Mirvis, Philip: Fusing Radical Humanism and Organizational Spirituality in a Boundaryless Career

Tojo Thatchenkery () and Param Srikantia ()
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Tojo Thatchenkery: George Mason University
Param Srikantia: Baldwin Wallace University

Chapter 66 in The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers, 2021, pp 1125-1142 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores the distinctive contributions of Phil Mirvis, an organizational psychologist who has skillfully fused radical humanism and organizational spirituality in what can be best described as a boundaryless career. The boundaryless label captures the character of his contributions that defy categorization as they seamlessly weave together theoretical imagination, research-oriented creativity, and practical ingenuity while integrating multiple epistemologies and methods, including within his ambit individual, group, and societal levels of functioning, in addition to attending to both the tangible and intangible dimensions of organizational functioning. After reviewing some dominant influences and defining moments that shaped his career, the chapter explores Mirvis’s contributions in five thematic dimensions of organizational life, namely (a) large-scale organizational change, (b) mergers and acquisitions, (c) the character of the workforce and workplace, (d) leadership development, and (e) the role of business in society. The chapter concludes with a discussion of Mirvis’s key insights and legacies that include but are not limited to his work on failures in OD work as opportunities for new understandings, his elaboration of learning journeys as an instrument of promoting emotional and spiritual self-actualization in business contexts and his amplification of the compatibility of organizational cultures as a determinant of success in mergers and acquisitions.

Keywords: Organization development; Change management; Spirituality; Scholar-practitioner; Large systems transformation; Mergers & acquisitions; Workforce development; Business & society; Leadership development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38324-4_48

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