Maryam Kouchaki

Maryam Kouchaki is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at Kellogg School of Management. Maryam is an organizational psychologist who seeks to understand everyday moral encounters, particularly at work. Her research is organized around two conceptual themes that involve 1) understanding the dynamic nature of moral decision-making and 2) understanding how individuals psychologically experience everyday moral encounters. Maryam examines these with a particular emphasis on the consequences of these encounters for individuals and groups. Across a series of articles, she has uncovered novel and often counterintuitive forces that continually create widespread unethicality. Notably, she offers evidence that everyday moral encounters cannot be fully understood without a thorough consideration of the individuals’ psychological experience of them.

She is the editor-in-chief of journal of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Her work has appeared in scholarly publications such as Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Psychological Science, and has been featured in media outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, and BBC world radio.

Education

• Ph.D., 2012, Organizational Behavior, University of Utah, University of Utah
• M.B.A., 2005, Sharif University of Technology
• B.S., 2003, Physics, Sharif University of Technology

Academic Positions

• Associate Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2018-present
• Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2014-2018
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, 2012-2014

Awards

• Selected for Best 40 Professors Under Age 40, Poets & Quants, 2020
• Best Empirical Conference Paper, International Association of Conflict Management (IACM), 2016
• Highly Cited Research in Journal of "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes", 2016
• Rising Star Designation, Association for Psychological Science, 2015
• Academy of Management OB Division Outstanding Publication Award, Academy of Management, 2015
• Research Fellowship, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, 2012-2015
• Finalist, Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management Best Dissertation Award, The Academy of Management, Social Issues in Management Division, 2013
• Finalist, Best Dissertation Award, Society for Business Ethics, 2013
• Teaching Excellence Award for Doctoral Students, Management Department, David Eccles School of Business, 2010

Editorial Positions

• Editor, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2020
• Editorial Board, Academy Of Management Journal, 2018
• Editorial Board, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2015