Jessica R. Methot, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University and a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Management at University of Exeter Business School, UK. Dr. Methot conducts research on organizational network dynamics, such as how formal HR practices transform informal social networks, how team processes promote trust and team effectiveness, and the functional and dysfunctional consequences of workplace relationships.
Her research has been published in leading academic journals including the Academy of Management Review, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, and Human Resource Management Review and has been featured in popular media outlets such as Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Bloomberg. Dr. Methot is an active member of the Academy of Management, where she serves on the executive committee of the Organizational Behavior Division; she sits on the Editorial Review Boards of the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology; and she is the faculty coordinator of the SMLR HR Advisory Board and a board member for the Rutgers Center for Women and Work (CWW). She is co-founder of the website HighQConnections.com, a cultivated repository for academic research and news on work relationships. She frequently presents to and consults for audiences at a variety of corporations and professional organizations on topics ranging from managing personal and organizational networks to the digital HRM transformation.