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Gervase BusheProfessor of Leadership and Organization Development, & Area Coordinator, Management and Organization Studies
Burnaby Phone: 778-782-4104 Curriculum Vitae for Dr. Bushe BiographyDr. Gervase Bushe, Professor of Leadership and Organization Development, is an internationally recognized scholar in organizational development whose work is widely cited. His research examines organizational change, organizational learning, leadership and leadership development, teams and team building, change agents and change agentry. With an extensive background in designing transformational change processes, Gervase consults to major corporations such as Business Objects, Telus, General Motors, the Vancouver Island and Fraser Health Authorities, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and ACL Analytics. His leadership development programs are licensed for delivery around the world through Clear Learning Ltd. Gervase is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and The Organization Development Practitioner. Specialization and Research InterestsLeadership, organizational change and development, groups and teamwork, consulting and change agentry. Selected Publications
Bushe, G.R. (2012) Appreciative inquiry: Theory and critique. In Boje, D., Burnes, B. and Hassard, J. (Eds.) The Routledge Companion To Organizational Change (pp. 87-103). Oxford, UK: Routledge. Bushe, G.R. & Chu, A. (2011) Fluid teams: Solutions to the problems of unstable team membership. Organizational Dynamics, 40:3, 181-188. Bushe, G.R. (2010) Commentary on "Appreciative Inquiry as a Shadow Process". Journal of Management Inquiry. 9:3, 234-237. Bushe, G.R. & Marshak, R.J. (2009). Revisioning Organization Development: Diagnostic and Dialogic Premises and Patterns of Practice. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 45:3 348-368. Winner of the Douglas McGregor Memorial Award for best paper in JABS in 2009. Bushe, G.R. (2009) Dialogic OD: Turning Away From Diagnosis. Closing Chapter in Rothwell, W.J., Stavros, J.M., Sullivan, R.L. & Sullivan, A. (eds.) Practicing Organization Development: A guide for Managing and Leading Change, 3rd Ed, (pp.617-623). San Francisco: Pfieffer-Wiley. Bushe, G.R. (2009) Clear Leadership: Sustaining Real Collaboration and Partnership at Work (2nd Edition).Mountain View, CA: Davies-Black Publishers Bushe, G.R. (2007) Appreciative Inquiry is not (just) about the positive. Organization Development Practitioner, 39:4, 30-35. Slated to be reprinted in Appreciative Inquiry: Concepts and Experiences. Ahmedabad, India: Academy of Human Resource Development, 2010, and the Oxford Leadership Journal, September, 2010. Bushe, G.R. & Coetzer, G.H. (2007) Group development and team effectiveness: Using shared cognitions to measure the impact of group development on task performance and group viability. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 43:2, 184-212.(Winner, Douglas McGregor Memorial Award) Bushe, G.R. (2006) Sensemaking and the problems of learning from experience: Barriers and requirements for creating cultures of collaboration. In S. Shulman (Ed.) Creating Cultures of Collaboration, pp.151-171. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Bushe, G.R. & Kassam, A. (2005) When is appreciative inquiry transformational? A case meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 41:2, 161-181 (Honorable Mention: Douglas McGregor Memorial Award) Bushe, G.R. (2004). Managers want tribes not teams: An invitation to rethink teambuilding. Organization Development Practitioner, 36:1, 9-12. Digested for the National Post's Financial Post Executive section, Dec 2, 2008, FP8. Working PapersTransformational Change and The Generative Potential of AI Edit this Profile |