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D-Index
61
Citations
42066
World Ranking
486
National Ranking
218

Research.com Recognitions

  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Gretchen M. Spreitzer is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States, contributing extensively to research in the areas of Business, Management, and Accounting. Their work predominantly focuses on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, with additional engagement in Social Psychology, General Health Professions, Management Science and Operations Research, and Research and Theory.

The main topics covered in Spreitzer's research include:

  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Facilities and Workplace Management
  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Nursing education and management

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Spreitzer are:

  • "An integrative multilevel review of thriving at work: Assessing progress and promise," 2021, Journal of Organizational Behavior
  • "To thrive or not to thrive: Pathways for sustaining thriving at work," 2022, Research in Organizational Behavior
  • "Job crafting in registered nurses working in public health: A qualitative study," 2022, Applied Nursing Research
  • "Leader sleep devaluation, employee sleep, and unethical behavior," 2020, Sleep Health
  • "'It's like, instant respect': Coworking spaces as identity anchoring environments in the new economy," 2022, New Technology Work and Employment

Spreitzer frequently collaborates with several coauthors including Cristina B. Gibson, Peter Bacevice, Christine L. Porath, Reut Livne-Tarandach, and Neil Boyd. These partnerships have resulted in multiple publications contributing to various facets of organizational behavior and management.

Their research is regularly published in venues such as the Academy of Management Proceedings, Applied Nursing Research, Research in Organizational Behavior, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Sleep Health.

Spreitzer's work intersects research on workplace environments, psychological well-being, and management strategies, with specific attention to contexts such as healthcare and organizational settings. Recognized within the academic community, Spreitzer holds the designation of Dean of Fellow from the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: DIMENSIONS, MEASUREMENT, AND VALIDATION

    Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • Social structural characteristics of psychological empowerment

    Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • A Socially Embedded Model of Thriving at Work

    Gretchen Spreitzer;Kathleen Sutcliffe;Jane Dutton;Scott Sonenshein

  • A Dimensional Analysis of the Relationship between Psychological Empowerment and Effectiveness Satisfaction, and Strain

    Gretchen M. Spreitzer;Mark A. Kizilos;Stephen W. Nason

  • Explaining How Survivors Respond to Downsizing: The Roles of Trust, Empowerment, Justice, and Work Redesign

    Aneil K. Mishra;Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • Psychological Empowerment in the Workplace: Dimensions, Measurement, and Validation

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  • The road to empowerment: Seven questions every leader should consider

    Robert E. Quinn;Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • Taking Stock: A review of more than twenty years of research on empowerment at work

    Gretchen Spreitzer;Peter Bamberger;Jane Dutton;Dafna Eylon

  • TOWARD A THEORY OF STRATEGIC CHANGE: A MULTI-LENS PERSPECTIVE AND INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK

    Nandini Rajagopalan;Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • A Predictive Model of Self-Managing Work Team Effectiveness:

    Susan G. Cohen;Gerald E. Ledford;Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • Thriving at work: Toward its measurement, construct validation, and theoretical refinement

    Christine Porath;Gretchen Spreitzer;Cristina Gibson;Flannery G. Garnett

  • Organizational Culture: Mapping the Terrain

    Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • Toward the Construct Definition of Positive Deviance

    Gretchen M. Spreitzer;Scott Sonenshein

  • The Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship

    Kim S. Cameron;Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • Early identification of international executive potential

    Gretchen M. Spreitzer;Morgan W. McCall;Joan D. Mahoney

  • Organizational Culture: Mapping the Terrain

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  • Trust, Connectivity, and Thriving: Implications for Innovative Behaviors at Work

    Abraham Carmeli;Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • Empowered to lead: the role of psychological empowerment in leadership

    Gretchen M. Spreitzer;Suzanne C. De Janasz;Robert E. Quinn

  • Alternative Work Arrangements: Two Images of the New World of Work

    Gretchen M. Spreitzer;Lindsey Cameron;Lyndon Garrett

  • An empirical test of a comprehensive model of intrapersonal empowerment in the workplace

    Gretchen M. Spreitzer

  • Composing The Reflected Best-Self Portrait: Building Pathways For Becoming Extraordinary In Work Organizations

    Laura Morgan Roberts;Jane E. Dutton;Gretchen M. Spreitzer;Emily D. Heaphy

  • Co-constructing a Sense of Community at Work: The Emergence of Community in Coworking Spaces:

    Lyndon E. Garrett;Gretchen M. Spreitzer;Peter A. Bacevice

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Quinn
Robert E. Quinn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jane E. Dutton
Jane E. Dutton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cristina B. Gibson
Cristina B. Gibson Pepperdine University
Kim S. Cameron
Kim S. Cameron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
Kathleen M. Sutcliffe Johns Hopkins University
Mary Ann Von Glinow
Mary Ann Von Glinow Florida International University
Rob Cross
Rob Cross Babson College
Christopher M. Barnes
Christopher M. Barnes University of Washington
Adam M. Grant
Adam M. Grant University of Pennsylvania
Debra L. Shapiro
Debra L. Shapiro University of Maryland, College Park

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