LP763-L1
Weekly Task List 1. Week 2 Assigned Readings 2. Watch Lectures 3. Waking Up @ Work (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/pages/waking-up-at-work-practice-
instructions) 4. Week 2 Discussion Board (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/discussion_topics/94409)
WEEK 2: Assigned Readings
Schein, E. H. (2009). Helping: How to offer, give, and receive help. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Chapter 2, “Economics and Theater: The Essence of Relationships”
Nohria and Khurana (2010); Handbook of leadership theory and practice Lorsch (2010). A contingency theory of leadership. (pp. 411–428). Wasserman et al. (2010). When does leadership matter? (pp. 27–58).
Day, D. V., & Dragoni, L. (2015). Leadership development: An outcome-oriented review. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 2, 133–156. (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059862?wrap=1) (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059862/download?download_frd=1)
Understanding the self and development
Relationship “economics” in helping: reciprocity, cost, and emotional risk
Contingency thinking: when “good leadership” depends on context
When leadership matters and systems dynamics impact outcomes
Psychodynamic patterns: anxiety, defense, projection, authority dynamics
Action research as disciplined intervention (inquiry → action → learning
Week
2 Under the Surface: Context, Relationships, & Organizational Psychodynamics
Gabriel, Y. (2016). Psychoanalytic perspectives on organizational life. In D. M. Boje, B. Burnes, & J. Hassard (Eds.), The Routledge companion to organizational change (pp. 67–83). Routledge. (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059863?wrap=1) (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059863/download?download_frd=1) Hards, E., Rathbone, C. J., Ellis, J. A., & Reynolds, S. (2024). “What is the self anyway?” Towards a more parsimonious conceptualization of the self: A review. New Ideas in Psychology, 74, Article 101080. (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059864?wrap=1) (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059864/download?download_frd=1) Coghlan, D., & Brannick, T. (2014). Doing action research in your own organization (4th ed.). SAGE. (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059865?wrap=1) (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059865/download?download_frd=1) Schruijer, S. G. L., & Curșeu, P. L. (2024). A system psychodynamic perspective on collaborative leadership in multiparty systems: Learnings from a behavioral simulation. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 13(1), 47–62. (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059866?wrap=1) (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059866/download?download_frd=1) Zhang, H., Sun, W., & Tang, G. (2025). Relational leadership and work–life balance: The moderated mediating role of relational energy. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 42(4), 2379–2400. (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059867?wrap=1) (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1059867/download?download_frd=1)
Week 2 Pre-Recorded Lecture
Lecture Slides 1+2_LP763.pdf (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1036125?wrap=1) (https://canvas.williamjames.edu/courses/11052/files/1036125/download?download_frd=1)
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