AC4 is so excited to announce the 2021 IACM scholarship recipients who presented their research at the IACM conference held virtually in July. These Fellows come from from universities around the world and have a wide range of interests in culture and conflict management strategies, democratic governance, prosocial behaviors, altruism, interpersonal dynamics, and more. Learn about this outstanding group of Fellows here:
Jessica Paek, Duke University
Jessica Paek is pursuing her PhD in Management & Organizations at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. In her research, Jessica studies the motivational underpinnings of prosocial behaviors in organizations. At 2021 IACM, she presented on experimental and field studies that test if leaders who are motivated to maintain social rank by using intimidation and coercion offer a type of help where they give employees the full solution to a problem, whereas leaders who are motivated to gain respect by sharing their expertise and knowledge offer a different type of help where they give employees the tools to solve a problem.
Yufei Zhong, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yufei Zhong is pursuing her PhD in Organizational Behavior at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology. In her research, Yufei studies how power influences individual behaviors and interpersonal dynamics. At IACM 2021, she presented her research on how low-power people compete at work. With this work, she advanced the idea that low-power people are no less competitive than their high-power counterparts, but they compete in ways that are less visible to others. She enjoyed presenting this work at the conference in front of researchers who share her enthusiasm for power and conflict management. Due to the intimate nature of the conference, she was able to meet and have insightful conversations with her cohort as well as experts in the field.
Dr. Ulrich Bouelangoye, University of Johannesburg
Ulrich Bouelangoye holds a D Litt Phil in Political Studies, MA Politics with Distinction, BA Honours in Politics and BA International Studies from University of Johannesburg. He is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow associated with the Chair of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg. His research interests are democratic governance, conflict management, peace and security. He strives to promote peace across Africa through the African Union, the Peace and Security Council and the Regional Economic Organisations. He strongly believes that there is a need for to empower young Africans with not only hope but also with skills and capacity-building in order to silence the guns and build a stable, peaceful and prosperous continent.
Preeti Vani Srinivasan, Stanford University
Preeti Vani Srinivasan is a PhD student in Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before coming to Stanford, Preeti received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Harvard College (with minors in Economics and Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality) and her master’s in Economics from Yale University (with a focus on international development). Her research focuses on prosocial behavior and altruism, especially as these behaviors intersect with diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace. Specifically, she is interested in how to help people recognize their own forms of privilege, and be better allies to people who are "different" from them across multiple dimensions of identity (ex: gender, race, sexual orientation).