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Introduction

The call : why a book now on using a positive lens to explore social change and organizations? / Jane E. Dutton, Karen Golden-Biddle, and Elana Feldman

Change agency

Social change agency under adversity : how relational processes (re)produce hope in hopeless settings / Oana Branzei

Being a positive social change agent through issue selling / Scott Sonenshein

Social entrepreneurs, socialization processes, and social change : the case of sekem / Tomislav Rimac, Johanna Mair, and Julie Battilana

Power beyond the purse : philanthropic foundations as agents of social change / Debra Meyerson and Laura Wernick

Revealing themes : applying a positive lens to the chapters on change agency / Erica L. Steckler and Jean M. Bartunek

Environment and sustainability

Hybrid organizations as agents of positive social change : bridging the for-profit and non-profit divide / Andrew J. Hoffman, Krista K. Badiane, and Nardia Haigh

Agency and innovation in a phase of turbulent change : conservation in the Great Bear rainforest / Darcy Riddell, Ola Tjörnbo, and Frances Westley

Practicing sustainability : a generative approach to change agency / Martha S. Feldman

Connecting sustainability movements and enterprises in developing economies : building networks and capabilities / Paola Perez-Aleman

Revealing themes : applying a positive lens to the chapters on environment and sustainability / Jennifer Howard-Grenvil

Health care

Hope as generative dynamic in transformational

Change : creating and sustaining "collaborative care" in the care health system / Karen Golden-Biddle and Kathryn Correia

Promoting positive change in physician-administrator relationships : the importance of identity security in managing intractable identity conflicts / Michael G. Pratt, C. Marlene Fiol, Edward J. O'Connor, and Paul Panico

Amplifying resources and buffering demands : how managers can support front line staff in

Loving action for each child / Rebecca Wells

Generative change in health care organizations : co-creating health to reduce health disparities / Valerie Myers and Lynn Perry Wooten

Revealing themes : applying a positive lens to the chapters on health care / Trish Reay

Poverty and low-wage work

Positive organizational change by and for the working poor / Carrie R. Leana and Ellen Ernst Kossek

Building organizations to change communities : educational entrepreneurs in poor urban areas / Christine M. Beckman and Brooking Gatewood

Navigating change in the company of (dissimilar) others : co-developing relational capabilities with microcredit clients / Lisa Jones Christensen

The stranger as friend : loan officers and positive deviance in microfinance / Rodrigo Canales

Revealing themes : applying a positive lens to the chapters on poverty and low-wage work / Jone L. Pearce

The response : what does this book contribute to the understanding of social change and

Organizations? / Karen Golden-Biddle, Jane E. Dutton, and Elana Feldman.

Sustainable development > Developing countries.

Developing countries > Social policy.

ProQuest (Firm)