The Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Department at the Mitch Daniels School of Business is composed of researchers on the cutting edge of workplace evolution. Our OBHR faculty are contributors and leaders in the study of organizational and individual performance, covering talent, human capital, AI and the future of work, technology and innovation and more.
The Purdue Center for Working Well is a cutting-edge center at the forefront of challenges facing modern workforces and employees’ desire to “work well.” It is helmed by the Daniels School’s Dr. Allison Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management.
Purdue’s active student chapter of this nationally recognized organization focuses on professional development and introduces undergraduates and graduate students to current issues in HR.
Daniels School OBHR faculty are leading scholars in a multitude of cutting edge topics, including: issues at the work-nonwork and work-family interface, recovery and leisure, well-being, emotions and emotional labor, leadership, trust, diversity and gender, meaningfulness at work, networks of workplace relationships, recruitment and job search processes, identity and stigma, and motivation. OBHR faculty research appears in top academic journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Organization Science, among other top management outlets.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Research from employment expert Michael Campion helps human resources professionals and organizations adapt HRM practices to remote work.
Monday, August 10, 2026
New research from Michael Campion looks at the positive and negative impacts of job-hopping.
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Business communication can derail quickly when it’s one-sided, emotionally reactive, and ethically careless. Kasie Roberson helps professionals build trust, solve problems, and strengthen their influence through better business communication.
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Daniels School Professor Allison Gabriel explores the pros and cons of workplace venting, including how it can increase stress or strengthen relationships, and offers tips for venting effectively.
Call for Papers | Organization Science
Special Issue: Remote and Hybrid Work: Transforming People and Organizations in a New Era
https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/orsc/calls-for-papers
This special issue fosters new theories and policies for modern work practice involving remote and hybrid work in organizations and their multifaceted impacts on workers' lives within and beyond a workplace and across diverse occupations. In this special issue, we are interested in scholarship from the many disciplines and fields examining remote and hybrid work. We especially encourage cross-disciplinary papers that provide multiple lenses on these topics. We welcome papers that integrate multiple levels of analysis, compare multiple stakeholders and/or disciplinary lenses, and examine the possible mixed consequences of remote and hybrid work. Submissions open March 15, 2025 and close July 15, 2025.
Daniels School of Business PhD students are leading members of the next generation of innovative researchers, scholars and teachers. We are proud to support the next phase of their academic and professional lives.
To obtain additional information on job market candidates, please reach out to our doctoral programs office at (765) 494-9024, or contact candidates directly.
Daniels School of Business OBHR Department
Krannert Building
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2076
Department Head: Brian Dineen
Senior Administrative Assistant: Angie Gutterman
