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Positive Change Bibliography

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OD Seasonings. (2005, Jul). Seasonings: A Journal by Senior OD Practitioners.

Ashby, F. G., Isen, A. M., Turken, U. (1999). A neuropsychological theory of positive affect and its influence on cognition. Psychological Review Vol. 106.

Barros, I., Cooperrider, D. L. (2000). A story of Nutrimental in Brazil: How Wholeness, Appreciation, and Inquiry Bring out the Best in human Organization. Organization Development Journal: Special Issue

Barros, I. O., Cooperrider, D. L. (2001, Aug 14). Appreciative Inquiry Fostering Wholeness in Organizations: A Story of Nutrimental in Brazil. Nutrimental Industria e Comercio de Alimentos S.A..

Booy, D., Sena, O., Arusha, S. (2000). Capacity Building using the Appreciative Inquiry Approach: The experience of world vision Tanzania. Global Social Innovations, Journal of the GEM Initiative Vol. 3. 4-11

Brown, J., Isaacs, D. (1996). Conversation as a Core Business Process (Vol. 7). The Systems Thinker.

Buckingham, M. (2007). Go: Put Your Strengths to Work. Free Press.

Bunker, B. B., Alban, B. T. (1997). The Handbook of Large Group Methods. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Bunker, B. B. (1990). Appreciating diversity and modifying organizational cultures: Men and women at work. In Srivastva, S., Cooperrider, D. (Eds.), Appreciative management and leadership: The power of positive thought and action in organizations (1 ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc.

Bushe, G. R. (2001). Clear Leadership. Davies-Black. 264

Bushman, J., Buster, W. (2002). Listen and Learn (Vol. 31). Leadership.

Cameron, K., Dutton, J., Quinn, R. (2003). Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. 450

Cannon, R. E. (2004). The Power of the Question. Taking Aim.

Appreciative Inquiry: An Emerging Direction for Organization Development. (2001). Stipes Publishing.

Cooperrider, D. L. (2000). . In Positive Image, Positive Action: The Affirmative Basis of Organizing. Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking Human Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change.

Cottor, R., Asher, A., Levin, J., Weiser, C. (2004). Experiential Learning Exercises In Social Construction: A Field Book for Creating Change. Taos Institute Publishing.

De La Cruz, R. (2002). Looking for the Good in Bad News. South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

De Pree, M. (1997). Leading Without Power. Jossey-Bass.

Dean, Ph.D., B. (2004, Dec 15). Ben's Top Ten Positive Psychology Books. Authentic Happiness Newsletter.

Duenwald, M. (2002, Nov 19). Power of Positive Thinking Extends, It Seems, to Aging. New York Times.

Fredrickson, B. (2004, Mar). Cultivating Positive Emotions to Optimize Health and Well-Being. APA Online: Prevention & Treatment Vol. 3.

Fredrickson, B. L. (2003, Jul). The Value of Positive Emotions. American Scientist Vol. 91.

Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions. American Psychologist Vol. 56. 218-226

Fuller, C., Griffin, T., Ludema, J. (2000). Appreciative Future Search: Involving the Whole system in Positive Organization Change. Organization Development Journal Vol. 18. 29-41

Gibbons, P. (1999). Spirituality at Work—What, Why, and How? (Radford, A., Eds.). AI Practitioner: Issue 7, November 1999.

Gladwell, M. (2002). The Tipping Point. Back Bay Books.

Hoffman, A., Wade-Benzoni, K., Thompson, L., Moore, D., Bazerman, M. (1999, May 1). A mixed-motive perspective on the economics versus environment debate. American Behavioral Scientist Vol. 42. 1254-1276

Isen, A. M., Estrada, C. A., Young, M. J. (1998). Positive affect facilitates integration of information and decreases anchoring in reasoning among physicians (Vol. 72). Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes.

Jaworski, J., Flowers, B. S. (1998). Synchronicity. Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Johnson, S., Ludema, J. (1997). Partnering to build and measure organizational capacity: lessons from NGOs around the world. Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRC).

Kegan, R., Lahey, L. L. (2002). How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work. Jossey-Bass.

Kretzmann, J. P., McKnight, J. L. (1993). Building communities from the inside out. ACTA Publications.

Lawler, S. (2003). Generous Wisdom. Spirituality and Health.

Loeb, P. R. (2002). Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time. St. Martin's Press.

Ludema, J. D., L Cooperrider, D. D., Barrett, F. J. (2001). Handbook of Action Research. Sage Publications Ltd. 189-199

Max, D. T. (2007, Jan 7). Happiness 101 (online ed.). NY Times Magazine

McClean, A., George, M. (2001, Aug 16). A Case of New World Wine - In Old World Bottles?. McLean & George Ltd.

McNamee, S., Anderson, H. (Eds.). (2006). Expanding Organizational Practices: Lessons from Therapeutic Conversations (online ed.). AI Practitioner.

McPherson, EdD, C., Witemann, PhD, K. (2004). Inspiration or Desperation. Summerville Books (1 ed.) Vol. 1. 252

Mundell, E. J. (2007). Brain Uses Past to Peer Into Future (online ed.). HealthDay News.

Owen, H. (1997). Open Space Technology. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Pascale, R. T., Sternin, J. (2005). Your Company's Secret Change Agents. Havard Business Review.

Quinn, R. E. (1996). Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding: A Resource for Innovators. (2003). Pact Publications. 420

Schiller, M., Pyser, S., Radford, A. (Eds.). (2006). Lifelong Learning “On the Road to Find Out”: How Theory Informs Practice and How Practice Informs Theory (online ed.). AI Practitioner.

Seligman, M. E. (2002). Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfullment. Free Press. 320

Seligman, M. E., Csikszentmihalyi, M. M. (2000). Positive Psychology (Vol. 55). American Psychologist.

Senge, P. M., Kleiner, A., Roberts, C., Roth, G., Ross, R. (1999). The Dance of Change. Currency.

Sheldon, K. M., King, L. (2001). Why Positive Psychology Is Necessary. American Psychologist (March ed.) Vol. 56.

Snyder, C. R., McCullough, M. E. (2000). A positive psychology field of dreams: If you build it they will come (Vol. 19). Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

Srivastva, S., Cooperrider, D. L. (Eds.). (1998). Organizational wisdom and executive courage (1 ed.). San Francisco, CA: The New Lexington Press.

Stanfield, B. (2000). The Art of Focused Conversation. New Society Publishers.

Strong, T. (2002). Constructive Curiosities (Vol. 21). Journal of Systemic Therapies.

Thatchenkery, T., Metzker, C. (2006). Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. 200

Thatchenkery, T. (1996). Affirmative Facilitation: A Postmodernist Paradigm in Chance Management (Vol. 28). OD Practitioner.

Trosten-Bloom, A., Whitney, D. (1999). Appreciative Inquiry: The Path to Positive Change - in Managing Change in Healthcare: Innovative Solutions for People-Based Organization. McGraw-Hill Heathcare Financial Management Association. 113-128

Wade-Benzoni, K., Hoffman, A., Moore, D., Gillespie, J., Bazerman, M. (2002). Barriers to resolution in ideologically based negotiations: (Vol. 27). Academy of Management Review.

Wheatley, M. J. (2001). Leadership and the New Science (Revised). Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Wheatley, M. J. (1992). Leadership and the New Science. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Williams, R. (2008, Jan 23). Time to reassess employees' psychology. Financial Post (online ed.).

Young, E. (2002). Rejection Massively Reduces IQ. New Scientist.com.

Zenger, J. H., Folkman, J. (2002). The Extraordinary Leader : Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders. McGraw-Hill Trade.



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