Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the Johnson School at Cornell University. Professor Thomas-Hunt's research activities focus on conflict management, negotiation, and team management processes. Her current research examines the contribution of expertise within diverse groups and the effects of relationships on negotiation processes and outcomes. Her publications have appeared in Research on Organizational Behavior, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Social Justice Research, and Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Professor Thomas-Hunt comes to the Johnson School from a position as assistant professor at the Olin School of Business, Washington University. Prior to attending graduate school, she worked as an account marketing representative at IBM. Melissa Thomas-Hunt received her master's and doctoral degrees from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University.
That is what I've done with a former student of mine, Oliver Sheldon. Oliver and I met long before he was a doctoral student here and it was a time where I was really focusing on my study of these characteristics that often impede exchanges of knowledge. And I said to Oliver this is what I am inte...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
Register & Subscribe
Login