Marlys Christianson

Selected Publications - Papers

• Sensemaking in the time of COVID-19.

  Christianson, M.K. and Barton, M.A.

  Journal of Management Studies

  Issue:58(2)

  2021

  Pages: 572-576

• Resilience in action: leading for resilience in response to COVID-19.

  Barton, M.A., Christianson, M.K., Myers, C.G., Sutcliffe, K.M.

  BMJ Leader

  Issue:4(3)

  2020

  Pages: 117-119

• More and less effective updating: The role of trajectory management in making sense again

  Christianson, M.K.

  Administrative Science Quarterly

  Issue:64(1)

  2019

  Pages: 45-86

• Mapping the terrain: The use of video-based research in top-tier organizational journals

  Christianson, M.K.

  Organizational Research Methods

  Issue:21(2)

  2018

  Pages: 261-287

• Coordinating flexible performance during everyday work: An ethnomethodological study of handoff routines

  LeBaron, C.*, Christianson, M.K.*, Garrett, L., Ilan, R. (*=shared lead authorship)

  Organization Science

  Issue:27(3)

  2016

  Pages: 514-534

• Sensemaking in organizations: Taking stock and moving forward

  Maitlis, S & Christianson, M. K.

  The Academy of Management Annals

  Issue:8

  2014

  Pages: 57-125

• The earlier the longer: Disproportionate time allocated to patients discussed early in attending physician handoff sessions.

  Cohen, M. D., Ilan, R., Garrett, L., LeBaron, C., & Christianson, M. K.

  Archives of Internal Medicine (now JAMA Internal Medicine)

  Issue:172(22)

  2012

  Pages: 1762-1764

• Becoming a high reliability organization.

  Christianson, M. K., Sutcliffe, K. M., Miller, M. A., & Iwashnya, T. J.

  Critical Care

  Issue:15

  2011

  Pages: 314

• Learning through rare events: Significant interruptions at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

  Christianson, M.K., Farkas, M., Sutcliffe, K.M., & Weick, K.E.

  Organization Science

  Issue:20(5)

  2009

  Pages: 846-860

• Happiness, health, or relationships? Managerial practices and employee well-being tradeoffs

  Grant, A.M., Christianson, M.K., & Price. R.H.

  Academy of Management Perspectives

  Issue:21

  2007

  Pages: 51-63

• A sensemaking lens on reliability

  Blatt, R.*, Christianson, M. K.*, Sutcliffe, K. M.*, & Rosenthal, M. M. (* = shared lead authorship)

  Journal of Organizational Behavior

  Issue:27

  2006

  Pages: 897-917

• Understanding mechanisms in organizational research: Reflections from a collective journey

  Anderson, P.J.J., Blatt, R., Christianson, M.K., Grant, A.M., Marquis, C., Neuman, E.J., Sonenshein, S., & Sutcliffe, K.M.

  Journal of Management Inquiry

  Issue:15(2)

  2006

  Pages: 102-113

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

• Conceptualizing the who, what, when, where, why, and how of resilience in organizations

  Caza, B. B., Barton, M.A., Christianson, M.K., Sutcliffe, K.M.

  Elgar Publishing

  Issue: In Powley, E., Caza, B.B., & Caza, A. (Eds), The Research Handbook of Organizational Resilience.

  2020

  Pages: 338-353

• Managing the unexpected

  Sutcliffe, K.M. and Christianson, M.K.

  In G. Spreitzer, & K. S. Cameron (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. Oxford: University Press

  2012

  Pages: 843-854

• Using surprise as a guide: Aha moments of confirmation and disconfirmation

  Christianson, M.K.

  In J.E. Dutton & A. Carlsen (Eds). Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School

  2011

  Pages: 38-41

• Sensemaking, high reliability organizing, and resilience

  Christianson, M. K., & Sutcliffe, K. M.

  In P. Croskerry, K. Crosby, S. Schenkel, & R. L. Wears (Eds.), Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

  2009

  Pages: 27-33

• Speaking up and speaking out: The leadership dynamics of voice in organizations

  Ashford, S.J., Sutcliffe, K.M., & Christianson, M.K

  In J. Greenberg & M.S. Edwards (Eds.), Voice and Silence in Organizations. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group

  2009

  Pages: 175-201

Research and Teaching Interests

sensemaking, coordination of complex and interdependent work, and resilient organizing, particularly as it relates to error detection and correction

Honors and Awards