I study when and how employees grow at work across two complementary streams:

(1) My first research stream explores the critical role that leaders play in enabling employees’ growth by encouraging employees to stretch themselves, and in responding supportively when employees face challenges in their personal and professional lives. In this stream, I also consider when and why leaders might sometimes unwittingly hinder employees’ growth.

(2) My second stream of research explores how employees manage the uncomfortable process of growing and how they often overlook the very experiences and relationships that might benefit their growth.

I use multi-source field surveys, field experiments, and archival field data, which I complement with online experiments and surveys. My field data come from organizations across a variety of industries, including pharmaceutical companies, professional services firms, and non-profit organizations.

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To contact me, please email gcormier@hbs.edu