Here you have access to Dr. Kilmann’s 100-plus articles on conflict, change, consciousness, and transformation
“Participative Multivariate Differentiation Toward Purposefulness, ” with Bill McKelvey, Proceedings of the Academy of Management (August 1973), 489-495.
“A Quasi-Experimental Paradigm for Organizational Development: Intervention Strategies vs. Environmental Conditions,” Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management (April 1975), unpaginated.
“Stories Managers Tell: A New Tool for Organizational Problem Solving,” with Ian I. Mitroff, Management Review, Vol. 64, No. 7 (1975), 18-28. Reprinted in Downey, H. K., D. Hellriegel, and J. W. Slocum, Jr. (Eds.), Organizational Behavior: A Reader (St. Paul: West, 1977), 96-103. Reprinted in Leavitt, H. J., L. R. Pondy, and D. M. Boje (Eds.), Readings in Managerial Psychology, Third Edition (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1980), 666-676.
“The Formation of Different Subgroups for Implementing MIS Designs via the MAPS Design Technology,” with Marjorie A. Lyles, Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, Vol. 12 (1975), 103-104.
“Patterns and Emerging Themes in Organization Design,” with Louis R. Pondy and Dennis P. Slevin, in Kilmann, R. H., et al. (Eds.), The Management of Organization Design: Volume I, Strategies and Implementation (New York: Elsevier North-Holland, 1976), 1-15.
“MAPS as a Design Technology to Effectively Mobilize Resources for Social and Organization Problem Solving,” with the MAPS Group, in Kilmann, R. H., et al. (Eds.), The Management of Organization Design: Volume I, Strategies and Implementation (New York: Elsevier North-Holland, 1976), 251-294.
“Directions of Research on Organization Design,” with Louis R. Pondy and Dennis P. Slevin, in Kilmann, R. H., et al. (Eds.), The Management of Organization Design: Volume II, Research and Methodology (New York: Elsevier North-Holland, 1976), 1-30.
“An Experimental Test of Organization Design Theory and the MAPS Design Technology: Homogeneous Versus Heterogeneous Composition of Organizational Subsystems,” with Joseph Seltzer, Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management (May 1976), 93-97.
“The Effect of Organization Design on Intra- Personal, Intra-Group, and Inter-Group Conflict: An Experimental Study with the MAPS Design Technology,” with Afzalur Rahim, Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management (May 1977), 67-71.
“Behavioral Science Technologies for Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis,” with Ian I. Mitroff, Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management (May 1978), 107-108.
“Laboratory Simulations with the MAPS Design Technology: The Effect of Subsystem Composition on Organizational Effectiveness,” with Joseph Seltzer, Proceedings of the Southern Management Association (November 1978), 139-141.
“Avoiding the Design of Management Misinformation Systems: A Strategic Approach,” with Ian I. Mitroff and Vincent P. Barabba, in Zaltman, G. (Ed.), Management Principles for Nonprofit Agencies and Organizations (New York: American Management Association, 1979), 401-429.
“New Developments and Applications of the MAPS Design Technology,” Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management (May 1980), 153-155.
“Improving Productivity Through Organization Design: Developing Conceptual and Methodological Linkages,” Proceedings of the Southern Management Association(November 1980), 123-125.
“The Use of Problem Defining Groups for Better OD Diagnosis: Alternatives and Consequences,” Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management (May 1981), 203-207.
“Methodological Approaches to Social Science,” with Ian I. Mitroff, in Reason, P. and Rowan, J. (Eds.), Human Inquiry (New York: Wiley, 1981), 43-51.
“The Emergence of Four Types of Productivity: One Approach Can’t Work Without the Others,” with Robert D. Russell, Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management(May 1982), 51-54.
“The Problem of Producing Useful Knowledge,” with Dennis P. Slevin and Kenneth W. Thomas, in Kilmann, R. H., et al. (Eds.), Producing Useful Knowledge for Organizations (New York: Praeger, 1983), 1-21.
“Where Have the Organizational Sciences Gone? A Survey of the Academy of Management Membership,” with Kenneth W. Thomas, in Kilmann, R. H., et al. (Eds.), Producing Useful Knowledge for Organizations (New York: Praeger, 1983), 69-81.
“Intellectual Resistance to Useful Knowledge: An Archetypal Social Analysis,” with Ian I. Mitroff, in Kilmann, R. H., et al. (Eds.), Producing Useful Knowledge for Organizations(New York: Praeger, 1983), 266-280.
“The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument,” with Kenneth W. Thomas, in Cole, D. W. (Ed.), Conflict Resolution Technology (Cleveland, OH: The Organizational Development Institute, 1983), 57-64.
“Understanding Matrix Organization: Keeping the Dialectic Alive and Well,” in Warrick, D. D., (Ed.), Contemporary Organization Development: Current Thinking and Applications(Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1984), 152-165.
