Publications

Milillo, J., and Purser, R. (2013). Organizational mindfulness revisited: A Buddhist-based conceptualization. Journal of Management Inquiry, (Revise and Resubmit).

Purser, R. (2013). Zen and the art of organizational maintenance. Organizational Aesthetics. Vol. 2.

Purser, R. (2012). Deconstructing Lack: A Buddhist Perspective on Egocentric Organizations, Tamara Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry,10(4), 17-23.

Low, A. and Purser, R. (2012). Zen and the creative management of dilemmas. Journal of Management, Spirituality, and Religion, 9(4), 335-355.

Purser, R. (2011). A Buddhist-Lacanian Perspective on Lack. Humanistic Psychologist, 39: 289-304.

Purser, R. (2011). Developing awareness of time in organizational change. Organization Development Journal, Spring, 29(1), 45-62.

Lamm, E., & Purser, R. (2010). The role of value congruence in organizational change. Organization Development Journal, 28(2), 49-64.

Purser, R. & Petranker, J. (2005). Unfreezing the future: Exploring the dynamic of time in organizational change. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 41(2), 182-203..

Hannay, M., Purser, R., and Swift, C. (2005), Challenges of virtual teams: The business editorial board at MERLOT, Journal of Contemporary Business Issues, 13 (1), 21-30.

Purser, R. (2004). Timescapes in management: Creative inquiries and critical explorations. Guest Editorial. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 8(19), 1-5.

Purser, R.E., Bluedorn, A., & Petranker, J. (2004). The causes and time of flow in organizational change. In R. Woodman & W. Pasmore (Eds.), Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 14. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Purser, R. (2000). Virtualization of consciousness or conscious virtualization: What path will virtual reality take? In Jerry Biberman & Abbass Alkhafaji (Eds.) Business Research Yearbook, Global Business Perspectives, Vol VII. New York: University Press of America., pp. -.

Purser, R. (2000). The coming crisis in real-time environments: A dromological analysis. In S. Havolvick (Ed.), Best Paper Proceedings of the 2000 Academy of Management Meeting, Toronto, CA. (CD-ROM).

Purser, R.E., & Cabana, S. (1999). The role of management in a self-managing organization. National Productivity Review, Spring, pp.41-45.

Purser, R.E. (1997). From global management to global appreciation: A transformative epistemology for aperspectival worlds. Organization and Environment. Vol. 10, No.4, 361-383.

Purser, R. (1997) Probing the reflexivity-action nexus: An alternative research paradigm for studying nonsynoptic systems change. Best Paper Proceedings of the 1997 Academy of Management Meeting, Boston, MA.

Purser, R.E., and Cabana (1997). Mobilizing large-scale strategic change: An application of the Search Conference method at Xerox. Quality Progress, 30 (5), 66-72.

Purser, R., Cabana, S., Emery, M., & Emery, F.E. (1997). Using search conferences for planning large-scale strategic change. Organization Development Journal. (Special Issue on Large Group Interventions). 15 (1), 30-52.

Montuori, A. and Purser, R. (1996). Complexity, epistemology, and ecology. (Dialogue response). Academy of Management Review, 21 (4), 912-925.

Purser, R. and Montuori, A. (1996). Ecocentrism is in the eye of the beholder. (Dialogue response). Academy of Management Review 21 (3), 611-613.

Purser, R. (1996). Designing post-industrial organizations for ecological sustainability. World Futures, Vol. 46, 203-222.

Montuori, A. and Purser, R. (1996). Context and creativity: Beyond social determinism and the isolated genius--a rejoinder to Hale. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 36 (2), 34-43.

Montuori, A., and Purser, R. (1996). Social creativity: The challenge of complexity. Pluriverso, Winter (Italian publication).

Purser, R., Park, C.K., Montuori, A. (1995). Limits to anthropocentrism: Towards an ecocentric organization paradigm? Academy of Management Review, 20 (4), 1053-1089. (Special Topic Forum on Ecologically Sustainable Organizations).

Montuori, A., and Purser, R. (1995). Deconstructing the lone genius myth: Towards a socio-ecological view of creativity. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 35(3), 69-112.

Purser,R.E.,(1994). "Shallow" vs. "Deep" organization development and environmental sustainability. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 7(4), 8-18. (Guest Editorial).

Purser, R., and Kumar, N. (1994). The reported advantage: What journalists say chief executives do to facilitate innovation in their firms. Creativity and Innovation Management 3 (1), 33-42.

Purser, R., and Montuori, A. (1994). Miles Davis in the classroom: Using the jazz ensemble metaphor for enhancing team learning. Journal of Management Education 18 (1), 21-31.

Meyer, C., and Purser, R. (1993). Six steps to becoming a fast cycle time competitor. Research-Technology Management, September-October, 41-48.

Pasmore, W., and Purser, R. (1993). Designing knowledge work systems. Journal of Quality and Participation, July-August, 78-84.

Purser, R. (1992). Sociotechnical systems design principles for computer aided engineering. Technovation, 12 (6), 379-386.

Purser, R., Pasmore, W., and Tenkasi, R. (1992). The influence of deliberations on learning in new product development teams. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management 9, 1-28.

