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		Ruth Blatt Assistant Professor of Managerial Studies PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2008 MS, Tel Aviv University,Israel, 2002 BA, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore,1996 Phone: (312) 996-6202 Office:2215 University Hall Email: rblatt@uic.edu 601 S Morgan Street, MC 243 Chicago, IL 60607 Download CV
Teaching Interests Entrepreneurial management, and Organizational behavior
Research Interests Entrepreneurial Teams, Resilience, Independent workers, and Meaning
Awards and Honors Emeritus Ph.D. Fellowship Award, University of Michigan, 2008 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2006 Leon Recanati Faculty of Management Award for Academic Excellence, Tel Aviv University 1999, 2000.
Experience Founding Director, Center for Human Resource Management, University of Illinois at Chicago & Urbana-Champaign Associate Director, Institute for Urban Transportation, Indiana University Founding Director, Public Employee Relations Project, Texas Tech University Head, Department of Management, University of Illinois at Chicago
Recent Publications Blatt, R. (2009). Tough love: How communal schemas and contracting practices build relational capital in entrepreneurial teams. Academy of Management Review, in press. Blatt, R. (2008). Organizational citizenship behavior of temporary knowledge employees. Organization Studies, 29(6), 849-866. Ashford, S.J., George, E., & Blatt, R. (2007). Old assumptions, new work: The opportunities and challenges of research on nonstandard employment. In J.P. Walsh and A.P. Brief (Eds.), Academy of Management Annals, Vol. 1, forthcoming. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Blatt, R., Christianson, M.K., Sutcliffe, K.M., & Rosenthal, M.M. (2006). A sensemaking lens on reliability.Journal of Organizational Behavior, 27(7), 897-917. Blatt, R. & Camden, C.T. (2006). Positive relationships and cultivating community. In J.E. Dutton, and B.R. Ragins (Eds.),Exploring positive relationships at work: Building a theoretical and research foundation, (pp. 243-264). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Anderson, P., Blatt, R., Christianson, M., Grant, A., Marquis, C., Neuman, E., Sonenshein, S., & Sutcliffe, K. (2006). Understanding mechanisms in organizational research: Reflections from a collective journey. Journal of Management Inquiry, 15(2), 102-113. Ashford, S.J, Blatt, R. & VandeWalle, D. (2003). Reflections on the looking glass: A review of research on feedback-seeking behavior in organizations, Journal of Management, 29(6), 773-799.