THOMAS G. CUMMINGS
CV 2015
Department of Management and Organization
Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808
Phone: (213) 740-0733
Email: tcummings@marshall.usc.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1970 (Business Administration)
Major Field: Socio-Technical Systems
Minor Fields: Organizational Behavior and Organizational Ecology
M.B.A., Cornell University, 1967 (Personnel and Industrial Relations)
B.S., Cornell University, 1966 (Agricultural Economics)
EMPLOYMENT
1983-present Professor of Management & Organization, Marshall School of Business,
University of Southern California
1984 Visiting Professor, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
1976-1983 Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Marshall School of Business,
University of Southern California
1970-1976 Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, School of Management, CaseWestern Reserve University
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Ph.D. Level:
Organization Theory; General Systems Theory; Socio-Technical Systems; Social Structure and
Cultural Processes; Group Dynamics; Seminar in Behavioral Sciences
Masters Level:
Behavior in Organizations (MBA Core); Organization Design; Organization Change and
Development; Business Research
Undergraduate Level:
Organizational Behavior; Organization Structures and Processes
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Ph.D. Committees
Chair of 37 dissertation committees
Member of 70 dissertation committees
Chair/member of countless major field examination committees
SERVICE
University
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Board & President-Elect /President/Past-President, 2009-present
Member, Provost Task Force on Electronic Course Evaluations, 2012
Co-Chair, General Education Review Committee, 2008-2009
Chair, University Curriculum Committee, 2006-present
Member, Faculty Environment Committee, Faculty Senate, 2006-2007
Member, Honorary Degrees Committee, 2005-2006
Member, University General Education Committee, 2004-present
Chair, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2001-2006
Member, Undergraduate Valedictorian Selection Committee, 2001-2014
Member, Marshall School Dean’s Search Committee, 2002-2003
Chair, Undergraduate Committee, Marshall School of Business, 1997-2002
Member, Provost Task Force on Undergraduate Student Composition, 1999-2000
Member, Renaissance Scholars Selection Committee, USC, 1999-present
Chair, Department of Management and Organization, 1996-present
Member, School of Business Personnel Committee, 1995-1996
Academic Advisor for School of Business Undergraduate Program, 1993Member of University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1993Member of the Research Committee, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of
Southern California, 1984-1988
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Member of the Learning Support System Task Force, Graduate School of Business
Administration, University of Southern California, 1986-1987
Member of the Curriculum Audit Task Force, Graduate School of Business Administration,
University of Southern California, 1981-1983
Member of Doctoral Committee, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of
Southern California, 1977-1981
Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business
Administration, University of Southern California, 1977-1981
Member of the Dean's Undergraduate Task Force, 1992
Member of Undergraduate Dean's Advisory Council, 1992-1993
Numerous departmental committees having to do with faculty recruiting and curriculum reform,
Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Southern California, 1976-present
Helped to initiate, plan and implement the Master of Science in Organization Development,
School of Management, Case-Western Reserve University, 1974-1976
Coordinator of organizational behavior component of the Advanced Management Program,
School of Management, Case-Western Reserve University
School of Management representative to the Student Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate,
Case-Western Reserve University, 1972-1974
Professional Associations
Academy of Management, Member, 1976-present
Western Academy of Management, Member, 1976-present
American Psychological Association, Member, 1970-1976
American Sociological Association, Member, 1970-1976
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 1970-1976
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Professional Offices/Committees
Past-President/President/ President-Elect/ Program Chair/ Vice-President, Academy of Management,
2002-2007
Member, Impact of Research Task Force, AACSB, 2006-2007
Member, Board of Governors, Academy of Management, 1998-2001
Member, Academy of Management Task Force on Career Mentoring, 1997
Member, Academy of Management Task Force on Revenue Enhancement, 1997
Invited nominator, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred
Nobel, 1991-present
Faculty member, Doctoral and Junior Faculty Consortium, Western Academy of Management,
1989,1991,1992,1993
Faculty member, Doctoral Consortium (OB/M&OT,OD Divisions), Academy of Management,
1988
President, Western Academy of Management, 1985-1986
Member, Program Committee of Managerial Consultation Division, Academy of Management,
1986
Faculty member, Doctoral Consortium (OB/M&OT,OD Divisions), Academy of Management,
1982,1985
Program Chair, Western Academy of Management, 1984-1985
Member, Program Committee of Managerial Consultation Division, Academy of Management,
1985
Vice-President, Western Academy of Management, 1983-1984
Co-coordinator, Doctoral Consortium (OB/M&OT/OD Divisions), Academy of Management,
1983
Member, Program Committee, Western Academy of Management, 1982-1983
Chair, Organization Development Division, Academy of Management, 1981-1982
Faculty member, Doctoral Consortium (OB/M&OT/OD Divisions), Academy of Management,
1982
Member, Professional Divisions Committee, Academy of Management, 1981-1982
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Program Chair, Organization Development Division, Academy of Management, 1980-1981
Member, Executive Committee of Organization Development Division, Academy of
Management, 1979-1980
Member, Program Committee, Western Academy of Management, 1978-1979
Professional Review Activities
Member, Editorial Board, Academy of Management Perspectives, 2008-present
Member, Advisory Board, European Business Forum, 2005-present
Member, Advisory Board, Organization Management Journal, 2004-present
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 2004-present
Consulting Editor, International Journal of Management Reviews, 2004-present
Member, Editorial Board, International Review of Management, 2004-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 1980-2006
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Organizational Change Management, 1988-2001
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Management Inquiry, 1991-1996
Member, Editorial Board, Academy of Management Review, 1988-1993
Member, Editorial Board, Consultation, 1984-1991
Outside reviewer, National Science Foundation, 1975-present
Outside Reviewer (1970-present):
Administrative Science Quarterly
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Human Relations
Management Science
Journal of Management
Organization and Administrative Science
Professional Awards
The 2008 Distinguished Scholar Award. Presented by the Management Consulting Division,
Academy of Management.
