{"id":9923,"date":"2024-08-06T16:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/karen-golden-biddle\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:59:25","slug":"karen-golden-biddle","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/karen-golden-biddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Golden-Biddle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karen Golden-Biddle\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/Golden-BiddleKaren.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:kgbiddle@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          kgbiddle@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/MO_Golden-Biddle_Karen_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karengoldenbiddle\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f22d0a1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Karen Golden-Biddle<\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tProfessor Emerita, Management and Organizations\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Karen Golden-Biddle is Professor of Management and Organizations, emerita at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. She received her BA degree from Denison University and MBA and PhD degrees from Case Western Reserve University. <\/p>\n<p>Professionally she is active in the Academy of Management, where she has been inducted as a Fellow. <\/p>\n<p>Karen conducts research and teaches executive seminars in the areas of discovery and cultural change. She also conducts workshops for researchers in theorizing and writing up projects using qualitative methodology. She has published four books and authored more than sixty articles and book chapters in management journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and Organization Science.  <\/p>\n<p>Karen&#8217;s recently published book, The Untapped Power of Discovery (2024, Routledge\/Taylor &amp; Francis) helps leaders at all levels cultivate a practice of discovery, so essential for navigating change in this uncertain time.<\/p>\n<p>Recognition for Karen&#8217;s scholarship includes the 2022 Award (Organizational Research Methods) for her paper on coding practices and iterativity, the 2013 Douglas McGregor Award (Journal of Applied Behavioral Science) for her paper on cultural change and organizational identity in mergers, and the Academy of Management\u2019s Robert McDonald Award for the Advancement of Organizational Research Methodology for her study of constructing contribution in analyzing and writing qualitative research. <\/p>\n<p>Her co-authored book, Composing Qualitative Research, has been used in doctoral programs in top business schools across the world, including Stanford, University of Michigan, Northwestern, Cambridge, INSEAD, and Columbia.  Her current work focuses  on: The critical role of the discovery process in creating successful cultural change; How seasoned insiders create and sustain cultural change that makes a positive difference within and beyond their organization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, Case Western Reserve University, 1988<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BA, Denison University, 1976<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Locke, K., Feldman, M., Golden-Biddle, K. (In Press). &#8220;Coding Practices and Iterativity: Beyond Templates for Analyzing Qualitative Data&#8221;, <i>Organizational Research Methods<\/i> 109442812094860-109442812094860<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Bartunek, J. (In Press). Relational objectivity as responsibility in management research.&#8221;Responsible Research for Better Business&#8221;, <i>Springer Nature<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Harnessing Genuine Doubt.&#8221;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 62-81<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Discovery as a Process.&#8221;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 28-44<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Introduction.&#8221;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 1-7<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Amplifying Discovery.&#8221;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 117-135<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Suppressing Discovery.&#8221;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 8-27<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). &#8220;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Discovery&#8217;s Impact on Change Management.&#8221;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 136-143<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Building Capacity for Discovery.&#8221;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 99-116<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Launching New Ways.&#8221;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 82-98<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Capitalizing on Surprise.