Neil M Boyd
Biographic Data
| ID | 4384845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil M Boyd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil M |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyd |
| SIGNATURE | BOYD N M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bucknell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5089-4071 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 232 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Testing the conceptual boundaries of public service motivation and sense of community responsibility: Prosocial actions in community and political engagement
With growing polarization and declining civic participation, what promotes engagement? Research finds both public service motivation (PSM) and sense of community responsibility (SOCR) correspond to prosocial behaviours within and outside the workplace, such as organizational citizenship behaviour and volunteering. Combing research on these other-oriented constructs from public management and community psychology, we examine the relative influence…
Organizational cultures that support community: Does the competing values framework help us understand experiences of community at work
Recent evidence has shown that when employees experience perceptions of community at work (i.e., a sense of community and a sense of community responsibility), psychological well‐being and behavioral engagement improve (e.g., greater job engagement, organizational citizenship, and leadership). Recent evidence also shows that experiences of community, as a motivational state, are better able to predict employee outcomes compared to a series of fac…
Building community at work: An exploratory study in healthcare system management
Recent scholarship has demonstrated that experiences in the community (i.e., a sense of community [SOC] and a SOC responsibility) can enhance employee psychological and behavioral outcomes. Recent evidence also shows that the experiences of the community are better able to predict employee outcomes compared to long‐regarded management and public management constructs. However, very little empirical evidence exists on antecedent conditions that he…
Community experiences in the strategic human resource management black box
Recent research suggests experiencing community at work (i.e., perceiving a sense of community [SOC] and a sense of community responsibility [SOC‐R]) is important for employee and organizational outcomes, however, we know very little about how these constructs operate in human resource management contexts. This study peers into the strategic human resource management “black box,” which is an organizational setting where psychological and social v…
The continued call and future of administrative reform in the United States
Administrative reform has been a pervasive topic in public management over the past 140 years, and recent administrations continue to implement various methods of reform. In the past 25 years, the new public management agenda has dominated the reform landscape, yet recent conversations in public management suggest that a public value governance movement is afoot. As the United States faces a potential second term of Donald Trump, it seems logical…
Strategic innovations in cannabis legalization policy: Lessons from early adopters
Sense of community, sense of community responsibility, organizational commitment and identification, and public service motivation: A simultaneous test of affective states on employee well-being and e…
The present study has two aims. First, we examine sense of community, sense of community responsibility, organizational commitment and identification, and PSM in predicting measures of employee engagement and well-being. Second, we examine if PSM acts as a direct or indirect predictor of the employee measures. The findings highlight that community experiences are powerful predictors and that the role of PSM is more indirect than direct. The study…
Sense of community responsibility at the forefront of crisis management
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that a sense of community responsibility is crucial to mitigate the effects of viral spread. Many citizens across the world have heeded the call to isolate and self-distance, yet large numbers of individuals do not seem to understand their responsibility for others. This article explores how a sense of community responsibility is born in community contexts, how various features of a crisis impact community …
Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the sense of community responsibility scale
The central aim of the present research was to examine the psychometric properties of adapted versions of the sense of community (SOC) responsibility scale in three Italian samples. We examined the psychometric properties of three modified versions of the sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) scale. Consistent with the original scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the scale was unidimensional and exhibited exc…
Sense of Community, Sense of Community Responsibility, and Public Service Motivation as Predictors of Employee Well-Being and Engagement in Public Service Organizations
Public management scholars have suggested that employee motivation can be accentuated by organizational cultures and contexts. One of the most researched topics in this regard is the concept of public service motivation (PSM). Research shows that PSM works to direct applicants toward public service careers and, once hired, can be linked to motivated activity within public-sector organizations. Similarly, like PSM, a sense of community (SOC) and a…
Becoming a Medical Marijuana User: Reflections on Becker’s Trilogy—Learning Techniques, Experiencing Effects, and Perceiving Those Effects as Enjoyable
Howard Becker's analysis of marijuana use has had long-standing impacts upon our collective understanding of how individuals become drug users. This paper ultimately asks whether the framework described by Becker is unique to recreational marijuana use or, rather, a process that is not fundamentally different from that employed with the consumption of any psychoactive drug, whether taken for medical and/or recreational purposes. We used detailed …
