Sigal Barsade Faculty Profile

Sigal Barsade
Professor of Management

PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, 1994; BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1986

Research Areas
Micro-organizational behavior; emotions in organizations; organizational culture; emotional intelligence; team dynamics senior management teams

Recent Consulting
Research and consulting involve the influence of emotions and emotional intelligence on work behavior, organizational culture and change, team behavior, executives and their management teams, the effect of personality on managerial performance, and power and politics in organizations. Has written about emotional contagion in groups, emotional intelligence, the influence of dispositional affect on managerial decision making, the fit between individuals' personalities and other's in their work teams, organizational culture, the escalation of commitment in the banking crisis, and the study of power and emotion in organizational behavior. Sample consultancies include Del Monte, GlaxoSmithKline, Jewish Lifecare Systems, Levi Strauss, Merrill Lynch, NBA - National Basketball Association, Oxford Health Plans, Philadelphia Gas Works, and Wyndham Worldwide.

Current Projects
The Emotional, Interpersonal and Performance Outcomes of Being a Recipient of Contempt in a Workplace Setting. Implicit Affect in Organizations. Emotional Intelligence and Observer Ratings. Affective Organizational Culture: Its influence on employees, clients and families in a long term health care facility. Emotional Transitions in Negotiations. The antecedents and consequences of loneliness. The role of silence in negotiations. Cynical Attribution Error: A Study of the American Workforce. Emotional and Cognitive Transparency in Negotiations.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2003-present. Previous appointment: Yale University

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Finalist, Academy of Management Perspectives Award, 2008. Abigail Adams Award, 2007. Conflict Management Division Award: Most influential paper within the Conflict Management Field for the 1997-2000 time period (given August 2005) (with Chatman, Polzer, & Neale); OB Division, Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Meetings, August 1999 (with O'Reilly & Williams).

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Editorial Board, Administrative Science Quarterly, 1999-present. Editorial Board, Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, July 2007-present. Editorial Board, Organization Science, January 2008-present. Editorial Board, Academy of Management Review, 2002-2008. Chair, Academy of Management Review Best Paper Award Committee for 2004; Judge, Organization Science 2004 Dissertation Award, November 2004

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Board Member, CT Connecticut Children's Museum, 1999-2009; Board Member, Adath Israel Pre-school, 2006-2009

Representative Publications
(with L. Ramarajan and O. Burack)
The Influence of Organizational Respect on Emotional Exhaustion in the Human Services, Lead Article, Journal of Positive Psychology –Special Issue on Positive Organizing, 3, 4-18 (2008).

(with J. Mayer and R. Roberts)
“Human Abilities: Emotional Intelligence,” Annual Review of Psychology 59, 507-536. (2008).

(with D. E. Gibson)
“Why do Emotions Matter in Organizations? Academy of Management Perspectives 21, 36-59 (2007).

(with Teresa M. Amabile, Jennifer S. Mueller, and Barry M. Staw)
"Affect and Creativity at Work." Administrative Science Quarterly 50, 367-403 (2005).

"The Ripple Effect: Emotional Contagion and its Influence on Group Behavior." Administrative Science Quarterly 47, 644-675 (2002).

(with Janice R. Kelly)
"Mood and Emotions in Small Groups and Work Teams." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processe, 86, 99-130 (2001).

(with Andrew J. Ward, Jean D.F. Turner, and Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld)
"To Your Heart's Content: A Model of Affective Diversity in Top Management Teams." Administrative Science Quarterly 45, 802-836 (2000).

(with Jennifer A. Chatman, Jeffrey T. Polzer, and Margaret A. Neale)
"Being Different Yet Feeling Similar: The Influence of Demographic Composition and Organizational Culture on Work Processes and Outcomes." Administrative Science Quarterly 43, 749-780 (1998)

(with Jennifer A. Chatman)
“Personality, Organizational Culture and Cooperation: Evidence From a Business Simulation.“ Administrative Science Quarterly 40, 423-443 (1995).

(with Barry M. Staw)
"Affect and Managerial Performance: A Test of the Sadder-but-Wiser vs. Happier-and-Smarter Hypotheses." Administrative Science Quarterly 38, 304-331(1993).