Welcome to the Northwest Center for Organizational Research

 

"The Northwest Center for Organizational Research exists to advance the understanding, practice and development of optimal leadership and management methods in organizations."

 

 Pursuing answers to questions in management research such as...
...is there a 'best' way to lead people?
...what is right with people in organizations?
...what is working well in managing a four generation workforce?
...what types of diversity "matter" more than others?
...how do people respond to ethical leaders?
...what Western-based management models work best (and don't work) in a flat world?
...when employees feel like owners, how to they think, feel and behave?
...when does transparency in leadership matter?

 

Research conducted with Fortune 100, multi-national, regional and local firms such as The Boeing Company, Lincoln Plating Manufacturing, TAG Insurance Group, Omaha Veteran's Administration Hospital and Surgical Ward, United States Air Force and United States Army. Contributing researchers from Central Washington University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Colorado State University, University of Washington, Arizona State University and United States Air Force.