Testing a Theory of Sense of Community and Community Responsibility in Organizations: An Empirical Assessment of Predictive Capacity on Employee Well‐being and Organizational Citizenship
This study attempts to advance our understanding of the experience of community in organizational settings by empirically testing a theory of sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) in relation to traditional measures of sense of community [SOC] on outcomes of employee well‐being and organizational citizenship. Findings support the notion that SOC is a better predictor of employee well‐being, while SOC‐R more strongly predicts organizational ci…
Public Service Motivation and Sense of Community Responsibility: Comparing Two Motivational Constructs in Understanding Leadership Within Community Collaboratives
Leadership has been recognized as one of the most critical elements to successful community collaboration. However, to date, we have limited knowledge of what drives people to embrace voluntary leadership roles. In this study, we investigate the intersection and relative contributions of two “other-regarding” motivational constructs in predicting peer nominations of leadership in community collaboratives: public service motivation (PSM) and psych…
Organization Theory in Community Contexts
Introducing Thriving at Work to the Field of Community Psychology
Advances in the organizational behavior and management literatures toward social sustainability are leading to new theories, models, and concepts that promote employee well‐being and functioning while helping organizations achieved desired ends. One concept that has yet to be imported to community psychology is thriving at work, which is the joint experience of learning and vitality, where a worker is able to grow, develop, and feel energized (Sp…
Sense of Community Responsibility in Community Collaboratives: Advancing a Theory of Community as Resource and Responsibility
This paper contributes to the growing body of scholarship aimed at advancing our understanding of the experience of community by empirically investigating sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) in relation to traditional measures of sense of community (SOC) and indices of satisfaction, engagement, and leadership in interorganizational collaborative settings. Findings support the proposition that, although both are related to the experience of …
A 10‐year Retrospective of Organization Studies in Community Psychology: Content, Theory, and Impact
Human resource performance metrics: Methods and processes that demonstrate you care
Purpose The purpose of the present analysis is to show that HR systems are not always designed in ways that consider the well‐being of employees. In particular, performance metric methods seem to be designed with organizational goals in mind while focusing less on what employees need and desire. Design/methodology/approach A literature review and multiple case‐study method was utilized. Findings The analysis showed that performance metrics should…
Sense of community as construct and theory: Authors' response to McMillan
In this article, we respond to criticisms posed by McMillan ( 2011 ) of our recent paper, “Viewing Community as Responsibility as well as a Resource: Deconstructing the Theoretical Roots of Psychological Sense of Community.” We clarify that the focus of our article was to explore the macro theoretical frameworks and second‐order assumptions that have guided the measurement and study of the psychological sense of community (PSOC) construct to date…
A heroin prescription trial: Case studies from Montreal and Vancouver on crime and disorder in the surrounding neighbourhoods
A cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of Vancouver's supervised injection facility
Forum: Oppression in the Mundane of Management
(2010). Forum: Oppression in the Mundane of Management. Administrative Theory & Praxis: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 445-449
Viewing community as responsibility as well as resource: Deconstructing the theoretical roots of psychological sense of community
The field of scholarship surrounding the construct of psychological sense of community (PSOC) has been dominated by first‐order learning processes attending to issues of measurement and prediction of the four‐dimensional framework proposed by McMillan and Chavis (1976). This article seeks to contribute to the conceptual development of PSOC by clarifying the second‐order assumptions of PSOC as it is represented in prevailing conception and measure…
Resuming the dialogue on organization studies and community psychology: An introduction to the special issue
Appreciative inquiry as a mode of action research for community psychology
In this article, the authors highlight the potential for rethinking approaches to community and social change interventions that draw on participatory action research at the organizational and community level. They distinguish problem‐centric from opportunity‐centric approaches to social change. Theory on social norms suggests that problem‐centric approaches work with the momentum of norms without substantively changing them. By contrast, opportu…
Viewing community as responsibility as well as resource: Deconstructing the theoretical roots of psychological sense of community
The field of scholarship surrounding the construct of psychological sense of community (PSOC) has been dominated by first‐order learning processes attending to issues of measurement and prediction of the four‐dimensional framework proposed by McMillan and Chavis (1976). This article seeks to contribute to the conceptual development of PSOC by clarifying the second‐order assumptions of PSOC as it is represented in prevailing conception and measure…
Sense of Community Responsibility in Community Collaboratives: Advancing a Theory of Community as Resource and Responsibility
