Theresa Welbourne and Ian Ziskin discussed new learnings from the first Employee Resource Group (ERG) Summit and the research conducted for that program. The data focus on what drives success of ERGs, member energy at work, and identity.
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Who’s buying the company stock? An investigation into identity and stock purchase plan participation in a newly public firm
Most of the research on employee ownership or employee stock plan participation investigates the effects of such forms of ownership on employee attitudes. In order to supplement that literature, Theresa M. Welbourne’s (CEO) study explores the effect of a set of employee attitudes (work related identity) on the decision to participate in an employee stock purchase plan.
The Role-Based Identity Scale: Towards a Parsimonious Measure of Work-Related Identity
The study of identity has, to date, been primarily in the realm of social psychology, and as a result, little work has been done on work-related identity. Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) introduces a new measure of identity that taps into five work-related roles.
The Promise and Peril of HR Data
CEO Research Professor Theresa Welbourne and Kerrian Bard Fournier, Vice President, Head of Human Capital & Analytics, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., discussed how to use the data that surrounds us to orchestrate actions that drive measurable business results.
Engaged in What? So What? A Role-Based Perspective for the Future of Employee Engagement
The point made in this chapter by Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) is that employee engagement is an effort worth pursuing . It puts a name on something we know matters to people, society and business. However, in this chapter the suggestion will be made that employee engagement is not a construct at all.
Fast HRM: Confidence, Energy and Engagement
In this particular Leadership Pulse Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) studied a topic we have been doing quite a bit of work on called fast human resource management (HRM). We asked respondents to rate the degree to which HR is fast and also score how accurate the HR group is.
Data Coaching: A Cure for HR Data Analysis Paralysis?, 10/27/2010
Theresa Welbourne, CEO Research Professor, and Denise Avink of Northrop Grumman, spoke on October 27, 2010 on Data Coaching: A Cure for HR Data Analysis Paralysis?
Fast HRM and Leadership Confidence: Update and Learning from the Field, 10/19/2010
Theresa Welbourne, Research Professor and Bill Cushard, Chief Learning Officer, Knowland Group spoke on October 19 about Fast HRM and the results of the Summer 2010 Leadership Pulse, as well as new high-level findings from the Fall 2010 Leadership Pulse).
HRM in IPOs
Want to Make Money on the New Initial Public Offerings? Learn about their Human Resource Management Strategies. This article by Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) reports critical information for firms planning to go public and those going through high rates of change.
Data Coaching, 1/27/2010
In this webinar, Theresa Welbourne spoke with Jo Macbeth and Dan Hardaker, who work in the Employee Involvement and Experience group at Telefonica O2 UK, who told their story about developing data coaching skills and the effect it is having on their own development and on the organization.
Fast HR
Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) explains that Fast HR is a growing body of work that spells out ways HR can change to meet the needs of today’s fast-growth and high change organizations.
Valour Pulse and Energy Pulse
Theresa M. Welbourne’s (CEO) Valour Pulse and Energy Pulse questions are based on over 20 years of research on what drives firm performance.