Liuba Belkin

Liuba Belkin is an associate professor and the director of the management program at the College of Business. Broadly defined, her primary research interests focus on individual affective states and emotions in organizational settings. She specifically examines the role of felt and expressed positive emotions in negotiations, work trust relationships and the impact of organizational and societal-level contextual factors on employee and organizational functioning. 

Her articles have been published in Human Resource Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, among others. Professor Belkin has also presented her work at major international conferences, such as the Academy of Management (AOM), Academy of International Business (AIB), International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), and Emotions and Work Life (EMONET) and her academic work has repeatedly won best paper awards. She also serves on the editorial board of the Human Relations Journal (FT 50).

Professor Belkin’s research received wide press coverage in several leading business and finance media outlets, including, Business Week, Forbes, CNBC, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times; the Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, NBCnews.com, Fortune magazine, The Financial Times, Quartz, among others with several radio interviews and TV appearances.

She was selected as the Top 50 Undergraduate Business School Professors of 2020 by Poets & Quants and is a recipient of numerous teaching and research awards.

Education

• Rutgers University, M.B.A., Ph.D.

Research Interests

• Intra- and interpersonal effects of emotions on individual decision-making and performance in negotiations, trust relationships, individual behavior and organizational practices
• Interpersonal trust, trust violations and trust repair in organizations
• Positive organizational scholarship
• Ethics and morality
• The impact of modern technology and e-communication on individual attitudes, well-being and behavior in an organization

• Becker, W.J.*, Belkin, L. Y.*, Tuskey, S.E. & Conroy, S.A. (forthcoming). “Surviving remotely: How job control and loneliness during a forced shift to remote work impacted employee work behaviors and well-being”, Human Resource Management, Online first publication February 1st, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22102
  *equal authorship
• Kong, D.T.* & Belkin, L.Y. * (forthcoming) “You don’t care for me, so what’s the point for me to care for your business? Negative implications of felt neglect by the employer for employee work meaning and citizenship behaviors amid the COVID-19 pandemic", Journal of Business Ethics. Online first publication September 28th, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04950-w
  *equal authorship
• Belkin, L.Y. * & Kong, D.T.* (forthcoming) “Supervisor companionate love expression and elicited subordinate gratitude as moral-emotional facilitators of voice amid COVID-19”, Journal of Positive Psychology. Online first publication September 21st, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2021.1975157 
  *equal authorship
• Belkin, L.Y. * & Kong, D.T.* (2022). “Beliefs in government benevolence can promote individuals’ compliance with government-issued guidelines: The role of positive affect and general construal level”, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 52 (2): 85-94. *equal authorship.
• Becker, W., Belkin, L. Y., Conroy, S.A. & Tuskey, S. (2021). “Killing me softly: Organizational email monitoring expectations’ impact on employee and significant other well-being”, Journal of Management, 47 (4), 1024-1052.
• Belkin, L. Y., Becker, W., & Conroy, S.A. (2020). “The invisible leash: The impact of organizational expectations for email monitoring after-hours on employee resources, well-being and turnover intentions”, Group & Organization Management, 45(5): 709-740.
• Williams, M., Belkin, L.Y. & Chen C., C. (2020). “Cognitive flexibility matters: The role of multilevel positive affect and cognitive flexibility in shaping victims’ cooperative and uncooperative behavioral responses to trust violations”, Group & Organization Management, 45(2): 181-218, Annual Conceptual Issue.
• Kong D.T. & Belkin L.Y. (2019). “Because I want to share, not because I should: Prosocial implications of gratitude expression in repeated zero-sum resource allocation exchanges”, Motivation & Emotion, 43(5): 824-843.
• Kong D.T. & Belkin L.Y. (2019). “Being grateful and biased: felt gratitude as a cause of escalation bias in relational dilemmas”, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 83: 88-101.
• Post, C., Latu, I. & Belkin, L.Y. (2019). “A female leadership trust advantage in times of crisis: Under what conditions?”, Psychology of Women Quarterly, 43(2): 215-231.
• Belkin, L.Y.* & Kong, D. T.* (2018). “Implications of advice rejection in repeated exchanges: Advisor responses and advisee gratitude expression as a buffer”, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78: 181-194. 
  * equal authorship
• Belkin, L.Y. & Kouchaki, M. (2017) “Too hot to help! Exploring the impact of ambient temperature on helping”, European Journal of Social Psychology, 47 (5): 525-538*.
  * Received wide media coverage worldwide.
• Belkin, L., Y. & Rothman, N. (2017) “Do I trust you? Depends on what you feel: Interpersonal effects of emotions on initial trust at zero-acquaintance” Negotiations and Conflict Management Research, 10 (1), 3-27.
• Belkin, L.Y. & Kurtzberg, T. (2013). “Affective displays in e-mail communication: The evidence from the lab and the field”. In N. M. Ashkanasy, W. J. Zerbe, & C. E. J. Härtel (Eds.), Research on Emotions in Organizations (Vol. 9: pp. 279-308). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
• Friedman, R. & Belkin, L.Y. (2013). “The costs and benefits of electronic negotiations”. In M. Olekalns & W. Adair (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Negotiation (pp. 357-384). Edward Edgar Publishing, UK.
• Belkin, L.Y., Kurtzberg, T.R., & Naquin, C.E. (2013). “Signaling dominance in online negotiations: The role of affective tone”, Negotiations and Conflict Management Research, 6 (4): 285-304*.
  * The version of this paper is reprinted in the Dispute Resolution magazine.
• Chen, C.C., Belkin, L.Y., McNamee, R. & Kurtzberg, T.R. (2013). “Charisma attribution during organizational change: The importance of followers’ emotions and concern for well-being”, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43: 1136-1158.
• Hoover, D. J., Giambatista, R. C. & Belkin, L.Y. (2012). “Eyes on, hands on: Vicarious experiential learning as an enhancement of direct experience”, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 11 (4): 591-608.
• Chen, C.C., Saparito, P. & Belkin, L.Y. (2011). “Responding to trust breaches: The role of affect in trust, trust erosion, and trust reparability”, Journal of Trust Research, 1(1): 85-106.
• Naquin, C.E., Kurtzberg, T.R. & Belkin, L.Y. (2010). “The finer points of lying online: E-mail versus pen-and-paper”, Journal of Applied Psychology, 95 (2): 387-394.*
  * Featured in over 100 media outlets worldwide.
• Belkin, L.Y. (2009). “Emotional contagion in the electronic communication context: Conceptualizing the dynamics and implications of electronic emotional encounters in organizations”, Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications & Conflict, 13(2): 105-122.
• Kurtzberg, T. R., Naquin, C. E. & Belkin, L. Y. (2009). “Overcoming the e-mail disadvantage: Humor in online negotiations”, International Journal of Conflict Management, 20 (40): 377-397.
• Naquin C.E., Kurtzberg, T.R. & Belkin, L.Y. (2008). “Online communication and group cooperation in mixed motive contexts”, Social Justice Research, 21: 470-489.
• Newburry, W., Belkin, L.Y. & Ansari, P. (2008). “Perceived career opportunities from globalization: Globalization capabilities and attitudes towards women in Iran and the U.S.”, Journal of International Business Studies, 39: 814-832.
• Chen, C.C., Belkin, L.Y. & Kurtzberg, T.R. (2006). “A follower-centric contingency model of charisma attribution: The importance of follower emotion”, in Shamir, B., Pillai, R., Bligh, M., & Uhl-Bien, M. (Eds.) Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership: A Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl (pp. 115-134), Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
• Kurtzberg, T.R., Belkin, L.Y. & Naquin, C. E. (2006). “The effect of e-mail on attitudes towards performance feedback”, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 14: 4-21.
• Newburry, W., Gardberg, N. & Belkin, L. Y. (2006). “Organizational attractiveness is in the eye of the beholder: The interaction of movement capital with foreignness”, Journal of International Business Studies, 37: 668-686.
• Kurtzberg, T.R., Naquin C.E. & Belkin L.Y. (2005). “Electronic performance appraisals: The effects of e-mail communication on peer ratings in actual and simulated environments”, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 98: 216-226.

