Allison Gabriel

Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management
Professor of Management
Organizational Behavior/Human Resources

Education

Ph.D., Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Akron
M.A., Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Akron
B.A., Psychology (with Honors and Highest Distinction), Penn State University

Dr. Allison (Allie) Gabriel is the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management in the Organizational Behavior and Human Resources area of the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business at Purdue University. She also serves as the Faculty Director of the Center for Working Well, and is an Associate Editor at Journal of Applied Psychology. Broadly, Dr. Gabriel aims to understand how employees thrive and promote their well-being at work and home. To tackle this general aim, she studies emotions and emotion regulation in the workplace, recovery, motivation, interpersonal stressors/relationships, and experiences unique to women in the workplace—specifically as they pertain to women’s health and motherhood.

Dr. Gabriel has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, including publications in premier outlets such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organizational Research Methods, and Personnel Psychology. She has also published several book chapters, and written for Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Her research has received popular press attention from outlets such as CNBC, CNN, Fast Company, Forbes, Huffington Post, Psychology Today, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. She also presents her research at the Academy of Management (AOM) and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) conferences.

Dr. Gabriel has been the recipient of five early- to mid-career awards, including the 2021 AOM Organizational Behavior Division Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award, the 2021 SIOP Distinguished Early Career Contributions-Science Award, the 2020 AOM Human Resources Division Early Career Award, the 2019 AOM Sage Publications/Research Methods Division/ Lawrence R. James Early Career Achievement Award, and the 2018 Western Academy of Management Ascendant Scholar Award. Her research on women’s health received the 2024 Responsible Research in Management Distinguished Winner Award, the 2022 SIOP William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award, the 2021 AOM Organizational Behavior Division Outstanding Publication in OB Award, and the 2021 AOM Human Resources Division Scholarly Achievement Award. She was also named a SIOP Fellow in 2023, and was selected by Poets & Quants in 2018 as a Top 50 Undergraduate Business School Professor.

Lastly, Dr. Gabriel cares deeply about the practical impact of her work. From 2024-2025, she will be serving as a Committee Member for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on a commission to support breastfeeding initiatives in the United States. Dr. Gabriel was also a speaker at the 2022 Wharton Future of Work Conference, and has given keynote/fireside chats for the National Institute of Health, Procter & Gamble, Knoetic, Rolls Royce, and the Texas Association of School Administrators.

