Robert Kahn with Jane Dutton

High-Quality Connections and Relationships at Work

Media Coverage, Podcasts, and Multimedia

Why Dealing With Other People Is Our Biggest Challenge, Michelle McQuaid, Psychology Today, August 18, 2022.

Working from Home and Loneliness Come Together, Evan Ramzipoor, Workflow, October 4, 2022.

The Power of Compassion & High Quality Connections with Dr. Jane Dutton, Teacher Fan Club Podcast episode 16, July 14, 2022.

Filling The ‘Meaning Deficit:’ Why Meaningful Work is Vital in a Post-COVID World, Zach Mercurio, Thrive Global, August 25, 2020.

Can You Build High-Quality Connections?, Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast with Michelle McQuaid, 2020.

He Was A Covid-19 Patient. She Cleaned His Hospital Room. Their Unexpected Bond Saved His Life, Daniell Burke, CNN, June 11, 2020.

The Secret To Making Zoom Meetings Meaningful For You And Your Coworkers with Adam Grant, Ted, April 20, 2020.

Can You Stay Physically Distanced But Socially Connected As You Work? with Michelle McQuaid, Thrive Global, April 16, 2020.

We Don’t Have to Fight Loneliness Alone, WorkLife Podcast with Adam Grant, April 2020.

U-M Study: Positive Co-Worker Connections Bring Good Health, by Izzi Bendall, dBusiness, May 16, 2014.


The Power and Possibilities in Creating the Landscape of Connections (with Monica Worline). Presented at the 2022 Positive Organizational Scholarship  Research Conference. 

Cultivating Flourishing in a Remote Environment, Honorary Doctorate Lecture at Rotterdam School of Management, November 4, 2020.

Building High Quality Connections in a Physically Distanced World, The Change Labs with Michelle McQuaid, April 8, 2020.

Putting High Quality Connections Into Practice (with Monica Worline), Positive Links Series, February, 2018. 

"Make Connections Matter" Lifetime Achievement Award Address, Academy of Management / OB Division, August 2015.

Publications and Blogs

Dutton, Jane E. & Monica Worline, Four Ways to Create High-Quality Connections at Work, Workplace, Oct 2023.

Dutton, Jane, Worline, M.C. & Schmid, T. (2022). High-Quality Connections: A Hidden Resource for Human Thriving and Collaboration. Organisationsentwicklung: Zeitschrift für Unternehmensentwicklung und Change Management, 22 (01): 26-30.

Jane Dutton, Small Interactions are More Powerful Than We Know, WorkTies, 2020.

Jane Dutton, Arne Carlsen & Sally Maitlis, Seeding High Quality Connections in the Classroom, WorkTies, 2020.

Jane Dutton, Arne Carlsen & Sally Maitlis, I See You: The Power and Limits to Noticing Others, WorkTies, April 2020.

Jane Dutton,  Mary Ceccanese & Marcia Ryan, What Questions Work for You in Building High Quality Connections?, WorkTies, 2020.

Jane Dutton, Arne Carlsen, Sally Maitlis & Kristina Workman, Tilling the Soil for Human Connection, WorkTies, 2020.

Jane Dutton, Kashay Sanders, Connect Across Distance: Building HQCs for Remote Work, WorkTies, 2019.

Friedman, Anat, Abraham Carmeli and Jane E. Dutton, When Does Respectful Engagement with One's Supervisor Foster Help-Seeking Behaviors and Performance?, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2018.

Dutton, Jane E. and Julia Lee, The Benefits of Saying Nice Things About Your Colleagues, Harvard Business Review, August 2017.

Dutton, Jane E. and Emily Heaphy, We Learn More When We Learn Together, Harvard Business Review, Jan 2016.

Carmeli, Abraham, Jane E. Dutton and Ashley E. Hardin, Respect as an Engine for New Ideas: Linking Respectful Engagement, Relational Information Processing and Creativity Among Employees and Teams, Human Relations, Jan 2015.

Dutton, Jane E., Build High-Quality Connections, The European Business Review, Nov/Dec 2014.

Dutton, Jane E., Creating High Quality Connections as a Pathway for Cultivating Purpose, People & Strategy, July, 2014.

Stephens, John P., Emily D. Heaphy, Abraham Carmeli, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, and Jane E. Dutton, Relationship Quality and Virtuousness: Emotional Carrying Capacity as a Source of Individual and Team Resilience. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 49, No. 1, 13-41, 2013.

Heaphy, Emily and Jane Dutton, Integrating Organizations and Physiology: Getting Started.  Academy of Management Review, 33, 4, 1009-1010, 2008.

Carmeli, Abraham, Daphna Brueller, and Jane E. Dutton. Learning Behaviours in the Workplace: The Role of High-Quality Interpersonal Relationships and Psychological Safety.  Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Vol. 26, 81-98, 2009.

Heaphy, Emily, and Jane Dutton. Positive Social Interactions and the Human Body at Work: Linking Organizations and Physiology.  Academy of Management Review, Vol. 33, No. 1, 137-162, 2008.

Dutton, Jane, and Janet Dukerich. The Relational Foundation of Research: An Underappreciated Dimension of Interesting Research.  Academy of Management Journal, 49, 1, 21-26, 2006.

Dutton, Jane E. Fostering High Quality Connections Through Respectful Engagement. Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter, 54-57, 2003.

Quinn, Ryan W., and Jane Dutton. Coordination as Energy-in-Conversation: A Process Theory of Organizing. Academy of Management Review, Vol. 30, No. 1, 38-57, 2005.

Gersick, Connie, Jean Bartunek and Jane Dutton. Learning from Academia: The Importance of Relationships in Professional Life. Academy of Management Journal, 43, 6, 1026-1045, 2000.

Books, Chapters, and Research Annuals

Energize Your Workplace: How to Build and Sustain High-Quality Connections at Work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003.

Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation.  J. Dutton, B. Ragins (Eds.).  Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc., 2006.

Dutton, Jane E. Let's Bet on High Quality Connecting as a Path for Fostering Well-Being at Work, in Mathew A. White et al. (Eds): Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy, Springer Publishers, 2017.

Dutton, J. , G. Debebe and A, Wrzesniewski. Being Valued and Devalued at Work: A Social Valuing Perspective, Qualitative Organizational Research: Best Papers from the Davis Conference on Qualitative Research, Volume 3, Information Age Publishing, 2016.

Dutton, J. Build High Quality Connections. In G. Spreitzer and J. Dutton (eds.), How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impacts, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 2012.

Stephens. J.P., E. Heaphy and J. Dutton. High Quality Connections. In K, Cameron and G. Spreitzer (eds.), Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Ragins, B. and J. Dutton. Positive Relationships at Work: An Invitation and Introduction.  In J. Dutton and B. Ragins Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation (Lawrence Erlabum Publishers), 2006.

Dutton, J. and B. Ragins. Moving Forward: Positive Relationships at Work as a Research Frontier. In J. Dutton and B. Ragins Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation (Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers), 2006.

Baker, W. and J. Dutton. Enabling Positive Social Capital.  In J. Dutton and B. Ragins, Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation (Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers), 2006.

Dutton, J.E. and E. Heaphy. The Power of High Quality Connections.  In Cameron, K., J.E. Dutton and R.E. Quinn, Positive Organizational Scholarship (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler), 263-278, 2003.

Williams, M. and J. Dutton. Corrosive Political Climates: The Heavy Toll of Negative Political Behavior in Organizations.  In R. Quinn, R. O'Neill and L. St. Clair (Eds.) The Pressing Problems of Modern Organizations: Transforming the Agenda for Research and Practice, 2000, 3-31.