Research
Across my research projects, I focus on two types of relationships that exist in the workplace: one’s relationship with other people, and one’s relationship with the work itself (i.e., motivation and orientation toward work).
Below is a summary of my recent research papers and works in progress for each stream.
1. Interpersonal relationships at work
"Organizational minimum pay increases and social comparisons"† with Amy Wrzesniewski and Jim Baron (Reject & Resubmit at Organization Science)
"Motivation and partners in entrepreneurship" with Jihae Shin and Laura Huang
"Finding a home: Exposure to potential paths and specialty choice of medical students" with Amy Wrzesniewski
"Workplace relationship and career outcomes" with Rodrigo Canales
"Working with robots in the recycling sorting industry" with Amy Wrzesniewski
2. Individuals' relationships with their work
"If you do what you love, will the money follow? How work orientation impacts objective career outcomes via managerial (mis)perceptions" with Winnie Jiang (Forthcoming at Academy of Management Journal) Link
"Foothold or springboard? Contrasting goals associated with extrinsic motivation" with Amy Wrzesniewski
"Boomerang employment for layoff victims" with Rebecca Paluch
"Boredom and creativity at work" with Jihae Shin and Nancy Rothbard
"Work value relativity: Balancing my meaning of work with that of others" with Winnie Jiang
"Job crafting" with Amy Wrzesniewski (in Oxford Bibliographies in Management. New York: Oxford University Press) Link
†denotes manuscript names redacted for reviews
*denotes equal authorship