The Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Department at the Mitch Daniels School of Business is composed of researchers on the cutting edge of workplace evolution. Our OBHR faculty are contributors and leaders in the study of organizational and individual performance, covering talent, human capital, AI and the future of work, technology and innovation and more.
The Purdue Center for Working Well is a cutting-edge center at the forefront of challenges facing modern workforces and employees’ desire to “work well.” It is helmed by the Daniels School’s Dr. Allison Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management.
Purdue’s active student chapter of this nationally recognized organization focuses on professional development and introduces undergraduates and graduate students to current issues in HR.
Daniels School OBHR faculty are leading scholars in a multitude of cutting edge topics, including: issues at the work-nonwork and work-family interface, recovery and leisure, well-being, emotions and emotional labor, leadership, trust, diversity and gender, meaningfulness at work, networks of workplace relationships, recruitment and job search processes, identity and stigma, and motivation. OBHR faculty research appears in top academic journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Organization Science, among other top management outlets.
