Assistant
Professor
Department
of Management,
208-S
Rike Hall,
(937) 775-2333
(Office), (937) 775-3545 (Fax)
david.bright@wright.edu, http://www.wright.edu/~david.bright/
Assistant
Professor, 2006-present Wright
State University,
Research
Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor, 2005 -2006 Center for Business as an Agent of World
Benefit, Department of Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Education
Ph.D. Organizational
Behavior, 2005
Dissertation Title: Forgiveness and Change: Begrudging, Pragmatic, and Transcendent
Responses to Discomfiture in a Unionized Trucking Company
Committee: David Cooperrider
(Co-Chair), Ronald Fry (Co-Chair), Kim Cameron, Eric Neilsen, and Julie Exline
Master of Organizational Behavior and Master of Arts,
International Area Studies (joint degree), 1999
B.S. Accounting, 1996 cum laude
Positive
Organizational Scholarship, Appreciative Inquiry, organizational development
and change, organizational excellence, forgiveness
1.
Boyd, Neil M.; Bright, David S. (2007). Appreciative Inquiry as a mode of
action research in community psychology. Journal
of Community Psychology, 35 (8): 1019-1036.
2.
Bright, David S. (2006). Virtuousness is
necessary for genuineness in corporate philanthropy.
3.
Bright, David S.; Fry, Ronald E.; Cooperrider, David L. (2006).
Forgiveness from the perspectives of three response modes: Begrudgement,
pragmatism and transcendence. Journal of Management Spirituality and
Religion, 2/3 (1): 78-103.
4.
Bright, David
S; Cameron,
Kim S.; and Caza,
5.
Bright, David S.; Cooperrider, David L;
Galloway, Walter (2006). Appreciative Inquiry in the Office of Research and
Development: Improving the collaborative capacity of organizing. Public
Performance and Management Review,
29 (3), 289-310.
6.
Cameron, Kim S.; Bright, David S.; Caza,
7.
Powley, Edward H.; Fry, Ronald E.; Barrett, Frank J.; Bright, David S. (2004). Dialogic democracy meets command and
control: Transformation through the Appreciative Inquiry summit.
8.
Bright, David S.; Fry, Ronald E; Barrett,
Frank (2003). The Impact of Multiple AI Summits: Developing the U.S. Navys
Information Professional Community. AI
Practitioner, 4(4): 34-39.
Edited Book
Chapters & Published Working Papers
1.
Bright, David S.; Fry, Ronald E.; Cooperrider, David L. (in
press). Forgiveness from the perspectives of three response modes:
Begrudgement, pragmatism and transcendence. In Charles Manz, Kim Cameron, Karen
Manz, & Bob Marx (Eds.) The Virtuous
Organization: Insights From Some of the World's Leading Management Thinkers.
2.
Bright, David S.; Powley,
Edward H.; Fry, Ronald E.; Barrett,
Frank J. (in
press). The generative potential of
cynical conversations. In Danielle Zandee & David L. Cooperrider, (Eds.). Advances
in Appreciative Inquiry, Volume 3.
3.
Bright, David S.; Fry, Ronald E.; Copperrider,
David L. (in
press). Transformative innovation as an
example of generativity: The B.A.W.B. World Inquiry. In Danielle Zandee & David
L. Cooperrider, (Eds.). Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, Volume 3.
4.
Bright, David S. (2006). Forgiveness as an attribute of leadership. In
E. D. Hess & K. S. Cameron, (Eds.). Leading with values: Values, virtue
& high performance, 172-193.
5.
Bright, David S.; Fry, Ronald E; Cooperrider,
David L. (2006). Transformative innovations for the mutual benefit of business
society, and environment. BAWB
Interactive Working Paper Series 1(1), pp. 17-31. http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=21.
6.
Bright, David
S. and
Cooperrider, David L. (2003). Words matter: Build the appreciative capacity of
organizations. In Ulrich, D.; Goldsmith, M.;
Carter, L.; Bolt, J.; Smallwood, N., The
change champions fieldguide: Strategies and tools for changing your
organization: 60-82.
Bright, David S.; Powley,
Edward H.; Fry, Ronald E.; and Barrett, Frank. Generative conversations:
Appreciating cynical and anticipatory conversations.
Bright, David S.; Fry, Ronald
E.; Barrett, Frank; Cooperrider, David L; Powley, Edward H. Appreciating
relational spaces: Generativity and the need for mindfulness.
Bright,
David S.; Powley, Edward H.; and Fry, Ronald E. High quality
connections: The effect of Appreciative Inquiry.
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
1. Bright, David S. (2008) Managers as Forgivers? An Exploratory study of Forgiveness
Tendencies in a Unionized Trucking Company. Paper presented at the 2008
2. Bright,
David S.; Sekerka, Leslie K.
