Nitya’s work often explores issues tied to diversity and inclusion within organizations as well as the importance of employee well-being. Recognizing that employees’ abilities to thrive in their careers long-term is intricately tied to their early work experiences, Nitya's research also examines the factors that prompt successful job searches.

Nitya’s dissertation work—which focused on women’s experiences of sexism while searching for a job—was awarded the 2019 Society for Human Resource Management Foundation’s Dissertation Grant, the 2020 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Hebl Grant for Reducing Gender Inequities in the Workplace Award, and the 2021 SIOP S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Award. And, more recently, her research on understanding the experiences of Black police officers was awarded the 2023 Responsible Research in Management Award.

Outside of her empirical work, Nitya has also written for both practitioner- and scholarly-oriented outlets about how organizations can better support women and working mothers as well as how employees can be allies toward others whose communities have been targeted by violence.

Representative Peer-Reviewed Publications (2018-present)
† indicates current or past Ph.D. student; * indicates equal contribution

Gabriel, A. S., Chawla, N., Rosen, C. C., Wong, E. M., Koopman, J., & Lee, Y. E. (in press). Who speaks up when harassment is in the air? A within-person investigation of ambient harassment and voice behavior at work. Journal of Applied Psychology.

Polin, B., Doyle, S. P., Kim, S., Lewicki, R. J., & Chawla, N. (in press). Sorry to ask but… How is apology effectiveness dependent on apology content and gender? Journal of Applied Psychology.

Larson, J., Perkins, B., Chawla, N., & Ellis, A. P. J. (in press). Nurse compassion and transformational leadership. Health Care Management Review.

Chawla, N., & Gabriel, A. S. (in press). From crude jokes to diminutive terms: Experiences of hostile and benevolent sexism during job search. Personnel Psychology.

Chawla, N., Rogers, K. M., & Schinoff, B. (2023). Making the invisible visible: Re-envisioning a culture of support for mothers in academia. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 16, 267-272.

Prengler, M. K.†, Chawla, N., Leigh, A., & Rogers, K. M. (2023). Challenging racism as a Black police officer: An emergent theory of employee anti-racism. Journal of Applied Psychology, 108, 249-272. 

            Winner of the Responsible Research in Management Award, Academy of Management (2023)

Gabriel, A. S., Arena Jr., D. F., Calderwood, C., Campbell, J. T., Chawla, N., Corwin, E. S., Ezerins, M. E., Jones, K. P., Klotz, A. C., Larson, J. D., Leigh, A., MacGowan, R. L., Moran, C. M., Nag, D., Rogers, K. M., Rosen, C. C., Sawyer, K. B., Shockley, K. M., Simon, L. S., & Zipay, K. P. (2023). Building thriving workforces from the top down: A call and research agenda for human resource management to proactively support employee well-being. Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management, 40, 205-272.

Note: Authors Arena Jr. through Zipay contributed equally and are listed in alphabetical order.

Gabriel, A. S.*, Butts, M. M.*, Chawla, N.*, da Motta Veiga, S. P.*, Turban, D. B., & Green, J. D. (2022). Feeling positive, negative, or both? Examining the self-regulatory benefits of emotional ambivalence. Organization Science, 33, 2477-2495.

MacGowan, R. L., Gabriel, A. S., da Motta Veiga, S. P., & Chawla, N. (2022). Does psychological detachment benefit job seekers? A two study weekly investigation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 2319-2333.

Gloor, J. L., Cooper, C. D., Bowes-Sperry, L., & Chawla, N. (2022). Risqué business? Interpersonal anxiety and humor in the #MeToo era. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 932-950.

Chawla, N., Gabriel, A. S., Rosen, C. C., Evans, J. B., Koopman, J., Hochwarter, W. A., Palmer, J. C., & Jordan, S. L. (2021). A person-centered view of impression management, inauthenticity, and employee behavior. Personnel Psychology, 74, 657-691.

Spoelma, T. M., Chawla, N., & Ellis, A. P. J. (2021). If you can’t join ‘em, report ‘em: A model of ostracism and whistleblowing in teams. Journal of Business Ethics, 173, 345-363.

Shockley, K. M., Gabriel, A. S., Robertson, D., Rosen, C. C., Chawla, N., Ganster, M. L., & Ezerins, M. E. (2021). The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings: A within-person field experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 1137-1155.

Lanaj, K., Gabriel, A. S., & Chawla, N. (2021). The self-sacrificial nature of leader identity: Understanding the costs and benefits at work and home. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 345-363.

Yoon, S.†, McClean, S. T., Chawla, N., Kim, J. K., Koopman, J., Rosen, C. C., Trougakos, J. P., & McCarthy, J. M. (2021). Working through an ‘infodemic’: The impact of COVID-19 news consumption on employee uncertainty and work behaviors. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 501-517.

Chawla, N., Gabriel, A. S., O’Leary-Kelly, A., & Rosen, C. C. (2020). From #MeToo to #TimesUp: Identifying next steps in sexual harassment research in the organizational sciences. Journal of Management, 47, 551-566.

Trougakos, J. P.*, Chawla, N.*, & McCarthy, J. M.* (2020). Working in a pandemic: Exploring the impact of COVID-19 health anxiety on work, family, and health outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105, 1234-1245.

Chawla, N., MacGowan, R. L., Gabriel, A. S., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2020). Unplugging or staying connected? Examining the nature, antecedents, and consequences of profiles of daily recovery experiences. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105, 19-39.

Chawla, N., Gabriel, A. S., da Motta Veiga, S. P., & Slaughter, J. E. (2019). Does feedback matter for job search self-regulation? It depends on feedback quality. Personnel Psychology, 72, 513-541.

Chawla, N., Wong, E. M., & Gabriel, A. S. (2019). Expanding the discourse surrounding sexual harassment: The case for considering experienced and observed hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, and gendered incivility. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 12, 79-83.

Podsakoff, N. P., Spoelma, T. M., Chawla, N., & Gabriel, A. S. (2019). What predicts within-person variance in applied psychology constructs? An empirical examination. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104, 727-754.

Additional Publications

Chawla, N. (2023, September 21). Principles of “industrial efficiency” from an academic mother. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist.

Prengler, M. K., Chawla, N., Leigh, A., & Rogers, K. M. (2023, September 8). How Black police officers combat systemic racism at work. Harvard Business Review.

Prengler, M. K., Rogers, K. M., Chawla, N., Leigh, A. (2023, February 10). How to be an ally to colleagues after violence against their community. Harvard Business Review.

Chawla, N. (2022, December 27). (Baby) Bumps on the tenure track. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist.

Chawla, N. (2022, November 28). Taking a relational approach to the job search. WorkTies.

Maupin, C. L., & Chawla, N. (2022, September 22). On navigating the Dobbs ruling as a female academic. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist.

Thomason, B., Chawla, N., Gabriel, A. S., Greenberg, D., Lampert, C. M., Moergen, K., Sumpter, D., & Umphress, E. (2022). How organizations can take a lead in protecting reproductive rights. MIT Sloan Management Review.

Rogers, K. M., Schinoff, B. S., & Chawla, N. (2022). Four ways to help your coworkers feel respected. Greater Good Magazine.

Yoon, S., McClean, S. T., Chawla, N., Kim, J. K., Koopman, J., Rosen, C. C., Trougakos, J. P., & McCarthy, J. M. (2021). Too much information about COVID-19 may be hurting more than helping us. LSE Business Review.