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Laurie Weingart, Ph.D
Laurie R. Weingart is an associate professor of organizational behavior at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (GSIA) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She holds a BS from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in Industrial Psychology, and a MS and Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. At GSIA, Laurie teaches MBA courses on negotiation and organizational behavior. She also teaches conflict management to students enrolled in an interdisciplinary course on integrated product development with colleagues from mechanical engineering and industrial design at Carnegie Mellon.

Her research interests include the examination of communication and dynamic processes in groups. Specifically, her research focuses on conflict management in work groups and the tactical behavior and cognitive processes of negotiators in both dyads and groups. She is also known for her research on group processes more generally. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Cognitive Science, International Journal of Conflict Management, and Research in Organizational Behavior, among others. Her research has been funded by both the NSF and industry grants. She has won awards for both her research and teaching. Her current research examines conflict and negotiation in cross-functional product development teams. In addition, she continues work examining social motives in negotiating groups.

weingart@cmu.edu

   
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