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The 2007 R. Wayne Pace HRD Book of the Year. Presented by the Academy of Human Resource
Development for the Handbook of Organization Development. The selected book should be
grounded in a solid foundation of theory and/or research, address a topic of timely importance,
suggest new thinking about the topic, and challenge current values, beliefs and assumptions.
The 2006 Journal of Management Inquiry Scholar Award
The 2005 Distinguished Scholar Award. Presented by the Organization Development and Change
Division, Academy of Management.
The 2001 Joan G. Dahl President’s Award. Presented by the Western Academy of Management
for extraordinary contributions to the innovation and creativity of WAM, and the professional
growth and development of its members.
Honorary membership, Delta Sigma Pi National Undergraduate Business Fraternity
Honorary membership, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1994 Best Paper Award (with Kizilos). Presented by the Organization Development and Change
Division, Academy of Management.
1990 Yoder-Heneman Personnel Research Award (with Nathan, Bowen, and Ledford).
Presented by the Society for Human Resource Management for recognition of the finest in
empirical research in human resource management
RESEARCH SYMPOSIA
Chair, Behavioral Approaches to Organizational Design, Joint National Meeting of
ORSA/TIMS, Miami, FL, 1976
Discussant, Radical Approaches to Organization Design, TIMS College of Organizations, Quail
Roost, NC, 1976
Chair, Uses and Abuses of the Systems Paradigm in Organization Development, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1977
Discussant, Organization and Environment, Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Sun Valley, ID, 1977
Discussant, Beyond Bounds of Rationality, TIMS College of Organizations, Monterey, CA, 1977
Chair, Socio-Technical Approaches to Organization Design, Joint National Meeting of
ORSA/TIMS, Los Angeles, CA, 1978
Discussant, New Directions in Organizational Inquiry, Joint National Meeting of ORSA/TIMS,
Los Angeles, CA, 1978
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Discussant, The Impact of Work Experience on the Individual, Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1978
Discussant, The Current State of Knowledge in Organization Development, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1978
Chair, Alternative Perspectives on Organization Development, Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1978
Chair, Neglected Issues in Work Design, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
GA, 1979
Chair, Organization Development and the Industrial Relations Context, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1979
Chair, Organization Behavior and Production/Operations Management, Western Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 1979
Chair, What is Competence in Organization Development?, Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Detroit, MI, 1980
Discussant, Changing Individuals: Three Views, Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Detroit, MI, 1980
Discussant, Perspectives on Organizational Inquiry, Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Detroit, MI, 1980
Chair, Critique of Organizational Behavior, Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Phoenix, AZ, 1980
Chair, Invited Address of Warren Bennis, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San
Diego, CA, 1981
Discussant, Social Problem Solving, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA,
1981
Chair, Participatory Research: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, New York City, NY, 1982
Chair, Creativity, Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO,
1982
Discussant, Scholars of Promise: Invited Presentations, Western Academy of Management
Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, 1983
Discussant, Developmental Perspectives on Organizations, Western Academy of Management
Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, 1983
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Chair, Neglected Issues in Action Research, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston,
MA, 1984
Discussant, Current Perspectives on Consultation in the Private Sector, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1984
Discussant, Ascendant Scholars: Invited Presentations, Western Academy of Management
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1985
Chair, Multi-Paradigm Research of an Organizational Case: The Topeka Pet-Food Plant,
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1985
Discussant, Stress Management Interventions: An Evaluation, Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1985
Discussant, The Past, Present, and Future of Job Stress Research: New Thoughts About Old
Concepts, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1986
Discussant, Applying the Socio-Technical Systems Approach to Non-Manufacturing
Organizations, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1986
Discussant, Cause Maps and the Organizational Sciences: Explorations for Inquiry and Action,
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1986
Discussant, Ascendant Scholars: Invited Presentations, Western Academy of Management
Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, 1986
Discussant, Strategic Alliances: Trends, Issues, and Emerging Theoretical Perspectives, Western
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, 1986
Discussant, Improving Productivity and QWL in Public Sector Organizations: Outcomes of
Recent OD Applications, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1987
Co-chair, Learning to Innovate: Lessons from Europe, Scandinavia, and the United States,
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 1988
Co-chair, Is Worker Self Management Liberating in the United States?, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 1988
Chair, Future Directions in Management and Organization: Theory, Research, and Practice,
Western Academy of Management, Big Sky, Montana, 1988
Chair, Research in Employee Participation, Western Academy of Management, San Francisco,
1989
Discussant, Research in Organizational Change and Development, Academy of Management
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1990
Discussant, Conditions Creating Team Effectiveness in White Collar Settings, Academy of
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Management Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1990
Chair, Schemas, Frames, Chaos, and the Change Process, Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Miami Beach, 1991
Discussant, Efforts to Increase Employee Involvement, Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Miami Beach, 1991
Workshop Presenter (with G. Ledford), Designing High Performing Organizations, Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, American Psychological Association Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, 1991
Discussant, New Research on Group Effectiveness, Western Academy of Management, Spokane,
1992
Chair, Non-Traditional Research for Developing and Sharing Knowledge, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, 1992
Co-Chair, Constructing the New 21st Century Organizations, Western Academy of Management,
San Jose, 1993
Chair, Conversations with the Editors of the Journal of Management Inquiry, Western Academy
of Management, San Jose, 1993
Co-Chair, Workshop on Empowerment, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
1993
Discussant, Transforming Management in the Boundaryless Organization, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 1993
Discussant, Networks, Hierarchies, and Markets: Emerging Visions for Large Scale System
Change, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 1993
Presenter, Eric Trist: Impressions, Impacts, and Extensions Into the Future, Western Academy of
Management, Santa Fe, 1994
Discussant, In the Lewinian Tradition: Employee Involvement and Teams, Western Academy of
Management, Santa Fe, 1994
Chair, Creating and Sustaining Change, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Dallas, 1994
Discussant on Symposium: Should Practitioners Be Involved in Academic Reviewing? Western
Academy of Management, San Diego, March, 1995
Discussant on Symposium: Should Business Schools Survive the Next Budget Cuts? Western
Academy of Management, San Diego, March, 1995.
