article describes the development and validation of the Motivation Beliefs Inventory (MBI), a new instrument for measuring leaders' motivation beliefs. For decades, organizational scholars and a small number of motivation researchers have urged leaders to examine their beliefs related to employee motivation. Answering this challenge was difficult, however, given the lack of instruments designed to measure motivation beliefs at all, much less beliefs from a range of prevalent theories.

Research paper thumbnail of Piaget, Learning Theory, and Mental Imagery: Toward a Curriculum of Visual Thinking

The Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1985

ABSTRACT Proposes guidelines for the development of a curriculum of visual thinking for early chi... more ABSTRACT Proposes guidelines for the development of a curriculum of visual thinking for early childhood education. Suggestions derived from Piaget's theory and research (the development of imagery per se, the dual nature of imagery and verbal processes, and the role of action and imagery in the development of mental imagery) are outlined as they apply to developing children's mental imagery skills in the school setting. Guidelines for developing a visual thinking curriculum (i.e., guidelines regarding the role of imagery, problem solving, task demands, and channeling stimuli) that are logically consistent with the findings of Piaget, learning theory, and split-brain research are also discussed. (23 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of a Strike on Organizational Climate and Leadership: A Study of a Middle School

Abstract: In the 1976-77 academic year, a study conducted at an Ohio middle school revealed the n... more Abstract: In the 1976-77 academic year, a study conducted at an Ohio middle school revealed the negative effects a strike had on teacher perceptions of climate and leadership. The original focus of the research study was to evaluate the impact of experimental curriculum, but after the unanticipated strike, it was realized that unbiased, prestrike data would be beneficial in the analysis of the effect of a strike on climate and leadership. A pre-post design was used with an author-developed climate questionnaire and the ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Teacher Center: Threat or Promise for Principals?

National Elementary Principal, 1979

EJ203101 - The Teacher Center: Threat or Promise for Principals?.

Research paper thumbnail of Le leader et la minute du succès

Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Climate and IGE: An Assessment & Implications

Abstract: The researchers compared the perceptions of school climate of teachers participating in... more Abstract: The researchers compared the perceptions of school climate of teachers participating in individually guided education programs (IGE) with those of non-IGE teachers. The subjects were 127 elementary school teachers from three upper-midwest suburban school districts. The subjects were members of the faculties of 16 elementary schools engaged in an innovative program designed to enhance staff development through inservice education. The data confirmed that the climate of IGE schools is viewed as more ...

Research paper thumbnail of Developing leadership & character: Knowing enough about yourself to lead others

Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of a Strike on Perceived Organizational Climate: A Study of a Middle School

Education, 1979

Abstract: A study conducted in the 1976-77 academic year at an Ohio middle school revealed the ne... more Abstract: A study conducted in the 1976-77 academic year at an Ohio middle school revealed the negative effects a strike had on perceived climate. An author developed climate questonnaire, The Staff Development School Climate Questionnaire, was administered to 40 teachers before and after a two-week district-wide strike.(Author/NQ)

Research paper thumbnail of Getting to know the LBAII: Research, validity and reliability of the self and other forms

Research paper thumbnail of The Leader Within: Knowing Enough About Yourself to Lead Others

Research paper thumbnail of Research on the LBAII: A validity and reliability study

Research paper thumbnail of The leader within: Learning enough about yourself to lead others

Discover the leader inside you! Become the leader you've always wanted to be Understand how ... more Discover the leader inside you! Become the leader you've always wanted to be Understand how you behave at your key'moments of influence'Reinvent your approach for better results--and happier people Build more effective teams and organizations, without compromising your values Co-authored by Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute ManagerIf you lead... if you intend to lead... if you work with leaders... you need this book. You need it to discover why...... self-change is your most urgent leadership challenge... ...

Research paper thumbnail of 39. 2018-C & BR-Thibault, Forest, Zigarmi Housen & Boucher- 2018-0886368717750904 - Copy.pdf

Research paper thumbnail of Can Pronouns Predict Work Intentions? An Empirical Assessment of the Reich Test

In a 1993 op-ed piece in the Washington Post, then-Secretary of Labor Robert Reich proposed that ... more In a 1993 op-ed piece in the Washington Post, then-Secretary of Labor Robert Reich proposed that employees reveal their job attitudes through the pronouns they use to describe their organization, specifically suggesting that employees who describe their organization using the pronoun " we " are more engaged and committed, whereas the opposite is true for those who use the pronoun " they. " This study empirically tested Reich's assumption by studying the relationship between employees' pronoun use in describing their work experiences and their work intentions. The study finds qualified evidence of a relationship between pronoun use and work intentions, under specific conditions.

Research paper thumbnail of A Test of Three Basic Assumptions of the Situational Leadership® II Model and Their Implications for HRD Practitioners

2015),"Proposing a new approach for evaluating the situational leadership theory based on the Kan... more 2015),"Proposing a new approach for evaluating the situational leadership theory based on the Kano model: The case of university students"

Research paper thumbnail of A Preliminary Field Test of an Employee Work Passion Model

