Laura Rees
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
Oregon State University, College of Business
My research focuses on two major areas which investigate emotions, automatic behavior (e.g., habits), attitudes, authenticity, and other influences that often arise spontaneously and without much conscious thought, but profoundly shape performance and well-being at work.
Increasingly, research is demonstrating how both momentary behavioral influences such as emotions and more durable influences such as automatic behavior, attitudes, and authenticity profoundly shape individuals' performance, relationships, and well-being. My research incorporates a conceptual and multi-method empirical approach to examine these topics in the contexts of negotiation, decision accuracy and performance, persuasion and cooperation, and interpersonal perceptions and interactions in the workplace. I also draw heavily on these ideas in my teaching, which includes courses on negotiations, ethics, organizational behavior, and leadership.
I received my Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management and Organizations area) from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and my undergraduate degree in Economics from Harvard University. Before moving to Oregon State University, I was a post-doctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University (Canada).
Oregon State University, College of Business
My research focuses on two major areas which investigate emotions, automatic behavior (e.g., habits), attitudes, authenticity, and other influences that often arise spontaneously and without much conscious thought, but profoundly shape performance and well-being at work.
Increasingly, research is demonstrating how both momentary behavioral influences such as emotions and more durable influences such as automatic behavior, attitudes, and authenticity profoundly shape individuals' performance, relationships, and well-being. My research incorporates a conceptual and multi-method empirical approach to examine these topics in the contexts of negotiation, decision accuracy and performance, persuasion and cooperation, and interpersonal perceptions and interactions in the workplace. I also draw heavily on these ideas in my teaching, which includes courses on negotiations, ethics, organizational behavior, and leadership.
I received my Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management and Organizations area) from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and my undergraduate degree in Economics from Harvard University. Before moving to Oregon State University, I was a post-doctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University (Canada).
