Research Interests
Time/temporality, workplace relationships and interactions, qualitative methods
Education
- Ph D: Management, (2015), Boston University - Boston, MA
Supporting Area: Organizational Behavior - BA: Integrated Approaches to Biology, (2001), Brown University - Providence, RI
Biography
Elana Feldman, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Management in the Manning School of Business and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School. Dr. Feldman is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Positive Organizations at the Ross School of Business (University of Michigan). Her research examines time/temporality and how people relate to one another in work contexts. She is a founder and steering committee member of the Positive Relationships at Work (PRW) Microcommunity. Her research has been published in journals such as Organization Science, Academy of Management Annals, Human Relations, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review. Dr. Feldman's research has been covered by Fast Company, Business Insider, BBC, and World Economic Forum (among others). Dr. Feldman holds a Ph.D. in Management from Boston University and a B.A. in Anthropology/Biology from Brown University. She currently teaches undergraduate and doctoral courses in Organizational Behavior. Prior to her academic career, Feldman worked as a consultant and market analyst in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry as well as in talent management/leadership.
Selected Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Research Award (2023) - Management Department, Manning School of Business, UMass Lowell
- Responsible Research in Business and Management’s Honor Roll (2022), Scholarship/Research - Responsible Research in Business and Management
- Invited Fellow (2022) - Research Seminar on Loneliness: Jeanne & Dan Valente Center for Arts & Sciences (Bentley University)
- Best Qualitative Paper (2021) (2022) - Group & Organization Management
- Named Faculty Affiliate (2021) - Center for Positive Organizations at the Ross School of Business (University of Michigan)
- Outstanding Research Award (2021) - Management Department, Manning School of Business, UMass Lowell
- Teaching Excellence Award (2021) - Management Department, Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- MIT Sloan Management Review end-of-year “New Author Spotlight” (2020)
- Teaching Excellence Award (2019), Teaching - Management Department, Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Best Student/Dissertation-based Paper Award Finalist (2018) - Academy of Management, MOC Division
- Teaching Excellence Award (2017), Teaching - Management Department, Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Outstanding Reviewer Award (2017), Scholarship/Research - Academy of Management (MOC Division)
- Kudos Award (2017), Teaching - UMass Lowell
- Beta Gamma Sigma Inductee (2016) - Beta Gamma Sigma
- Best Paper Proceedings (2015) - Academy of Management (Careers Division)
- Best Student Paper Award Finalist (2015) - Academy of Management (Careers Division)
- Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student (2015) - Boston University
- Outstanding Reviewer Award (2015) - Academy of Management (MOC Division)
- Ph.D. Fellowship (2009) - Boston University
- Magna Cum Laude (2001) - Brown University
Selected Publications
- Feldman, E., Kostanski, S., Ebrahimi, N., Montag-Smit, T. (). Relationships: Critical Antidotes to Loneliness in Rapidly Evolving Work Contexts . Bloomsbury Press
- Schinoff, B., Rocheville, K., Feldman, E., Thomas, N. (). The body at work: A qualitative inductive study of employee responses to body-work tension . Academy of Management Journal.
- Feldman, E., Okhuysen, G. (). The need for speed: Engagement practices as enablers of faster venture development in a Seed Accelerator.
- Heaphy, E., Lilius, J., Feldman, E. (2022). Moved to speak up: How prosocial emotions influence the employee voice process. Human Relations, 75(6) 1113-1139.
- Feldman, E. (2022). How to interrupt someone’s workday — Without annoying them. Harvard Business Review.
- Feldman, E., Greenway, D. (2021). It's a matter of time: The role of temporal perceptions in emotional experiences of work interruptions. Group & Organization Management, 46(1) 70-104.
- Feldman, E., Reid, E., Mazmanian, M. (2020). Signs of our time: Time-use as dedication, performance, identity, and power in contemporary workplaces. Academy of Management Annals, 14(2) 598–626.
- Feldman, E., Kahn, W. (Boston University) (2020). Making the most of conflicting advice from mentors. MIT Sloan Management Review.
- Feldman, E., Mazmanian, M. (2020). Why time signals still matter when working remotely. MIT Sloan Management Review.
