Research Spotlight

New in Research:

Sampling Organizational Culture Surveys: View our updated guidelines for sampling here>>

Impact on Performance - Updated: The culture-to-performance presentation in our library has been updated, using data from 2000 to 2010 here>>

Culture Change over Time: The latest research slide presentation in our library here>>

Engagement and Culture: How do they relate to each other? Check out this presentation based on the Organizational Culture and Engagement Research Note here>>

Survival Empowerment Series: Director of R&D, Lindsey Kotrba, will be a panelist for this event themed, "Work-Life Balance: 'Making it Work.'"  RSVP for this event by October 6th, here>>

Academy of Management 2011: We are back from the AOM Meeting in San Antonio, and we have two presentations available online. Assessing the Impact of Leader-Culture fit on Managerial Effectiveness
And: The Innovation Success of Teams: Building Knowledge and Trust Networks with Stakeholders

Topics We Are Currently Researching:

• Culture - Financial Performance Link (Dan Denison, Ryan Smerek, Lindsey Kotrba, Nathalie Castaño, Jay Richards, & colleagues). Some recent work in this area includes:

  1) the impact of industry volatility on the culture-performance relationship. more»
  2) looking at how the culture traits interact to impact performance. more»
  3) the role that culture strength (shared perceptions) plays in the culture – performance relationship. 
  4) how culture impacts safety in organizations. more»

• Culture Strength (Nathalie Castaño, Lindsey Kotrba, Dan Denison, & colleagues) more»
• Culture and Diversity Management (Ashley Guidroz , Lindsey Kotrba, & Dan Denison) more»
• Culture and Innovation (Lindsey Kotrba & Levi Nieminen) more»
• Culture - Leadership Link (Gary Burns & Lindsey Kotrba): We are investigating the role of leader-culture fit on employees’ perceptions of leader effectiveness.
• Age and Leadership Issues (Lindsey Kotrba, Sandy Lim, & Dan Denison) more»
• Gender and Leadership Issues (Lindsey Kotrba, Nathalie Castaño, Ashley Guidroz, & colleagues) more»
• Mergers & Acquisitions (Dan Denison, Bryan Adkins, & Ashley Guidroz): a recently completed chapter for Advances in Global Leadership explores mergers and acquisitions that span national borders, highlighting important dynamics in the cultural integration process. more»
• Random Responding in Surveys (Paul Curran, Lindsey Kotrba, & Dan Denison): We are conducting research to identify the best practices for detecting random responders in surveys and to understand the impact of random responders on data quality and the validity of conclusions drawn.
• Translations Quality (Lindsey Kotrba & Colleagues at Bowling Green State University) more»

To learn more about these topics please contact us or call 734-302-4002.