This paper contributes to the growing body of scholarship aimed at advancing our understanding of the experience of community by empirically investigating sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) in relation to traditional measures of sense of community (SOC) and indices of satisfaction, engagement, and leadership in interorganizational collaborative settings. Findings support the proposition that, although both are related to the experience of …
Rekindling the discourse: Organization studies in community psychology
The dual aims of this article are to examine the research on organizations within community psychology and to explore the discourse around organization studies within the field. To that end, we turn to two questions first posed by Keys and Frank: “What does community psychology contribute to the study of organizations?” and “What does the study of organizations contribute to community psychology?” Through a content analysis of all organizational …
Public Service Motivation and Sense of Community Responsibility: Comparing Two Motivational Constructs in Understanding Leadership Within Community Collaboratives
Leadership has been recognized as one of the most critical elements to successful community collaboration. However, to date, we have limited knowledge of what drives people to embrace voluntary leadership roles. In this study, we investigate the intersection and relative contributions of two “other-regarding” motivational constructs in predicting peer nominations of leadership in community collaboratives: public service motivation (PSM) and psych…
Sense of Community, Sense of Community Responsibility, and Public Service Motivation as Predictors of Employee Well-Being and Engagement in Public Service Organizations
Public management scholars have suggested that employee motivation can be accentuated by organizational cultures and contexts. One of the most researched topics in this regard is the concept of public service motivation (PSM). Research shows that PSM works to direct applicants toward public service careers and, once hired, can be linked to motivated activity within public-sector organizations. Similarly, like PSM, a sense of community (SOC) and a…
A 10‐year Retrospective of Organization Studies in Community Psychology: Content, Theory, and Impact
Resuming the dialogue on organization studies and community psychology: An introduction to the special issue
Testing a Theory of Sense of Community and Community Responsibility in Organizations: An Empirical Assessment of Predictive Capacity on Employee Well‐being and Organizational Citizenship
This study attempts to advance our understanding of the experience of community in organizational settings by empirically testing a theory of sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) in relation to traditional measures of sense of community [SOC] on outcomes of employee well‐being and organizational citizenship. Findings support the notion that SOC is a better predictor of employee well‐being, while SOC‐R more strongly predicts organizational ci…
Sense of community as construct and theory: Authors' response to McMillan
In this article, we respond to criticisms posed by McMillan ( 2011 ) of our recent paper, “Viewing Community as Responsibility as well as a Resource: Deconstructing the Theoretical Roots of Psychological Sense of Community.” We clarify that the focus of our article was to explore the macro theoretical frameworks and second‐order assumptions that have guided the measurement and study of the psychological sense of community (PSOC) construct to date…
Sense of community responsibility at the forefront of crisis management
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that a sense of community responsibility is crucial to mitigate the effects of viral spread. Many citizens across the world have heeded the call to isolate and self-distance, yet large numbers of individuals do not seem to understand their responsibility for others. This article explores how a sense of community responsibility is born in community contexts, how various features of a crisis impact community …
Becoming a Medical Marijuana User: Reflections on Becker’s Trilogy—Learning Techniques, Experiencing Effects, and Perceiving Those Effects as Enjoyable
Howard Becker's analysis of marijuana use has had long-standing impacts upon our collective understanding of how individuals become drug users. This paper ultimately asks whether the framework described by Becker is unique to recreational marijuana use or, rather, a process that is not fundamentally different from that employed with the consumption of any psychoactive drug, whether taken for medical and/or recreational purposes. We used detailed …
Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the sense of community responsibility scale
The central aim of the present research was to examine the psychometric properties of adapted versions of the sense of community (SOC) responsibility scale in three Italian samples. We examined the psychometric properties of three modified versions of the sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) scale. Consistent with the original scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the scale was unidimensional and exhibited exc…
Appreciative inquiry as a mode of action research for community psychology
In this article, the authors highlight the potential for rethinking approaches to community and social change interventions that draw on participatory action research at the organizational and community level. They distinguish problem‐centric from opportunity‐centric approaches to social change. Theory on social norms suggests that problem‐centric approaches work with the momentum of norms without substantively changing them. By contrast, opportu…
Forum: Oppression in the Mundane of Management
(2010). Forum: Oppression in the Mundane of Management. Administrative Theory & Praxis: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 445-449
Introducing Thriving at Work to the Field of Community Psychology