&#8221;The Untapped Power of Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 45-61<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2023). &#8220;Cultivating Discovery&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gioia, D., Corley, K., Eisenhardt, K., Feldman, M., Langley, A., L\u00ea, J., Golden-Biddle, K., Locke, K., Mees-Buss, J., Piekkari, R., Ravasi, D., Rerup, C., Schmid, T., Silverman, D., Welch, C. (2022). &#8220;A Curated Debate: On Using \u201cTemplates\u201d in Qualitative Research&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>31<\/i> (3),  231-252<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Bartunek, J. (2020). Relational objectivity as responsibility in management research.. In MJ, Thompson., L, Zsolnai. (Eds.), &#8220;Responsible Research for Better Business: Creating Useful and Credible Knowledge for Business and Society&#8221;, <i>Palgrave Macmillan<\/i> 47-68<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2019). &#8220;Discovery as Abductive Mechanism for Reorienting Habits within Organizational Change&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Bhakoo, V., Koehler, T., Smith, A., Cilesiz, S., Cornelissen, J., Feldman, M., Golden-Biddle, K., Greckhamer, T., Harley, B., Ketokivi, M., Locke, K., Mantere, S., Pratt, M., Sonenshein, S. (2019). &#8220;Templates in Qualitative Research Methods: How Have We Got Here and How Do We Get Out?&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2019<\/i> (1),  14900-14900<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2017). &#8220;PDW. Coding in the Trenches: Discovery Processes&#8221;, <\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Reay, T., GermAnn, K., Casebeer, A., Hinings, C. (2016). Creating and sustaining the right kind of space for organizational learning in primary health care.&#8221;Mobilizing Knowledge in Health Care: Challenges for Management and Organization&#8221;, <i>Oxford University Press<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Locke, K., Feldman, M. (2015). Discovery, validation and live coding.&#8221;The Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research&#8221;, <i>Taylor &#038; Francis<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2014). Create micro-moves for organizational change.&#8221;How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact&#8221;, <i>Berrett-Koehler Publishers<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2013). &#8220;How to Change an Organization Without Blowing It Up&#8221;, <i>Sloan Management Review<\/i>, <i>54<\/i> (2),  35-41<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Reay, T., Chreim, S., Golden-Biddle, K., Goodrick, E., Williams, B., Casebeer, A., Pablo, A., Hinings, C. (2013). &#8220;Transforming New Ideas into Practice: An Activity Based Perspective on the Institutionalization of Practices&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Studies<\/i>, <i>50<\/i> (6),  963-990<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Langley, A., Golden-Biddle, K., Reay, T., Denis, J., Hebert, Y., Lamothe, L., Gervais, J. (2012). &#8220;Identity Struggles in Merging Organizations: Renegotiating the Sameness-Difference Dialectic&#8221;, <i>Journal of Applied Behavioral Science<\/i>, <i>48<\/i> (2),  135-167<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Howard-Grenville, J., Golden-Biddle, K., Irwin, J., Mao, J. (2011). &#8220;Liminality as Cultural Process for Cultural Change&#8221;, <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>22<\/i> (2),  522-539<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2011). Blink and you (dis)miss them: Coming to new lines of sight.&#8221;Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research&#8221;, <i>Copenhagen Business School Press DK<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Azuma, J. (2010). Constructing contribution in \u201cStrategy-as Practice\u201d research.&#8221;Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice&#8221;, <\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Casebeer, A., Reay, T., Hinings, C., GermaAnn, K. (2009). Primary health care innovation sites: Learning to create new cultures of care.&#8221;Culture and Climate in Health Care Organizations&#8221;, <i>Springer<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Locke, K., Golden-Biddle, K., Feldman, M. (2008). &#8220;Making Doubt Generative: Rethinking the Role of Doubt in the Research Process&#8221;, <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>19<\/i> (6),  907-918<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Sonpar, K., Golden-Biddle, K. (2008). &#8220;Using content analysis to elaborate adolescent theories of organization&#8221;, <i>Organizational Research Methods<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (4),  795-814<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., GermAnn, K., Reay, T., Procyshen, G. (2007). &#8220;Creating and sustaining positive organizational relationships: A cultural perspective&#8221;, <i>Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation<\/i> 289-305<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Reay, T. (2007). Strategies of persuasion: The efforts of nurse practitioners in institutionalizing a new role.