Chair, Symposium: Collaborating to Compete. Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
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Alberta, Canada: March, 1996
Discussant, Symposium: Building Trust in Organizations. Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Cincinnati: August, 1996
Discussant, Symposium: What Modern Leaders Need to Understand. Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Cincinnati: August, 1996
Chair, Symposium: Making a Difference in a Classroom: Challenges of a Diverse Constituency.
Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Squaw Valley, CA: April, 1997.
Chair, Symposium: Advancing Group Performance and Effectiveness. Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Boston: August, 1997.
Chair, Symposium: Managing Change Complexity. Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Chicago, August, 1999
Chair, Symposium: Determinants and Consequences of Organizational Ownership, Annual Meeting of
Academy of Management, Toronto, August, 2000
Chair and Host, Symposium: “Inside the Ivory Tower: Raymond Miles (Guest)”, Annual Meeting of
Western Academy of Management, Sun Valley, Idaho, April, 2001
Discussant, Symposium: “The 30th Anniversary of the ODC Division: Exploring the Future Role of the
ODC Division”, Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, Washington, DC, August 2001
Chair, Symposium: “Organizational Climate: Causes and Effects”, Annual Meeting of Academy of
Management, Washington, DC, August 2001
Chair and Host, Symposium, “Inside the Ivory Tower: Jone Pearce (Guest)”, Western Academy
of Management, April 2002.
Chair of Symposium, “Network Perspectives on Organization Change.” Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Denver, August 2002.
Chair and Host, Symposium, “Inside the Ivory Tower: Joan Leslie (Guest)”, Western Academy
of Management, April 2003.
Discussant of Symposium, “Telling Tales: Narrations of Organization Change.” Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, August 2003
Discussant of Symposium, “Development and Change Across Enterprises.” Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, August 2004.
Chair of Symposium, “Leadership Perspectives.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, August 2004.
Co-Organizer of Symposium, “Bringing Practice Back Into Our Scholarship.” Academy of
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Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2007.
Facilitator of Symposium, “Organizational Change.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, August 2007.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS
Thomas G. Cummings. "Intersystem Linkage". Paper presented at the American Psychological
Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1972
Thomas G. Cummings. "Intervention Strategies for Improving Productivity and the Quality of
Work Life". Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, 1974. Excerpted in Science News, September 7, 1974
Thomas G. Cummings and Paul Salipante. "The Development of Research-Based Strategies for
Improving the Quality of Work Life". Paper presented at the NATO Conference on Personal
Goals and Work Design, York, England, 1974
Thomas G. Cummings. "Socio-Technical Systems: An Intervention Strategy". Paper presented
at the New Technology in Organization Development Conference, New Orleans, LA, 1974.
Thomas G. Cummings. "Designing Alternative Organizations". Paper presented at the
American Institute of Decision Sciences Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 1975
Thomas G. Cummings. "Socio-Technical Design: Towards Self-Regulating Organizations".
Paper presented at the Joint Annual Meeting of ORSA/TIMS, Miami, FL, 1976
Thomas G. Cummings. "Evaluating Work Design Programs". Paper presented at the
Comparative Administration Research Institute/International Institute of Management
Conference on Current Research on Work Design, Berlin, West Germany, 1976
Thomas G. Cummings. "Interorganizational Relations and Organization Development". Paper
presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1978
Thomas G. Cummings. "Substitutes for Leadership". Paper presented at the Joint Annual
Meeting of ORSA/TIMS, New Orleans, LA, 1979
Thomas G. Cummings. "Consulting Behavior as an Extension of Family Background". Paper
presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1979
Charles Maxey and Thomas G. Cummings. "Labor Law and Organization Development". Paper
presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1979
Kurt Motamedi and Thomas G. Cummings. "Transorganization Development". Paper presented
at the Organization Development Network Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA 1980
Thomas G. Cummings and Larry E. Greiner. "Organization Development in a Cross-Cultural
Context". Paper presented at the Organization Development Network Annual Meeting, Seattle,
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WA, 1980
Thomas G. Cummings and Susan A. Mohrman. "Assessing New Work Designs: Beyond the
Trapped Administrator". Paper presented at the Quality of Work Life and the 80's International
Conference, Toronto, Canada, 1981
Thomas G. Cummings. "The Role of Values in Organization Design". Paper presented at the
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1981
Thomas G. Cummings. "Facilitating Organizational Change in a Cross-Cultural Context: Field
Notes From Mexico". Paper presented at the Western Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Monterey, CA, 1981
Thomas G. Cummings and John Jaeger. "Flexible Workhours: A Survey of 139 European
Companies". Paper presented at the Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Monterey, CA, 1981. (This paper was designated on the program as one of the outstanding
papers at the meeting)
Thomas G. Cummings. "Quality of Work Life in the Public Sector". Paper presented at the
American Society of Public Administration Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1981
Thomas G. Cummings. "Task Dimensions as Independent Variables in Leadership Research".
