The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science Best Paper for 2021
Each year since 1966, JABS selects the best paper published in the journal in the past year to receive the Douglas McGregor award (see award history here) .
JABS is happy to announce the Douglas McGregor Award for Best paper published in 2021 is:
"The Power of the Platform: Place and Employee Responses to Organizational Change."
Inger G. Stensaker, Julia Balogun, and Ann Langley
Vol 57, Issue. 2: 174–203
Read the full paper: https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886320933736.
The runner up, honorable mention for 2021 is:
"Organizational Posttraumatic Growth: Thriving After Adversity."
Benjamin N. Alexander, Bruce E. Greenbaum, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, Yoram Mitki, and Arik Horesh.
Vol. 57, Issue 1: 30–56.
Read the full paper: https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886320931119.
If you missed it, JABS additions include paper animations:
Nesse, S., & Stensaker, I. G. (2022). Coping, Not Choking, Under the Pressure of a Terrorist Attack: A Crisis Leadership Coping Model. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 58(2), 223–255.
https://youtu.be/fMBPlnMSnO0
Boyatzis, R. E., Hullinger, A., Ehasz, S. F., Harvey, J., Tassarotti, S., Gallotti, A., & Penafort, F. (2022). The Grand Challenge for Research on the Future of Coaching. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 58(2), 202–222.
https://youtu.be/2ctWquGhbA8
Wilson, S. R., Barley, W. C., Ruge-Jones, L., & Poole, M. S. (2022). Tacking Amid Tensions: Using Oscillation to Enable Creativity in Diverse Teams. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 58(1), 5–28.
https://youtu.be/96dNr-T0T2s
Bartunek, J. M., Rousseau, D. M., Rudolph, J. W., & DePalma, J. A. (2006). On the Receiving End: Sensemaking, Emotion, and Assessments of an Organizational Change Initiated by Others. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 42(2), 182–206.
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Gavin Schwarz
UNSW Business School
UNSW Sydney
Australia
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