Emily Heaphy
Professor and John F. Kennedy Professor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
eheaphy@umass.edu
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Related Research Interests
Emily Heaphy is a Professor of Management and John F. Kennedy Faculty Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her professional expertise is in interpersonal relationships at work, with a particular focus on how individuals and organizations can build high-quality connections and positive work relationships; how and why work relationships influence human flourishing; and how individuals in organizations can accomplish challenging, emotional tasks through relationships. Emily has also long been interested in developing new ways of understanding and appreciating the role of the human body at work. Recent projects have looked at workplace romances – a work relationship that can be positive for the people in it, but stigmatized by organizations; workplace socializing during the Covid-19 pandemic; the experience of work relationships for people with disabilities.
Related Publications
- Stephens, J.P., Heaphy, E.D. and Dutton, J.E. High Quality Connections. In Spreitzer, G. and Cameron, K. Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.
- Brown, S.L., Fredrickson, B.L., Wirth, M., Poulin, M. Meier, E.A., Heaphy, E.D., Cohen, M.D., and Schultheiss, O. 2009.Social Closeness Increases Salivary Progesterone in Humans. Hormones and Behavior, 56(1):108-111.
- Heaphy, E.D. and Dutton, J.E. 2008. Integrating Organizations and Physiology: Getting Started. Academy of Management Review, 33(4):1009-1010.
- Heaphy, E.D. and Dutton, J.E. 2008. Positive Social Interactions and the Human Body at Work: Linking Organizations and Physiology. Academy of Management Review, 33(1): 137-162.
- Heaphy, E.D. 2006. Bodily Insights: Three Lenses on Positive Organizational Relationships. In Dutton, J. & Ragins, B. (Eds.), Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a theoretical and research foundation. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 47-71.
- Roberts, L.M., Dutton, J.E., Spreitzer, G., Heaphy, E.D. and Quinn, R.E. 2005. Composing the Reflected Best-Self Portrait: Building Pathways for Becoming Extraordinary in Work Organizations, Academy of Management Review, 30(4): 712-736.
- Roberts, L.M., Spreitzer, G., Dutton, J.E., Quinn, R., Heaphy, E.D. and Barker, B. 2005. How to Play to your Strengths. Harvard Business Review, 83(1): 75-80.
- Losada, M. and Heaphy, E.D. 2004. The Role of Positivity and Connectivity in the Performance of Business Teams: A Nonlinear Dynamics Model. American Behavioral Scientist, 47 (6): 740-765.
- Dutton, J.E. and Heaphy, E.D. 2003. The Power of High Quality Connections. In Cameron, K., J.E. Dutton, and R.E. Quinn, Positive Organizational Scholarship. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 263-278.