Paper presented at the Southwest Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
1981
Thomas G. Cummings and Susan A. Mohrman. "Designing New Organizations: An
Experimental Strategy". Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual
Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 1981
Thomas G. Cummings. "Improving Productivity and Quality of Work Life: Challenges to
Mexico in the 1980's". Paper presented at the Annual Conference on Productivity in Mexico,
Monterrey, Mexico, 1981
Janet Fulk and Thomas G. Cummings. "Refocusing Leadership: A Modest Proposal". Paper
presented at the NATO sponsored Seventh Biennial Leadership Symposium, Oxford, England,
1982. (This paper was judged the outstanding paper at the conference by the chairpersons of the
program committee)
Thomas G. Cummings. "Job Design: A Key to Employee Productivity in the 1980's". Paper
presented at the American Society of Public Administration Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii,
1982
Susan A. Mohrman, Thomas G. Cummings, and Edward E. Lawler III. "Creating Practical
Knowledge: Relationship and Process Issues". Paper presented at the University of Pittsburgh
Conference on Producing Useful Knowledge for Organizations". Pittsburgh, PA, 1982
Thomas G. Cummings. "Systems Theory and Organization Development: Towards Conceptual
Clarity". Paper presented at the American Society of Training Directors Annual Meeting, San
Antonio, TX, 1982
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Thomas G. Cummings. "Institutionalizing Quality of Work Life Programs: A Case for SelfDesign". Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1983
Thomas G. Cummings. "Large-Scale Change from Small-Scale Interventions: The Case of
Transorganizational Development". Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1983
Thomas G. Cummings. "Organization Development: Lessons from the Past Thirty Years".
Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1983
Thomas G. Cummings, Monty Mohrman, Susan A. Mohrman, and Gerald Ledford. "Doing
Research: The Case of Organization Design". Paper presented at the University of Southern
California Conference on Producing Knowledge for Theory and Practice, Los Angeles, CA,
1983
Thomas G. Cummings. "Transorganizational Development". Paper presented to the
Organization Studies Group at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1983
Thomas G. Cummings. "Developing Relations Among Organizations". Paper presented at the
American Association of Public Administration Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 1986
Thomas G. Cummings. "Synthesis and Provocation: The Field of Organization Theory". Paper
presented at the Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Universal City, CA, 1987
Thomas G. Cummings. "Theoretical, Empirical, and Practical Issues in Collaborative Social
Issues Management". Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, 1987
Thomas G. Cummings and Susan Mohrman. "Self-Designing Organizations". Paper presented
at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1987
Thomas G. Cummings and Maria Nathan, "Organizational Structure and Environmental
Change". Paper presented at The First IBEAR Research and Management Workshop on Trade
Policies and International Business Decisions: Alternative Responses of Business Firms,
University of Southern California, April, 1987
Maria Nathan and Thomas G. Cummings, "Collective Strategies for Technological Innovation:
The Case of University-Industry R&D Consortia". Paper presented at the Conference on Making
Organizations More Competitive, University of Pittsburgh, October, 1988
Thomas G. Cummings, "Executive Appreciation and the Creation of Transorganizational
Systems". Paper presented at the Symposium on The Functioning of Executive Appreciation,
Case Western Reserve University, October, 1988
Maria Nathan and Thomas G. Cummings, "Collective Approaches to Technological
Development". Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society,
San Francisco, October, 1989
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Thomas G. Cummings, "Future Research Directions In Organization Theory". Paper presented
at the Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, 1990
Thomas G. Cummings, "Getting Published: Professional Books". Paper presented at the Western
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, 1991
Thomas G. Cummings, "Participatory Action Research". Paper presented at the Western
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, 1991
Barry Nathan, Gerald Ledford, David Bowen, and Thomas Cummings, "Selection Practices for
High-Involvement Organizations". Paper presented at the American Psychological Association
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1991
Thomas G. Cummings, Mark Kizilos, and Ronald Blevins, "The Effects of a Shift-System
Innovation on Turnover and Absenteeism: A Naturally Occurring Field Experiment". Paper
presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, 1991
William Snyder and Thomas Cummings, "Organizational Learning Disabilities". Paper
presented at the Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Spokane, 1992
Mark Kizilos and Thomas Cummings, "Achieving Superior Customer Service Through
Employee Involvement: An Empirical Investigation". Paper presented at the Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Dallas, 1994. Winner of Best Paper Award of the Organization
Development and Change Division.
“Managing Careers During the Doctoral Program”. Paper presented at the Preconference
Program on Career Management Skills and Strategies for a Changing Academic Environment.
Jointly sponsored by the Career Division and the Women-in-Management Division, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, August, 1995.
“Self-Designing Organizations”. Paper presented at the Best Practices in Organization
Development Conference, Bowling Green State University, March 1995.