&#8221;Change in Health Care&#8221;, <i>Palgrave Macmillan<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Reay, T., Golden-Biddle, K., Germann, K. (2006). &#8220;Legitimizing a new role: Small wins and microprocesses of change&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>, <i>49<\/i> (5),  977-998<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Locke, K., Reay, T. (2006). &#8220;Using knowledge in management studies &#8211; An investigation of how we cite prior work&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>15<\/i> (3),  237-254<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., GermAnn, K., Reay, T., Procyshen, G. (2006). Creating and sustaining positive organizational relationships: A cultural perspective. In Jane, Dutton., Belle Rose, Ragins. (Eds.), &#8220;Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation&#8221;, <i>Lawrence Erlbaum Press<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Scott-Findlay, S., Golden-Biddle, K. (2005). &#8220;Understanding how organizational culture shapes research use&#8221;, <i>Journal of Nursing Administration<\/i>, <i>35<\/i> (7-8),  359-365<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Wiebe, E., Locke, K. (2005). Using qualitative methodology to study the dynamics of organizational change.&#8221;Handbook of Organizational Change and Learning&#8221;, <\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Thomson, D., Bzdel, L., Reay, T., Estabrooks, C. (2005). &#8220;Central questions of anonymization: A case study of secondary use of qualitative data&#8221;, <i>Forum: Qualitative Social Research<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Locke, K., Golden-Biddle, K. (2004). &#8220;An Introduction to Qualitative Research: Its Potential for Industrial and Organizational Psychology&#8221;, <i>Wiley<\/i> 99-118<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Reay, T., Golden-Biddle, K., Germann, K. (2003). &#8220;Challenges and leadership strategies for managers of nurse practitioners.&#8221;, <i>J Nurs Manag<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (6),  396-403<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Reay, T., Petz, S., Witt, C., Casebeer, A., Pablo, A., Hinings, C. (2003). &#8220;Toward a communicative perspective of collaborating in research: the case of the researcher-decision-maker partnership.&#8221;, <i>J Health Serv Res Policy<\/i>, <i>8 Suppl 2<\/i> 20-25<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">REAY, T., GOLDEN-BIDDLE, K., GERMANN, K. (2003). &#8220;HOW NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE ACTING TO CREATE WORK ROLE CHANGES.&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2003<\/i> (1),  C1-C6<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2003). &#8220;Editor&#8217;s introduction &#8211; &#8220;Doing what feels right: The influence of CEO character and emotions on TMT dynamics&#8221;&#8216; by Veronika Kisfalvi and Patricia Pitcher&#8221;, <i>Sage Publications Inc<\/i>, <i>12<\/i> (1),  41-41<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Casebeer, A., Besner, J., Reay, T. (2003). The researcher-decision maker partnership: A collaborative journey.&#8221;The researcher-decision maker partnership: A collaborative journey&#8221;, <\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2002). &#8220;Editor&#8217;s introduction &#8211; Anne Smith, &#8220;From process data to publication: A personal sensemaking,&#8221;&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (4),  381-382<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (2002). &#8220;Editor&#8217;s introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (2),  102-103<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2001). &#8220;Nontraditional research &#8211; Editors&#8217; introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (4),  339-339<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Greenwood, R., Golden-Biddle, K. (2001). &#8220;Nontraditional research &#8211; Editors&#8217; introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (2),  150-150<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2001). &#8220;Nontraditional research &#8211; Editors&#8217; introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (1),  39-39<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Casebeer, A., Pablo, A., Reay, T., Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R., Hinings, B., Besner, J., Bergman, J. (2001). &#8220;Learning along the Way: Collaborative Research &amp; Practice Partnerships Supporting Primary Care&#8221;, <i>American Psychological Association (APA)<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2000). &#8220;Editors&#8217; introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (4),  374-375<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2000). &#8220;Editors&#8217; Introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (2),  146-146<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Rao, H. (2000). Breaches in the Boardroom: Organizational Identity and Conflicts of Commitment in a Nonprofit Organization.