Combined Inductive and Deductive Reasoning and Research in Organizational Scholarship
All are invited to attend this presentation given by Professor Hank Sims of the University of Maryland.
Title:
Combined Inductive and Deductive Reasoning and Research in Organizational Scholarship
Abstract:
In this presentation Dr. Sims will first develop definitions and distinctions that characterize inductive versus deductive approaches to doing research. This issue also relates to the qualitative/quantitative distinction in organizational research. Then he will demonstrate this approach by discussing three projects. The first project was conducted on the subject of leadership of self-managing teams, and culminated in the 1987 ASQ article: Manz, C. C. & Sims, H. P. (1987). Leading workers to lead themselves: The external leadership of self-managing work teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 32, 106-129.The second project was conducted on the subject of leadership of resuscitation teams in a medical Trauma Center. The inductive and deductive phases of this research were published in the following two papers: Yun, S., Faraj, S., Xiao, Y., & Sims, H. P. Jr. (2003). Team leadership and coordination in trauma resuscitation. Advances in Interdisciplinary Study of Work Teams, 9, 183-208; and Yun, S., Faraj, S., & Sims, H. P. Jr. (2005) Contingent leadership and effectiveness of Trauma resuscitation teams. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 1288-1296.The third project investigated how leadership and team dynamics influence team innovation. This paper, co-authored with Craig Pearce, Xiaomeng (Alice) Zhang, and Seokhwa Yun, is currently a working paper in the finishing stage and is entitled "The Influence of Vertical Leadership, Internal and External Team Dynamics On Team Innovation." Finally, he will lead an open discussion on this and other approaches to conducting organizational research.
Henry P. Sims, Jr. is Professor of Management and Organization, and former Director, Ph.D. Program, at the R H Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. He served as Fulbright Fellow and Visiting Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University. He was the founding Academic Director of the Human Resources Management Program at Penn State University. He was previously with The Pennsylvania State University; Indiana University; Visitor at: University of California, Irvine; Stanford University, George Mason University, and Instituto de Empresa. He is also the former President of the Eastern Academy of Management. Dr. Sims' research and consulting addresses the issue of how executive leadership can influence employee behavior, performance, and satisfaction. His research in management and organizational psychology has been published in more than 130 articles in such journals as The Academy of Management Review, Journal, & Executive, Administrative Science Quarterly, Business Horizons, Human Relations, Management Science, Management of Personnel Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, Organization Dynamics, Personnel, Personnel Journal, Personnel Psychology, and Personnel Administrator. His seminal commentary on self-managed teams was prominently summarized in a feature 2-page interview in U. S. News and World Report. He has seven books, including The New SuperLeadership: Leading Others To Lead Themselves; Business Without Bosses; and Company of Heroes: Unleashing the Power of Self-Leadership.