“Corporate Tragedies: Teaching Companies to Cope with Evil,” with Ian I. Mitroff, New Management, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1984), 48-53.
“Five Steps to Culture Change: Vultures vs. Beavers,” New Management, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1984), 20-21. Reprinted in St. Paul Pioneer Press/Dispatch, “Corporate Beavers Can Route Out Culture Vultures,” (July 9, 1984), 3. Reprinted in National Forum on Human Resources Planning for Private Sector and Defense Leaders (Washington DC: Syllogistics, May 1986), unpaginated.
“Measuring A Company’s Culture-Gap: Pinpointing the Directions for Cultural Change,” with Mary J. Saxton, The Human Resources Planning Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1985), 1-2.
“Corporate Culture: Managing the Intangible Style of Corporate Life May Be the Key to Avoiding Stagnation,”Psychology Today, Vol. 19, No. 4 (April 1985), 62-68. Reprinted in Current, No. 274 (1985), 7-12. Reprinted in Ivancevich, J. M., and M. T. Matteson (Eds.), Organizational Behavior and Management (Third Edition) (Plano, Texas: Business Publications, 1987), 41-46. Reprinted in The International Management Development Review, Vol. 3 (1987), 96-100.
“Response and Commentary on ‘Doing Research That Makes a Difference’ by J. Richard Hackman,” in Lawler, E. E. et. al., Doing Research That Is Useful for Theory and Practice(San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985), 149-155.
“Introduction: Five Key Issues in Understanding and Changing Culture,” with Mary J. Saxton and Roy Serpa, in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture(San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985), 1-16.
“Corporate Taboos as the Key to Unlocking Culture,” with Ian I. Mitroff, in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985), 184-199.
“Five Steps for Closing Culture-Gaps,” in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985), 351-369. Reprinted in Mec-Rastor Ryhma Toimintakertomus 1984-1985, Espoo, Finland (1985), 7-12. Reprinted in Shield and Diamond, Vol. 96, No. 4 (1985), 10-19.
“Conclusion: Why Culture Is Not Just a Fad,” with Mary J. Saxton and Roy Serpa, in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985), 421-433.
“Introduction: Key Themes in Corporate Transformation,” with Teresa Joyce Covin, in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Corporate Transformation: Revitalizing Organizations for a Competitive World (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988), 1-13.
“Towards a Complete Program for Corporate Transformation,” in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Corporate Transformation: Revitalizing Organizations for a Competitive World (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988), 302-329. Reprinted in Mohrman, A. M., Jr., et al., Large-Scale Organizational Change (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989), 200-228.
“Conclusion: New Directions in Corporate Transformation,” with Teresa Joyce Covin, in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Corporate Transformation: Revitalizing Organizations for a Competitive World (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988), 523-538.
“Change at the Top,” Strategic Direction, No. 30 (April 1988), 23-24.
“Paradoxical Interventions for Top Managers and Troublemakers,” in Quinn, R. E., and K. S. Cameron (Eds.), Paradox and Transformation: Toward a Theory of Change in Organization and Management (Cambridge: Ballinger, 1988), 229-235.
“Management of Corporate Culture,” in Fottler, M. D., S. R. Hernandez, and C. L. Joiner (Eds.), Strategic Management of Human Resources in Health Services Organizations(New York: Wiley, 1988), 206-218.
“Introduction: Key Themes in Making Organizations Competitive,” in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Making Organizations Competitive: Enhancing Networks and Relationships Across Traditional Boundaries (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991), 1-18.
“Integrating Different Approaches for Achieving Competitiveness,” with Joyce Shelleman and Brian Uzzi, in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Making Organizations Competitive: Enhancing Networks and Relationships Across Traditional Boundaries (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991), 108-126.
“Conclusion: Creating the Perfectly Competitive Organization,” in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Making Organizations Competitive: Enhancing Networks and Relationships Across Traditional Boundaries (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991), 434-455.
“Conclusion: Improving the Self Through Total Quality Management,” in Kilmann, R. H., et al., Managing Ego Energy: The Transformation of Personal Meaning into Organizational Success (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994), 306-330.
“Profiling Large-Scale Change Efforts,” with Teresa Joyce, Organizational Development Journal, Volume 17, No. 2 (1999), 71-80. (Note: This article was published in a special issue that selected the 7 best articles published in that journal during the past 16 years.)
“Developing and Validating a Quantitative Measure of Organizational Courage,” with Linda A. O’Hara and Judy P. Strauss, Journal of Business and Psychology, Vol. 25, No. 1 (2010), 15–23. Reprinted in Burke, R. J. and C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Voice and Whistleblowing in Organizations: Overcoming Fear, Fostering Courage, and Unleashing Candour (Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2013), 311–342.
“Thomas-Kilmann Instrument (TKI) and the Kilmann Organizational Conflict Instrument (KOCI),” in Pathak, Y, and L. Wilkin (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Conflict Management (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, forthcoming August 2022), 39–56.