&#8221;Organizational Identity&#8221;, <i>Oxford University PressOxford<\/i> 313-348<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2000). &#8220;Editors&#8217; choice&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (1),  55-56<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Greenwood, R., Golden-Biddle, K. (1999). &#8220;Nontraditional research &#8211; Editors&#8217; introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (4),  339-339<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Greenwood, R., Golden-Biddle, K. (1999). &#8220;Nontraditional research &#8211; Introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (3),  298-298<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Greenwood, R., Golden-Biddle, K., Bartunek, J. (1999). &#8220;Editors&#8217; introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (2),  166-167<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (1999). &#8220;Editors&#8217; introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (1),  32-33<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Biddle, R. (1999). Sustaining change. In R, Gilkey. (Eds.), &#8220;Healthcare Leadership in the New Millenium&#8221;, <i>Jossey-Bass<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Dougherty, D. (1998). &#8220;Editors&#8217; introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>7<\/i> (3),  213-214<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Bartunek, J., Greenwood, R. (1998). &#8220;Editors&#8217; Introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>7<\/i> (1),  3-3<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Fiol, M., Hatch, M. (1998). Relationships between cultural and identity. In David, Whetten. (Eds.), &#8220;Identity in Organizations: Developing Theory through Conversations&#8221;, <i>Sage Publications<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Gioia, D., Fiol, M., Rao, H., Schulz, M. (1998). Nomological net of organizational identity. In David, Whetten. (Eds.), &#8220;Identity in Conversations: Developing Theory through Conversations&#8221;, <i>Sage Publications<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Rao, H. (1997). &#8220;Breaches in the boardroom: Organizational identity and conflicts of commitment in a nonprofit organization&#8221;, <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (6),  593-611<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">LOCKE, K., GOLDEN-BIDDLE, K. (1997). &#8220;CONSTRUCTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTRIBUTION: STRUCTURING INTERTEXTUAL COHERENCE AND &#8220;PROBLEMATIZING&#8221; IN ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES.&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>, <i>40<\/i> (5),  1023-1062<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Locke, K., Golden-Biddle, K. (1997). &#8220;Constructing Opportunities for Contribution: Structuring Intertextual Coherence and \u201cProblematizing\u201d in Organizational Studies&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>, <i>40<\/i> (5),  1023-1062<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (1997). &#8220;Editor&#8217;s Introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (3),  220-221<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Barr, P., Rao, H., Thomas, H. (1997). Cognitive processes in alliances: Birth, maintenance and (possible) death. In D, O&#8217;Neal., Howard, Thomas. (Eds.), &#8220;Strategy, Structure and Style&#8221;, <i>John Wiley and Sons<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Bartunek, J., Golden-Biddle, K. (1996). &#8220;Editors&#8217; Introduction&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>5<\/i> (1),  43-44<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Salipante, P., Golden-Biddle, K. (1995). &#8220;Managing traditionality and strategic change in nonprofit organizations&#8221;, <i>Nonprofit Management and Leadership<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (1),  3-20<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Linduff, H. (1994). &#8220;Culture and human resources management: Selecting leadership in a nonprofit organization&#8221;, <i>Nonprofit Management and Leadership<\/i>, <i>4<\/i> (3),  301-315<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Locke, K. (1993). &#8220;Appealing Work: An Investigation of How Ethnographic Texts Convince&#8221;, <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>4<\/i> (4),  595-616<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K. (1993). &#8220;Organizational Dramas and Dramatic Stagings about them&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Education<\/i>, <i>17<\/i> (1),  39-49<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden, K. (1992). &#8220;The