Profile

Adam M. Grant earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan. His research has earned him the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and has also received awards from the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He has articles published or in press at Academy of Management Review, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Research in Organizational Behavior, Organization Science, and Journal of Management Inquiry. He is a guest editor for a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and also serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for Academy of Management Journal and Academy of Management Review. He has taught Management and Organizational Behavior courses at Michigan in the Management & Organizations Department of the Ross School of Business, the Department of Psychology, and in the Organizational Studies Program in the College of LS&A. His hobbies include springboard diving and coaching, performing magic, trampolining, and Ultimate Frisbee.

Research

My research focuses on job design, work motivation, prosocial behavior, and employee well-being. I have conducted field experiments demonstrating that the persistence and performance of service employees can be increased by connecting them to the people who benefit from their work, survey studies developing scales to measure job design and prosocial motivation, and interview studies exploring how employees construct socially valued identities in service work.