Elizabeth Stillwell

Ellie Stillwell is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Management and Organizational Development Group of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Her research program is broadly focused on understanding the dynamics of flourishing and suffering in organizations. Towards this pursuit, her work integrates three themes: (1) positive workplace interventions; (2) the grief-work interface and compassion; and (3) workplace mistreatment.

Ellie's research has been published in, or is undergoing revision at, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Applied Psychology. At D'Amore-McKim, Ellie teaches organizational behavior in the undergraduate program.

Ellie completed her PhD in Business Administration in the Department of Work & Organizations of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. Prior to pursuing her graduate studies at Carlson, she graduated from the University of Washington with a BS in Psychology and a minor in Philosophy, and worked at the University of Missouri as a Research Specialist in the Department of Psychological Sciences.

Education

• University of Minnesota, 2021 PhD, Business Administration Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management

• University of Washington, 2014 BS, Psychology

Research Interests

• Sources of employee pain and suffering (loss, mistreatment, and failure)
• Emotions in organizational contexts (grief, gratitude, remorse, and envy)
• Work relationships, compassion, and the impact of supportive contexts
• Employee health, stress, and well-being
• Consequences of employee mistreatment, abusive supervision, and workplace victimization
• Organizational culture, identity, and inclusion

Publications

• Sawyer, K., Thoroughgood, C., Stillwell, E. E., Duffy, M. K., Scott, K., & Adair, E. (2021). Being present and thankful: A multi-study investigation of mindfulness, gratitude, and employee helping behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology.

• Booth, J. E., Shantz, A., Glomb, T. M., Duffy, M. K., & Stillwell, E. E. (2020). Bad bosses and self‐verification: The moderating role of core self‐evaluations with trust in workplace management. Human Resource Management, 59(2), 135-152.