Social influence

Our Experimental Psychology and Organizations (ExPO) Lab brings together Cornell faculty and students to study people in organizations.

Its mission is to advance knowledge about fundamental psychological processes relevant to human attitudes, cognitions and behavior in organizations.

ExPO Lab members study a variety of topics related to people in organizations using the methodological tools and theoretical approaches of social psychology, behavioral science, and organizational behavior.

Over the past few years, the ExPO lab has been the home for several Future of Work Fellows.

Research from ExPO-Lab Future of Work Fellows

Negotiation and Gender Bias Among Townsend’s Research Interests

Charlotte “Charlie” Townsend, a post-doctoral associate in ILR’s Department of Organizational Behavior, joined the school in August as a Future of Work fellow. She studies gender, stereotypes, negotiations, work-family conflict, gender roles, diversity and hierarchy.
Charlie Townsend, Cornell ILR Future of Work fellow.
Negotiation and Gender Bias Among Townsend’s Research Interests

Reframing the Gender Gap Elicits Action by Women, Researchers Say

Flipping the way the gender gap in political leadership is described in news coverage – from women are underrepresented to men are overrepresented – can help narrow the gulf, according to researchers led by Usman Liaquat, an ILR School postdoctoral associate.
A woman shouting up to a man with a bullhorn.
Reframing the Gender Gap Elicits Action by Women, Researchers Say

Behavioral Researcher Joins ExPO Lab

Usman Liaquat has joined ILR's Experimental Psychology and Organizations (ExPO) Lab as a Future of Work fellow.
Usman Liaquat
Behavioral Researcher Joins ExPO Lab

Future of Work Fellow Studies Self-Expression

Marie-Catherine Mignault is part of ILR’s Experimental Psychology and Organizations Lab. ExPo Lab.
Portrait of Marie-Catherine “MC” Mignault
Future of Work Fellow Studies Self-Expression

Dual Tracks to the Top: Men Often Linked With Power, Women with Status

Cornell Chronicle
Men are associated with control over people and resources, and women are aligned with respect and admiration, according to new Cornell research by Charlotte Townsend.
A collage of successful men and women
Dual Tracks to the Top: Men Often Linked With Power, Women with Status