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  • Director, ILR WIDE
  • Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education & Interim Vice Provost for Enrollment
  • Professor, Human Resource Studies

  • Associate Director of Research and Corporate Outreach, ILR WIDE
  • Associate Professor, Human Resource Studies

  • Professor & Chair, Organizational Behavior
  • Field Member, Psychology

  • Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior

  • Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior

  • Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior

  • Assistant Professor, Global Labor and Work
  • Field Member, Sociology & Demography

  • Assistant Director of Programs and Pedagogical Innovation, ILR WIDE
  • Curriculum Specialist & Lecturer, Intergroup Dialogue Project

  • Assistant Professor, Human Resource Studies

  • Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior

  • Academic Director, Workplace Inclusion and Diversity Programs

  • Assistant Professor, Human Resource Studies

  • Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior

  • Assistant Professor, Global Labor and Work

  • Assistant Professor, Global Labor and Work
  • Associated Faculty Member, Law School

  • Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior
  • Field Member, Psychology

Recent Research by Fellows

‘Opting In’ to See Information Can Reduce Hiring Bias

Cornell Chronicle
A new study from Assistant Professor Sean Fath offers a pathway to reducing bias in the hiring process while preserving hiring managers’ autonomy.
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‘Opting In’ to See Information Can Reduce Hiring Bias

Recipients Can Recognize – And Correct – Positive Bias

Cornell Chronicle
Those who benefit from racial profiling and other types of favoritism are more likely to recognize it and take corrective action if their attention is drawn to the victims of that bias, according to new research by Associate Professor Emily Zitek.
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Recipients Can Recognize – And Correct – Positive Bias

Keller Research Wins Best Paper

The Academy of Management’s Careers Division has named a paper co-authored by an ILR associate professor as best published paper.
JR Keller
Keller Research Wins Best Paper

Warm-Up Time Corrects Creativity Power Imbalance

Cornell Chronicle
“Low-power” individuals can show more innovation when given the chance to “warm-up” to a creative task, according to research co-authored by an ILR faculty member who is an organizational behavior expert.
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Warm-Up Time Corrects Creativity Power Imbalance

Work From Home Success Linked to Work/Life Boundaries

Cornell Chronicle
The benefits of working from home are greater for those who work solely during standard business hours, according to new ILR research.
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Work From Home Success Linked to Work/Life Boundaries

Women Resent Compliments About Communality at Work

Cornell Chronicle
Research from Assistant Professor Devon Proudfoot illustrates that women experience more anger than men when encountering gendered stereotypes - even when the stereotypes are positive.
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Women Resent Compliments About Communality at Work

Fellows in the News

The best bosses know how to subtract work

The Economist
A new study by Professor Vanessa Bohns, and a colleague at the London Business School, shows that email receivers frequently presume that the sender expects a quick reply.
The best bosses know how to subtract work

The ‘curse of 35’: In China, millennials are already too old for some employers

CNN
Assistant Professor Yiran Zhang says that while China’s labor law prohibited discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, gender, and religious belief, it does not do so on the grounds of age.
The ‘curse of 35’: In China, millennials are already too old for some employers

Measuring the benefits of diversity

This article references research done by Professor Lisa Nishii that focuses on inclusive leadership.
Measuring the benefits of diversity

When Blind Hiring Advances DEI — and When It Doesn’t

Harvard Business Review
In his editorial,Sean Fath explains that blind hiring is not a one-size-fits-all solution, but for the right jobs in the right organizations, the strategy can open the door to the achievement of diversity-related hiring goals.
When Blind Hiring Advances DEI — and When It Doesn’t

Onward, Upward?

Cornell Research & Innovation
Why Tristan Ivory is skeptical of the idea that middle-class immigrants generally benefit by pursuing opportunities far from their country of origin.
Onward, Upward?

How the warehouse boom devoured America's workforce

Business Insider
“The push to satisfy customer demand as quickly as possible has really led companies to adopt what they call a flexible staffing strategy,” says Alex Kowalski, assistant professor. “But it’s really only flexible from the employer’s perspective — not from the employee’s perspective.”
How the warehouse boom devoured America's workforce