1509: The Biophilia Effect: Innovative Management With Nature in Mind (13095)

Organizer(s)

• LJ

  Lin Jiang

  U. of South Florida, United States
• JG

  J. Jeffrey Gish

  U. of Central Florida, United States
• EE

  Elizabeth Embry

  U. of Kansas, United States
• IS

  Ian Siderits

  North Carolina State U., United States

Discussant(s)

• AK

  Anthony Klotz

  UCL School of Management, United Kingdom

While management research has traditionally focused on how companies influence the natural environments, this symposium proposes that it is equally important to explore the reverse: can natural environments also exert a significant impact on companies? This shift in perspective can encourage management scholars to rethink management with nature in mind, examining how natural environments can influence organizations and their employees. Promising evidence has emerged to suggest that contact with nature can influence employees’ work efforts, novel thinking, task performance, and wellbeing. Despite the recent progress, many important questions remain unanswered. The presentations in this symposium aim to address those questions that can be of substantial interest to various divisions within the Academy of Management.

Presentations:

• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1509: Exploring How the Built Environment Interacts with the Changing Nature of Organizations (13095)
  

  Author: Elizabeth Embry – U. of Kansas

  Author: Jennifer Rhymer – UCL School of Management
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1509: Introspection While Outdoors: Nature Interventions as Real-time Recovery for Entrepreneurs (13095)
  

  Author: J. Jeffrey Gish – U. of Central Florida

  Author: Ute Stephan – King's College London

  Author: Jon C. Carr – North Carolina State U.

  Author: Réka Anna Lassu – Pepperdine U.

  Author: Sarah Burrows – Smith School of Business, Queen's U.

  Author: Jeffrey M. Pollack – NC State U.
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1509: Green Imprinting and Trait Activation: CEO Childhood Hometown Green Space and Firm Green Innovation (13095)
  

  Author: Lin Jiang – U. of South Florida

  Author: Weijia Zhi – The Chinese U. of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

  Author: Yi Tang – U. of Hong Kong
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1509: The Mixed Consequences of Human-Animal Work on Worker Creativity (13095)
  

  Author: Anthony Klotz – UCL School of Management

  Author: Carisa Lam – U. College London
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1509: Implications of Nature Contact for Management Research: A Multidisciplinary Review (13095)
  

  Author: Ian Siderits – North Carolina State U.

  Author: Patrick Flynn – North Carolina State U.

  Author: Melissa Marselle – U. of Surrey