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Weatherhead School’s David Cooperrider, Ron Fry write about appreciative inquiry during the pandemic

David Cooperrider, the Fairmount Santrol – David L. Cooperrider Professor in Appreciative Inquiry at the Weatherhead School of Management, and Ron Fry, professor of organizational behavior, wrote an article titled “Appreciative Inquiry in a Pandemic: An Improbable Pairing.”

Cooperrider and Fry discuss how leadership in times of catastrophe affects organizational identity, collective confidence, resilience and corporate value congruence. The article provides advice on how executives and managers should lead during the pandemic. 

Read the article in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.