Awards and Honors

• 2020 Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors
• 2020 FLEX MBA Excellence in Teaching Award: MBA Elective Course
• 2019 FLEX MBA Excellence in Teaching Award: MBA Elective Course
• 2019 College of Business and Economics Robert & Christine Staub Faculty Excellence Award recipient

Reprints, Online Articles, Blog Posts And Podcasts

• Liuba Belkin on Improving Employer and Government Responses to Crises, ilLUminate Podcast, Lehigh University's College of Business, March 29, 2022
• Supervisor Compassion and Employee Gratitude During Pandemic, ilLUminate Podcast, Lehigh University’s College of Business, August 25th, 2021
• Harvard Kennedy School - Women and Public Policy Program's Gender Action Portal (GAP:­ gap.hks.harvard.edu), November, 23rd, 2020
• How to Manage Employees During COVID-19, ilLUminate Podcast, Lehigh University’s College of Business, November 4th, 2020
• Liuba Belkin to Managers: Be Kind, Lehigh Business Magazine, Lehigh University’s College of Business, October 27th, 2020     
• How to be Better at Working from Home: Tips for Team Leaders and Team Members, ilLUminate Podcast, Lehigh University’s College of Business, March 18th, 2020
• Answering Emails After Work Can Stress Relationships and Harm Health, ilLUminate Blog Post, Lehigh University’s College of Business, September 7th, 2018
• Some Like It Hot, but Not When It Comes to Helping, ilLUminate Blog Post, Lehigh University’s College of Business, September 12th, 2017
• Exhausted By Email, Lehigh Research Review, Lehigh University, April 5th, 2017
• Should Workers Have the 'Right To Disconnect'?, ilLUminate Blog Post, Lehigh University’s College of Business, February 15th, 2017