Journal Articles

Chawla, N., & Gabriel, A. S. (2024). "From crude jokes to diminutive terms: Exploring experiences of hostile and benevolent sexism during job search." Personnel Psychology vol. 77 (2), 747-787. | Related Website |
Chawla, N., Gabriel, A. S., Prengler, M. K., Rogers, K. M., Rogers, B. A., Tedder-King, A., & Rosen, C. C. (2024). "Allyship in the fifth trimester: A multi-method investigation of women’s postpartum return to work." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes vol. 182 1-19. | Related Website |
Dutli, A., Gabriel, A. S., & Trougakos, J. P. (2024). "A revisionist history approach to the study of emotional labor: Have we forgotten display rules and service contexts?" Journal of Management Inquiry vol. 33 351-356. | Related Website |
Ezerins, M. E., Simon, L. S., Vogus, T. J., Gabriel, A. S., Calderwood, C., & Rosen, C. C. (2024). "Autism and employment: A review of the ‘new frontier’ of diversity research." Journal of Management vol. 50 (3), 1102-1144. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Chawla, N., Rosen, C. C., Lee, Y. E., Koopman, J., & Wong, E. M. (2024). "Who speaks up when harassment is in the air? A within-person investigation of ambient harassment and voice behavior at work." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 109 (1), 39-60. | Related Website |
Ganster, M. L., Ezerins, M. E., Gabriel, A. S., Chawla, N., Rosen, C. C., MacGowan, R. L., & Slaughter, J. E. (2024). "Understanding coping at work during socio-environmental jolts: A person-centered investigation." Journal of Business and Psychology vol. 39 (3), 619-641. | Related Website |
Livingston, B. A., Gloor, J. L., Ward, A. K., Gabriel, A. S., Campbell, J. T., et al. (2024). "Many roads to success: Broadening our views of academic career paths and advice." Journal of Management vol. 50 (4), 1186-1197. | Related Website |
Rosen, C. C., Koopman, J., Gabriel, A. S., Lee, Y. E., Ezerins, M. E., & Roth, P. L. (2024). "Hidden consequences of political discourse at work: How and why ambient political conversations impact employee outcomes." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 109 (6), 795-810. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Allen, T. D., Devers, C. E., Eby, L. T., Gilson, L. L., Hebl, M., Kehoe, R. R., King, E. B., Ladge, J. J., Little, L. M., Ou, A. Y., Schleicher, D. J., Shockley, K. M., Klotz, A. C., & Rosen, C. C. (2023). "A call to action: Taking the untenable out of women professors’ pregnancy, postpartum, and caregiving demands." Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice vol. 16 (2), 187-210. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Diefendorff, J. M., & Grandey, A. A. (2023). "The acceleration of emotional labor research: Navigating the past and steering toward the future." Personnel Psychology vol. 76 (2), 511-545. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Ladge, J. J., Little, L. M., MacGowan, R. L., & Stillwell, E. E. (2023). "Sensemaking through the storm: How postpartum depression shapes personal work-family narratives." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 108 (12), 1903-1923. | Related Website |
Ganster, M. L., Gabriel, A. S., Rosen, C. C., Simon, L. S., Butts, M. M., & Boswell, W. R. (2023). "Retreating or repairing? Examining the alternate linkages between daily partner-instigated incivility at home and helping at work." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 108 (5), 826-849. | Related Website |
Lee, Y. E., Simon, L. S., Koopman, J., Rosen, C. C., Gabriel A. S., & Yoon, S. (2023). "When, why, and for whom is receiving help actually helpful? Differential effects of received help based on recipient gender." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 108 (5), 773–793. | Related Website |
Lanaj, K., Gabriel, A. S., & Jennings, R. E. (2023). "The importance of leader recovery for leader identity and behavior." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 108 (10), 1717-1736. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Butts, M. M., Chawla, N., da Motta Veiga, S. P., Turban, D. B., & Green, J. D. (2022). "Feeling positive, negative, or both? Examining the self-regulatory benefits of emotional ambivalence." Organization Science vol. 33 (6), 2085-2540. | Related Website |
MacGowan, R. L., Gabriel, A. S., da Motta Veiga, S. P., & Chawla, N. (2022). "Does psychological detachment benefit job seekers? A two study weekly investigation." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 107 (12), 2319–2333. | Related Website |
Shipp, A. J., Gabriel, A. S., & Lambert, L. S. (2022). "Profiles in time: Understanding the nature and outcomes of profiles of temporal focus." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 107 (9), 1640-1654. | Related Website |
Ten Brummelhuis, L. L., Calderwood, C., Rosen, C. C., & Gabriel, A. S. (2022). "Is physical activity before the end of the workday a drain or a gain? Daily implications on work focus in regular exercisers." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 107 (10), 1864–1877. | Related Website |
Calderwood, C., Gabriel, A. S., Ten Brummelhuis, L. L., Rosen, C. C., & Rost, E. (2021). "Understanding the relationship between workday physical activity and work-life balance: A within-person approach." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 106 (8), 1239-1249. | Related Website |
Chawla, N., Gabriel, A. S., O'Leary-Kelly, A., & Rosen, C. C. (2021). "From #MeToo to #TimesUp: Identifying next steps in sexual harassment research in the organizational sciences." Journal of Management vol. 47 (3), 551 - 566. | Related Website |
Chawla, N., Gabriel, A. S., Rosen, C. C., Evans, J. B., Koopman, J., Hochwarter, W. A., Palmer, J. C., & Jordan, S. L. (2021). "A person-centered view of impression management, inauthenticity, and employee behavior." Personnel Psychology vol. 74 (4), 657-691. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Lanaj, K., & Jennings, R. E. (2021). "Is one the loneliest number? A within-person examination of the adaptive and maladaptive consequences of leader loneliness at work." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 106 (10), 1517-1538. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., MacGowan, R. L., Ganster, M. L., & Slaughter, J. E. (2021). "The influence of COVID-induced job search anxiety and conspiracy beliefs on job search effort: A within-person investigation." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 106 (5), 657-673. | Related Website |
