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Research
 
Olin has a diverse and highly productive faculty in Organizational Behavior, and their work – drawing on cutting-edge theory and methods from economics, psychology, and sociology – is published in a wide range of leading organization and strategy journals including:
  • Administrative Science Quarterly
  • Academy of Management Journal
  • Academy of Management Review
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Organization Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • Psychological Science

Recent research projects have examined:

  • Performance benefits of team production
  • How leaders gain the trust of their subordinates, and how they can rebuild it once it has been lost
  • How to enhance the creativity of workgroups
  • High-quality working relationships between supervisors and supervisees
  • Changing nature of the employment contract
  • Methods of negotiation and conflict resolution

Please feel free to contact any faculty member in Organizational Behavior with questions you may have about the program.

Collaborative Research by Olin PhDs

Hsieh, Chih-Mao
with S. Lazzarini and J. Nickerson, "Outsourcing and the variability of product performance: Data from international courier services."

Ma, Li
with J. Nickerson, "Envy, Social Comparison Costs in Organizations, and Managerial Levers to Mitigate These Costs."


with J. McLean Parks, "Power corrupts … or does it? The influence of power and gender on acceptability of negotiation tactics."

Mislin, Alexandra
with W. P. Bottom, J. Holloway, G. Miller, & A. Whitford (2005). "Building a Pathway to Cooperation: Negotiation and Social Exchange between Principal and Agent." Accepted for publication at Administrative Science Quarterly.

Faculty Members*

Markus Baer
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Organizational behavior, individual creativity and innovation, team, organizational level of analysis

William P. Bottom
Joyce and Howard Wood Distinguished
Professor of Organizational Behavior
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Organizational behavior, behavioral decision theory, negotiation

J. Stuart Bunderson
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
2003-2004 Marcile and James Reid Professor
PhD, University of Minnesota
Organizational behavior and theory,
knowledge management coordination of specialized expertise

Kurt T. Dirks
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
PhD, University of Minnesota
Organizational behavior, trust in work relationships, feelings of ownership in the workplace, teams

Michelle M. Duguid
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
PhD, Cornell University
Social status and group dynamics, group
creativity and decision making, social categorization
Hillary Anger Elfenbein
Associate Professor of Organization and Strategy
PhD, Harvard University
Emotions in the workplace

Lee Konczak
Lecturer in Organizational Behavior &
Leadership Development
PhD, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Leadership and leadership development, employee engagement, personality
predictors of performance

Judi McLean Parks
Reuben C. and Anne Carpenter Taylor
Professor of Organizational Behavior
PhD, University of Iowa
Organizational behavior, conflict
management and dispute resolution, psychological contracts and workplace justice

Raymond T. Sparrowe
2005-2006 Marcile and James Reid Professor and Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Leadership, informal relationships in organizations, group processes and outcomes