Aparna Joshi

Aparna Joshi

(734) 647-4752
Room R4394
Professor of Management and Organizations
Education
PhD Rutgers University 2002
Academic Areas
Management and Organizations
Research
Biography

Aparna Joshi is an award-winning organizational scholar who studies the science of how human beings recognize, respond to, and then relate to one another across differences. Her research highlights how leaders can transcend differences to forge positive change in and around organizations. Over the past twenty years, Aparna’s research has focused on how social differences translate into inequality with a specific focus on gender differences across a range of professional settings such as among scientists, lawyers, engineers and chief executives. Her research aims at building actionable theoretical models that can inform practices aimed at reducing barriers and enhancing inclusion in these settings. Prior to joining Michigan Ross she was on the faculty of the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University and at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. 

Aparna's research appears in the leading journals in the field of management including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Organization Science. Her work in the area of gender dynamics in engineering work groups also recieved a National Science Foundation grant. In 2025 she recieved the  Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) Impact Award. This honor is given annually by peers in the field to research published over the past two decades that exemplifies the rare balance of theoretical depth and practical impact, shaping the way organizations and society think about leadership.

In addition, in 2014 Aparna was awarded the prestigious Cummings Award for Early to Mid-Career Scholarly Achievement, one of the highest professional honors in the field, by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management and she was appointed a Fellow of the Academy of Management in 2019. She has also been featured on Stanford’s list of the top 2% of research scientists in the world. Her work has also received the Saroj Parasuraman Award in 2010, the Dorothy Harlow Distinguished Paper Award in 2006 and 2008, as well as the Academy of Management’s Best Dissertation Award (Gender and Diversity in Organizations division) and has also been featured in numerous media outlets.

Aparna has served on the editorial boards of top journals and as an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Journal as well as the Administrative Science Quarterly.

Over the past two decades Aparna has also enjoyed working with a number of doctoral students who are today faculty at top business schools all over the world.

Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z8DumowAAAAJ&hl=en

Personal website: https://www.aparnajoshi.net/

Latest Faculty News & Research
An Integrative Conceptual Review of Gender Bias in Leader Evaluations: An Observer-oriented Motive-driven Process Model
Published Date
01/2026
Authors
1. Oh, S., Joshi, A., & Polineni, S
Source
Journal of Applied Psychology
A Stakeholder Perspective on Diversity Within Organizations.
Published Date
02/2025
Authors
Dwivedi, P., Basuthakur, Y., Polineni, S.*, Paruchuri, S., & Joshi, A.
Source
Journal of Management
Volume
51
Issue
1
Pages
383-426
The “Social Dance”: Sociality Strategies and Tradeoffs for Autistic Workers
Published Date
11/2025
Authors
2. Johnson James, T. D., Joshi, A., Speach, M. E., & Kreiner, G. E
Source
Academy of Management Discoveries
A New Perspective on Gender Bias in the Upper Echelons: Why Stakeholder Variability Matters, 49(2), 322-343.
Published Date
03/2024
Authors
Joshi, A. Oh S.*, DesJardine, M
Source
Academy of Management Review
Volume
49
Issue
2
Pages
322-343
Male privilege awareness and relational well-being at work: An allyship pathway
Published Date
05/2024
Authors
Yoon, M.Y. Joshi. A., Dang., C. 2023
Source
Psychology of Men & Masculinities
Volume
24
Issue
2
Pages
149-161
“Hireability” prospects for known bystander reporters of sexual harassment: Moral character, agreeableness, and gender effects.
Published Date
06/2024
Authors
Chen, A., Treviño, L. K., Joshi, A., & Caligiuri, M. D.
Source
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Volume
45
Issue
7
Pages
1047-1069
On The Politics and Plurality of Ally Work: Liberalism and self, relational, and organizational ally work. 66(5), 1554-1585.
Published Date
10/2023
Authors
Dang, C, & Joshi., A.
Source
Academy of Management Journal
Volume
66
Issue
5
Pages
1047-1069
Organization-as-Platform Activism: Theory and Evidence from the National Football League 'Take a Knee' Movement. ., 68 (2), 395-428.
Published Date
01/2023
Authors
Rheinhardt, A*. Briscoe, F., Joshi. A.
Source
Administrative Science Quarterly
Bridgework: A Model of Brokering Relationships Across Social Boundaries in Organizations, 34 (4), 1458-1468.
Published Date
09/2022
Authors
Johnson, J.*, Joshi., A., & Kreiner, G.
Source
Organization Science
The generativity mindsets of Chief Executive Officers: A new perspective on succession outcomes, 46(2), 385-405.
Published Date
04/2021
Authors
Joshi, A., Hambrick, D., & Kang J
Source
Academy of Management Review
“Burnt by the spotlight”: How leadership endorsements impact the longevity of female leaders. . Vol 106(12), Dec 2021, 1885-1906.
Published Date
12/2021
Authors
Dwivedi, P., Misangyi, V. F., & Joshi, A
Source
Journal of Applied Psychology
On the front lines of disclosure: A conceptual framework of stigma disclosure events, , 10 (3-4), 201-222.
Published Date
04/2020
Authors
Johnson, T., Joshi, A., & Hogan, T.
Source
Organizational Psychology Review
Gender-inclusive gate-keeping: How (mostly) male predecessors can influence the success of female CEOs. 61(2), 379-404.
Published Date
04/2018
Authors
Dwivedi*, P., Joshi, A. & Misangyi V.F.
Source
Academy of Management Journal
Bringing the boss’s politics in: Supervisor political ideology and the gender gap in earnings. 60 (4), 1415-1441.
Published Date
08/2017
Authors
Briscoe, F., & Joshi, A
Source
Academy of Management Journal
Dark clouds or silver linings? A stigma threat perspective on the implications of an autism diagnosis for workplace well-being. 101(3):430-449.
Published Date
03/2016
Authors
Johnson*, J., & Joshi, A
Source
Journal of Applied Psychology
When can women close the gap? A meta-analytic test of sex differences in performance and rewards. 58(5):1516-1545.
Published Date
10/2015
Authors
Joshi, A., Son*, J., & Roh*, H.
Source
Academy of Management Journal
Who defers to whom and why? Dual mechanisms linking demographic differences to dyadic deference and team effectiveness. 58: 59-84.
Published Date
02/2015
Authors
Joshi A., & Knight A.
Source
Academy of Management Journal
By whom and when is women’s expertise recognized? The interactive effects of gender and education in science and engineering teams. 59: 202-239
Published Date
03/2014
Authors
Joshi, A
Source
Administrative Science Quarterly
Leading Across Differences
Dissertation - Candidacy
Dissertation - Precandidacy
Independent Study Project
Leading Across Differences