M. Kizilos, L. Pelled, and T. Cummings. “Organizational Demography and Prosocial Organizational
Behavior: A Model and Exploratory Test.” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Cincinnati, August, 1996
Thomas G. Cummings, “New Forms of Organizing”, 11th Annual Texas Conference on
Organizations, Austin, TX, April, 1996
Thomas G. Cummings, “Abuses of the Case Method in OD.” Paper presented at the Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, August, 1999
Thomas G. Cummings, “The Social Construction of Leadership.” Distinguished Speaker Series,
UC-Irvine, April, 1999
Thomas G. Cummings, “Reflection on the History of WAM”, presented at the Annual Meeting
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of the Western Academy of Management, Hawaii, April, 2000
Thomas Cummings, Larry Greiner, and Christopher Worley, “In Search of Translating Business
Strategy into Action”, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Academy of
Management, Hawaii, April, 2000
Thomas G. Cummings, “Emerging Role of Executive Doctoral Programs in Creating Actionable
Knowledge,” presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, August
2004
Thomas G. Cummings, “Success and Failure in Early Academic Careers,” presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, Riverside, CA, June 2004
Thomas G. Cummings, “Theory Validity and Usefulness: Comments on John Miner's Vision for
Organization Science”, August 2005, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu,
Hawaii
Thomas G. Cummings, “Shaping Management in the Global Environment: The Translation of
Conceptual Models into Working Practices and Visions of Management”, August 2005,
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Thomas G. Cummings, “Evolution of Organization Development and Change: A Personal
Reflection”, August 2005, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Thomas G. Cummings, “An American Reflection on Organization Development: Current
Realities and Interesting Futures”, November 2005, Biennale für Management und Beratung im
System: X-Organisationen, Berlin, Germany
Thomas G. Cummings, “Published But Perished: Reconsidering Publish or Perish Cultures in
Academic Life”, March 2006, Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Long Beach,
CA
Thomas G. Cummings, “New Forms of OD Consulting”, August 2006, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
Thomas G. Cummings, “Business as an Agent of World Benefit: Management Knowledge
Leading Positive Change”. August 2006, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
GA
Thomas G. Cummings, “Presidential Address: Quest for an Engaged Academy”, August 2006,
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Thomas G. Cummings, “AOM: Reflections and Future Directions”, March 2007, Southwest
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Thomas G. Cummings, “The Questions We Ask and How They Get Us into Trouble: Voices
from Scholars and Practitioners,” August 2008, Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Anaheim, CA.
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Thomas G. Cummings, “Bringing Practice Back into Our Scholarship: Delivering the Agenda for
Action,” August 2009, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Thomas G. Cummings, “Greening the Academy,” August 2009, Academy of Management
Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Thomas G. Cummings, “Steering a Department through the Winds of Change,” March 2010,
Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Kona: HI.
Thomas G. Cummings and Chailin Cummings, “The Evolution of Knowledge in Academic
Fields: A Rhetorical Perspective,” August 2010, Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Montreal, Canada.
Thomas G. Cummings and Chailin Cummings, “Envisioning Higher Education in the 21st
Century,” March 2011, Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Victoria, BC.
Thomas G. Cummings and Chailin Cummings, "A Cognitive Inquiry into Knowledge Change,"
August 2012, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. (Finalist for Best Paper
Award of Management Cognition Division of the Academy of Management)
Thomas G. Cummings, "Assessing Scholarly Impact," August 2012, Academy of Management
Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Thomas G. Cummings, "Management Consulting and the Informal Economy," August 2012,
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Gavin Schwartz, Thomas G. Cummings, and Chailin Cummings, “Hamlet’s Ghost and Ponzi
Schemes: Provocation on Organizational Researcher Care.” August 2013, Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Thomas G. Cummings, “Contributions of Larry Greiner to Organization Change and
Development and Management Consulting,” August 2014, Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Thomas G. Cummings, "Management Consulting and Organization Development: Divergent
Origins and Convergent Lives", Current Challenges in Organization Change and Interventions
Conference, Academy of Management & Socio-Economic Institute of Firms, June, 2014, Lyon,
France.
Thomas G. Cummings, “"Governing OD Growth and History: Re-visiting the 1969 AddisonWesley 6-volume Series with OD Scholars." August 2015, Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, Vancouver, B.C.
Academic Books
Thomas G. Cummings and Suresh Srivastva. Management of Work: A Socio-Technical Systems
Approach. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1977. (Republished in 1981 by University
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Associates, San Diego, CA)
Thomas G. Cummings and Edmond S. Molloy. Improving Productivity and the Quality of Work
Life. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1977
Suresh Srivastva, Paul Salipante, Thomas G. Cummings, William Notz, John Bigelow, and
James Waters. Job Satisfaction and Productivity. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1977
Thomas G. Cummings (Ed.). Systems Theory for Organization Development. Chichester,
England: John Wiley & Sons, 1980
Edward E. Lawler III, Monty Mohrman, Susan A. Mohrman, Gerald Ledford, and Thomas G.
Cummings (Eds.). Producing Knowledge for Theory and Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
1985.
Susan A. Mohrman and Thomas G. Cummings. Self-Designing Organizations. Reading, MA:
Addison-Wesley, 1989
Monty Mohrman, Gerald Ledford Jr., Susan Mohrman, Edward E. Lawler III, and Thomas
Cummings (Eds.). Large-Scale Organization Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989
David Bowen, Richard Chase and Thomas G. Cummings (Eds.). Service Management
Effectiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990
Lawler, E., Mohrman, A., Mohrman, S., Ledford, G. and Cummings, T. (Eds) Doing Research that is
Useful for Theory and Practice (New Edition). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 1999.
Warren Bennis, Gretchen Spreitzer, and Thomas Cummings (Eds), The Future of Leadership:
Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders. San Francisco: Jossey Bass,
2001.
Thomas G. Cummings (Ed.). Handbook of Organization Development. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publishers, 2008.
Professional Books
Larry Greiner and Thomas G. Cummings. Dynamic Strategy Making: A Real-Time Approach for
the 21st Century Leader. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass, 2009
Text Books
Alan Glassman and Thomas G. Cummings. Industrial Relations: A Multidimensional View.
Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1985
Edgar Huse and Thomas G. Cummings. Organization Development and Change, Third Edition.
Saint Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1985
Alan Glassman, Naiomi Berger-Davidson, and Thomas G. Cummings (Eds.). Industrial
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Relations: Reports from the Firing Line. Plano, TX: Business Publications, 1988
Thomas G. Cummings and Edgar Huse. Organization Development and Change, Fourth Edition.
Saint Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1989
Alan Glassman and Thomas G. Cummings (Eds.). Cases in Organization Development.
