William Kahn

Kahn, W. (In Press). “Through the Narrows: Creating and Sustaining Holding Encounters”, Organization Science

Kahn, W. (In Press). “Through the Narrows: The Meaning and Enactment of Interpersonal Holding”, Organization Science

Mobasseri, S., Kahn, W., Ely, R. (In Press). “Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective”, Academy of Management Review

Kahn, W. (2025). “Humanizing Authority in the Court of Second Chances”, Academy of Management Discoveries

Mobasseri, S., Kahn, W., Ely, R. (2024). “Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective”, Academy of Management Review, 49 (4), 718-745

Kahn, W. (2023). “Falling apart and hanging together: Notes on resilient caregiving organizations”, Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 22 (1), 93-111

Barton, M., Kahn, W., Maitlis, S., Sutcliffe, K. (2022). “Stop framing wellness programs around self-care”, Harvard Business Review (https://hbr.org/2022/04/stop-framing-wellness-programs-around-self-care)

Kahn, W. (2021). “Discoveries-through-Prose Nobody Home: A Parallel Process Investigation of a Child Welfare Agency”, Academy of Management Discoveries

Kahn, W., Rouse, E. (2021). “Navigating Space for Personal Agency: Auxiliary Routines as Adaptations in Toxic Organizations”, Academy of Management Journal, 64 (5), 1419-1444

Kahn, W., Feldman, E. (2020). “Making the most of conflicting advice from mentors.”, MIT Sloan Management Review: MIT’s journal of management research and ideas

Kahn, W., Rouse, E. (2020). “Toxic organizations and the unenviable choices available to mid-level managers.”, London School of Economics Business Review

Kahn, W., Barnes, L., Draga, S., Long, D., Maitlis, S., Ruttan, R., Burgess, R., Colquitt, J., DeCelles, K., Dutton, J., Hardin, A., Jun, S., Rockmann, K., Workman, K. (2020). “Navigating Distress: Exploring How People Make Sense of Negative Emotions in Everyday Workplaces”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020 (1), 14075-14075

Kahn, W. (2019). “Dynamics and Implications of Distress Organizing”, Academy of Management Journal, 62 (5), 1471-1497

Barton, M., Kahn, W. (2019). “Group Resilience: The Place and Meaning of Relational Pauses”, Organization Studies, 40 (9), 1409-1429

Feldman, E., Kahn, W. (2019). “When Developers Disagree: Divergent Advice as a Potential Catalyst for Protégé Growth”, Organization Science, 30 (3), 509-527

Kahn, W., Barton, M., Fisher, C., Heaphy, E., Reid, E., Rouse, E. (2018). “The Geography of Strain: Organizational Resilience as a Function of Intergroup Relations”, Academy of Management Review, 43 (3), 509-529

Kahn, W. (2015). “The Ostrich Effect”, Routledge

Kahn, W., Barton, M., Fellows, S. (2013). “Organizational Crises and the Disturbance of Relational Systems”, Academy of Management Review, 2 (38), 377-396

Kahn, W., Barton, M., Fellows, S. (2013). “Organizational crises and the disturbance of relational systems”, Academy of Management Review, 38 (3), 377-396

Kahn, W. (2012). “The functions of dysfunction: Implications for organizational diagnosis and change.”, Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 64 (3), 225-241

Kahn, W. (2011). “Treating Organizational Wounds”, Organizational Dynamics, 40 (2), 75-84

Kahn, W. (2008). “The Student’s Guide to Successful Project Teams”, Routledge Academic

Bookman, T., Kahn, W. (2006). “This House We Build Lessons for Healthy Synagogues and the People Who Dwell There”, Rowman & Littlefield

Kahn, W. (2006). Meaningful connections: Positive relationships and attachments at work. In JE, Dutton., BR, Ragins. (Eds.), “Exploring positive relationships at work”, Lawrence Erlbaum 189-206

