Laurie R. Weingart

Richard M. and Margaret S. Cyert Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory

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Laurie R. Weingart is the Richard M. and Margaret S. Cyert Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University. She served as CMU’s Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer, and as Senior Associate Dean – Education and Director of the Accelerate Leadership Center within the Tepper School. Coauthor of The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work, her research examines collaboration, conflict, and negotiation, with a focus on how differences across people both help and hinder effective problem solving and innovation. Prof. Weingart has published over 70 articles and book chapters in the fields of management, social psychology, industrial psychology, cognitive psychology, and economics. An elected Fellow of the Academy of Management and recipient of the Joseph E. McGrath Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Groups, Dr. Weingart served as President of the International Association for Conflict Management, founding President of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, and as co-editor of the Academy of Management Annals. Dr. Weingart earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Education

• Northwestern University - PhD (Organizational Behavior)
• Northwestern University - MS (Organizational Behavior)
• University of Illinois - Urbana - BS (Industrial/Organizational Psychology)

Research

Conflict, Collaboration, Negotiation, Teams, Gender and Non-promotable tasks

Recent Book

The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work
by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, & Laurie Weingart.  Published May, 2022; Simon & Schuster.

Recent Publications - 2015 to Present

• Systemic gender inequities in who reviews code
  (author(s): E. Murphy-Hill, J. Dicker, A. Horvath, M. M. Hodges, C. D. Egelman, L. R. Weingart, C. Jaspan, C. Green, N. Chen)
  in Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 7, CSCW1, Article 94, 2023
• Team functioning and performance in Child Advocacy Center multidisciplinary teams
  (author(s): E. A. McGuier, S. D. Rothenberger, K. A. Campbell, B. Keeshin, L. R. Weingart, D. J. Kolko)
  in Child Maltreatment (online first, 2022)
• Manage intra-team conflict through collaboration
  (author(s): L. R. Weingart, K. A. Jehn, K. L. Krueger)
  in Principles of Organizational Behavior: The Handbook of Evidence-Based Management (C. L. Pearce & E. A. Locke, Eds.), 3rd Edition (pp. 403-428)
  

  Chichester, UK: Wiley, (2023)

• The psychological experience of intragroup conflict
  (author(s): K. L. Krueger, M. A. Diabes, L. R. Weingart)
  Research in Organizational Behavior 42; 2022; 100165
• The effects of conflict type and conflict expression intensity on conflict management
  (author(s): G. Todorova, K. Goh, L. R. Weingart)
  International Journal of Conflict Management 33(2); 245-272
• Opening the black box of I-deals negotiation: Integrating I-deals and negotiation research
  (author(s): M. Simosi, D. M. Rousseau, L. R. Weingart)
  Group and Organization Management 46(2), 2021; 186-222
• Psychological safety in intensive care unit rounding teams
  (author(s): M. A. Diabes, J. N. Ervin, B. S. Davis, K. J. Rak, T. R. Cohen, L. R. Weingart, J. M. Kahn)
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 18(6), 2021; 1027-1033
• The “fixed” pie perception and strategy in dyadic versus multiparty negotiations

  (author(s): M. C. Kern, J. M. Brett, L. R. Weingart, C. Eck)
  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 157, 2020; 143-158

• Work design and task conflict in interdisciplinary groups
  

  (author(s): G. Todorova, M. Brake, L. R. Weingart)
  International Journal of Conflict Management 31(4), 2020; 623-646

• Teamwork in the Intensive Care Unit

  (author(s): Jennifer Ervin, Jeremy Kahn, Taya Cohen, Laurie Weingart)
  American Psychologist, 2018

• Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability

  (author(s): Linda Babcock, Maria Recalde, Lise Vesterlund, Laurie Weingart)
  American Economic Review 107(3), 2017; 1-35

• Dignity, Face, and Honor Cultures: A Study of Negotiation Strategy and Outcomes in Three Cultures

  (author(s): Soroush Aslani, Jimena Ramirez-Marin, Jeanne Brett, JingJing Yao, Zhaleh Semnani-Azad, Zhi-Xue Zhang, Catherine Tinsley, Laurie Weingart, Wendi Adair)
  Journal of Organizational Behavior 37, 2016; 1178-1201

• The directness and oppositional intensity of conflict expression

  (author(s): Laurie Weingart, Kristin Behfar, Corinne Bendersky, Gergana Todorova, Karen Jehn)
  Academy of Management Review 40(2), 2015; 235-262

Publications Prior to 2015

Working Papers

Awards and Honors

• Joseph E. McGrath Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Groups (2020)

• International Association of Conflict Management - Fellow (2020)

• Academy of Management - Fellow (2016)
• Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management - Best Conference Paper-Empirical or Theoretical Award (2014)
• Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management - Best Conference Paper for the Study of Conflict in Context (2013)
• Academy of Management - Finalist, Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award (2012)
• Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management - Best Conference Paper for the Study of Conflict in Context (2011)
• International Association for Conflict Management - Best Published Paper in 2010 in the journal Negotiation and Conflict Management Research (2011)
• Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management - Most Influential Article or Chapter Award (published between 2001-2004) (2009)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Curriculum Innovation Award (2003)
• International Association for Conflict Management - Outstanding Article Award (2002)
• International Association for Conflict Management - Outstanding Empirical Paper (1999)
• Organization Communication & Information Systems Division of the Academy of Management - Best Published Paper (1995)
• Department of Industrial Management Undergraduate Teaching Award (1992)

University Service

Leadership Positions

• Vice Chair, CMU Faculty Senate (AY 2022-2023)
• Collaboration and Teamwork as a CMU Core Competency Working Group Co-Chair (2019 - 2021)
• Interim Provost, Carnegie Mellon University (2017 - 2018)
• CMU Academic Policies and Practices Working Group, Working Group Co-Chair (2016 - 2018)
• Tepper School Senior Associate Dean – Education (2014 - 2017)
• Tepper School Accelerate Leadership Center, Faculty Lead (2012 - 2014)
• Tepper School MBA BaseCamp Orientation Program, Director (2011 - 2014)
• Tepper School MBA curriculum review committee, Committee Co-chair (2010 - 2012)
• Tepper School, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Teams, Director (2004 - 2012)

Recent Committees

• CMU Commission on Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression (2021 - 2022)
• Tepper School Committee on Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (2019 - 2020)
• Task Force on the CMU Experience (2016 - 2018)
• Tepper School Strategic Planning Committee (2016 - 2017)
• Carnegie Bosch Institute Research Advisory Committee (2010 - 2017)
• Tepper Quad Building Design Committee (2014 - 2016)
• Tepper Masters Educational Affairs Committee (2010 - 2017)

Professional Activities

• Journal Editor, Academy of Management Annals (2013 - 2017)
• President, Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (2007 - 2012)
• Co-founder, Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (2005 - 2006)
• President, International Association for Conflict Management (2003 - 2004)
• Division Chair, Conflict Management Division, Academy of Management (2001 - 2002)
• Elected Member, Society of Organizational Behavior (2006)
• Elected Member, Society of Experimental Social Psychology (2003)