Kristie Rogers

Professor of Management

Kristie Rogers is a full professor of management and an Associate Editor at Academy of Management Review. Her research focuses on respect and identity at work, with particular attention to how people thrive in the face of stigma, disrespect, and persistent organizational tensions. She specializes in qualitative research in unconventional work settings.

Her work is published in top management journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, and Journal of Applied Psychology. Her research honors include the Outstanding Published Article in Positive Organizational Scholarship Award from the University of Michigan’s Center for Positive Organizations, the Responsible Research in Management Award from the Academy of Management’s Responsible Research Network, a Best Paper Award from AOM’s MOC Division, and a Research Grant from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).

Her practice-oriented writing appears in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and UC-Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. Notable features and media coverage of her work include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, and podcasts including HBR’s Ideacast, As We Work, and WorkLife with Adam Grant.

Dr. Rogers teaches negotiation and organizational behavior courses to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as corporate and nonprofit partners. She received the Marquette University John P. Raynor, S.J. Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, the College of Business Brennan Master Teacher Award for sustained teaching excellence, was named one of Poets & Quants’ 50 Best Undergraduate Professors, and was honored as a Marquette University Faculty All-Star.

She earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Arizona State University, and previously served on the faculty at the University of Kansas. Before academia, she worked as a stage manager for ESPN and ABC Sports.

Education

• Ph.D., Management, Arizona State University
• MBA, University of New Mexico
• B.A., Journalism, University of New Mexico

Research Interests

• Respect at work
• Organizational and individual identity

Selected Publications

*Sharma, P. N., & *Rogers, K.M., Ashforth, B.E. In press. Emboldened in the rap “game”: How severely stigmatized video models navigate disrespect and vulnerability to workplace mistreatment. Journal of Applied Psychology *First two authors contributed equally

Chawla, N., Gabriel, A.S., Prengler, M., Rogers, K.M., Rogers, B., Tedder-King, A., & Rosen, C.C. In press. Allyship in the fifth trimester: A multi-method investigation of women’s postpartum return to work. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Chawla, N., Gabriel, A.S., Prengler, M., Rogers, K.M., Rogers, B., Tedder-King, A., & Rosen, C.C. 2024. Be an ally to new mothers returning to work. Harvard Business Review.  https://hbr.org/tip/2024/08/be-an-ally-to-new-mothers-returning-to-work

*Harrison, S. & *Rogers, K.M. 2024. Building culture from the middle out. MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol. 65(3): 60-64. *Both authors contributed equally, authorship order is alphabetical

Hoobler, J.M., Masterson, C.R., & Rogers, K.M. 2024. Self-ambivalence: Naming a contemporary work-family problem that has no name. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 45: 252-265.

Sharma, P. N., Toubiana, M., Lashley, K., Massa, F., Rogers, K. M., & Ruebottom, T. 2024. Honing the craft of qualitative data collection in extreme contexts. Journal of Management Inquiry, 33: 99-114.

Ashforth, B.E., Schinoff, B.S., Rogers, K.M., & Lange, D. 2024. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Identity foils in organizational life. Organization Science, 35: 232-258.

Prengler, M., Rogers, K.M. Chawla, N., & Leigh, A. 2023. How Black police officers combat systemic racism at work. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2023/09/how-black-police-officers-combat-systemic-racism-at-work

Prengler, M., Rogers, K.M. Chawla, N., & Leigh, A. 2023. How to be an ally to colleagues after violence against their community. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2023/02/how-to-be-an-ally-to-colleagues-after-violence-against-their-community

Prengler, M., Chawla, N., Leigh, A., & Rogers, K.M. 2023. Challenging racism as a Black police officer: An emergent theory of employee anti-racism. Journal of Applied Psychology, 108: 249-272. Winner of Responsible Research in Management Award, 2023.

Rogers, K.R. & Schinoff, B.S. 2022. Disrespected employees are quitting, so what can managers do differently? MIT Sloan Management Review. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/disrespected-employees-are-quitting-what-can-managers-do-differently/

Rodell, J., Sabey, T.B., & Rogers, K.M. 2020. “Tapping” into good will: Enhancing corporate reputation through customer volunteering.  Academy of Management Journal, 63:1714-1738. Media mention: Network for Business Sustainability

Rogers, K.M. 2018. Do your employees feel respected? Harvard Business Review, 96(4): 63-70.

Rogers, K.M., Corley, K.G., & Ashforth, B.E. 2017. Seeing more than orange: Organizational respect and positive identity transformation in a prison context. Administrative Science Quarterly, 62: 219-269.

Rogers, K.M., & Ashforth, B.E. 2017. Respect in organizations: Feeling valued as “we” and “me.” Journal of Management, 43: 1578-1608.

Ashforth, B.E., Schinoff, B.S., & Rogers, K.M. 2016. “I identify with her,” “I identify with him”: Unpacking the dynamics of personal identification in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 41: 28-60.

Ashforth, B.E., Rogers, K.M., Pratt, M.G., & Pradies, C. 2014. Ambivalence in organizations.  Organization Science, 25: 1453-1478.

Ashforth, B.E., Rogers, K.M., & Corley, K.G. 2011. Identity in organizations: Exploring cross-level dynamics. Organization Science, 22: 1144-1156.

Honors and Awards

• John P. Raynor, S.J. Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, University-wide teaching award, Marquette University, 2024.

• Marquette University Game Day Academic Coach, Marquette University women’s basketball, 2024.

• Responsible Research in Management Award Winner, Responsible Research in Business and Management, award presented at the Academy of Management Meeting to recognize and celebrate research that benefits society by producing credible and useful findings, 2023.

• Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors, Poets & Quants, chosen from over 500 nominated professors based on teaching excellence and research accomplishments, 2022. 

• Brennan Family Master Teacher Award, College of Business Administration teaching award, Marquette University, 2022.

• Marquette University Faculty All Star, Marquette University men’s basketball, 2022.

• Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship (University of Michigan) 2019 Award for Outstanding Published Article, Best paper published from 2016-2018 in the field of positive organizational scholarship, keynote speaker at 2019 conference.

• MOC Division Best Paper Award, 2013. “Seeing past the orange: A qualitative examination of respect in a prison context.” Academy of Management Meetings

Research Links

Wall Street Journal article and podcast episode on respectfully managing the return to the office

Harvard Business Review article and podcast episode on the two types of respect at work

Sloan Management Review article on showing respect for virtual employees

UC-Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center article on showing respect for your co-workers