Advances in the organizational behavior and management literatures toward social sustainability are leading to new theories, models, and concepts that promote employee well‐being and functioning while helping organizations achieved desired ends. One concept that has yet to be imported to community psychology is thriving at work, which is the joint experience of learning and vitality, where a worker is able to grow, develop, and feel energized (Sp…
Expanding the View of Performance Appraisal by Introducing Social Justice Concerns
The current “organizational justice” literature proposes that public managers should analyze both distributive and procedural justice components in designing and implementing various human resource interventions. This article shows that distributive and procedural justice conceptions are not the only constructs that should be analyzed. Instead, social justice concerns need to be addressed in addition to—or perhaps as an antecedent to—distributive…
Organizational cultures that support community: Does the competing values framework help us understand experiences of community at work
Recent evidence has shown that when employees experience perceptions of community at work (i.e., a sense of community and a sense of community responsibility), psychological well‐being and behavioral engagement improve (e.g., greater job engagement, organizational citizenship, and leadership). Recent evidence also shows that experiences of community, as a motivational state, are better able to predict employee outcomes compared to a series of fac…
The Social Dimensions of Law
The Social Dimensions of Law
Rekindling the discourse: Organization studies in community psychology
The dual aims of this article are to examine the research on organizations within community psychology and to explore the discourse around organization studies within the field. To that end, we turn to two questions first posed by Keys and Frank: “What does community psychology contribute to the study of organizations?” and “What does the study of organizations contribute to community psychology?” Through a content analysis of all organizational …
Expanding the View of Performance Appraisal by Introducing Social Justice Concerns
The current “organizational justice” literature proposes that public managers should analyze both distributive and procedural justice components in designing and implementing various human resource interventions. This article shows that distributive and procedural justice conceptions are not the only constructs that should be analyzed. Instead, social justice concerns need to be addressed in addition to—or perhaps as an antecedent to—distributive…
Resuming the dialogue on organization studies and community psychology: An introduction to the special issue
Appreciative inquiry as a mode of action research for community psychology
In this article, the authors highlight the potential for rethinking approaches to community and social change interventions that draw on participatory action research at the organizational and community level. They distinguish problem‐centric from opportunity‐centric approaches to social change. Theory on social norms suggests that problem‐centric approaches work with the momentum of norms without substantively changing them. By contrast, opportu…
A heroin prescription trial: Case studies from Montreal and Vancouver on crime and disorder in the surrounding neighbourhoods
A cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of Vancouver's supervised injection facility
Forum: Oppression in the Mundane of Management
(2010). Forum: Oppression in the Mundane of Management. Administrative Theory & Praxis: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 445-449
Viewing community as responsibility as well as resource: Deconstructing the theoretical roots of psychological sense of community
The field of scholarship surrounding the construct of psychological sense of community (PSOC) has been dominated by first‐order learning processes attending to issues of measurement and prediction of the four‐dimensional framework proposed by McMillan and Chavis (1976). This article seeks to contribute to the conceptual development of PSOC by clarifying the second‐order assumptions of PSOC as it is represented in prevailing conception and measure…
Sense of community as construct and theory: Authors' response to McMillan
In this article, we respond to criticisms posed by McMillan ( 2011 ) of our recent paper, “Viewing Community as Responsibility as well as a Resource: Deconstructing the Theoretical Roots of Psychological Sense of Community.” We clarify that the focus of our article was to explore the macro theoretical frameworks and second‐order assumptions that have guided the measurement and study of the psychological sense of community (PSOC) construct to date…
Human resource performance metrics: Methods and processes that demonstrate you care
Purpose The purpose of the present analysis is to show that HR systems are not always designed in ways that consider the well‐being of employees. In particular, performance metric methods seem to be designed with organizational goals in mind while focusing less on what employees need and desire. Design/methodology/approach A literature review and multiple case‐study method was utilized. Findings The analysis showed that performance metrics should…
Sense of Community Responsibility in Community Collaboratives: Advancing a Theory of Community as Resource and Responsibility
This paper contributes to the growing body of scholarship aimed at advancing our understanding of the experience of community by empirically investigating sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) in relation to traditional measures of sense of community (SOC) and indices of satisfaction, engagement, and leadership in interorganizational collaborative settings. Findings support the proposition that, although both are related to the experience of …
A 10‐year Retrospective of Organization Studies in Community Psychology: Content, Theory, and Impact
Organization Theory in Community Contexts
Introducing Thriving at Work to the Field of Community Psychology