- Mao, J., Feldman, E. (2019). Class matters: Interviewing across social class boundaries. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 22(2) 125-137.
- Feldman, E., (2019). When developers disagree: Divergent advice as a potential catalyst for protégé growth. Organization Science, 30(3) 509-527.
- Dittrich, K., Golden-Biddle, K., Feldman, E., Locke, K. (2015). Constructing contribution in Strategy as Practice research. Cambridge University Press
- Hall, D.T., Feldman, E., (2013). Meaningful work and the protean career. APA Books
- Feldman, E., Hall, D.T. (2013). Work and family research and practice: What if the whole person mattered? (pp. 96-101). Palgrave Macmillan
- Kopelman, S., Feldman, E., McDaniel, D.M., Hall, D.T. (2012). Mindfully negotiating a career with a heart. Organizational Dynamics, 41(2) 163–171.
- Jane, D.E., Karen, G., Feldman, E. (2012). The call: Why a book on positive social change and organizations now? Routledge
- Golden-Biddle, K., Dutton, J.E., Feldman, E. (2012). The response: What does this book contribute to the understanding of positive social change and organizations? (pp. 475-492). Routledge
Selected Presentations
- Paradoxical tension of evolving boundary control dynamics in the post-COVID era - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2024
- Shifting relational dynamics in the wake of post-COVID flexible work policies - Positive Relationships at Work Microcommunity Meeting, May 2024 - Cleveland, OH
- Building a micro-community for studying virtual and remote work - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2023 - Boston, MA
- Building connection: Fostering work relationships in remote/hybrid environments - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2023 - Boston, MA
- Designing peer coaching groups to foster performance, learning, and well-being of the participants - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2023 - Boston, MA
- Chronic pain as a crisis: The role of work-body ideologies in sustaining positive meaning of work - Academy of Management Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2023 - Boston, MA
- Work and loneliness - Valente Seminar, October 2022 - Bentley University, Waltham, MA
- Ideal workers and ideal bodies: How workers in chronic pain navigate stigma in an able-bodied workplace - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2022 - Seattle, WA
- Making micro-adjustments: How individuals in chronic pain thrive by integrating their body into their work - Positive Organizational Scholarship Research Conference, June 2022 - Ann Arbor, MI
- Making micro-adjustments: How individuals in chronic pain integrate their body into their work, March 2022 - Davis, CA
- Nevertheless she persisted: Succeeding as a woman academic - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2021 - Virtual
- Time machines: The relationship between technology and temporality - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2021 - Virtual
- Feeling interrupted: Explaining varied emotional experiences of work interruptions - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2020 - Virtual
- Positive relationships at work: Workshopping ideas and making connections - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2020 - Virtual
- Rookie Time: Temporal Issues in Newcomer Socialization and Identity Construction - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2019 - Boston, MA
- What were you thinking?: Developing cognitive sensibilities for inductive coding - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2019 - Boston, MA
- When another’s distress triggers speaking up: The role of prosocial emotions in the employee voice process. Included in symposium entitled: “Uncovering new perspectives on compassion towards others and the self” - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2019 - Boston, MA
- How do innovators learn from others? Examining help, feedback and advice in creating novelty - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2019 - Boston, MA
- A relational perspective on employee voice: How prosocial emotions shape decisions about and outcomes of speaking up - Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) Research Conference, June 2019 - Ann Arbor, MI
- Pacing uncertain work: Time- and event-based triggers in a seed accelerator - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2018 - Chicago, IL
- The social context of individual time use at work: A review and integrative framework - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2018 - Chicago, IL
- Class matters: Interviewing across class boundaries - Qualitative Research in Management and Organization (QRM) Conference, March 2018 - Albuquerque, NM
- Making Time for Time: Extending Theories of Temporality in and across Organizations. - Showcase Symposium, 2016 - Anaheim, CA
- More than a feeling: How compassion drives employee voice and organizational change. - Academy of Management Meeting, August 2016 - Anaheim, CA
- Fast times at InnoTech: Speeding up entrepreneurial work in an accelerator. - Academy of Management Meeting. , August 2016 - Anaheim, CA