Michele J. Gelfand Explained

Michele J. Gelfand
Discipline:psychology
Sub Discipline:cultural psychology

Michele J. Gelfand is an American cultural psychologist. She is both a professor of organizational behavior and the John H. Scully professor of cross-cultural management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and – by courtesy – a professor of psychology at the School of Humanities and Sciences of Stanford University.[1] She has published research on tightness–looseness theory.

Education and career

Gelfand graduated from Colgate University with a B.A. in psychology in 1989. In 1996 she completed a PhD in social psychology and organizational psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,[2] where she studied under Harry Triandis. She was on the faculty of New York University from 1995 to 1996, and worked at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1996 to 2021. Thereafter, she began her current position at Stanford University.

She is an editor of Advances in Culture and Psychology, which she co-founded; Psychology of Conflict and Conflict Management in Organizations; and The Handbook of Negotiation and Culture.[3] She was the president of the International Association for Conflict Management from 2009 to 2010.[4]

Research

Gelfand has published work on the influences of culture on conflict and resolution and on revenge and forgiveness. She has worked on theoretical frameworks such as individualism–collectivism and tightness–looseness theory;[5] her book on this topic, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World, was published in 2018.[6] In 2023 she had an h-index of 85, according to Google Scholar[7]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michele J. Gelfand. September 21, 2021. Stanford Graduate School of Business. en.
  2. Web site: Gelfand . Michele . April 18, 2023 . Michele J. Gelfand Curriculum Vitae . April 18, 2023 . Michele Gelfand - About.
  3. Web site: Michele Gelfand, University of Maryland – American Regionalism. November 4, 2014. The Academic Minute. WAMC Northeast Public Radio. June 1, 2016. Matthew.
  4. Web site: 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management. Association Française d'Economie Expérimentale. June 1, 2016.
  5. Web site: Research: Culture and Psychology. Michele F. Gelfand. University of Maryland Department of Psychology. June 2, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151018022603/http://gelfand.umd.edu/pages/Research.html. October 18, 2015.
  6. Book: Gelfand, Michele J.. Rule makers, rule breakers : how tight and loose cultures wire our world. 978-1-5011-5293-1. First Scribner hardcover. New York, NY. 2018010275. 1039191230. OL26975086M. September 11, 2018.
  7. Web site: Michele Gelfand . 2023-04-18 . scholar.google.com.
  8. Web site: Past SIOP Award Recipients. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. June 3, 2016.
  9. Web site: Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award, Past Award Winners. Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. June 3, 2016. May 31, 2016.
  10. Web site: IACM Outstanding Article or Book Chapter Award Recipients. International Association of Conflict Management. June 3, 2016.
  11. Web site: Distinguished Scholar Teacher Recipients. University of Maryland Office of Faculty Affairs. June 3, 2016.
  12. Web site: CMD Sponsored Awards. Academy of Management, Conflict Management Division. June 3, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070114053635/http://division.aomonline.org/cm/CMD-Awards.htm. January 14, 2007.
  13. News: Gelfand Receives Anneliese Maier Research Award. October 4, 2012. Association for Psychological Science - Aps. June 2, 2016.
  14. Web site: Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize Winners. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. June 3, 2016.
  15. Web site: William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award, Past Recipients. American Psychological Association. June 3, 2016.
  16. Web site: Diener Award in Social Psychology, Past Recipients. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. June 3, 2016.
  17. Web site: Outstanding International Psychologist Awards, Past Recipients. American Psychological Association. June 6, 2018.
  18. Web site: Two University of Maryland Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences. April 17, 2019. UMD Right Now :: University of Maryland. en. March 8, 2020.
  19. Web site: News from the National Academy of Sciences. April 26, 2021. July 2, 2021. Newly elected members and their affiliations at the time of election are: ... Gelfand, Michele J.; distinguished university professor, department of psychology, University of Maryland, College Park.

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