Leah Ritchie


Professional Details

Title Professor
Department Management
Office Classroom Building 127
Phone 978.542.6611
Email leah.ritchie@salemstate.edu

Recent and Upcoming Courses

BUS 470 Business Policy & Strategy
MGT 231 Management Theory and Practice
MGT 445 Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Skills for Managers
MGT 485 Internship in Management
MGT 800 Managing Human Performance in Organizations

Professional Biography

Leah E. Ritchie (Ph.D, University of Maryland, 1999), has been a Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior at the Bertolon School of Business since 1999. Her research examines the role of discourse in promoting democratic practices in organizations.  Her most recent work, The ethics of speaking up: Examining the management consultant's role in creating controversial organizational change, was published in the International Journal of Management and Applied Science. Service roles in the school of business include Department Chair, and Interim Associate Dean. She also sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Workplace Rights, The Sextant, and is a certified mediator.

Professional Interests

Negotiation and Mediation, Micro-lending, Social Entrepreneurship, Organizational Democracy.

Responsibilities

Courses include Organizational Behavior, Labor/Management Relations, Management Theory and Practice, Conflict Management and Negotiation Skills.

 

Selected Publications

Ritchie, L. E. (2016).  Finding a Leader Who Fits: The Case of the New England Center for Therapy, Training and Research.   Southeast Case Research Journal,13 (2), 33-43.

Ritchie, L. E. & Bahnan, N. (2016).  The Center for Mental Health: A Square Peg in a Round Hole.   Southeast Case Research Journal., 13 (1), 1-6.

Ritchie, L. E. (2012).  Negotiating Power Through Communication: Using an Employee Participation Intervention to Construct a Discursive Space for Debate.   Journal of Communication Management, 16 (1), 95-107.

Ritchie, L. E. (2011).  Will we ever learn? The cost of profiteering and the path toward a new way.   The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, 11 (10), 76-86.

Ritchie, L. E. (2006). "The organizational consultant as communication activist: A case study of a non-profit organization", In L. R. Frey & K. Carragee (Ed.) Communication Activism (2 vols.). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Ritchie, L. E. & Berman, J. (2006). Competencies of undergraduate business students. Journal of Education for Business, 81 (4).

Ritchie, L. E. (2004). The effects of the supervisor-staff relationship on defensive behaviors and critical discussions in organizations: A case study of a U.S. hospital. The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management.5 (2), 20-35.

 

Selected Presentations

Ritchie, L. E. (2016, June). Using social movement theory for organizational democracy.  European Academy of Management Conference, Paris, France.

 Ritchie, L. E. (2010, July). Will We Ever Learn? The Costs of Profiteering and the Path toward a New Way.   International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations, Montreal, Quebec.

Ritchie, L. E. (2007). Ethical Problems of Organizational Activism. International Conference on Critical Management Studies, Manchester, United Kingdom.