Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison

Biography

Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison is a Professor in the Management and Organizations Department, the ITT Harold Geneen Professor in Creative Management, and Vice Dean of Executive Programs. From 2012 to 2018, she was the Vice Dean of Faculty at the Stern School.

Professor Morrison's research focuses on different ways in which employees behave proactively at work, the conditions that motivate and enable such behavior, and how various types of proactive behavior both facilitate career success and improve organizational effectiveness. Her research also focuses on employee voice and silence, and in particular, the reasons why employees are often reluctant to speak up about problems and concerns, and how organizations can create climates more open to employee input. She has won several awards for her research, including the Cummings Scholar Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management.

Professor Morrison has published her work in a wide range of journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. She has served on the Executive Committee of the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management (2008-2013) and as Associate Editor for Academy of Management Journal (2007-2010) and Academy of Management Annals (2019-2022). She teaches courses in Leadership and Negotiation.

Research Interests

• Proactive Work Behaviors
• Employee Voice and Silence

Courses Taught

• Collaboration, Conflict and Negotiation
• Leadership in Organizations

Academic Background

Ph.D., Organization Behavior
Northwestern University

B.A., Psychology
Brown University

Awards & Appointments

Academy of Management Fellows		2024
Vice Dean of Executive Programs	NYU Stern	2022
Faculty Leadership Award	NYU Stern	2018
Vice Dean of Faculty	NYU Stern	2012
Executive Committee	OB Division of the Academy of Management	2008
ITT Geneen Chair in Creative Management	NYU Stern	2006
Research Grant	Citigroup Behavioral Sciences Research Council	1999
Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award	OB Division of the Academy of Management	1999
Peter Drucker Faculty Fellowship	NYU Stern	1999
S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Award	Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology	1992
Award for the Outstanding Competitive Paper Based on a Dissertation	OB Division of AOM	1991
Dissertation Grant	National Science Foundation	1990
Borg-Warner Research Award	Northwestern University	1989
Unisys Doctoral Fellowship	Northwestern University	1987
Murial Fain Sher Award in Psychology	Brown University	1984

Selected Publications

Morrison, E.W. (2023)
Employee voice and silence: Taking stock a decade later.
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 10: 79-107.

Lim, J.H., Tai, K., Bamberger, P.A., & Morrison, E.W. (2020)
Soliciting resources from others: An integrative review
Academy of Management Annals, 14: 122-159.

Sherf, E.N., & Morrison, E.W. (2020)
I do not need feedback, or do I? Self-efficacy, perspective taking, and downward feedback seeking
Journal of Applied Psychology, 105: 146-165.

Weiss, M. & Morrison, E.W. (2019)
Speaking Up and Moving Up: How Voice Can Enhance Employees’ Social Status
Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40: 5-19

Morrison, E.W. & See, K.E. (2015)
An Approach-Inhibition Model of Employee Silence: The Joint Effects of Personal Sense of Power and Target Openness
Personnel Psychology, 68: 547-580

Morrison, E.W. (2014)
Employee Voice and Silence
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 1: 173-197