The Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Department at the Mitch Daniels School of Business is composed of researchers on the cutting edge of workplace evolution. Our OBHR faculty are contributors and leaders in the study of organizational and individual performance, covering talent, human capital, AI and the future of work, technology and innovation and more.
The Purdue Center for Working Well is a cutting-edge center at the forefront of challenges facing modern workforces and employees’ desire to “work well.” It is helmed by the Daniels School’s Dr. Allison Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management.
Purdue’s active student chapter of this nationally recognized organization focuses on professional development and introduces undergraduates and graduate students to current issues in HR.
Daniels School OBHR faculty are leading scholars in a multitude of cutting edge topics, including: issues at the work-nonwork and work-family interface, recovery and leisure, well-being, emotions and emotional labor, leadership, trust, diversity and gender, meaningfulness at work, networks of workplace relationships, recruitment and job search processes, identity and stigma, and motivation. OBHR faculty research appears in top academic journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Organization Science, among other top management outlets.
Friday, March 27, 2026
Student-led insights from Mental Health Action Week reveal the top five stressors affecting business students and offer practical strategies for building healthier, more resilient work habits.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
A. Laura Stef-Praun explores student creativity in a world of artificial intelligence and examines the scope of the human-AI binary.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
New research from Allison Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair at Purdue’s Daniels School, takes a fresh look at a familiar but under-examined workplace behavior: receiving venting. The findings hold valuable lessons for both managers and employees seeking healthier, more emotionally intelligent workplaces.
Friday, October 31, 2025
Seven Mitch Daniels School of Business faculty are named among the world’s top 2% most influential scientists by Stanford and Elsevier, showcasing the Daniels School’s global research impact.
Call for Papers | Organization Science
Special Issue: Remote and Hybrid Work: Transforming People and Organizations in a New Era
https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/orsc/calls-for-papers
This special issue fosters new theories and policies for modern work practice involving remote and hybrid work in organizations and their multifaceted impacts on workers' lives within and beyond a workplace and across diverse occupations. In this special issue, we are interested in scholarship from the many disciplines and fields examining remote and hybrid work. We especially encourage cross-disciplinary papers that provide multiple lenses on these topics. We welcome papers that integrate multiple levels of analysis, compare multiple stakeholders and/or disciplinary lenses, and examine the possible mixed consequences of remote and hybrid work. Submissions open March 15, 2025 and close July 15, 2025.
Daniels School of Business PhD students are leading members of the next generation of innovative researchers, scholars and teachers. We are proud to support the next phase of their academic and professional lives.
To obtain additional information on job market candidates, please reach out to our doctoral programs office at (765) 494-9024, or contact candidates directly.
Daniels School of Business OBHR Department
Krannert Building
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2076
Department Head: Brian Dineen
Senior Administrative Assistant: Angie Gutterman
