... of the “touch” energizes the soul to try to explain and explore why and how it “has suddenly taken light.” Peter Simpson can be contacted at: Peter.Simpson@uwe.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Leadership Narratives Uncertainty management Research methods Bertrand Russell...

.... These show up in the upper right quadrant. Senior management Leadership Leadership development Team working Research methods In 1997 I began a process of exploring the application of Ken Wilber's work to the world of executive leadership. The resulting model may be said to be influenced by his...

... of organizational change and explore the inter‐relationships or connections between change as discourse and change as strategy, as process and as a set of outcomes or forms. Organizational change Research methods Narratives The papers in this special issue all contribute to our understanding...

...Kathy Lund Dean Empirical research in spirituality and religion in work (SRW) offers special challenges in construct conceptualization, operationalization, and data analysis. For this special research methods issue, accomplished researcher and SRW champion Ian I. Mitroff shares his thoughts...

...Margaret Benefiel Researchers in the burgeoning new field of spirituality in organizations face a number of significant field‐shaping questions, e.g. how should spirituality in organizations be defined and what research methods are most appropriate for this work – quantitative, qualitative...

... legitimacy in contributing scholarly work is not ensured. Part of the problem is that many SRW concepts resist being tested with “approved” positivist research models. This paper explores the tension between relevance and legitimacy, focusing on research methods, models, and traditions that may serve both...

... survey on team members’ attitudes towards improvisation. This survey was intended to contribute to the theory‐building process and not to perform any type of theory testing. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Change Organizational behaviour Organizational theory Research methods Gap analysis...