INTRODUCTION
One of the most important missions of Organizational Dynamics has been to serve as a bridge between widely recognized scholars in Organizational Science and professional managers and M.B.A. students — those who translate basic research into real world results, theory into practice. To accomplish this mission, we want to feature some of the most well-known, insightful and productive researchers and thinkers in Organizational Science to talk about their work in a more personal voice and easily accessible format. Welcome once again to ‘‘Footprints in the Sand,’’ the fourth in our series of interviews with leading organizational scientists. Following interviews with Bruce Avolio, the Marion B. Ingersoll Professor at the Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking at the University of Washington, Michael Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard Business School and Edgar Schein, the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management, we’re delighted to provide an in-depth conversation with Denise Rousseau, the H. J. Heinz II University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy, Carnegie-Mellon University, a ground breaking researcher and thinker on such topics as the ‘‘psychological contract’’ between employees and their employer, employee well-being and career development, organizational effectiveness, the management of change, firm ownership and governance, industrial relations and evidence-based management. Our interviewer is Barry Mike, M.A, M.B.A., the managing partner of Leadership Communication Strategies, LLC, a management consultancy specializing in working with leaders and organizations to mitigate the risks of change and solve business problems whose cause is rooted in or whose solution requires communication.
