SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

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A. Journal Publications (peer-reviewed)

Sekerka, L.E., Godwin, L., & Charnigo, R. (2012). Use of balanced experiential inquiry to build ethical strength in the workplace. Special Issue on Experiential Learning for the Journal of Management Development.

Sekerka, L.E. & Stimel, D. (2011). How durable is sustainable enterprise? Ecological sustainability meets the reality of tough economic times. Business Horizons, 54(2), 115-124.

Sekerka, L.E. (2011). Preserving integrity in the face of corruption: Exercising moral muscle in the path to right action. Journal of Organizational Moral Psychology, 1(3), 1-14.

Sekerka, L.E. & Godwin, L. (2010). Strengthening professional moral courage: A balanced approach to ethics training. Training & Management Development Methods, 24(5), 63-74.

Arnaud, A. & Sekerka, L.E. (2010). Positively ethical: The establishment of innovation in support of sustainability. International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management, 2(2), 121-137.

Bagozzi, R.P., Sekerka, L.E., & Hill, V. (2009). Hierarchical motive structures and their role in moral choices of managers. Journal of Business Ethics, 90(suppl.4), 461-486.

Sekerka, L.E., Bagozzi, R.P., & Charnigo, R. (2009). Facing ethical challenges in the workplace: Conceptualizing and measuring professional moral courage. Journal of Business Ethics, 89(4), 565-579.

Sekerka, L.E., Zolin, R., & Goosby Smith, J. (2009). Careful what you ask for: How inquiry strategy influences readiness mode. Organizational Management Journal, 6, 106-122.

Sekerka, L.E. (2009). Organizational Ethics Education and Training: A Review of Best Practices and their Application. International Journal of Training and Development, 13(2), 77-95.

Sekerka, L.E., & Zolin, R. (2007). Rule bending: Can prudential judgment affect rule compliance and values in the workplace? Public Integrity, 9(3), 225-244.

Sekerka, L.E. & Bagozzi, R.P. (2007). Moral courage in the workplace: Moving to and from the desire and decision to act. Business Ethics: A European Review, 16(2), 132-142.

Sekerka, L.E., Brumbaugh, A., Rosa, J., & Cooperider, D. (2006). Comparing Appreciative Inquiry to a diagnostic technique in organizational change: The moderating effects of gender. International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 9(4), 449-489.

Sekerka, L.E., & Zolin, R. (2005). Proactive versus reactive approaches to ethical dilemmas: Battling moral mediocrity with professional courage. Business & Professional Ethics Journal, 24(4), 27-50.

B. Book Review (invitational)

Sekerka, L.E. (2007). Leading with values: Positivity, virtue and high performance (Book Review). Organizational Management Journal, 4(2), 175-180.

C. Reference/Encyclopedia Entries (peer-reviewed)

Sekerka, L.E. (2011). Compliance in green business. Encyclopedia entry to P. Robbins, N. Cohen, & G.J. Golson (Eds.). Green Business (np). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.

D. Book Chapters (peer-reviewed)

Sekerka, L.E., McCarthy, D., & Bagozzi, R. (2011). Developing the capacity for professional moral courage: Facing daily ethical challenges in today’s military workplace. In D. Comer and G. Vega (Eds.) Moral courage in organizations: Doing the right thing at work (pp. 130-141). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.

Sekerka, L.E., Vacharkulksemsuk, T., & Fredrickson, B.L. (2011). Positive emotions: Broadening- and-building upward spirals of sustainable development. In K. Cameron & G. Spreitzer (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship, Second Edition, (pp. 168-177). New York: Oxford University Press, Inc.

Sekerka, L.E. (2010). Building Moral Courage as a Professional Practice. Publication appearing in T. Freire (Ed.), Understanding positive life: Research and practice on positive psychology (pp. 343-363). Lisboa: Escolar Editora.

Sekerka, L.E., & Fredrickson, B.L. (2010). Working positively toward transformative cooperation. In A. Linley, S. Harrington, and N. Garcea (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of positive psychology and work (pp. 81-94). New York: Oxford University Press, Inc.

Sekerka, L.E., & Fredrickson, B.L. (2008). Establishing positive emotional climates to advance organizational transformation. In N.M. Ashkanasy & C.L. Cooper (Eds.). Research companion to emotion in organizations (pp. 531-545). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Sekerka, L.E., & Fredrickson, B.L. (2007). Creating transformative cooperation through positive emotions. In S.K. Piderit, R.E. Fry, and D.L. Cooperrider (Eds.), A Handbook of Transformative Cooperation: New Designs and Dynamics (pp. 151-169). Stanford, CA: University Press.

Cooperrider, D. & Sekerka, L.E. (2006). Toward a theory of positive organizational change. In J.V. Gallos (Ed.), Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader (pp. 223-238). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.

Sekerka, L.E., & McCraty, R. (2004). Understanding the psychophysiology of appreciation in the workplace. In D. Cooperrider and M. Avital (Eds.), Constructive Discourse and Human Organization: Advances in Appreciative Inquiry. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science.