Nature interventions as real-time recovery for entrepreneurs
- May 13
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In this showcase research symposium presented at the Academy of Management Conference, researchers come together to explore the biophilia effect on employees. Our study centers around entrepreneurs taking nature breaks. We present our research findings.
Symposium title: The Biophilia Effect for Management: Consequences and Implications
Symposium overview: In recent years, contact with nature has received the attention from both researchers and practitioners (Klotz & Bolino, 2021). Companies have increasingly adopted the biophilic work design to bring greenspace to the workplace (Prigg, 2018; Sears, 2016; Wilson, 2019) or encouraged employees to go outdoors into nature (Klotz, McClean, Yim, Koopman, & Tang, 2022). One explanation has to do with Wilson’s (1984) biophilia hypothesis, which argues that contact with the natural world enhances human well-being. Although this biophilia effect has received both theoretical and empirical attention, management research has just begun to explore the effects of nature on employees. Papers in this symposium aim to address several important unanswered questions, using a mixed of methods, ranging from qualitative field study, to experienced sampling, and to randomized controlled experiments.
Citation: Gish, J.J., Stephan, U., Carr, J., Lassu, R.A., & Burrows, S. (2023). Introspection while outdoors: Nature interventions as real-time recovery for entrepreneurs. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. 4-8 August, 2023. Boston, MA.
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