Individual and Organizational Culture: Strategies for Action in Highly-Ordered Contexts&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Studies<\/i>, <i>29<\/i> (1),  1-21<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden, K., Ramanujam, V. (1985). &#8220;Between a dream and a nightmare: On the integration of the human resource management and strategic business planning processes&#8221;, <i>Human Resource Management<\/i>, <i>24<\/i> (4),  429-452<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden-Biddle, K., Salipante, P., Buck, F. (1985). &#8220;A partnership for deriving meaning from human resources data&#8221;, <i>The Personnel administrator<\/i><\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U13055006","lastName":"Golden-Biddle","firstName":"Karen","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"","email":"kgbiddle@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/MO_Golden-Biddle_Karen_CV.pdf","website":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karengoldenbiddle\/","office":"","address":"595 Commonwealth Ave","bio":"Karen Golden-Biddle is Professor of Management and Organizations, emerita at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. She received her BA degree from Denison University and MBA and PhD degrees from Case Western Reserve University. \n\nProfessionally she is active in the Academy of Management, where she has been inducted as a Fellow. \n\nKaren conducts research and teaches executive seminars in the areas of discovery and cultural change. She also conducts workshops for researchers in theorizing and writing up projects using qualitative methodology. She has published four books and authored more than sixty articles and book chapters in management journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and Organization Science.  \n\nKaren's recently published book, The Untapped Power of Discovery (2024, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis) helps leaders at all levels cultivate a practice of discovery, so essential for navigating change in this uncertain time.\n\nRecognition for Karen's scholarship includes the 2022 Award (Organizational Research Methods) for her paper on coding practices and iterativity, the 2013 Douglas McGregor Award (Journal of Applied Behavioral Science) for her paper on cultural change and organizational identity in mergers, and the Academy of Management\u2019s Robert McDonald Award for the Advancement of Organizational Research Methodology for her study of constructing contribution in analyzing and writing qualitative research. \n\nHer co-authored book, Composing Qualitative Research, has been used in doctoral programs in top business schools across the world, including Stanford, University of Michigan, Northwestern, Cambridge, INSEAD, and Columbia.  Her current work focuses  on: The critical role of the discovery process in creating successful cultural change; How seasoned insiders create and sustain cultural change that makes a positive difference within and beyond their organization.","bu_profile_image_url":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/Golden-BiddleKaren.jpg","position":["Professor Emerita, Management and Organizations"],"education":["PhD, Case Western Reserve University, 1988","BA, Denison University, 1976"],"publications":["Locke, K., Feldman, M., Golden-Biddle, K. (In Press). \"Coding Practices and Iterativity: Beyond Templates for Analyzing Qualitative Data\", <i>Organizational Research Methods<\/i> 109442812094860-109442812094860","Golden-Biddle, K., Bartunek, J. (In Press). Relational objectivity as responsibility in management research.\"Responsible Research for Better Business\", <i>Springer Nature<\/i>","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Harnessing Genuine Doubt.\"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 62-81","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Discovery as a Process.\"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 28-44","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Introduction.\"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 1-7","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Amplifying Discovery.\"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 117-135","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Suppressing Discovery.\"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 8-27","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). \"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i>","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Discovery's Impact on Change Management.\"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 136-143","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Building Capacity for Discovery.\"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 99-116","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Launching New Ways.\"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 82-98","Golden-Biddle, K. (2024). Capitalizing on Surprise.\"The Untapped Power of Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 45-61","Golden-Biddle, K. (2023). \"Cultivating Discovery\", <i>Routledge<\/i>","Gioia, D., Corley, K., Eisenhardt, K., Feldman, M., Langley, A., L\u00ea, J., Golden-Biddle, K., Locke, K., Mees-Buss, J., Piekkari, R., Ravasi, D., Rerup, C., Schmid, T., Silverman, D., Welch, C. (2022). \"A Curated Debate: On Using \u201cTemplates\u201d in Qualitative Research\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>31<\/i> (3),  231-252","Golden-Biddle, K., Bartunek, J. (2020). Relational objectivity as responsibility in management research.. In MJ, Thompson., L, Zsolnai. (Eds.), \"Responsible Research for Better Business: Creating Useful and Credible Knowledge for Business and Society\", <i>Palgrave Macmillan<\/i> 47-68","Golden-Biddle, K. (2019). \"Discovery as Abductive Mechanism for Reorienting Habits within Organizational Change\", <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>","Bhakoo, V., Koehler, T., Smith, A., Cilesiz, S., Cornelissen, J., Feldman, M., Golden-Biddle, K., Greckhamer, T., Harley, B., Ketokivi, M., Locke, K., Mantere, S., Pratt, M., Sonenshein, S. (2019). \"Templates in Qualitative Research Methods: How Have We Got Here and How Do We Get Out?\", <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2019<\/i> (1),  14900-14900","Golden-Biddle, K. (2017). \"PDW. Coding in the Trenches: Discovery Processes\", ","Golden-Biddle, K., Reay, T., GermAnn, K., Casebeer, A., Hinings, C. (2016). Creating and sustaining the right kind of space for organizational learning in primary health care.\"Mobilizing Knowledge in Health Care: Challenges for Management and Organization\", <i>Oxford University Press<\/i>","Golden-Biddle, K., Locke, K., Feldman, M. (2015). Discovery, validation and live coding.\"The Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research\", <i>Taylor & Francis<\/i>","Golden-Biddle, K. (2014). Create micro-moves for organizational change.\"How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact\", <i>Berrett-Koehler Publishers<\/i>","Golden-Biddle, K. (2013). \"How to Change an Organization Without Blowing It Up\", <i>Sloan Management Review<\/i>, <i>54<\/i> (2),  35-41","Reay, T., Chreim, S., Golden-Biddle, K., Goodrick, E., Williams, B., Casebeer, A., Pablo, A., Hinings, C. (2013). \"Transforming New Ideas into Practice: An Activity Based Perspective on the Institutionalization of Practices\", <i>Journal of Management Studies<\/i>, <i>50<\/i> (6),  963-990","Langley, A., Golden-Biddle, K., Reay, T., Denis, J., Hebert, Y., Lamothe, L., Gervais, J. (2012). \"Identity Struggles in Merging Organizations: Renegotiating the Sameness-Difference Dialectic\", <i>Journal of Applied Behavioral Science<\/i>, <i>48<\/i> (2),  135-167","Howard-Grenville, J., Golden-Biddle, K., Irwin, J., Mao, J. (2011). \"Liminality as Cultural Process for Cultural Change\", <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>22<\/i> (2),  522-539","Golden-Biddle, K. (2011). Blink and you (dis)miss them: Coming to new lines of sight.\"Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research\", <i>Copenhagen Business School Press DK<\/i>","Golden-Biddle, K., Azuma, J. (2010). Constructing contribution in \u201cStrategy-as Practice\u201d research.\"Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice\", ","Golden-Biddle, K., Casebeer, A., Reay, T., Hinings, C., GermaAnn, K. (2009). Primary health care innovation sites: Learning to create new cultures of care.\"Culture and Climate in Health Care Organizations\", <i>Springer<\/i>","Locke, K., Golden-Biddle, K., Feldman, M. (2008). \"Making Doubt Generative: Rethinking the Role of Doubt in the Research Process\", <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>19<\/i> (6),  907-918","Sonpar, K., Golden-Biddle, K. (2008). \"Using content analysis to elaborate adolescent theories of organization\", <i>Organizational Research Methods<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (4),  795-814","Golden-Biddle, K., GermAnn, K., Reay, T., Procyshen, G. (2007). \"Creating and sustaining positive organizational relationships: A cultural perspective\", <i>Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation<\/i> 289-305","Golden-Biddle, K., Reay, T. (2007). Strategies of persuasion: The efforts of nurse practitioners in institutionalizing a new role.\"Change in Health Care\", <i>Palgrave Macmillan<\/i>","Reay, T., Golden-Biddle, K., Germann, K. (2006). \"Legitimizing a new role: Small wins and microprocesses of change\", <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>, <i>49<\/i> (5),  977-998","Golden-Biddle, K., Locke, K., Reay, T. (2006). \"Using knowledge in management studies - An investigation of how we cite prior work\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>15<\/i> (3),  237-254","Golden-Biddle, K., GermAnn, K., Reay, T., Procyshen, G. (2006). Creating and sustaining positive organizational relationships: A cultural perspective. In Jane, Dutton., Belle Rose, Ragins. (Eds.), \"Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation\", <i>Lawrence Erlbaum Press<\/i>","Scott-Findlay, S., Golden-Biddle, K. (2005). \"Understanding how organizational culture shapes research use\", <i>Journal of Nursing Administration<\/i>, <i>35<\/i> (7-8),  359-365","Golden-Biddle, K., Wiebe, E., Locke, K. (2005). Using qualitative methodology to study the dynamics of organizational change.