Homewood, Il: Richard D. Irwin, 1991
Thomas G. Cummings and Christopher Worley. Organization Development and Change, Fifth
Edition. Saint Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1993
Thomas G. Cummings and Christopher Worley. Organization Development and Change, Sixth
Edition. Cincinnati: South Western Publishing, 1997
Thomas G. Cummings and Christopher Worley. Organization Development and Change,
Seventh Edition. Cincinnati: South-Western Publishing, 2000.
Thomas G. Cummings and Christopher Worley. Essentials of Organization Development and Change,
Cincinnati: South Western Publishing, 2000.
Thomas G. Cummings and Christopher Worley. Organization Development and Change, Eighth
Edition. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western Publishing, 2005.
Thomas G. Cummings and Christopher Worley. Organization Development and Change, Ninth
Edition. Cincinnati, OH: Cengage Publishing, 2010.
Thomas G. Cummings and Christopher Worley. Organization Development and Change, Tenth
Edition. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western Cengage Publishing, in press.
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Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Thomas G. Cummings, Edmond Molloy, and Roy Glen. "Intervention Strategies for Improving
Productivity and the Quality of Work Life". Organizational Dynamics, 1975
Thomas G. Cummings and John Bigelow. "Satisfaction, Job Involvement, and Intrinsic
Motivation: An Extension of Lawler and Hall's Factor Analysis". Journal of Applied
Psychology, 1976
Thomas G. Cummings and Paul Salipante. "The Development of Research-Based Strategies for
Improving the Quality of Work Life". In P. Warr (Ed.), Personal Goals and Work Design.
London: John Wiley & Sons, 1976
Thomas G. Cummings and Walter Griggs. "Worker Reactions to Autonomous Work Groups:
Conditions for Functioning, Differential Effects, and Individual Differences". Organization and
Administrative Sciences, 1976
Thomas G. Cummings and Susan Manring. "The Relationship Between Worker Alienation and
Work-Related Behavior". Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
Thomas G. Cummings. "Socio-Technical Systems: An Intervention Strategy". In W. Burke
(Ed.), Current Issues and Strategies in Organization Development. New York: Behavioral
Publications, 1977. Also published in W. Pasmore and J. Sherwood (Eds.), Sociotechnical
Systems: A Sourcebook. San Diego, CA: University Associates, 1978
Thomas G. Cummings, Edmond Molloy and Roy Glen. "A Methodological Critique of 58
Selected Work Experiments". Human Relations, 1977. Also published in H. Freeman (Ed.),
Policy Studies Review Annual, Vol. 2. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1978
Thomas G. Cummings. "Socio-Technical Experimentation: A Review of 16 Selected Studies".
in W. Pasmore and J. Sherwood (Eds.), Sociotechnical Systems: A Sourcebook. San Diego, CA:
University Associates, 1978
Thomas G. Cummings. "Evaluating Work Design Experiments: Notes on Euler's Research".
Organization and Administrative Studies, 1978
Thomas G. Cummings. "Self-Regulating Work Groups: A Socio-Technical Synthesis".
Academy of Management Review, 1978
Thomas G. Cummings and M. Lynne Markus. "A Socio-Technical Systems View of
Organizations". In C. Cooper (Ed.), Behavioral Problems in Management. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1979
Rupert Chisholm and Thomas G. Cummings. "Job Characteristics, Alienation, and WorkRelated Behavior: A Study of Professional Employees". Journal of Management, 1979
Thomas G. Cummings and Cary Cooper. "A Cybernetic Framework for Studying Occupational
Stress". Human Relations, 1979
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Thomas G. Cummings. "Interorganizational Theory and Organization Development". In T.
Cummings (Ed.), Systems Theory for Organization Development. Chichester, England: John
Wiley, 1980
Thomas G. Cummings. "Designing Effective Work Groups". In P. Nystrom and W. Starbuck
(Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Design, Vol. 2. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press,
1981
Susan A. Mohrman and Thomas G. Cummings. "Implementing Quality of Work Life Programs
by Managers". In R. Ritvo and A. Sargent (Eds.), NTL Manager's Handbook. Washington,
D.C.: NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science, 1983
Thomas G. Cummings. "Systems Theory and Organization Development: Towards Conceptual
Unity". In S. Sherwood (Ed.), Organization Development: Theory and Practice. Washington,
D.C.: American Society for Training and Development, 1983
Susan A. Mohrman, Thomas G. Cummings, and Edward E. Lawler III. "Creating Useful
Knowledge with Organizations: Relationship and Process Issues". In R. Kilman et al., (Eds.),
Producing Useful Knowledge for Organizations. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1983
Thomas G. Cummings. "Transorganizational Development". In B. Staw and L. Cummings
(Eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior, Vol. 6. New York: JAI Press, 1984
Janet Fulk and Thomas G. Cummings. "Refocusing Leadership: A Modest Proposal". In J.
Hunt et al., (Eds.), Leaders and Managers: International Perspectives on Managerial Behavior
and Leadership. New York: Pergamon Press, 1984
Thomas G. Cummings, Judith Blumenthal, and Larry Greiner. "Managing Organizational
Decline: The Case for Transorganizational Systems". Human Resource Management, 1984
Thomas G. Cummings. "Designing Work for Productivity and Quality of Work Life". In D.
Warrick (Ed.), Contemporary Organization Development: Current Thinking and Applications.
Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1984
Thomas G. Cummings, Monty Mohrman, Susan A. Mohrman, and Gerald Ledford.
"Organization Design for the Future: A Collaborative Research Approach". In E. Lawler III et
al., (Eds.), Doing Research That Is Useful for Theory and Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
1985
Susan A. Mohrman, Allan M. Mohrman, Jr., Gerald E. Ledford, Jr., Thomas G. Cummings, and
Edward E. Lawler, III. "Epilogue: Walking the Tightrope Between Practice and Theory". In E.
