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Diplomas / Degrees

Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, The George Washington University (1999)
M. Phil. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, The George Washington University (1990)
B.A. in Psychology, New York University (1983)

Recent Courses

Creative Business Communications
Independent Study Advanced Topics Industrial / Organizational Psychology
Independent Study Employee Relations
Independent Study Personnel Selection
Independent Study In Management Management Practices
Independent Study In Management Managerial Communication
Independent Study In Marketing The Core Of Marketing
Management Theory And Organizational Behavior
Principles Of Management

Research Interests

Individual, team and organizational learning and performance; team interventions; leadership micro-enactments; complexity theory; emotional and cultural intelligence

Books

Goldstein, J., Hazy, J. K. & Silberstang, J. (Eds.). (2009). Complexity Science and Social Entrepreneurship: Adding Social Value Through Systems Thinking. Litchfield Park,: Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (ISCE).

Silberstang, J. & Diamante, T. (2008). Phased and Targeted Interventions: Improving Team Learning and Performance. In Sessa, V. I. & London, M. (Eds.). Work group learning: Understanding, improving, and assessing how groups learn in organizations. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Book Chapters

Hazy, J.K. & Silberstang, J. (2009). The emergence of collective identity as a means for creating and sustaining social value. In Goldstein, J., Hazy, J. K. & Silberstang, J. (Eds.) (Eds.). Complexity science and social entrepreneurship: Adding social value through systems thinking. (pp. ). Litchfield Park,: Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (ISCE).

Goldstein, J. A., Hazy, J. K. & Silberstang, J. (2009). Complexity, systems thinking, and social entrepreneurship: A future of possibilities. In Goldstein, J., Hazy, J. K. & Silberstang, J (Eds.). Complexity science and social entrepreneurship: Adding social value through systems thinking. (pp. ).

Recent Articles

Silberstang, J. & London, M. (2009, 8). How Groups Learn: The Role of Communication Patterns, Cue Recognition, Context Facility, and Cultural Intelligence. Human Resource Development Review., 8 (3)

Hazy, J. K. & Silberstang, J. (2009, 4). Leadership Within Emergent Events in Complex Systems: Micro-Enactments and the Mechanisms of Organisational Learning and Change. The International Journal of Learning and Change., (3) 3, 230-247

Silberstang, J. & Hazy, J. K. (2008, 12). Toward a Micro-Enactment Theory of Leadership. The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal., 13 (3), Article 5

Goldstein, J. K., Hazy, J. & Silberstang, J. (2008, 10). Complexity and Social Entrepreneurship: A Fortuitous Meeting. Emergence: Complexity and Organization (E:CO)., 10 (3)

Silberstang, J. (2006, 10). Building Emotional Intelligence in Global Managers: The Effects of Individual, Group, and Organizational Beliefs on Managerial Learning and Adaptation. International Journal of Decision Ethics., III:I

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Silberstang, J. & Hazy, J. (12 August 2008). Leadership within Emergent Events in Complex Systems: Micro-Enactments and Organizational Learning. . Academy of Management Annual Conference., Anaheim, California.

Silberstang, J. (24 April 2008). Complexity and Social Entrepreneurship: The Distinguishing Characteristics of This Conference; What We Expect to Achieve. . The First International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking, and Complexity., Adelphi University, Garden City, NY.

Silberstang, J. (06 August 2007). Timing, Conflict, and Competencies: Developing Best Practices in Team Interventions. Panel discussion in A. Sessa & M. London (Chairs) Group Learning: Overcoming challenges from theory to application. Session 553. Academy of Management Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Silberstang, J. (Chair), Discussants: Colwell, K., Diamante, T., Gast, I., London, M., Rondello, K.C. & Wisdom, J.P. (28 April 2007). High Stakes Interviews: Techniques for Maximizing Recall and Minimizing Deception. 22nd Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, New York, NY

Aamodt, M. G., Gast, I. F., Guzzo, R., Mitchell, M. & Silberstang, J. (01 April 2001). Lessons learned: Consulting on ethics, leadership and organizational change. In A. M. Markowitz (Chair) Forget what you learned in school: Do it our way. 16th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA.

Honors and Accomplishments

Women's Recognition Award - Annual Award for Faculty - March 2009. Presented by the Adelphi University Student Government Association and the Center for Student Involvement

Professional Activities

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, Annual Program Committee Reviewer 2001, 2002, 2004 - 2007

Reviewer, Journal of Applied Psychology

Reviewer, Journal of Business Ethics

Editorial Review Board, Special Issue of Emergence: Complexity and Organization, December 2006.

Member:
Academy of Management

American Psychological Association

Metropolitan New York Association of Applied Psychology

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists