Philip H. Mirvis

Philip H. Mirvis (born 1951) is an organizational psychologist and faculty member at Boston College, in the Center for Corporate Citizenship. He has written ten books on topics in large-scale organizational change, corporate governance, and the characteristics of the workforce and workplace. He has taught at Boston University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the London Business School, and he has been a visiting researcher at the University of Pretoria and the International Executive Development Center in Bled, Slovenia.

Works Mirvis writes a blog on corporate social responsibility for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. the Journal of Business & Society, His books include:

Failures in Organizational Development and Change (1978, with David N. Berg) Assessing Organizational Change: A Guide to Methods, Measures & Practices (editor; 1983, with Stanley E. Seashore, Edward E. Lawler, and Cortlandt Cammann) The Cynical Americans: Living and Working in an Age of Discontent and Disillusion (1989, with Donald L. Kanter) Managing the Merger: Making it Work (1992, with Mitchell L. Marks) Building the Competitive Workforce: Investing in Human Capital for Corporate Success (editor; 1993) To the Desert and Back: The Story of the Most Dramatic Business Transformations on Record (2007, with Karen Ayas and George Roth) Beyond Good Company: Next Generation Corporate Citizenship (2007, with Bradley K. Googins and Steven A. Rochlin) Joining Forces: Making One Plus One Equal Three in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances (2010, with Mitchell L. Marks) Building Networks and Partnerships: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness (author and editor; 2013, edited with Christopher G. Worley and Susan A. Mohrman)

Reception In reviewing The Cynical Americans, Choice questioned "the nature of the evidentiary framework and the absence of longitudinal trends" presented, but noted that that concern did not weaken "the authors' premise of historical cycles or their very useful chapters on mechanisms to reduce worker cynicism". They described Beyond Good Company as "thoroughly researched", and recommended it highly.