Lanaj, K., Gabriel, A. S., & Chawla, N. (2021). "The self-sacrificial nature of leader identity: Understanding the costs and benefits at work and home." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 106 (3), 345–363. | Related Website |
Methot, J. R., Rosado-Solomon, E. H., Downes, P. E., & Gabriel, A. S. (2021). "Office chit-chat as a social ritual: The restorative yet distracting effects of daily small talk at work." Academy of Management Journal vol. 64 (5), 1445-1471. | Related Website |
Rosen, C. C., Gabriel, A. S., Lee, H. W., Koopman, J., & Johnson, R. E. (2021). "When lending an ear turns into mistreatment: An episodic examination of leader mistreatment in response to receipt of venting at work." Personnel Psychology vol. 74 (1), 175-195. | Related Website |
Shockley, K. M., Gabriel, A. S., Robertson, D., Rosen, C. C., Chawla, N., Ganster, M. L., & Ezerins, M. E. (2021). "The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings: A within-person field experiment." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 106 (8), 1137-1155. | Related Website |
Chawla, N., MacGowan, R. L., Gabriel, A. S., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2020). "Unplugging or staying connected? Examining the nature, antecedents, and consequences of profiles of daily recovery experiences." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 105 (1), 19–39. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Koopman, J., Rosen, C. C., Arnold, J. D., & Hochwarter, W. A. (2020). "Are coworkers getting into the act? An examination of emotion regulation in coworker exchanges." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 105 (8), 907-929. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Volpone, S. D., MacGowan, R. L., Butts, M. M., & Moran, C. M. (2020). "When work and family blend together: Examining the daily experiences of breastfeeding mothers at work." Academy of Management Journal vol. 63 (5), 1337-1369. | Related Website |
Grandey, A. A., Gabriel, A. S., & King, E. B. (2020). "Tackling taboo topics: A review of the three M s in working women’s lives." Journal of Management vol. 46 (1), 7-35. | Related Website |
Butts, M. M., Lunt, D. C., Freling, T. L., & Gabriel, A. S. (2019). "Helping one or helping many? A theoretical integration and meta-analytic review of the compassion fade literature." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes vol. 151 16-33. | Related Website |
Chawla, N., Gabriel, A. S., da Motta Veiga, S. P., & Slaughter, J. E. (2019). "Does feedback matter for job search self-regulation? It depends on feedback quality." Personnel Psychology vol. 72 (4), 513-541. | Related Website |
Diefendorff, J. M., Gabriel, A. S., Nolan, M. T., & Yang, J. (2019). "Emotion regulation in the context of customer mistreatment and felt affect: An event-based profile approach." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 104 (7), 965-983. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Podsakoff, N. P., Beal, D. J., Scott, B. A., Sonnentag, S., Trougakos, J. P., & Butts, M. M. (2019). "Experience sampling methods: A discussion of critical trends and considerations for scholarly advancement." Organizational Research Methods vol. 22 (4), 969-1006. | Related Website |
Motro, D., Gabriel, A. S., & Ellis, A. P. J. (2019). "Examining the effects of menstruation on women's helping behaviour in the workplace." Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology vol. 92 (3), 695-706. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Butts, M. M., Yuan, Z., Rosen, R. L., & Sliter, M. T. (2018). "Further understanding incivility in the workplace: The effects of gender, agency, and communion." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 103 (4), 362–382. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Campbell, J. T., Djurdjevic, E., Johnson, R. E., & Rosen, C. C. (2018). "Fuzzy profiles: Comparing and contrasting latent profile analysis and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis for person-centered research." Organizational Research Methods vol. 21 (4), 877-904. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Koopman, J., Rosen, C. C., & Johnson, R. E. (2018). "Helping others or helping oneself? An episodic examination of the behavioral consequences of helping at work." Personnel Psychology vol. 71 (1), 85-107. | Related Website |
McClelland, L. E., Gabriel, A. S., & DePuccio, M. J. (2018). "Compassion practices, nurse well-being, and ambulatory patient experience ratings." Medical Care vol. 56 (1), 4-10. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Diefendorff, J. M., Bennett, A. A., & Sloan, M. D. (2017). "It’s about time: The promise of continuous rating assessments for the organizational sciences." Organizational Research Methods vol. 20 (1), 32-60. | Related Website |
Bennett, A. A., Gabriel, A. S., Calderwood, C., Dahling, J., J., & Trougakos, J. P. (2016). "Better together? Examining profiles of employee recovery experiences." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 101 (12), 1635–1654. | Related Website |
da Motta Veiga, S. P., & Gabriel, A. S. (2016). "The role of self-determined motivation in job search: A dynamic approach." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 101 (3), 350-361. | Related Website |
Rosen, C. C., Koopman, J., Gabriel, A. S., & Johnson, R. E. (2016). "Who strikes back? A daily investigation of when and why incivility begets incivility." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 101 (11), 1620–1634. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Daniels, M. A., Diefendorff, J. M., & Greguras, G. J. (2015). "Emotional labor actors: A latent profile analysis of emotional labor strategies." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 100 (3), 863-879. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., & Diefendorff, J. M. (2015). "Emotional labor dynamics: A momentary approach." Academy of Management Journal vol. 58 (6), 1804-1825. | Related Website |
Grandey, A. A., & Gabriel, A. S. (2015). "Emotional labor at a crossroads: Where do we go from here?" Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior vol. 2 323-349. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Diefendorff, J. M., Chandler, M. M., Moran, C. M., & Greguras, G. J. (2014). "The dynamic relationships of work affect and job satisfaction with perceptions of fit." Personnel Psychology vol. 67 (2), 389-420. | Related Website |
Gabriel, A. S., Diefendorff, J. M., & Erickson, R. J. (2011). "The relations of daily task accomplishment satisfaction with changes in affect: A multilevel study in nurses." Journal of Applied Psychology vol. 96 (5), 1095-1104. | Related Website |

