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William J. Becker
Researcher at Virginia Tech
Publications - 44
Citations - 1284
William J. Becker is an academic researcher from Virginia Tech. The author has contributed to research in topics: Organizational behavior & Organizational studies. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 40 publications receiving 996 citations. Previous affiliations of William J. Becker include University of Arizona & Texas Christian University.
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Hot Buttons and Time Sinks: The Effects of Electronic Communication During Nonwork Time on Emotions and Work-Nonwork Conflict
TL;DR: As advances in communication technologies have made organizations more easily connected to their workforce outside of normal work hours, there is increased concern that employees may experience hei... as mentioned in this paper, and this concern has been recognized as a serious issue.
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Organizational Neuroscience: Taking Organizational Theory Inside the Neural Black Box
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the reader to organizational neuroscience, an emerging area of scholarly dialogue that explores the implications of brain science for workplace behavior, and present concrete examples of what an organizational neuroscience perspective can achieve by extending current theory, providing new research directions, and resolving ongoing theoretical debates.
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Organizational neuroscience: The promise and prospects of an emerging discipline
TL;DR: In this paper, an organizational neuroscience perspective on management science research is reviewed and discussed, and concrete examples of how an organization neuroscience perspective can advance organizational behavior research are provided. And they conclude that this new paradigm offers powerful insights and tools that complement traditional organizational research.
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Neuroscience and organizational behavior: Avoiding both neuro-euphoria and neuro-phobia
TL;DR: The role of neuroscience in organizational behavior research has been explored in this article, where four issues are explored: neuroscientific research and reductionism, methodological and technological challenges, how neuroscience research is meaningful in organizations, the "So what?" issue, and neuroscience as just another management fad.
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The Meaning of My Feelings Depends on Who I Am: Work-Related Identifications Shape Emotion Effects in Organizations
TL;DR: Theory and research on affect in organizations has mostly approached emotions from a valence perspective, suggesting that positive emotions lead to positive outcomes and negative emotions to negati... as mentioned in this paper.