Liza Barnes
Assistant Professor
Drexel University
liza.barnes@drexel.edu
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Related Research Interests
My research investigates how organizations can foster physical, mental, and relational well-being at work—particularly for individuals navigating moments of personal or professional vulnerability. I study how employees manage identity-related challenges, power dynamics, and major life transitions, with a focus on underrepresented or lower-power groups.
Related Publications
- Barnes, L. Y., Lacerenza, C. N., & Hardin, A. E. (In-Press) How Policy Implementation Impacts Employee Suffering at Work: An Exploration of Medical Leaves of Absence. Journal of Applied Psychology.
- Duffy, M., Barnes, L. Y., Wirz, C., Ranganathan, M., Freilich, M., Freese, L., Lalk, E., & Wilcots, J. (2025) Factors influencing underrepresented geoscientists’ decisions to accept or decline faculty job offers in the US. Communications Earth and Environment.
- Barnes, L. Y., Lacerenza, C. N., & Volpone, S. D. (2024). Becoming a right-hand partner: How lower-power employees heedfully challenge organizational leaders. Academy of Management Journal.
- Maynard, M. T., Conroy, S., Lacerenza, C. N., & Barnes, L. Y. (2021). Teams in the wild are not extinct, but challenging to research: A guide for conducting impactful team field research with 10 recommendations and 10 best practices. Organizational Psychology Review, 11(3), 274–318.
- Keplinger, K., Johnson, S. K., Kirk, J. F., & Barnes, L. Y. (2019). Women at work: Changes in sexual harassment between September 2016 and September 2018. PLOS One, 14(7), e0218313