Lawler, III et al., (Eds.), Doing Research That Is Useful for Theory and Practice. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass, 1985
Thomas G. Cummings and Susan A. Mohrman. "Assessing Innovative Organization Designs:
Beyond Traditional Evaluation Research". In R. Tannenbaum et al., (Eds.), Human Systems
Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985
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Mark A. Mallinger and Thomas G. Cummings. "Improving the Value of Performance
Appraisals". SAM Advanced Management Journal, 1986
Thomas G. Cummings and Charles Maxey. "Labor Law and Organization Development".
Consultation, 1986
Thomas G. Cummings and Melvin Blumberg. "Work Design and New Manufacturing
Technology". In T. Wall et al., (Eds.), The Human Implications of New Manufacturing
Technology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1987
Thomas G. Cummings. "Concluding Note: Future Directions in Socio-Technical Systems
Theory and Research. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1987
Thomas G. Cummings and Susan Mohrman. "Self-Designing Organizations: Towards
Implementing Quality-of-Work-Life Innovations". In W. Pasmore and R. Woodman (Eds.),
Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 1. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1987
Thomas G. Cummings and Robert Metzger. "Profitability and the Role of Self-Design: A
Banking Application". National Productivity Review, 1987
Thomas G. Cummings and Maria Nathan. "Organizational Structure and Environmental
Change". In A. Tamir (Ed.), Trade Policies and International Business Decisions. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1990.
Maria Nathan and Thomas G. Cummings, "Collective Strategies for Technological Innovation:
The Case of University-Industry R&D Consortia". In R. Kilmann (Ed.), Making Organizations
More Competitive. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990
Thomas G. Cummings, "Executive Appreciation and the Creation of Transorganizational
Systems". In S. Srivastva (Ed.), The Functioning of Executive Appreciation. San Francisco:
Jossey Bass, 1990
David Bowen and Thomas G. Cummings. "What if We Really Took Service Management
Seriously?" In D. Bowen, R. Chase and T. Cummings (Eds.), Service Management
Effectiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990
Thomas G. Cummings and Alan Glassman. "The Evolving Field of Organization Development".
In A. Gassman and T. Cummings (Eds.), Cases in Organization Development. Homewood, Il:
Richard D. Irwin, 1991
Thomas G. Cummings. "Socio-Technical Consultation". In R. Golembiewski (Ed.), Handbook
of Organizational Consultation. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1993.
Thomas G. Cummings and Ann Feyerherm. "Interventions in Large Systems". In W. Rothwell,
R. Sullivan, and G. McLean (Eds.), Practicing the Art of Organization Development. San
Diego:University Associates, 1995.
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Thomas G. Cummings and Mindy Kirby. "Organization Development in Different Classes of
Organizations". In H. Tosi (Ed.), Environment/Organization/Person Contingency Theory.
Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1995.
Mark Kizilos and Thomas Cummings. "Achieving Superior Customer Service Through
Employee Involvement: An Empirical Investigation". Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of
Management, 1994.
Thomas G. Cummings and Alan M. Glassman. "Breaking Frames: The Creation of JMI". In P.
Frost and L. Cummings (Eds.), Publishing in the Social Sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage
Publishers, 1995.
Thomas G. Cummings. "Systems Theory”. In Nigel Nicholson (Ed.), Blackwell Dictionary of
Organizational Behavior, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995.
Thomas G. Cummings. "Open Systems". In Nigel Nicholson (Ed.), Blackwell Dictionary of
Organizational Behavior, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995.
Thomas G. Cummings. "Quality of Work Life". In Nigel Nicholson (Ed.), Blackwell Dictionary
of Organizational Behavior, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995.
Thomas G. Cummings and Mark Kizilos. "A Participatively Designed Shift System Reduces
Turnover in a Glass Factory ”. National Productivity Review, 14 (4), 1995.
Thomas G. Cummings. “From Programmed Change to Self Design: Learning How to Change
Organizations”. Organization Development Journal, Vol. 13 (4), 1995.
William Snyder and Thomas G. Cummings. “Organizational Learning Disorders”. Human
Relations, Vol. 51, No. 7, 1998.
Thomas G. Cummings and Cary L. Cooper. “A Cybernetic Theory Of Occupational Stress”. In
C. Cooper (Ed.), Theoretical Advances in Work Stress, New York: John Wiley, 1998.
Thomas G. Cummings. “Leading Organization Change: Towards a Balanced Perspective”. In G.
Spreitzer, J. Conger, and E. Lawler (Eds.), Leading Organization Change, San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass, 1998.
Christopher Worley and Thomas G. Cummings. “The Dynamics of Strategic Change in
Hospitals: Managed Care Strategies, Organization Design, and Performance”. International
Journal of Public Administration, 23, (4) pp 221-34.
Lisa Hope Pelled, Thomas G. Cummings, Mark A. Kizilos, “The Influence of Organizational
Demography on Customer-Oriented Prosocial Behavior. An Exploratory Investigation”, Journal of
Business Research 47 (3) (2000) pp. 209-216.
Thomas G. Cummings, “Misuse of Case Method in OD&C Education”, Organization Development
Journal, 18 (4) (2000) pp.103-104.
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Thomas G. Cummings. “Closed and Open Systems, Organizational.” In International
Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, N. Smelser and P. Baltes (Eds.): New York:
Pergamon, 2000.
Gretchen Spreitzer and Thomas G. Cummings. “The Leadership Challenges of the Next
Generation.” In The Future of Leadership: Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to
Tomorrow's Leaders. Bennis, Spreitzer, and Cummings (Eds), San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2001.