\"Handbook of Organizational Change and Learning\", ","Golden-Biddle, K., Thomson, D., Bzdel, L., Reay, T., Estabrooks, C. (2005). \"Central questions of anonymization: A case study of secondary use of qualitative data\", <i>Forum: Qualitative Social Research<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (1)","Locke, K., Golden-Biddle, K. (2004). \"An Introduction to Qualitative Research: Its Potential for Industrial and Organizational Psychology\", <i>Wiley<\/i> 99-118","Reay, T., Golden-Biddle, K., Germann, K. (2003). \"Challenges and leadership strategies for managers of nurse practitioners.\", <i>J Nurs Manag<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (6),  396-403","Golden-Biddle, K., Reay, T., Petz, S., Witt, C., Casebeer, A., Pablo, A., Hinings, C. (2003). \"Toward a communicative perspective of collaborating in research: the case of the researcher-decision-maker partnership.\", <i>J Health Serv Res Policy<\/i>, <i>8 Suppl 2<\/i> 20-25","REAY, T., GOLDEN-BIDDLE, K., GERMANN, K. (2003). \"HOW NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE ACTING TO CREATE WORK ROLE CHANGES.\", <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2003<\/i> (1),  C1-C6","Golden-Biddle, K. (2003). \"Editor's introduction - \"Doing what feels right: The influence of CEO character and emotions on TMT dynamics\"' by Veronika Kisfalvi and Patricia Pitcher\", <i>Sage Publications Inc<\/i>, <i>12<\/i> (1),  41-41","Golden-Biddle, K., Casebeer, A., Besner, J., Reay, T. (2003). The researcher-decision maker partnership: A collaborative journey.\"The researcher-decision maker partnership: A collaborative journey\", ","Golden-Biddle, K. (2002). \"Editor's introduction - Anne Smith, \"From process data to publication: A personal sensemaking,\"\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (4),  381-382","Golden-Biddle, K. (2002). \"Editor's introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>11<\/i> (2),  102-103","Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2001). \"Nontraditional research - Editors' introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (4),  339-339","Greenwood, R., Golden-Biddle, K. (2001). \"Nontraditional research - Editors' introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (2),  150-150","Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2001). \"Nontraditional research - Editors' introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (1),  39-39","Casebeer, A., Pablo, A., Reay, T., Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R., Hinings, B., Besner, J., Bergman, J. (2001). \"Learning along the Way: Collaborative Research &amp; Practice Partnerships Supporting Primary Care\", <i>American Psychological Association (APA)<\/i>","Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2000). \"Editors' introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (4),  374-375","Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2000). \"Editors' Introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (2),  146-146","Golden-Biddle, K., Rao, H. (2000). Breaches in the Boardroom: Organizational Identity and Conflicts of Commitment in a Nonprofit Organization.\"Organizational Identity\", <i>Oxford University PressOxford<\/i> 313-348","Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (2000). \"Editors' choice\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (1),  55-56","Greenwood, R., Golden-Biddle, K. (1999). \"Nontraditional research - Editors' introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (4),  339-339","Greenwood, R., Golden-Biddle, K. (1999). \"Nontraditional research - Introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (3),  298-298","Greenwood, R., Golden-Biddle, K., Bartunek, J. (1999). \"Editors' introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (2),  166-167","Golden-Biddle, K., Greenwood, R. (1999). \"Editors' introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (1),  32-33","Golden-Biddle, K., Biddle, R. (1999). Sustaining change. In R, Gilkey. (Eds.), \"Healthcare Leadership in the New Millenium\", <i>Jossey-Bass<\/i>","Golden-Biddle, K., Dougherty, D. (1998). \"Editors' introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>7<\/i> (3),  213-214","Golden-Biddle, K., Bartunek, J., Greenwood, R. (1998). \"Editors' Introduction\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>7<\/i> (1),  3-3","Golden-Biddle, K., Fiol, M., Hatch, M. (1998). Relationships between cultural and identity. In David, Whetten. 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