THE POSITIVE POTENTIAL OF TEMPERED RADICALS

Rand Quinn and Debra Meyerson
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Rand Quinn: Stanford University, USA
Debra Meyerson: Stanford University, USA

Chapter 13 in The Virtuous Organization:Insights from Some of the World's Leading Management Thinkers, 2008, pp 247-258 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractMeyerson and Quinn are interested in extending a scholarly look at the complementary aspects of tempered radicals and positive deviance behaviors defined within a Positive Organizational Scholarship perspective. Tempered Radicals, as defined in Meyerson's earlier works, are those who share an outsider/insider identity in groups or organizations and who seek to make things better for themselves and others. These authors focus on the tempered radical's “subtle, incremental and long-term strategies which slowly” make a significant difference. It is this source of positive change which is undertaken “with honor” that allows for a different notion of exemplary times to be viewed as long-term and enduring.

Keywords: Virtues; Positive Psychology; Positive Organizational Scholarship; Ethical Decision-Making; Virtuous Management and Leadership; Virtuous Organizations; Values; Social Issues in Management; Spirituality and Work; Corporate Citizenship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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