Valerie Ford

Valerie Ford earned her doctorate in human and organizational learning from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Her research interests comprise a broad range of topics, including how data and information technology change behaviors and processes in organizations, understanding the changing nature of organizations, teams, crowds and markets in the 21st century, effectively using decision analytics and ‘big data’ to build collective intelligence, and fostering organizational creativity and innovation to generate new processes and products. Her experience in MIS has given her a keen awareness of the technology issues in corporate environments and she feels fortunate to experience and investigate technology in organizations as both a scholar and a practitioner.

Publications

Twenty-First Century Issues Impacting Turnover of IT Professionals: From Burnout and Turnover to Workplace Wellbeing
Twenty-First Century Issues Impacting Turnover of IT Professionals: From Burnout and Turnover to Workplace Wellbeing
Valerie Ford, Susan Swayze. © 2022. 27 pages.
Identifying the precursors of turnover has been the subject of examination for the past four decades. IT professionals are a critical group of employees in the current...
Role of Leadership in Facilitating Healing and Renewal in Times of Organizational Trauma and Change
Role of Leadership in Facilitating Healing and Renewal in Times of Organizational Trauma and Change
Lynda Byrd-Poller, Jennifer L. Farmer, Valerie Ford. © 2021. 291 pages.
Organizational trauma theory endeavors to examine the psychological and physical effects of trauma on individuals and groups within an organization. Individual trauma, the...
21st Century Leadership in Times of Global Change and Organizational Trauma
21st Century Leadership in Times of Global Change and Organizational Trauma
Valerie Ford, Jennifer Farmer, Lynda Byrd-Poller. © 2021. 20 pages.
This chapter explores 21st century leadership practices found in the theories of complexity and adaptive leadership as a path to addressing uncertainty, volatility, and...
The Role of Leaders in Facilitating Healing After Organizational Trauma
The Role of Leaders in Facilitating Healing After Organizational Trauma
Lynda Byrd-Poller, Jennifer L. Farmer, Valerie Ford. © 2020. 23 pages.
Effective 21st century organizations build cultures that adapt to an unpredictable and changing environment. However, organizational change can be traumatic. This chapter...
Twenty-First Century Issues Impacting Turnover of IT Professionals: From Burnout and Turnover to Workplace Wellbeing
Twenty-First Century Issues Impacting Turnover of IT Professionals: From Burnout and Turnover to Workplace Wellbeing
Valerie Ford, Susan Swayze. © 2018. 34 pages.
Identifying the precursors of turnover has been the subject of examination for the past four decades. IT professionals are a critical group of employees in the current...
The Role of Leaders in Facilitating Healing After Organizational Trauma
The Role of Leaders in Facilitating Healing After Organizational Trauma
Lynda Byrd-Poller, Jennifer L. Farmer, Valerie Ford. © 2017. 23 pages.
Effective 21st century organizations build cultures that adapt to an unpredictable and changing environment. However, organizational change can be traumatic. This chapter...