The purpose of this special issue is to recognize and reflect on the contributions and legacy of scientist-practitioner W. Warner Burke. Burke’s many contributions to the theory and practice of organization development over the past six decades have had both a foundational and evolutionary impact on the field. This special issue presents seven articles that reflect various facets of his contribution as a colleague, scholar, practitioner, and mentor.
BurkeW. W. (1971). A comparison of management development and organization development. Journal of Applied Behavior Science, 7(5), 569-579. https://doi.org/10.1177/002188637100700505
BurkeW. W. (1982b). Organization development: Principles and practices. Scott, Foresman.
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BurkeW. W. (1993). The changing world of organization change. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(1), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1037/1061-4087.45.1.9
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BurkeW. W. (1994). Organization development: A process of learning and changing (2nd ed.). Addison-Wesley.
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BurkeW. W. (1995). Organization change: What we know, what we need to know. Journal of Management Inquiry, 4(2), 158-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/105649269542006
BurkeW. W. (2011a). A perspective on the field of Organizational Development and Change: The Zeigarnik effect. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 47, 143-167. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886310388161
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BurkeW. W. (2011b). Organization change: Theory and practice (3rd ed.). Sage.
BurkeW. W. (2014b). Organization change: Theory and practice (4th ed.). Sage.
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BurkeW. W. (2015). Choice points: The making of a scholar-practitioner. In ShaniA. B.NoumairD. A. (Eds.), Research in organizational change and development (pp. 1-38). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0897-301620150000023001
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BurkeW. W. (2017). Organization change: Theory and practice (5th ed.). Sage.
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BurkeW. W. (2018). The rise and fall of the growth of organization development: What now?Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 70(3), 186-206. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000116
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BurkeW. W.GoodsteinL. D. (1980). Organization development today: A retrospective applied to the present and future. In BurkeW. W.GoodsteinL. D. (Eds.), Trends and issues in organization development: Current theory and practice (pp. 3-11). University Associates.
BurkeW. W.LitwinG. H. (1992). A causal model of organizational performance and change. Journal of Management, 18(3), 523-545. https://doi.org/10.1177/014920639201800306
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BurkeW. W.RichleyE. A.DeAngelisL. (1985). Changing leadership and planning processes at the Lewis Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Human Resource Management, 24(1), 81-90. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.3930240107
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ChurchA. H. (1997). Managerial self-awareness in high-performing individuals in organizations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82(2), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.82.2.281
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ChurchA. H.BurkeW. W. (2017). Four trends shaping the future of organizations and organization development. OD Practitioner, 49(3), 14-22.
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ChurchA. H.BurkeW. W.Van EyndeD. F. (1994). Values, motives, and interventions of organization development practitioners. Group & Organization Management, 19(1), 5-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601194191002
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ChurchA. H.ShullA. C.BurkeW. W. (2018a). A look in the mirror: Current research findings on the values and practice of OD. In JamiesonD. W.ChurchA. H.VogelsangJ. D. (Eds.), Enacting values-based change: Organization development in action (pp. 21-42). Palgrave Macmillan.
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ChurchA. H.ShullA. C.BurkeW. W. (2018b). Organization development and talent management: Divergent sides of the same values equation. In JamiesonD. W.ChurchA. H.VogelsangJ. D. (Eds.), Enacting values-based change: Organization development in action (pp. 265-294). Palgrave Macmillan.
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ChurchA. H.WaclawskiJ.BurkeW. W. (1996). OD practitioners as facilitators of change: An analysis of survey results. Group & Organization Management, 21(1), 22-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601196211003
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CooperriderD. L.SrivastvaS. (1987). Appreciative inquiry in organizational life. In PasmoreW.WoodmanE. (Eds.), Research in organization change and development (Vol. 1, pp. 129-169). JAI Press.
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FagensonE. A.BurkeW. W. (1990). The activities of organization development practitioners at the turn of the decade of the 1990s: A study of their predictions. Group & Organization Studies, 15(4), 366-380. https://doi.org/10.1177/105960119001500403
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KaiserR. B. (2018). The wisdom of Warner Burke: An introduction to the rise and fall and future of organization development. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 70(3), 183-185. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000119
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NoumairD. A. (2017). W. Warner Burke: Learner, leader, scholar-practitioner. In SzablaD. B.PasmoreW. A.BarnesM. A.GipsonA. N. (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of organizational change thinkers (pp. 199-216). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52878-6_34
ShullA. C.ChurchA. H.BurkeW. W. (2013). Attitudes about the field of organization development 20 years later: The more things change the more they stay the same. In ShaniA. B.PasmoreW. A.WoodmanR. W.NoumairD. A. (Eds.), Research in organizational change and development (Vol. 21, pp. 1-28). Emerald.
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SzablaD.PasmoreW.BarnesM.GipsonA. (Eds.). (2017). Palgrave handbook of great organizational change thinkers. Palgrave Macmillan.
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Van de VenA.JohnsonP. (2006). Knowledge for theory and practice. Academy of Management Review, 31(4), 802-821. https://doi.org/10.2307/20159252