Advances in the organizational behavior and management literatures toward social sustainability are leading to new theories, models, and concepts that promote employee well‐being and functioning while helping organizations achieved desired ends. One concept that has yet to be imported to community psychology is thriving at work, which is the joint experience of learning and vitality, where a worker is able to grow, develop, and feel energized (Sp…
Public Service Motivation and Sense of Community Responsibility: Comparing Two Motivational Constructs in Understanding Leadership Within Community Collaboratives
Leadership has been recognized as one of the most critical elements to successful community collaboration. However, to date, we have limited knowledge of what drives people to embrace voluntary leadership roles. In this study, we investigate the intersection and relative contributions of two “other-regarding” motivational constructs in predicting peer nominations of leadership in community collaboratives: public service motivation (PSM) and psych…
Sense of Community, Sense of Community Responsibility, and Public Service Motivation as Predictors of Employee Well-Being and Engagement in Public Service Organizations
Public management scholars have suggested that employee motivation can be accentuated by organizational cultures and contexts. One of the most researched topics in this regard is the concept of public service motivation (PSM). Research shows that PSM works to direct applicants toward public service careers and, once hired, can be linked to motivated activity within public-sector organizations. Similarly, like PSM, a sense of community (SOC) and a…
Becoming a Medical Marijuana User: Reflections on Becker’s Trilogy—Learning Techniques, Experiencing Effects, and Perceiving Those Effects as Enjoyable
Howard Becker's analysis of marijuana use has had long-standing impacts upon our collective understanding of how individuals become drug users. This paper ultimately asks whether the framework described by Becker is unique to recreational marijuana use or, rather, a process that is not fundamentally different from that employed with the consumption of any psychoactive drug, whether taken for medical and/or recreational purposes. We used detailed …
Testing a Theory of Sense of Community and Community Responsibility in Organizations: An Empirical Assessment of Predictive Capacity on Employee Well‐being and Organizational Citizenship
This study attempts to advance our understanding of the experience of community in organizational settings by empirically testing a theory of sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) in relation to traditional measures of sense of community [SOC] on outcomes of employee well‐being and organizational citizenship. Findings support the notion that SOC is a better predictor of employee well‐being, while SOC‐R more strongly predicts organizational ci…
Sense of community, sense of community responsibility, organizational commitment and identification, and public service motivation: A simultaneous test of affective states on employee well-being and e…
The present study has two aims. First, we examine sense of community, sense of community responsibility, organizational commitment and identification, and PSM in predicting measures of employee engagement and well-being. Second, we examine if PSM acts as a direct or indirect predictor of the employee measures. The findings highlight that community experiences are powerful predictors and that the role of PSM is more indirect than direct. The study…
Sense of community responsibility at the forefront of crisis management
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that a sense of community responsibility is crucial to mitigate the effects of viral spread. Many citizens across the world have heeded the call to isolate and self-distance, yet large numbers of individuals do not seem to understand their responsibility for others. This article explores how a sense of community responsibility is born in community contexts, how various features of a crisis impact community …
Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the sense of community responsibility scale
The central aim of the present research was to examine the psychometric properties of adapted versions of the sense of community (SOC) responsibility scale in three Italian samples. We examined the psychometric properties of three modified versions of the sense of community responsibility (SOC‐R) scale. Consistent with the original scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the scale was unidimensional and exhibited exc…
The continued call and future of administrative reform in the United States
Administrative reform has been a pervasive topic in public management over the past 140 years, and recent administrations continue to implement various methods of reform. In the past 25 years, the new public management agenda has dominated the reform landscape, yet recent conversations in public management suggest that a public value governance movement is afoot. As the United States faces a potential second term of Donald Trump, it seems logical…
Strategic innovations in cannabis legalization policy: Lessons from early adopters
Organizational cultures that support community: Does the competing values framework help us understand experiences of community at work
Recent evidence has shown that when employees experience perceptions of community at work (i.e., a sense of community and a sense of community responsibility), psychological well‐being and behavioral engagement improve (e.g., greater job engagement, organizational citizenship, and leadership). Recent evidence also shows that experiences of community, as a motivational state, are better able to predict employee outcomes compared to a series of fac…
Political science (24 works) · Psychology (21 works) · Community Health and Development (18 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Public relations (15 works) · Sense of community (13 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (9 works)