Christopher To

EDUCATION

• New York University, Stern School of Business
  Ph.D Management, 2014 to 2019

• Rutgers University, Rutgers Business School
  B.S. Business Analytics and Information Technology
  B.S. Psychology

EMPLOYMENT

• Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations
  Assistant Professor, Human Resource Management, 2022 - Present

• Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
  Visting Assistant Professor, Dispute Resolution Research Center (DRRC), 2019 to 2022

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Intragroup hierarchy and competition
• Intergroup inequality and inequity

Publications

• To, C., Yan, T., & Sherf, E. Victorious and Hierarchical: Past Performance as a Determinant of Team Hierarchical Differentiation (In Press at Organization Science).
• Doyle, S.P., Pettit, N.C., Kim, S., To, C., & Lount, R.B. Surging underdogs and slumping favorites: How recent streaks and future expectations drive competitive transgressions (In Press at Academy of Management Journal)
• To, C., Kilduff, G.J., & Rosikiewicz, B (2020). When interpersonal competition helps and when it harms: An integration via challenge and threat. Academy of Management Annals, 14(2), 908-934.
• To, C., Leslie, L., Torelli, C., & Stoner, J (2020). Culture and social hierarchy: Collectivism as a driver of the relationship between power and status. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 157, 159-176.
• Torelli, C.J., Leslie, L., To, C., & Kim, S. (2020). Power and status across cultures. Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 12-17.
• Jachimowicz, J., To, C., Agasi, S., Côté, S., & Galinsky, A.D. (2019). The gravitational pull of passion: Why and when people admire and support individuals who express passion. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 153, 41-62.
• To, C., Kilduff, G.J., Ordõnez, L., & Schweitzer, M. (2018). Going for it on fourth down: Rivalry increases risk-taking, physiological arousal, and promotion focus. Academy of Management Journal, 61(4), 1281-1306.
• Pettit, N.C., Doyle, S.P., Lount, R.B., & To, C. (2016). Cheating to get ahead or to avoid falling behind? The effect of potential negative versus positive status change on unethical behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 137, 172-183.