Kahn, W. (2006). Positive relationships in groups and communities. In JE, Dutton., BR, Ragins. (Eds.), “Exploring positive relationships at work”, Lawrence Erlbaum 277-288

Kahn, W. (2005). “Holding Fast”, Routledge

Kahn, W. (2004). “Facilitating and Undermining Organizational Change”, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 40 (1), 7-30

Kahn, W., Green, Z. (2004). Seduction and betrayal: A process of unconscious abuse of authority by leadership groups. In S, Cytynbaum., D, Noumair. (Eds.), “Group relations reader 3”, A.K. Rice Institute 175-199

Kahn, W. (2003). “The Revelation of Organizational Trauma”, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 39 (4), 364-380

Kahn, W., Cross, R., Parker, A. (2003). “Layers of Diagnosis for Planned Relational Change in Organizations”, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 39 (3), 259-280

(2003). “Review of H. Sondak, M. Neale & E. Mannix (Eds.), Toward phenomenology of groups and group membership”, Administrative Science Quarterly, 48 (2), 330-332

KAHN, W. (2002). “Managing the Paradox of Self-Reliance”, Organizational Dynamics, 30 (3), 239-256

Kahn, W., Hall, D. (2002). Developmental relationships at work: A learning perspective. In C, Cooper. (Eds.), “The world of work”, Oxford 49-74

Kahn, W. (2001). “Holding Environments at Work”, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 37 (3), 260-279

Kahn, W. (1998). “Relational systems at work”, Research in Organizational Behavior, 20 39-76

Kahn, W. (1996). Secure base relationships at work. In DT, Hall. (Eds.), “The career is dead–Long live the career: A relational approach to careers”, Jossey-Bass 42-66

(1996). “Comment on “Understanding researcher projection in interpreting case study data: The South Canyon fire tragedy.””, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 32 (1), 63-70

Kahn, W. (1995). “Organizational Change and the Provision of a Secure Base: Lessons from the Field”, Human Relations, 48 (5), 489-514

Kahn, W. (1995). “Group Process Checkpoints for Team Learning in the Classroom”, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 14 (2), 310-310

Kahn, W., Kram, K. (1994). “Authority at work: Internal models and their organizational consequences.”, Academy of Management Review, 19 (1), 17-50

Kahn, W. (1993). “Caring for the caregivers: Patterns of organizational caregiving”, Administrative Science Quarterly, 38 (4), 539-563

Kahn, W. (1992). “To be fully there: Psychological presence at work”, Human Relations, 45 (4), 321-349

(1992). “Review of E. Shapiro & A. W. Carr, Lost in Familiar Places”, Academy of Management Review, 17 (3), 615-618

Kahn, W. (1990). “Psychological conditions of personal engagement and disengagement at work”, Academy of Management Journal, 33 (4), 692-724

Kahn, W. (1990). “An Exercise of Authority”, Organizational Behavior Teaching Review, 14 (2), 28-42

Kahn, W. (1990). “There’s no place like home: Reflections on leaving a social system”, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 26 (2), 135-149

Kahn, W. (1990). “Towards an agenda for business ethics research”, Academy of Management Review, 15 (2), 311-328

Kahn, W. (1990). “To wit: Humor and the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science”, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 26 (1), 107-110

Kahn, W. (1989). University athletic teams. In JR, Hackman. (Eds.), “Groups that work (and those that don’t)”, Jossey-Bass 250-264

Kahn, W. (1989). “Toward a Sense of Organizational Humor: Implications for Organizational Diagnosis and Change”, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 25 (1), 45-63

Kahn, W., Crosby, F. (1985). Change and stasis: Discriminating between changing attitudes and discriminatory behavior. In B, Gutek., L, Larwood., B, Stromberg. (Eds.), “Women and work”, Sage 48-62

KAHN, W. (1984). “The Structure of Exaltation”, American Behavioral Scientist, 27 (6), 705-722