Oliver Sheldon

Oliver Sheldon is an Assistant Professor in the Management and Global Business Department at Rutgers Business School. Broadly speaking, his research focuses on factors that shape interpersonal processes within teams and organizations, as well as on downstream implications that such processes have for employee and team behavior.  More specifically, his work seeks to better understand antecedents and consequences of interpersonal rivalry and conflict within small group settings, with the aim of shedding light on how organizations might improve coordination and collaboration among employees and colleagues.  To date, his research has been published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Prior to joining Rutgers, Oliver was a post-doctoral fellow and adjunct assistant professor at The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.