(co-organizers). (2008) Flourishing and Excellence: Exploring Virtuousness in
and through Organizations. Paper presented at the 2008
3. Bright,
David S.; (2008) Stavros, Jacqueline The
Meaning of Virtues from the Perspective of Three Response Modes. Paper
presented at the 2008
4. Bright,
David S. (2008)
Service-Based Learning: How do we Invite
and Inspire High Student Engagement? Paper presented at the 2008 Organizational
Behavior Teaching Conference in
5. Fry, Ron (Organizer), and Bright, David S. (2007).
Virtuous Organizing in Tough Times: AI Amidst Down-sizing, Turn-around, and
Organization Decline. Presented at the 3rd Annual Conference on
Appreciative Inquiry,
6.
Bright, David
S. (2007).
Forgiveness and Organizational Death. Symposium presented by Ian Walsh (Chair),
Marc Lavine, Edward H. Powley; David S. Bright; and Kim S. Cameron. Good
Mourning: Positive Organizing in Response to Death in Organizational Life, at
the August 2007
7.
Bright, David
S. (2007).
Organizational virtuousness as an element of sustainability: Possible directions
for research. Professional Development Workshop presented by Joseph Petrick,
Leanne Krueger-Braneky, and David S. Bright, Urban Sustainable Business Practices,
at the 2007 Academy of Management Annual
Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
8.
Bright, David
S. (Chair);
Worline, Monica; Lavine, Marc (2007). Building bridges from Positive
Organizational Scholarship to Ethics: Research on virtuousness in organizations.
Symposium presented at the 2007 Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting,
9.
Bright, David
S. (2006). Offense
Aversion as an Aspect of the Virtue of Forgiveness. Working paper presented at
the 2006 Positive Organizational Scholarship Conference: Empirical Currents in
10. Bright, David S. (2006). High Quality Connection-Building in
the Context of Planned, Participatory Organizational Change. Working paper
presented at the 2006 Positive Organizational Scholarship Conference: Empirical
Currents in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
11. Bright, David S.; Fry, Ronald E; Cooperrider, David L.
(2006). The World Inquiry: Discovering transformative innovations for mutual
benefit in business and society. Paper presented at the 2006 Global Forum for
Business as an Agent of World Benefit: October 24,
12. Bright, David S.; Godwin, Lindsey; Fry, Ronald E. (2006).
Transformative innovations for mutual benefit: The role of business as an agent
of benefit. Showcase Symposium presented at the August 2006 Annual Academy of
Management Meeting in
13. Bright, David S.; Fry, Ronald E; Cooperrider, David L.
(2006). Transformative innovations for mutual benefit in business, society, and
environment: An organizational change perspective. Paper presented in the SIM
division at the August 2006 Annual Academy of Management Meeting in
14. Bright, David S.; Powley, Edward H.; Fry, Ronald E. (2006).
The engagement continuum: Exploring the impact of Appreciative Inquiry on high
quality connections in interpersonal relationships. Paper presented in the ODC
division at the August 2006 Annual Academy of Management Meeting in
15. Bright,
David S. (2005).
Factors for sustaining the momentum for change after an AI Summit. Professional
Development Workshop presented at the August 2005
16. Boyd, Neil M.; Bright,
David S. (2005)
Continuing the Discourse Between Organization Studies & Community
Psychology I. Symposium presented at the 10th Biennial Conference of
the Society for Community Research and Action, June, 2005: University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
17. Bright,
David S. (2003). The forgiving condition as a potential moderator to
organizational effectiveness. Showcase symposium presented at the August 2003
18. Powley, Edward H. (Co-chair); Bright, David S. (Co-Chair); Cooperrider, David L; Fry, Ron E.
(2003). Inquiry into the good: Relationships, meaning, and method for positive
organizational scholarship. Showcase Symposium presented at the August 2003
19. Barrett, Frank J. and Bright, David S. (2003). Introducing participatory democracy and
empowerment in machine bureaucracy: The case of the US Navy. All-Academy
Symposium presented at the August 2003
20. Bright,
David S. (2003). The propensity to
forgive in the workplace. Presented at the conference for Scientific Findings
about Forgiveness. Sponsored by A Campaign for Forgiveness Research in
21. Cameron, Kim S.; Bright,
David S.; Caza, Arran; Kachorek, Lauren; Kanov, Jason; and Worline,
Monica (2002). Organizational virtues: Implications for performance. Symposium
presented at the August 2002
22.