Thomas G. Cummings (Ed), Section IV: Culture and Change, in Handbook of Organizational Culture
and Climate, Cooper, Earley, and Cartwright (Eds), London: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Larry Greiner, Thomas Cummings and Arvind Bhambri. “When New CEOs Succeed and Fail: 4D Theory of Strategic Transformation.” Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 32 (1): 1-16, 2003.
Larry Greiner, Arvind Bhambri, and Thomas Cummings. “Looking for a Strategy to Teach
Strategy.” Academy of Management Learning and Education, Vol. 2 (4): 402-420, 2003.
Larry Greiner and Thomas Cummings. “Wanted: OD More Alive than Dead!” Journal of Applied
Behavioral Science, Vol. 40 (4): 374-391, 2004.
Thomas G. Cummings. “Organization Development and Change: Foundations and Applications.”
In Wiley Handbook in the Psychology of Management in Organizations: Dynamics of
Organizational Change and Learning, J. Boonstra (Ed), John Wiley & Sons, pp 25-42, 2004.
Thomas G. Cummings. “Intervention Strategies in Management Consulting.” In Handbook of
Management Consulting. L. Greiner and F. Poufelt (Eds), Cincinnati, OH: South-Western
Publishing, pp 211-228, 2005.
Thomas G. Cummings. “Systems Theory”. In N. Nicholson, P. Audia and M. Pillutla (Eds.),
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior, 2nd Edition, Oxford:
Blackwell Publishers, 2005.
Thomas G. Cummings. “Open Systems”. In N. Nicholson, P. Audia and M. Pillutla (Eds.),
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior, 2nd Edition, Oxford:
Blackwell Publishers, 2005.
Thomas G. Cummings and Ann Feyerherm . “Large-Scale System Change.” Practicing
Organization Development, 2nd Edition. Rothwell, Sullivan & McClean (Eds). San Francisco:
Jossey Bass, 2005.
Thomas G. Cummings, “Presidential Address: Quest for an Engaged Academy”, Academy of
Management Review, Vol. 32 (2): 355-360, 2007.
Gavin Schwartz, Stewart Clegg, Thomas G. Cummings, Lex Donaldson and John Miner. “We
See Dead People? The State of Organization Science”, Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol.16
(4): 300-317, 2007.
Thomas G. Cummings, “Introduction.” Handbook of Organization Development, Thomas G.
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Cummings (Ed.), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers, 2008.
Thomas G. Cummings, “Warren Bennis: A Reflective Interview.” Handbook of Organization
Development, Thomas G. Cummings (Ed.), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers, 2008.
Thomas G. Cummings and Ann Feyerherm . “Large-Scale System Change.” Practicing
Organization Development, 3rd Edition. Rothwell, Sullivan & McClean (Eds). San Francisco:
Jossey Bass, 2011.
Thomas G. Cummings. “How Business Schools Shape (Misshape) Management Research.”
Doing Research that is Useful for Theory and Practice, Lawler, E. & Mohrman, S. (Eds.). San
Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2011.
Alan Glassman and Thomas G. Cummings. “The Wilderness Years at JMI.” Journal of
Management Inquiry, Vol. 20 (4): 343-348, 2011.
Mark Kizilos, Chailin Cummings, and Thomas G. Cummings. “How High-Involvement Work
Processes Increase Organization Performance: The Role of Organizational Citizenship
Behavior.” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 49 (4) 413–436, 2013.
Herman Aguinis, Debra Shapiro, Elena A, Antonacopoulou, & Cummings, Thomas G.,
“Scholarly Impact: A Pluralist Perspective.” Academy of Management Learning & Education, 13
(4): 626-639, 2014.
Thomas G. Cummings and Chailin Cummings, “Appreciating Organization Development: A
Comparative Essay on Divergent Perspectives.” Human Resource Development Quarterly, 25,
141-153, 2014.
Thomas G. Cummings and Ann Feyerherm. “Transformation and Change in Large Systems.” In
Practicing Organization Development, 4th Edition. Rothwell, Stavros, & Sullivan (Eds), 270284. New York: Wiley, 2016.
Gavin Schwarz, Chailin Cummings, and Thomas G. Cummings, “Devolution of Researcher Care
in Organization Studies and the Moderation of Organizational Knowledge.” Academy of
Management Learning & Education, in press.
Book Reviews
Thomas Cummings. Organization Theory by W. Evan. Interfaces, 1977
Thomas G. Cummings. Cases in Organizations: Behavior, Structure, and Processes by B. White,
J. Stamm, and L. Foster. Interfaces, 1978
Kenneth Brousseau, Thomas G. Cummings, Steven Kerr, and Mary Ann Von Glinow.
Handbook of Organizational and Industrial Psychology by M. Dunnette (Ed.). Contemporary
Psychology, 1978
Thomas G. Cummings. Experiential Learning and Change by G. Walter and S. Marks. Journal
of Applied Behavioral Science, 1986
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Thomas G. Cummings. Productive Workplaces by M. Weisbord. Human Resource
Management, 1989
Thomas G. Cummings. Organizational Change in Its context by Huibert de Man. Administrative
Science Quarterly, 1989
Case Studies
Alan Glassman and Thomas G. Cummings. "Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department:
Transorganizational Intervention". In A. Glassman and T. Cummings (Eds.), Cases in
Organization Development. Homewood, Il: Richard D. Irwin, 1991
Thomas G. Cummings. "Alum Corporation: Union/Management Cooperation Intervention". In
A. Glassman and T. Cummings (Eds.), Cases in Organization Development. Homewood, Il:
Richard D. Irwin, 1991
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