Forthcoming Publications

Gabriel, A. S., Lee, Y. E., Koopman, J., Rosen, C. C., Dutli, A., & Bush, J. T. (2024). "The receipt of venting at work: A multi-study investigation of affective and behavioral reactions for venting recipients." Personnel Psychology N/A.
Kaur, E., Barnes, C. M., Butts, M. M., & Gabriel, A. S. (2024). "Domain switch theory: A deeper understanding of transitions between work and nonwork domains in modern work life." Academy of Management Review N/A. | Related Website |
Kelemen, T. K., Matthews, M. J., Bolino, M. C., Gabriel, A. S., & Ganster, M. L. (2024). "Understanding the relationships between divorce and work: A conceptual framework and research agenda." Journal of Management N/A. | Related Website |
ten Brummelhuis, L. L., Calderwood, C., Rosen, C. C., & Gabriel, A. S. (2024). "Peaking today, taking it easy tomorrow: Daily performance dynamics of long work hours." Journal of Organizational Behavior N/A.
Kim, A., Gabriel, A. S., Kim, Y., Moon, J., & Rosen, C. C. (2023). "How does workplace gossip benefit gossip actors? The impact of workplace gossip on power and voluntary turnover." Group & Organization Management N/A. | Related Website |

Book Chapters

Gabriel, A. S., Chawla, N., & Gabriel, K. P. (2024). "Navigating job search as a college student: What we know and where scholars, job seekers, and recruiters need to know." Essentials of Employee Recruitment: Industrial and Organizational Perspectives New York, NY: Routledge. 147-170.
Gabriel, A. S., Arena, D. F., Calderwood, C., Campbell, J. T., Chawla, N., Corwin, E. S., Ezerins, M. E., Jones, K. P., Klotz, A. C., Larson, J. D., Leigh, A., MacGowan, R. L., Moran, C. M., Nag, D., Rogers, K. M., Rosen, C. C., Sawyer, K. B., Shockley, K. M., Simon, L. S., & Zipay, K. P. (2023). "Building thriving workforces from the top down: A call and research agenda for organizations to proactively support employee well-being." Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management vol. 40 205-272. | Related Website |
Beal, D. J., & Gabriel, A. S. (2019). "Looking within: An examination, combination, and extension of within-person methods across multiple levels of analysis." The Handbook of Multilevel Theory, Measurement, and Analysis American Psychological Association. 305-327. | Related Website |

