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Gretchen Spreitzer

Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration. Professor of Management and Organizations. Faculty Director, Center for Positive Organizations at Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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  • Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Gretchen M. Spreitzer's research focuses on employee empowerment and leadership development, particularly within a context of organizational change and decline. Her most recent work is looking at positive deviance and how organizations enable employees to thrive. This work fits within a larger effort at Ross to develop a Scholarship of Positive Organizing (http://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/).

She is the co-author of several books including How to be a Positive Leader (2014) with Jane Dutton, Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship with Kim Cameron, The Leader's Change Handbook: An Essential Guide to Setting Direction and Taking Action (1999) with Jay Conger and Edward Lawler, The Future of Leadership: Speaking to the Next Generation (2001) with Warren Bennis and Thomas Cummings, and A Company of Leaders: Five Disciplines for Unleashing the Power in Your Workforce (2001) with Robert Quinn.

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Accelerated Management Development Certificate Program


Stephen M. Ross School of Business


Online


Emerging Leaders Program: Becoming a Transformational Leader


Stephen M. Ross School of Business


Online


People Driven Thinking


Stephen M. Ross School of Business


Online


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Books

Sustainable Performance AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer and Christine Porath Published Date04/2017 Source Harvard Business Review Press Pages: 99-130 Happiness Compillation

Sleep and Other Energy Management Mechanisms: The Engine for High Energy at Work. AuthorsSpreitzer, Gretchen; Fritz, Charlotte; Lam, Chak Fu. Published Date5/2016 Source Oxford University Press Pages: . 241-262 Sleep and Work C. Barnes, J. Barling & D. Wagner

Enabling Thriving at Work. AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer and Chris Porath Published Date05/2014 Source San Francisco, CA: Barrett-Koehler. How to be a Positive Leader J. Dutton & G. Spreitzer

How to Be a Positive Leader: Insights and Future Possibilities. AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer and Jane Dutton Published Date05/2014 Source San Francisco, CA: Barrett-Koehler. How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. J. Dutton & G. Spreitzer

An Invitation to Positive Leadership: How Small Actions Can Make Big Impact AuthorsJane Dutton and Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date05/2014 Source San Francisco, CA: Barrett-Koehler. How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. J. Dutton & G. Spreitzer

Self-Determination as Nutriment for Thriving: Building an Integrative Model of Human Growth at Work AuthorsSpreitzer, G.M., and Porath, C. Published Date2014 Source Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Work Engagement, Motivation, and Self-Determination Theory M. Gagne

Co-Creating The Classroom Experience To Transform Learning and Change Lives. AuthorsQuinn, R.E., Heynoski, K., Thomas, M., & Spreitzer, G. Published Date12/2014 Source Emerald Pages: 22-54 Research in Organization Change and Development. Abraham Shani

Positive Organizational Scholarship AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer Published Date2013 Source Thousand Oaks: Sage Encyclopedia of Management Theory E.H. Kessler

Using a Positive Organizational Scholarship Lens to Enrich Research on Work-Family Relationships AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer Published Date2013 Source Routledge New Frontiers in Work and Family Research J.G. Grzywacz and E. Demerouti

A Path Forward: Toward Progress in Becoming a Discipline AuthorsSpreitzer, G.M., & Cameron, K. Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 1034-1048 Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship K. Cameron and G. Spreitzer

A Review of Human Energy in Organizations: Implications for Positive Organizational Scholarship AuthorsSpreitzer, G.M., Lam, C.F., ad Quinn, R. Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 155-167 Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship K. Cameron and G. Spreitzer

Introduction to the handbook AuthorsCameron, K.S., & Spreitzer, G.M. Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 1-16 Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship K. Cameron and G. Spreitzer

How to be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact AuthorsJane Dutton and Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date05/2014 Source Berrett-Koehler 978-1626560284

The Best Teacher in You: Accelerating Learning and Changing Lives. AuthorsRobert Quinn, Katherine Heynoski, Michael Thomas, Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date06/2014 Source San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 1626561788

Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship AuthorsCameron, K. and Spreitzer, G. Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press

Papers

  • Sustainable Performance AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer and Christine Porath Published Date04/2017 Source Harvard Business Review Press Pages: 99-130 Happiness Compillation
  • Sleep and Other Energy Management Mechanisms: The Engine for High Energy at Work. AuthorsSpreitzer, Gretchen; Fritz, Charlotte; Lam, Chak Fu. Published Date5/2016 Source Oxford University Press Pages: . 241-262 Sleep and Work C. Barnes, J. Barling & D. Wagner
  • Enabling Thriving at Work. AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer and Chris Porath Published Date05/2014 Source San Francisco, CA: Barrett-Koehler. How to be a Positive Leader J. Dutton & G. Spreitzer
  • How to Be a Positive Leader: Insights and Future Possibilities. AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer and Jane Dutton Published Date05/2014 Source San Francisco, CA: Barrett-Koehler. How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. J. Dutton & G. Spreitzer
  • An Invitation to Positive Leadership: How Small Actions Can Make Big Impact AuthorsJane Dutton and Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date05/2014 Source San Francisco, CA: Barrett-Koehler. How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. J. Dutton & G. Spreitzer
  • Self-Determination as Nutriment for Thriving: Building an Integrative Model of Human Growth at Work AuthorsSpreitzer, G.M., and Porath, C. Published Date2014 Source Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Work Engagement, Motivation, and Self-Determination Theory M. Gagne
  • Co-Creating The Classroom Experience To Transform Learning and Change Lives. AuthorsQuinn, R.E., Heynoski, K., Thomas, M., & Spreitzer, G. Published Date12/2014 Source Emerald Pages: 22-54 Research in Organization Change and Development. Abraham Shani
  • Positive Organizational Scholarship AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer Published Date2013 Source Thousand Oaks: Sage Encyclopedia of Management Theory E.H. Kessler
  • Using a Positive Organizational Scholarship Lens to Enrich Research on Work-Family Relationships AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer Published Date2013 Source Routledge New Frontiers in Work and Family Research J.G. Grzywacz and E. Demerouti
  • A Path Forward: Toward Progress in Becoming a Discipline AuthorsSpreitzer, G.M., & Cameron, K. Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 1034-1048 Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship K. Cameron and G. Spreitzer
  • A Review of Human Energy in Organizations: Implications for Positive Organizational Scholarship AuthorsSpreitzer, G.M., Lam, C.F., ad Quinn, R. Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 155-167 Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship K. Cameron and G. Spreitzer
  • Introduction to the handbook AuthorsCameron, K.S., & Spreitzer, G.M. Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 1-16 Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship K. Cameron and G. Spreitzer
  • How to be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact AuthorsJane Dutton and Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date05/2014 Source Berrett-Koehler 978-1626560284
  • The Best Teacher in You: Accelerating Learning and Changing Lives. AuthorsRobert Quinn, Katherine Heynoski, Michael Thomas, Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date06/2014 Source San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 1626561788
  • Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship AuthorsCameron, K. and Spreitzer, G. Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press

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