964: Calls for Courage: Exploring Conceptualizations and Contexts for Courage at Work (15667)

Organizer(s)

• EH

  Edwyna Hill

  U. of South Carolina, United States
• TH

  Toschia Hogan

  Chaifetz School of Business, Saint Louis U., United States
• TJ

  Tiffany Johnson

  Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

Discussant(s)

• MW

  Monica Worline

  Stanford U. Center for Compassion and Altruism Research, United States

Presenter(s)

• RK

  Raquel Kessinger

  Boston College, United States
• LD

  Laurel Detert

  U. of Michigan, Ross School of Business, United States
• TH

  Toschia Hogan

  Chaifetz School of Business, Saint Louis U., United States
• SE

  Samantha Erskine

  UMass Boston College of Management, United States

Courage has long been regarded as an important virtue in society. More recently, scholars have begun to explore the unique role that courage plays in organizational dynamics. Much of the research on workplace courage has focused on explaining why employees engage in courageous action. Yet, despite the growing focus on courage in organizations, there still remains a number of unanswered questions in the literature on workplace courage, such as the role of courage in social movements, the influence of courage on allyship, how observers make judgements about whether an act is courageous or not, and the nature of courageous followers in organizations. The papers in this symposium address these unanswered questions. In doing so, this symposium helps advance our understanding of workplace courage and highlight new directions for the study of workplace courage.

Presentations:

• 15:15 – 16:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  964: Speaking Up And Speaking Out: How Employee Activists Raise Social, Political, And Moral Concerns (15667)
  

  Author: Raquel Renee Kessinger – Boston College
• 15:15 – 16:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  964: Fear and Courage at Work: The Prominence of Emotional Egocentricity in the Accolade Process (15667)
  

  Author: Laurel Detert – U. of Michigan, Ross School of Business

  Author: James R. Detert – U. of Virginia

  Author: Gabrielle Adams – U. of Virginia Darden School of Business
• 15:15 – 16:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  964: At the Crossroads of Followership and Courage: Theory and Measure of Courageous Followership (15667)
  

  Author: Toschia M. Hogan – Chaifetz School of Business, Saint Louis U.

  Author: Edwyna Theresa Hill – U. of South Carolina
• 15:15 – 16:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  964: Above the Glass Ceiling: Insights on Allyship, Courage, and Antiracist Leadership (15667)
  

  Author: Samantha E. Erskine – UMass Boston College of Management