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Program Overview
Housed in the Department of Management, this program is designed to produce scholars who wish to conduct high-level theoretical and empirical research and teach at major research institutions. The program stresses close contact between a small group of doctoral students and a highly distinguished faculty.
This concentration focuses on the study of workers’ individual differences, attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors. Research in this area also examines how individuals’ knowledge, skills, and abilities are managed and leveraged by employers to produce value and competitive advantage. The relevance of our research and the opportunities available to our doctoral students are strengthened through the synergies created in partnership with our Center for Executive Succession and The Riegel & Emory Human Resources Center.
All students can expect to get exposure to broad academic ideas in management and work closely with a wider range of faculty whose interests intersect with the student’s interests.
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources (OBHR)
Faculty in the Management Department are world-renowned scholars, and they play an integral part in the student’s academic and professional preparation. Many of our faculty share an interest in how individuals combine to create workgroups and contribute to collective outcomes. Students in this concentration will develop expertise in research methods which may include experimental research, observational research, field studies and more.
The faculty listed below work directly with doctoral students in this concentration. We encourage you to review their bio information, their research interest, and their publication history.
Faculty focusing on the OBHR concentration include:
| Paul Bliese | Karoline Boye Thompson | Edwyna Hill |
| M. Audrey Korsgaard | Mark Maltarich | Lynn McFarland |
| Anthony Nyberg | Robert Ployhart | Patrick Wright |
Program Structure
The program of study consists of small seminar classes, individual faculty attention and research mentoring relationships wherein doctoral students work closely with faculty members engaged in leading-edge research. All students can expect to get exposure to broad academic ideas in management and work closely with a wider range of faculty whose interests intersect with the student’s interests.
All doctoral students complete a rigorous program which emphasizes three main aspects: academic coursework, dissertation preparation and graduate assistantship. The program is full-time and takes approximately five years to complete. Ph.D. students receive a stipend and teaching opportunities, as well as a 100 percent tuition supplement and medical insurance subsidy to support learning and research throughout the program. Read more about fees and tuition at the Tuition and Fees page on our website.
For more information regarding each of these components and the program progression in general, please visit the Program Structure section.
Placements
Many of our doctoral students make presentations at major academic conferences and graduate with multiple journal publications. They also develop their professional network, which may include Ph.D. alumni who are now faculty at other schools, faculty at other schools who have visited the Moore School and faculty at other schools with whom a doctoral student may co-author with, based on an introduction from his or her faculty advisor.
All of this often translates into great placements and award-winning research — recent graduates have secured faculty positions at some of the nation’s premiere institutions.