Wayne Baker
- Robert P. Thome Professor of Management and Organizations
- Professor of Sociology
- Professor of Organizational Studies, LSA
- Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research
- Faculty Director, Center for Positive Organizations
Education
- PostDoc Harvard University 1987
- PhD Northwestern University 1981
- MA Northern Illinois University 1976
- BA Northern Illinois University 1974
Contact Information
Phone
(734) 764-2306Fax
(734) 936-8716Email
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R5348Wayne Baker is Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management & Organizations at the Ross School of Business, and Faculty Director of the Center for Positive Organizations. He is also Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research. His work focuses on social networks, generosity, values, and positive organizational scholarship. His latest book, Permission to Ask, is accepted for publication by Penguin Random House in January 2020. Prior to joining the Ross faculty, he was on the faculty at the University of Chicago School of Business. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard Business School.
Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D. is Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management & Organizations at the Ross School of Business. He is also Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan and a Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research.
He was the first director of the Center for Positive Organizations at the Ross School and recently completed a three-year term as chair of his department.
His teaching and research focuses on positive organizational scholarship, values, and social networks. His latest book is United America: The Surprising Truth about American Values, American Identity, and the 10 Beliefs that a Large Majority of Americans Hold Dear. He blogs five days a week at www.OurValues.org, an online experiment in civil dialog.
His books include Achieving Success Through Social Capital, America's Crisis of Values, and Networking Smart.
Prior to joining the Michigan faculty, he was on the faculty at the University of Chicago business school. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University.
He was the first director of the Center for Positive Organizations at the Ross School and recently completed a three-year term as chair of his department.
His teaching and research focuses on positive organizational scholarship, values, and social networks. His latest book is United America: The Surprising Truth about American Values, American Identity, and the 10 Beliefs that a Large Majority of Americans Hold Dear. He blogs five days a week at www.OurValues.org, an online experiment in civil dialog.
His books include Achieving Success Through Social Capital, America's Crisis of Values, and Networking Smart.
Prior to joining the Michigan faculty, he was on the faculty at the University of Chicago business school. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University.
Featured Books
Emotional Energy, Relational Energy, and Organizational Energy: Toward a Multilevel Model
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02/2019Source
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
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6Issue:
1Pages:
373-395Energize Others to Boost the Innovation Process
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04/2019Source
HR People + Strategy
How, When, and Why Recipients and Observers Reward Good Deeds and Punish Bad Deeds
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2016Source
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
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128Issue:
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84-95Relational Energy at Work: Implications for Job Engagement and Job Performance,
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2016Source
Journal of Applied Psychology
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101Issue:
1Pages:
35-49Published Date
04/2015Source
Chief Executive
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1-2Published Date
12/2014Source
Harvard Business Review
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1Adolescent Socialization and the Development of Adult Work Orientations
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2014Source
Research in the Sociology of Work
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25Issue:
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51-84Making Pipes, Using Pipes: How Tie Initiation, Reciprocity, and Positive Emotions Create New Organizational Social Capital
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2014Source
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
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40Issue:
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57-91Paying it Forward Versus Rewarding Reputation: Mechanisms of Generalized Reciprocity
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Organization Science
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25Issue:
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1493-1510Discrimination and Psychological Distress: Does Whiteness Matter for Arab Americans?
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2012Source
Social Science and Medicine
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75Issue:
12Pages:
2116-2123Differences in Self-Rated Health by Immigrant Status and Language Preference Among Arab Americans in the Detroit Metropolitan Area
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2009Source
Social Science and Medicine
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68Issue:
12Pages:
2097-2103Social Dapital, Double Embeddedness, and Mechanisms of Stability and Change
Published Date
2009Source
American Behavioral Scientist
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52Issue:
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1531-1555United America: The Surprising Truth about American Values, American Identity and the 10 Beliefs that a Large Majority of Americans Hold Dear
Published Date
2014Source
Read the Spirit Books, Ann Arbor, MI
Citizenship and Crisis: Arab Detroit After 9/11
Published Date
2009Source
Russell Sage Foundation Press
A Dual Model of Reciprocity in Organizations: Moral Sentiments and Reputation
Published Date
2011Source
Oxford University Press
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412-422Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship
Kim Cameron, Gretchen Spreitzer
Voting Your Values
Published Date
2009Source
Russell Sage Foundation Press
Evangelicals and Democracy in America, Volume II: Religion and Politics
Seven Brint, Jean Reith Schroedel