Research

Thank you for your interest in my work! I am fascinated by how interactions and relationships with coworkers can support, constrain, and even change how workers define and express themselves.

For instance, I have studied how employees navigate their non-work identities at work; the relational consequences of personal/professional boundary-blurring situations with coworkers; and how employees reconstruct their professional identity in response to their changing work environment.

I use a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods—including interviews, surveys, and experiments—to investigate my research questions.

My aim with this research is to uncover how organizations can better facilitate thriving and growth at work for their employees. To this end, I have partnered with various organizations to conduct this research. If you share my interest in the benefits of a more human and relational orientation to work, I'd love to connect with you.