Sigal G. Barsade | |
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Born | 28 August 1965 Haifa, Israel |
Died | 6 February 2022 Philadelphia, U.S. | (aged 56)
Known for | Research on workplace emotion |
Academic background | |
Education | Ph.D. Organizational Behavior and Human Relations (1994) B.A. Psychology (1986) |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business University of California, Los Angeles |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Business |
Sub-discipline | Micro-organizational behavior |
Institutions | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
Main interests | Emotional intelligence, emotions in organizations |
Sigal G. Barsade (28 August 1965 – 6 February 2022) was an Israeli-American business theorist and researcher, and was the Joseph Frank Bernstein Professor of Management at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[1] In addition to research, she worked as a speaker and consultant to large corporations across a variety of industries, such as Coca-Cola, Deloitte, Google, IBM, KPMG and Merrill Lynch, healthcare organizations such as GlaxoSmithKline and Penn Medicine, and public and nonprofit corporations such as the World Economic Forum and the United Nations.[1] At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Barsade co-chaired a task force of scholars aiming to utilize behavioral science to increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake.[2][3]