The Important Role of Emotions in Working Well
Speaking at the Center for Working Well's Distinguished Speaker Series, center director and the Daniels School’s Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management Allie Gabriel explained how emotions serve as “data points,” providing critical insights into how we feel about our work and how we feel about the people we work with on a daily basis.
Full story: The Important Role of Emotions in Working Well
How Witnessing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Creates Feelings of Fear and Anger
Allison Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management at the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business and director of Purdue's Center for Working Well, explores how witnessing sexual harassment can influence employees’ willingness to speak up, bring up a concern or offer a suggestion.
Full story: How Witnessing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Creates Feelings of Fear and Anger
Finding Balance: Reentering the Workforce with Postpartum Depression
Around one in seven women develop postpartum depression, but from an organizational and managerial perspective, little is known about how women who go through this critical experience reenter the workforce successfully, says Allison Gabriel.
Full story: Finding Balance: Reentering the Workforce with Postpartum Depression

Motivational Approach to Work Produces Better Outcomes
Professors Kate Zipay and Allie Gabriel are studying a motivational approach to work that emphasizes workers’ needs and demands rather than external influences.
Full story: Motivational Approach to Work Produces Better Outcomes
Daniels School faculty awarded $50k to fund research with human transformation platform BetterUp
A pair of faculty members at Purdue University’s Mitch Daniels School of Business were recently awarded $50,000 to fund an 18-month research project by BetterUp and its Center for Purpose and Performance.
The Important Role of Emotions in Working Well
Center for Working Well celebration features Distinguished Speaker Series keynote on the role of emotions in the workplace.
Celebrating a Year of Working Well
The Daniels School’s Center for Working Well reflects on its beginnings and looks forward.
Gabriel honored for postpartum depression research
The Fellows of the Academy of Management and the Community for Responsible Research in Business and Management named an article by Allison Gabriel, Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management in the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, and four other researchers as a Distinguished Winner of the 2024 Award for Responsible Research in Management.
Gabriel co-authors award-winning paper
A paper co-written by Allison Gabriel, Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management at Purdue University’s Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business at Purdue University, has been selected as a nominee for the annual Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.
How making sense of life’s messiness can lead to happiness at work and home
Allison Gabriel, who studies stress management, interpersonal relationships and work-life balance at the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business at Purdue University, also leads the Center for Working Well, which aims to be a cutting-edge center at the forefront of challenges facing modern workforces.
Purdue Expert: Work Boundaries
Allison Gabriel explains the importance of work balance for the health of employees. Employees need to learn how to detach from work when they are at home. It has shown that employees come back more motivated and better able to preform tasks if they receive ample rest from work. It is also important for the leaders to take care of themselves for the people working for them.
Purdue Expert: Remote Work Productivity
Allison Gabriel explains how work from home has helped to increase productivity as employees are able to better balance a work and life lifestyle. Taking breaks throughout the day helps employees to be better preforming. It does have some downsides as it can be isolating or create a need to work longer hours. She explains how work needs to be more focused on people’s whole lives, not just their life at work. She calls managers to allow employees to “bring their whole selves to work”. She encourages managers to create a authentic environment with real conversations where people can talk about challenges they are having.
Purdue professor recognized for making a better world of work
Professor Allison Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management at Purdue’s Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business and director of the university’s new Center for Working Well, was recently recognized by Culture Amp as one of its Top 25 Emerging Culture Creators.
New faculty member to lead Purdue’s Center for Working Well
Award-winning professor and researcher Dr. Allison Gabriel has joined the faculty at Purdue’s Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business as the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management and director of the university’s new Center for Working Well.

BetterUp Center for Purpose and Performance Distinguished Winner

Responsible Research in Management Award/AOM Distinguished Winner

Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research Nominee

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Fellow

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award

Academy of Management Human Resources Division Scholarly Achievement Award

Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award

Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior Award

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Distinguished Early Career Contributions-Science Award

Academy of Management Human Resources Division Early Career Award

Academy of Management Sage Publications/Research Methods Division/Lawrence R. James Early Career Achievement Award

Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business School Professor

Western Academy of Management Ascendant Scholar Award

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Award

Contact

asgabriel@purdue.edu
Office: RAWL 4005

Quick links

Personal website

Area(s) of Expertise

Diversity/Inclusion, Future of Work, Healthcare, Human Resource Management, Leadership, Management, Motivation, Organizational Culture, Performance Management, Well-being, Work/Family Balance