Laidlaw, William L.; Bright, David S. (2002). Trends in executive education: The objectives of
programs for management training. Poster board presented at the January 2002
Annual Symposium for EDM Scholars, Weatherhead Executive Education:
Bright,
David S.; Cooperrider, David L; Fry,
Ronald E; Chatterjee, Sayan; Whitehouse, Peter; Carlsson, Bo (2006). Factors
shaping transformative innovations in business for the benefit of society and
environment. $749,730 proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation,
SBE Division, competition on Human and Social Dynamics, NSF 06-509. (funding
denied).
Invited Presentations
1.
Bright, David S. (2008). The Dynamics of Positive Organizing.
Presentation given for the OD Network of Greater Dayton,
2.
Bright, David S. (2008). An Introduction to Positive
Organizational Scholarship. Presentation given in January and repeated in June
at
3.
Bright, David S. (2007) An Introduction to Positive Organizational Scholarship.
Presentation given to the faculty of the Raj Soin College of Business,
4.
Bright, David S. and the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. (2006). Business
as an Agent of Mutual Benefit: Research Agenda and Initial Findings. Booth
Presentation at the Annual Research ShowCase,
5.
Bright, David S.; Fry, Ronald E.; Cooperrider, David L.; Frick, Cindy (2004). Managing
the expectations of destiny. Presentation given at the 2004 Second
International Conference on Appreciative Inquiry, September 20, 2004:
6.
Bright, David
S.;
Rellaford, Barry; Weber, Dorothy (2003). Appreciative Inquiry. Presentation given
at the 2003 Organizational Behavior Alumni Annual Conference:
7.
Neville, Mary
Grace; Bright, David; Powley, Edward
H.; Puerta, Mauricio (2002). New directions of research for human and global dimensions
of change: Emerging propositions from a world dialogue. Presentation given at
the 2002 Spirit in Business Conference:
8.
Bright, David
S. (2001). How to deal with those difficult people in your teams!
Address presented to the Womens City Club of Cleveland, September 24, 2001:
Popular, Trade
or Other Media
Bright, David S. (2007) Any business is
good business? Invited editorial written for The Guardian: The Independent Student Newspaper of Wright State University.
January 3.
Bright, David S. (2004) The Information Professional Appreciative
Inquiry
Research Associate, Center for Business as an
Agent of World Benefit, 2002, 2004-2006 Case |
I was part of a research team that developed a world-wide inquiry to
discover business innovations that are motivated by a desire to create benefit
for society. I am currently working on a long-term research agenda related to Positive
Organizational Scholarship and change in society.
Research Consultant, Kim Cameron, 2001-2003 University of
This project explored the place
of virtuousness in organizations. We created a series of studies with both
qualitative and quantitative components to explore the relationship between
organization virtuousness and performance.
Research Assistant, Office of the Dean, Bill Laidlaw, 2000 to
2001 Case| Weatherhead School of Management Cleveland, OH
This work examined the role
and evolution of Executive Education in schools of business or management. We
explored a typology that explains the delivery of these programs.
Research
Assistant, Office of the Dean, Kim Cameron, 2000 Case|
This research partnership provided the genesis for my interest in
Positive Organizational Scholarship. We explored the role of forgiveness as an expression
of organization virtuousness.
Research Assistant, Hal Gregersen, 1997
This research experience
served as a catalyst for my interest in pursuing a doctoral education. The work
focused on the role of expatriate management as a component of managerial
development.
·
Organization
and Management Theory
·
Organization
Development and Change
·
Research
Methods
·
Social
Issues in Management
·
Positive
Organizational Behavior (informally organized interest group)
Organizational Development Network
·
Member of the national
association
·
Board Member
for the ODN of Greater Dayton regional affiliate
Methodology Interests
Topical Areas: Action Research, Grounded Theory, thematic
analysis, ethnography, measurement, multivariate analysis, mixed methods
research
Tools: ATLAS-ti, NVivo, NVivo Merge, Inspiration,
SPSS, AMOS
Organizational Behavior, leadership, organizational
development and change, research methods, organizational theory, social issues
in management
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Management and
Organizational Behavior (MGT 304) Intersession
2008, Summer 2008, Winter 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Winter 2007 (2
sections), Fall 2006.
