Gender is widely considered to be a major contributing factor in workplace inequality. This is largely due to the gendering of occupations by labelling certain jobs as mo[...]

Research shows that being a target of workplace incivility is related to negative outcomes for both the individual and the organization. According to the theory of select[...]

In 2017, 10% of babies were born preterm, accounting for one out of every ten infants born in the US. Previous research suggests that the birth of a preterm infant may l[...]

This dissertation investigates the formation of Social Skills Reputations in the workplace by examining perceptions of behaviors during structured virtual interviews. Dra[...]

In the U.S., there has been a steady increase in the number of adult children providing care to their aging parents (i.e., filial caregivers). Filial caregiving impacts n[...]

Communities of Purpose are commonly known to enact their purposes through social movements, grassroots efforts, semi-formal groups, and through organizations in the volun[...]

This dissertation examines how different emotion measurement approaches—self-report, other-report, and artificial intelligence (AI)-based emotion detection—relate to one [...]

This study examines whether a newly constructed status characteristic stabilizes across interaction contexts and over time, a question central to the diffusion of status [...]

There are few studies of the important issue of racial and ethnic disparities in Medicaid managed care settings. This study addresses this deficiency using data collected[...]

In this dissertation, I use an extension of status characteristics theory--the theory of double standards--to investigate whether and to what extent race activates the us[...]