Franklin Becker

Professor Emeritus at eCornell

Schools

  • eCornell

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Biography

eCornell

Academic Expertise

My area of expertise is organizational ecology; that is, I study the way in which the planning, design, and management of complex facilities such as hospitals and large corporations and R&D units affect how individuals, teams, and organizations function.

Current Professional Activities

Professor Becker is a founding editor of the Journal of Corporate Real Estate and the Journal of Facilities Management, and is on the Advisory Board of the Health Environments Research and Design Journal and the California Healthcare Foundation. He is the Co-Chair of the Research Coaliton of the Center for Health Design, Professor Becker is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a member of the International Facility Management Association.

Current Research Activities

Professor Becker's research focuses on health and design. Specifically, he is involved with studies examining the influence of nursing unit design on communication and interaction patterns among multi-disciplinary clinical teams; and the effects of such communication on informal learning, job stress and quality of care.

Education

  • PhD 1972 - University of California, Davis
  • Social and Environmental Psychology
  • BA 1968 - University of California, Davis
  • Psychology

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