Department of Management and Organization Seminar: John Paul Stephens, Case Western Reserve University

John Paul Stephens, Case Western Reserve University

John Paul Stephens, Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior Department, Weatherhead School of Management, will deliver a talk on his research. Stephens’ research focuses on the roles of perception, knowledge, and relationships in organizing, particularly in the performance of musical ensembles. His other research interests fall under the umbrella of positive organizational scholarship and include high-quality connections, strengths-based feedback, and the relationship between character strengths and person-job fit. Stephens employs a variety of tools and methods, from structural equation modeling to video-based conversation analysis and ethnography, to examine how people’s self-knowledge, be it about their relationships, their strengths, or their behaviors, impacts their work. His research has been published in the Journal of Positive Psychology and the Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work, and has been presented in papers and symposia at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management. In 2015 he was awarded the Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Review. In 2013, he received the Best Paper Award, University of California-Davis Conference on Qualitative Research. Stephens has been an Ethics Table Fellow, Beamer-Schneider Professorship in Ethics, Case Western Reserve University. He is also the recipient of ACES+ ADVANCE Opportunity Grant Award, ACES+ Initiative, a Cleveland Clinic Foundation Grant for research on coordination, and has been nominated for University and Weatherhead teaching and mentoring awards.

Learn more about John Paul Stephens here

Talk sponsored by the Mendoza College of Business Department of Management and Organization as part of the Eugene B. Clark Research Seminar Series. Free and open to the Mendoza and campus community.