Four dimensions of a process model for the formulation of employee work passion, derived from Zig... more Four dimensions of a process model for the formulation of employee work passion, derived from Zigarmi, Nimon, Houson, Witt, and Diehl (2009), were tested in a field setting. A total of 447 employees completed questionnaires that assessed the internal elements of the model in a corporate work environment. Data from the measurements of work affect, work cognition, job well-being, and work intention supported the hypothesized model. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that a partial mediation model fitted best to the data. Implications for theory, practice, and future research directions are discussed. Zigarmi, Nimon, Houson, Witt, and Diehl (2009) proposed a process model for the formulation of employee work passion using social cognitive theory as an underlying framework. Recognizing the issues in the existing employee engagement literature, Zigarmi et al. developed a cognitive model that separates the constructs of work affect, work cognition, and work intention in order to describe the formation of a construct they termed employee work passion. They used the term employee work passion to differentiate the construct from the redundancy, confusion, and misinterpretation associated with employee engagement. Their model provides human resource development (HRD) professionals with the opportunity to serve their employee base by understanding the factors that connect employees' experience of their organizational work life to their resultant work passion. The employee work passion model (Zigarmi et al., 2009) offers three advantages to the process of diagnosing and improving organizational life over and above traditional models of employee engagement (e.g., Avery, McKay, & Wilson, 2007; Harter, Schmidt, & Hayes, 2002). First, employee work passion considers both organizational and job factors. Second, employee work passion incorporates self-defining activities. Third, employee work passion is supported by theory that can explain how it is formed.

Research paper thumbnail of Personal View of the Stresses of Being an Ethnographer

Research paper thumbnail of Leadership and School Climate: A Data-based Approach to Administrative Taining

Research paper thumbnail of Employee Engagement and HRD: Philosophical Underpinnings, Measurement, and Interventions Brad Shuck University of Louisville Kim Nimon University of North Texas

Research paper thumbnail of The Leadership-Profit Chain

Research paper thumbnail of Creation and Initial Validation of the Motivation Beliefs Inventory Measuring Leaders’ Beliefs about Employee Motivation Using Four Motivation Theories

Journal of Business Administration Research, 2014

This article describes the development and validation of the Motivation Beliefs Inventory (MBI), ... more This article describes the development and validation of the Motivation Beliefs Inventory (MBI), a new instrument for measuring leaders' motivation beliefs. For decades, organizational scholars and a small number of motivation researchers have urged leaders to examine their beliefs related to employee motivation. Answering this challenge was difficult, however, given the lack of instruments designed to measure motivation beliefs at all, much less beliefs from a range of prevalent theories.

Research paper thumbnail of Piaget, Learning Theory, and Mental Imagery: Toward a Curriculum of Visual Thinking

The Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1985

ABSTRACT Proposes guidelines for the development of a curriculum of visual thinking for early chi... more ABSTRACT Proposes guidelines for the development of a curriculum of visual thinking for early childhood education. Suggestions derived from Piaget's theory and research (the development of imagery per se, the dual nature of imagery and verbal processes, and the role of action and imagery in the development of mental imagery) are outlined as they apply to developing children's mental imagery skills in the school setting. Guidelines for developing a visual thinking curriculum (i.e., guidelines regarding the role of imagery, problem solving, task demands, and channeling stimuli) that are logically consistent with the findings of Piaget, learning theory, and split-brain research are also discussed. (23 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of a Strike on Organizational Climate and Leadership: A Study of a Middle School

Abstract: In the 1976-77 academic year, a study conducted at an Ohio middle school revealed the n... more Abstract: In the 1976-77 academic year, a study conducted at an Ohio middle school revealed the negative effects a strike had on teacher perceptions of climate and leadership. The original focus of the research study was to evaluate the impact of experimental curriculum, but after the unanticipated strike, it was realized that unbiased, prestrike data would be beneficial in the analysis of the effect of a strike on climate and leadership. A pre-post design was used with an author-developed climate questionnaire and the ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Teacher Center: Threat or Promise for Principals?

National Elementary Principal, 1979

EJ203101 - The Teacher Center: Threat or Promise for Principals?.

Research paper thumbnail of Le leader et la minute du succès

Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Climate and IGE: An Assessment & Implications

Abstract: The researchers compared the perceptions of school climate of teachers participating in... more Abstract: The researchers compared the perceptions of school climate of teachers participating in individually guided education programs (IGE) with those of non-IGE teachers. The subjects were 127 elementary school teachers from three upper-midwest suburban school districts. The subjects were members of the faculties of 16 elementary schools engaged in an innovative program designed to enhance staff development through inservice education. The data confirmed that the climate of IGE schools is viewed as more ...

Research paper thumbnail of Developing leadership & character: Knowing enough about yourself to lead others

Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of a Strike on Perceived Organizational Climate: A Study of a Middle School

Education, 1979

Abstract: A study conducted in the 1976-77 academic year at an Ohio middle school revealed the ne... more Abstract: A study conducted in the 1976-77 academic year at an Ohio middle school revealed the negative effects a strike had on perceived climate. An author developed climate questonnaire, The Staff Development School Climate Questionnaire, was administered to 40 teachers before and after a two-week district-wide strike.(Author/NQ)

Research paper thumbnail of Getting to know the LBAII: Research, validity and reliability of the self and other forms

Research paper thumbnail of The Leader Within: Knowing Enough About Yourself to Lead Others

Research paper thumbnail of Research on the LBAII: A validity and reliability study

Research paper thumbnail of The leader within: Learning enough about yourself to lead others

Discover the leader inside you! Become the leader you've always wanted to be Understand how ... more Discover the leader inside you! Become the leader you've always wanted to be Understand how you behave at your key'moments of influence'Reinvent your approach for better results--and happier people Build more effective teams and organizations, without compromising your values Co-authored by Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute ManagerIf you lead... if you intend to lead... if you work with leaders... you need this book. You need it to discover why...... self-change is your most urgent leadership challenge... ...