Beth Schinoff
Assistant Professor
University of Delaware
schinoff@udel.edu
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Related Research Interests
I have two primary research streams, which lie at the intersection of interpersonal relationships and identity.My first stream focuses on how employees relate to each other in situations that can be challenging for connection, such as in remote work and in nonwork settings. My second stream examines how individuals define themselves at work, such as by identifying with colleagues (personal identification), seeing their organizations as human (anthropomorphism), or navigating complex work roles.
Related Publications
- Hardin, A., Schinoff, B.S., Byron, K., & Balven, R. 2024. A Window into Coworkers’ Worlds: The Relational Outcomes of Learning Vivid, Unintentional, and Nonwork-Related Information About Coworkers. Academy of Management Journal: In-Press
- Ashforth, B.E., Schinoff, B.S., Rogers, K.M., & Lange, D. 2024. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Exploring identity foils at the individual level. Organization Science, 35: 232-258.
- Schinoff, B.S. & Byron, K. 2022. Imagine All the People: A Motivated Model of Work-Related Imagined Interactions. Academy of Management Review, 48: 463-484.
- Schinoff, B.S., Ashforth, B.E., & Corley, K.G. 2020. Virtually (in)separable: The centrality of relational cadence in the formation of virtual multiplex relationships. Academy of Management Journal, 63: 1395-1424.
- Ashforth, B.E., Schinoff, B.S., & Brickson, S.L. 2020. “My company is friendly,” “mine’s a rebel”: Anthropomorphism and shifting organizational identity from “what” to “who.” Academy of Management Review, 45: 1-29.
- Schinoff, B. S. 2017. Can we be coworkers and friends? An inductive study of the experience and management of virtual coworker friendships. Published dissertation. Arizona State University.
- 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.
- Masterson, C.R., Corley, K.G., & Schinoff, B.S. (2016). Innovation through collaboration: Working together on data analysis and interpretation. In R.M. Kramer & K.D. Elsbach (Eds.), Handbook of Innovative Qualitative Research Methods: Pathways to Cool Ideas and Interesting Papers: 331-340. New York: Routledge.
