Academy of Management

Jessica Methot

Academy of Management Scholar Jessica Methot of Rutgers University and the University of Exeter Business School conducts research at the intersection of interpersonal workplace relationships and social network dynamics. She explores how formal human-resources (HR) practices transform informal social networks, and the functional and dysfunctional consequences of workplace relationships.

 

Methot’s research in these areas has been published in leading academic journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Harvard Business Review and has been featured in more than 300 popular media outlets, including NPR, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, Fast Company, and Nasdaq.

She is an Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Review has served on the Editorial Review Boards of the Academy of Management Review and Academy of Management Discoveries.

Methot is the Director of the Rutgers Industrial Relations and Human Resources (IRHR) Ph.D. Program and a board member for the Rutgers Center for Women and Work (CWW). She is co-founder of the website WorkTies.org, a cultivated repository for academic research and news on work relationships. She frequently presents to and consults for corporations, professional organizations, and non-profits.

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