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Professor

Management

Email Address: bbcaza@uncg.edu

Phone: 336.334.4537

Biography

Brianna Barker Caza received her PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan. Her research program seeks to understand the resources and processes that produce resilience in turbulent work contexts. She has a particular interest in identity and interpersonal dynamics related to the gig economy, multiple jobholding, and marginalized work populations.  Her research has been published in many top tier outlets including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Harvard Business Review.

Education

Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology, University of Michigan

M.A. in Organizational Psychology, University of Michigan

B.A. in Psychology, UNC – Asheville

Research/Publications

Vranjes, I. Lyubykj, M. Herschovis, S., & Caza, B.B. (In Press). Understanding perpetrator reactions to bystander intervention in interpersonal workplace aggression. Academy of Management Review. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2020.0396

Caza, B.B., Heaphy, E., Roberts, L.M., & Spreitzer, G. (In Press). Revaluing Ordinary Moments: Disrupting genered positive self-concepts through a narrative feedback intervention. Academy of Management Discoveries. Advance online publication: https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amd.2021.0021

Ashforth, B.E., Caza, B.B., Meister, A. (In Press). My Place: How workers become identified with their workplaces and why it matters. Academy of Management Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2020.0442

Cropanzano, R., Keplinger, K., Lambert, B. K., Caza, B.B., & Ashford, S. J. (2023). The organizational psychology of gig work: An integrative conceptual review. Journal of Applied Psychology. 108, 3: 498.

Caza, B.B., Main, K., & Stuart-Edwards, A. (2022). Jack of All Trades, Master of None? Exploring Factors That Influence Responses to White-Collar Professionals with Multiple Jobs. Academy of Management Discoveries, 8, 4: 585-607. https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2020.0109

Granger, S., Caza, B.B., Ashford, S., & Reid, E.M. (2022). Adapting to a jolt: A mixed methods study identifying challenges and personal resources impacting professional gig workers’ well-being during COVID-19, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 138, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103784.

Caza, B.B., Reid, E.M, Ashford, S. & Granger, S. (2022). Working On My Own: Measuring the Challenges of Gig Work. Human Relations, 75, 11, 2122- 2159. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00187267211030098

Lambert, B.K., Caza, B.B., Trinh, E.N., & Ashford, S.A. (2022). Individual-centered interventions: Identifying what, how, and why interventions work in organizational contexts. Academy of Management Annals, 16, 2, 508-546. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2020.0351

Zheng, W., Meister, A., & Caza, B. B. (2021). The stories that make us: Leaders’ origin stories and temporal identity work. Human Relations, 74, 8.

Caza, A., Caza, B.B., & Posner, B.Z. (2021). Transformational leadership across cultures: Follower perception and satisfaction. Administrative Sciences, 11, 32-42.

Campion, E. D., Caza, B. B., and Moss, S. (2020). Multiple jobholding: A review and critique of existing literature and a future research agenda. Journal of Management, 46(1):165-191.

Olekalns, M., Caza, B.B., & Vogus, T. (2020). Gradual Drifts, Abrupt Shocks: From Relationship Fractures to Relational Resilience. Academy of Management Annals, 14, 1-28.

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