USC Marshall School of Business

Alexandra Michel's research examines how organizations influence employees' psychological processes and thereby organizational performance. She is the author of the book Bullish on Uncertainty: How Organizational Cultures Transform Participants (Cambridge University Press), together with Stanton Wortham, and has published in Administrative Science Quarterly and Theory & Psychology. She is on the editorial board of Organization Science. Prior to joining USC, Professor Michel worked as an investment banker on Wall Street, in Goldman Sachs's mergers and acquisitions department and with the firm's Chief of Staff to implement a new approach to executive development.