Maia Young

Maia Young is an associate professor of Organization and Management. She earned her PhD from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and worked at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management for 13 years before joining The Paul Merage School of Business in 2017. Her research examines the psychology of individual decision making in the workplace, particularly the way that decisions can be affected by emotions, culture and religion. Prof. Young’s research has been published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, American Psychologist, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making and Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. It has been covered by various media outlets, including The Economist, NPR’s Marketplace, strategy + business, Inc.com, Science Magazine and Psychology Today.

Education

• PhD in Business Administration, Stanford University
• BA (with honors) in Psychology, Stanford University

Research Interests

• Emotions
• Decision Making
• Leadership

Selected Publications, News & Honors

• Jung, H., & Young, M. J. (2019). Motivated to confront: How experiencing anger affects anchoring bias. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 32, 493-503.
• Chen, N. & Young, M. J. (2018). The Relationship between Belief in Stable Luck and a Propensity for Superstition: The Cultural Influence of Agency Beliefs. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49, 1098-1113.
• Chen, N., & Young, M. J. (2013). The effect of personal injustice on attributions for the success of others. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35, 200-211.
• Shih, M., Young, M. J., & Bucher, A. (2013). Working to reduce the effects of discrimination: Identity management strategies in organizations. American Psychologist, 68, 145-157.
• Young, M. J., Morris, M. W., & Scherwin, V. (2013). Managerial mystique: Magical thinking in judgments of managers’ vision, charisma, and magnetism, Journal of Management, 39, 1044-1061.
• Young, M. J., Bauman, C. W., Chen, N., & Bastardi, A. (2012). The pursuit of missing information in negotiation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 117, 88-95.
• Jung, H. & Young, M. J. (2012). The de-biasing effect of incidental anger on externally-provided anchors. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 25, 435-442.
• Zemba, Y. & Young, M. J. (2012). Assigning credit to organizational leaders: How Japanese and Americans differ. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 899-914.
• Young, M. J., Tiedens, L. Z., Jung, H., & Tsai-M.-H. (2011). Mad enough to see the other side: Anger and the search for disconfirming information. Cognition and Emotion. 25, 10-21.