Research
My research examines how organizations shape — and are shaped by — the people inside them. Three connected streams anchor the work.
My leadership work examines the everyday behaviours and relational dynamics through which managers influence motivation, well-being, and performance — and the conditions that let leadership help rather than harm.
People in physically, socially, or morally tainted occupations carry a stigma that can erode satisfaction. My research asks what protects them — showing, for example, that workers who are less preoccupied with how society judges them experience less emotional exhaustion.
Organizations run on deadlines, rhythms, and histories. I study how temporal experience — pacing, urgency, and the meaning people attach to time — influences the way work feels and the choices leaders make.
I study the antecedents and consequences of whistleblowing in public and private organizations, including what shapes perceived retaliation and how ethical voice can support sustainable, well-governed institutions.
My earlier work examines how work flexibility, environment, and stress management shape work-life balance and performance — with a particular focus on academic staff and workers in higher-education settings.
I apply generative-AI and bibliometric methods to management scholarship — including reviews of how AI is being used across the field — to surface trends, gaps, and future directions for research.
From the field
In October 2025 I presented our dirty-work findings at the Non-W.E.I.R.D. Science special session of the Southern Management Association Annual Meeting — showing how self-consciousness shapes whether stigmatized work erodes satisfaction through emotional exhaustion.
Grounded in established organizational-behaviour and management theory, with clear, testable mechanisms.
Survey and field data analyzed with rigorous quantitative methods to separate signal from noise.
Findings translated into insights that managers and workers can actually act on.