Purser, R. (1991). Redesigning the knowledge-based product development organization: A case study in sociotechnical systems change, Technovation, 11 (7), 403-416.

Purser, R. (1991). An application of non-routine sociotechnical systems analysis in a product development organization, Organization Development Journal Spring, 73-78.

Purser, R. (1986). Time in organizations: The invisible dimension, GDI Implus, (a Swiss Management journal) German translation, April, 41-46.

Purser, R.E. (2013). Cyberspace. In J. Armitage (Ed.), The Virilio Dictionary. Edinburgh University Press.

Purser, R.E. (2013). Real time. In J. Armitage (Ed.), The Virilio Dictionary. Edinburgh University Press.

Purser, R.E. (2013). Fear. In J. Armitage (Ed.), The Virilio Dictionary. Edinburgh University Press.

Purser, R.E., Harris-Boundy, J., and Montuori, A. (2011).

Creativity is social: An Appreciative Inquiry of Top Innovators at Proctor and Gamble. Macmillan Publishing.

Purser, R.E. (2007). Large group interventions: A review of theory and practice. In T. Cummings (Ed.), Handbook of Organization Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Purser, R.E. (2004). A commentary on the Great Space exercises. In J. Petranker (Ed.), A New Way of Knowledge. Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing.

Purser, R.E. (2003). Deconstructing the future in organizational change theory. In J. Morello (Ed), Time and Methodology. University of Palermo Press.

Purser, R. (2002). Contested presents: Critical perspectives on real-time management. In B. Adam & R. Whipp (Eds.), Making Time. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Montuori, A. & Purser, R.E. (2001). Humanistic psychology in the workplace. In K. Schneider (Ed.), The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology. Sage Publishing.

Purser, R. (2001). The cultural aesthetic of virtual reality: Simulation or transparency? In Q. Chen (Ed.), Human Computer Interaction: Issues and Challenges. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing Group. (pp.214 – 231). .

Purser, R.E. (1999). The human relations myth unveiled: Deconstructing the history and origins of work teams. In M. Beyerlein (ed.) Work Teams: Past, Present and Future. Kluwer Academic Press.

Purser, R.E., Cabana, S., Emery, M., & Emery, F.E. (1999). Using search conferences for planning large-scale strategic change. In M. Anderson (Ed.), Fast Cycle Organizational Development. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western Publishing.

Purser, R. and Montuori, A. (1999). Organizing as if creativity really mattered. In R. Purser and A. Montuori (Eds.), Social Creativity (Vol.2). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Purser, R.E. (1997). Exploring time, space and knowledge in the conducting of professional life. In J. Petranker (Ed.), Light of Knowledge: Essays on the Interplay of Knowledge in Space and Time. (pp.85-152). Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing.

Cabana, S., Purser, R., and Fiero, J. (1997). From mere possibilities to strategies that work: The search conference method for planning in an era of rapid change. In P. Moody (ed.), Leading Manufacturing Excellence. (pp. 94-111). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Purser, R. (1996). Discovering the conditions conducive to social creativity: A group experiment In dialogical inquiry. In A. Montuori (Ed.), Unusual Associates: A Frestschrift for Frank Barron. (pp. 304-327). Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Montuori, A. and Purser, R. (1995). Ecological futures: Systems theory, postmodernism, and participative learning in an age of uncertainty. In D. Boje, R. Gephardt, and T. Joseph (Eds.), Postmodern Management and Organization Theory. (pp. 181-201). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Purser, R. and Montuori, A. (1995). Varieties of knowledge work: A critical systems inquiry into the epistemologies and mindscapes of knowledge production. In M. Beyerlein and D. Johnson (Eds.), Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams, Vol. 2.: Knowledge Work Teams. (pp.117-161). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Purser, R. (1994). Anthropocentrism, globalization and the environment: The loss and recovery of place. In A.F. Alkhafaji (Ed.), Business Research Yearbook: Global Business Perspectives (Vol.1) (pp.698-702). New York: University Press of America.

Purser, R. (1993). Opening up open systems theory: Towards a socioecological understanding of organizational environments. In T. Tulku (Ed.), Mastery of Mind (pp.181-251). Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing.

Tenkasi, R., Boland, R., and Purser, R. (1993). Raising awareness of thinking processes in Knowledge work-SPIDER: A computer-based hyperenvironment for thinking about thinking. In Sumanth, Edosomwan, Poupart, and Sink (Eds.), Productivity and Quality Management Frontiers, IV. (pp.53-63). Institute of Industrial Engineers.

Purser, R., Fixler, J., and Tenkasi, R. (1993). A North American reflection on sociotechnical systems design in white collar and professional knowledge work settings. In Sumanth, Edosomwan, Poupart, and Sink (Eds.), Productivity and Quality Management Frontiers, IV. (pp.980-990). Institute of Industrial Engineers.

Purser, R. and Pasmore, W. (1992). Organizing for learning. In Richard Woodman and W. Pasmore (Eds.), Research in Organizational Change and Development (pp.37-114), Vol. 6, Greenwich, Conn: JAI Press.