This volume provides
new conceptual insights, robust empirical studies, and thought-provoking
chapters to help organizations improve health and wellbeing in
society. Some chapters do
this by addressing macro-level change: for example, consulting at the eco-system level and
discussing the challenges entailed in developing intervention capabilities to
impact highly interdependent eco-systems; or discussing the learning and experience of a large system transformation project
conducted at a national level that had an impact on societal health and
wellbeing. Other chapters extend
theory and integrate perspectives that heretofore have remained separate, such
as the 2017 Pasmore-Woodman Award winners, who provide an overview of their
collaborative attempts at intervening and making a difference in organization studies. The richness of the diverse collaborative contributions to this
volume by leading scholars and scholar-practitioners from around the globe
provide an enriching and emerging body of knowledge.