Organizational Development
& Change (MGT
410) Spring 2008, Winter 2008
Leadership and Effective
Teams (MGT
411) Spring 2008
International Management (MGT 485) Fall 2007
GRADUATE COURSES
Organizational Development
& Change (MBA
706) Fall 2008, Fall 2007
Leading Teams and
Organizations
(MBA 750) Summer 2008 (Chinese Program)
Innovation and Creativity (MBA 766) Winter 2009, Spring 2007
AWARDS
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2007-2008 |
Outstanding Teacher of Management |
Case|
Assistant Instructor,
Seminar in
Teaching Assistant,
Structured Qualitative Research Methods (EDMP 641) Spring 2004
Instructor, Human Value in Organizations (MGMT 413) Spring, Summer
2003
Co-Facilitator, Leadership
Assessment and Development (MBAC 410) Fall 2003, Fall 2002; Fall, 2001;
Summer, 2001
Co-Facilitator, Interpersonal
Dynamics of Small Groups (ORBH 303/304/403) Spring, 2001
Teaching Assistant,
Introduction to Organizational Behavior & Management (ORBH 250) Spring 2000
Teaching Assistant,
Introduction to Organizational Behavior (OB 320) Spring 1997; Summer 1997 BYU
Consulting & Action Research
New
Voices and Choices, Northeast Ohio Visioning Project,
2006
Research consultant on ATLAS-ti, used to identify and track key themes in over
1000 interview summaries.
Office of Research and Development (ORD), United States Environmental
Protection Agency, 2004-2005 Action research and intervention evaluation
Roadway Express, 2002-2004 Action research and intervention evaluation
Interfaith Hospitality
Network, 2004 Action research
Richard Boyatzis, 2002-2004
Development of coder training software for managerial assessment
United States Navy, 2002-2003 Appreciative
Inquiry Summit analysis, facilitation assistance, and production consulting
LUCENT, 2003 Leadership assessment and evaluation
Case| Weatherhead
Executive Education, 2000 Strategic assessment and design
INTEL, 1998 Interpersonal
communication improvement program
Instructional Developer, Trainer, and Training
Supervisor 1992
to 1994, 1996 to 1999
Accountant, 1995 International Business Machines (IBM)
Accountant, 1995 Hawkins, Cloward & Simister
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2008 |
Member, ad hoc MBA Advisory Committee, Raj Soin
College of Business |
|
2008 |
Adhoc Reviewer, Journal of Asia-Pacific Business |
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2008 |
Reviewer, |
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2008 |
Adhoc Reviewer, |
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2006 - 2008 |
Co-Editor, Business as an Agent
of World Benefit Interactive Working Paper Series |
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2007 |
Reviewer, two Pearson
Prentice-Hall textbooks on experiential |
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2007 |
Reviewer, Three proposals for
2008 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference held at |
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2007 |
Member, Management Department Strategy Subcommittee, |
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2007 |
Member, Selection Committee search for new department
faculty member |
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2007 |
Reviewer, Two chapters for Sage Textbook Publishing |
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2007 |
Facilitator, Annual Gathering of POS Scholars,
Annual Meeting of the |
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2007 |
Chair, Paper Session for the ODC Division, Annual Meeting
of the |
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2007 |
Reviewer, Houghton-Mifflin Textbook Publishing |
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2007 |
Adhoc Reviewer, |
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2007 |
Adhoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science |
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2007 |
Adhoc Reviewer, Organization &
Management Theory Division (3 papers), Organizational Development and Change
Division (2 papers), for the Annual Meeting of the |
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2007 |
Facilitator, Department development series,
Department of Management, |
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2006 |
Assistant Editor, Global Forum joint conference between the U.N. Global Compact and the
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2006 |
Adhoc Reviewer, Organization &
Management Theory Division, Organizational Development and Change Division, |
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2006 |
Adhoc Reviewer, Global
Leadership Institute |
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2005 |
Interactive Paper Facilitator, Ecological and
Evolutionary Perspectives Organization & Management Theory Division, |
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2005 |
Adhoc Reviewer, Organization &
Management Theory Division, |
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2004 |
Chairman, Committee for Developing a Culture of
Scholarship, Department of Organizational Behavior, Case| |
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2004 |
Discussant,
Power to Transform: Organizing for Change, Paper session sponsored by the
Organization Development and Change Division, New Orleans Academy of Management |
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2004 |
Adhoc Reviewer, Organization
Development and Change Division, |
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2003 |
Adhoc Reviewer, Research Methods
Division, |
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2001 |
Ph.D. Selection
Committee,
Department of Organizational Behavior, Case| |
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2002 |
Ph.D. Selection
Committee,
Department of Organizational Behavior, Case| |
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2003 |
Dissertation Grant, Case| |
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1999 |
Valedictory Address, |
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1997 |
Oma and Stan Wagstaff
Graduate Scholarship, |
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1993 |
Maeser Scholarship, |
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1989 |
Trustees Scholarship, |
Community
Service
|
2004-2006 |
Venture Crew Advisor Boy Scouts of America unit sponsored by the Kirtland Ward, Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) |
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1997-1998 |
Activities Chairman, Masters of Organizational Behavior Student Association |
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1989-1991 |
Volunteer Representative, 1990 to 1991
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) |
Languages
Spoken
Spanish conversational, reading, and writing