Love and Organization

Michael Pirson holds the Felix E. Larkin Chaired Professorship in Humanistic Management at Fordham University, and is a full Professor with a focus on Global Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship. He is a research associate at Harvard University's Human Flourishing Program (HFP). He co-founded the Humanistic Management Network and is founder and president of the International Humanistic Management Association. He is the Editor in Chief of the Humanistic Management Journal. Pirson is a full member of the Club of Rome, leads the Humanistic Management working group at the UNPRME and advises a number of social enterprises. He has won numerous awards for his work including from the Academy of Management and the Association of Jesuit Universities.

• 1. Love as a Foundational Principle for Humanistic Management Matthew T. Lee 2. Love and Organizational Models: How to Interpret Forms of Love Within Companies Roberta Sferrazzo & Renato Ruffini 3. Organizational Expressions of Love: A Level of System Inquiry Linda Robson and Duncan Coombe 4. Agape in Business – Policies and Actions Beyond Caritas Harry Hummels, Yannick Bammens, Maike van Dijk and Annelies van Uden 5. Love and the Moral Structure of Business: Toward a Tripartite Ethos of Human Enterprise Michael F. Mascolo and David Greenway 6. Levinas And Lewis On Loving the Other in Organizations Peter McGhee and Dr. Myk Habets . The Power of Love in People’s Motivation at Work Maria Prats 8. Toward a Systematic Approach to Building a Loving Organization: The Humanistic Organizational Development Matrix William A. Andrews 9. Putting Love First: Redefining Managing, Organising and The Future of Work Elena P. Antonacopoulou 10. Socio-Emotional Resources and the Principle of Human Dignity in the Workplace—the Case of Workplace Romance Coralie Fiori-Khayat 11. Adapting a Ministry of Love for the Workplace: Centers for Wiser Leadership as A New Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Teresa J. Rothausen and Thomas Maridada, Jr. 12. "Tough Love" Characterizing Paternalistic Leadership: The Case of Family Firms Nava Michael Tsabari, Francesco Barbera and Bart Henssen 13. An Exploratory Study of Leaders’ Expression of Love and Followers Perceptions of Satisfaction and Engagement in the Workplace Franklin Alexander Markow 14. Psychopathy and An Absence of Love in Organizations Clive Boddy and Louise Boulter