Nir Halevy

Professor, Organizational Behavior

Nir Halevy

The Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor of Organizational Behavior

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Research Statement

My research investigates 1) how individuals and groups make judgments and decisions, 2) the dynamics of social influence — in negotiations, organizational hierarchies, and social networks, and 3) when and why individuals and groups cooperate or compete in social and organizational interactions. 

Research Interests

  • Leadership, Status, & Power
  • Negotiation and Interactive Decision Making
  • Social Influence in Hierarchies and Networks

Academic Degrees

  • PhD Social Psychology and Management, Hebrew University
  • MA Social and Organizational Psychology, Hebrew University
  • BA Psychology and International Relations, Hebrew University

Academic Appointments

  • Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford GSB, 2021–present
  • Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford GSB, 2015–21
  • Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford GSB, 2010–15
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2009–10

Awards and Honors

  • Hank McKinnell-Pfizer Inc. Faculty Fellow for 2021–22
  • Fletcher Jones Faculty Scholar, 2014–15

Publications

Journal Articles

Nir Halevy, Alexander P. Landry
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
January 2024 Vol. 28 Issue 1 Pages 5–7
Adiel Moya, Josephine Chow Ying Tan, Nir Halevy
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
November 2023 Vol. 109
Nir Halevy
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
May 2023 Vol. 46
Preeti Vani, Shilaan Alzahawi, Jennifer E. Dannals, Nir Halevy
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
2023 Vol. 49 Issue 8 Pages 1295–1312
Katherine A. DeCelles, Maryam Kouchaki, Nir Halevy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
September 2022 Vol. 119 Issue 39
Jennifer E. Dannals, Eliran Halali, Shirli Kopelman, Nir Halevy
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
May 2022 Vol. 100
Nir Halevy, Yair Berson
Journal of Conflict Resolution
April 2022 Vol. 66 Issue 6 Pages 1119–1143
Nir Halevy, Yuval Kalish
Social Psychological and Personality Science
March 2022 Vol. 13 Issue 2 Pages 618–625
Robert Böhm, Nir Halevy, Tamar Kugler
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (early access)
January 2022 Vol. 168
Nir Halevy, Ifat Maoz, Preeti Vani, Em Reit
Psychological Science
November 30, 2021
Jennifer E. Dannals, Julian Zlatev, Nir Halevy, Margaret Ann Neale
Journal of Applied Psychology
2021
Nir Halevy, Eliran Halali, Taya R. Cohen
Journal of Personality & Social Psychology
August 2020 Vol. 119 Issue 2 Pages 293–316
Nir Halevy
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
August 2019 Vol. 42
Nir Halevy, Michael L. Slepian, Adam D. Galinsky
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
July 1, 2019 Vol. 45 Issue 7 Pages 1129-1151
Nir Halevy, Tamar A. Kreps, Carsten K.W. De Dreu
Social and Personality Psychology Compass
March 2019 Vol. 13 Issue 3
Nir Halevy, Taya R. Cohen
Negotiation and Conflict Management Research
February 27, 2019 Vol. 12 Issue 2 Pages 161-173
Nir Halevy, Eliran Halali, Julian J. Zlatev
Academy of Management Annals
January 1, 2019 Vol. 13 Issue 1 Pages 215-239
Siyu Yu, Lindred Greer, Nir Halevy, Lisanne Van Bunderen
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (in press)
2019
Nir Halevy, Sora Jun, Eileen Y. Chou
Journal of Business Ethics
September 18, 2018 Pages 1-18
Eliran Halali, Anna Dorfman, Sora Jun, Nir Halevy
Social Psychological and Personality Science
March 2018 Vol. 9 Issue 2 Pages 254-262
Nir Halevy, EY Chou, AD Galinsky, JK Murnighan
Journal of Personality & Social Psychology
September 2017 Vol. 113 Issue 3 Pages 393-412
Evan P. Apfelbaum, Rebecca Grunberg , Nir Halevy, Sonia Kang
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
March 2017 Vol. 69 Pages 86-101
Nir Halevy
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
February 2017 Vol. 112 Issue 2 Pages 224-237
Nathaniel A. Nakashima, Eliran Halali, Nir Halevy
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
January 2017 Vol. 68 Pages 212-223
Eric M. Anicich, Nathanael J. Fast, Nir Halevy, Adam D. Galinsky
Organization Science
January 2016 Vol. 27 Issue 1 Pages 123-140
Nir Halevy, Tamar A. Kreps, Ori Weisel, Amit Goldenberg
Current Opinion in Psychology
December 2015 Vol. 6 Pages 10-14
Nir Halevy, Eliran Halali
(PNAS) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
June 2, 2015 Vol. 112 Issue 22 Pages 6937–6942
Yair Berson, Nir Halevy, Boas Shamir, Miriam Erez
The Leadership Quarterly
April 2015 Vol. 26 Issue 2 Pages 143-155
Nir Halevy, L. Taylor Phillips
Social Psychological and Personality Science
January 2015 Vol. 6 Issue 22 Pages 13-22
Yair Berson, Nir Halevy
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
September 2014 Vol. 20 Issue 3 Pages 232-246
Nir Halevy, Taya R. Cohen, Eileen Y. Chou, James J. Katz, A. T. Panter
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
March 2014 Vol. 106 Issue 3 Pages 398-417
Nir Halevy, Taya Cohen, Eileen Chou, James Katz, A. T. Panter
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
2014 Vol. 40 Issue 1 Pages 92-110
Nir Halevy, James J. Katz
Current Directions in Psychology Science
June 4, 2013 Vol. 22 Issue 3 Pages 2013
Nir Halevy, Eileen Y. Chou, Adam D. Galinsky, Keith J. Murnighan
Social Psychological and Personality Science
July 2012 Vol. 3 Issue 4 Pages 398-406
Nir Halevy, Ori Weisel, Gary Bornstein
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
April 2012 Vol. 25 Issue 2 Pages 188-195
Nir Halevy, Eileen Y. Chou, Adam D. Galinsky
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
March 2012 Vol. 48 Issue 2 Pages 530-537
Nir Halevy, Eileen Y. Chou, Taya R. Cohen, Robert W. Livingston,
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
February 2012 Vol. 102 Issue 2 Pages 351-366
Nir Halevy, Eileen Chou, J. Keith Murnighan
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
January 2012 Vol. 102 Issue 1 Pages 132-148
Nathanael J. Fast, Nir Halevy, Adam D. Galinsky
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
January 2012 Vol. 48 Issue 1 Pages 391-394
Nir Halevy, Yair Berson, Adam D. Galinsky
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
April 5, 2011 Pages 13
Nir Halevy, Eileen Y. Chou, Adam D. Galinsky
Organizational Psychology Review
February 1, 2011 Vol. 1 Issue 1 Pages 32-52
Nir Halevy, Eleen Y. Chou, Taya R. Cohen, Gary Bornstein
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
2010 Vol. 13 Issue 6 Pages 685-700
Nir Halevy
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
December 2008 Vol. 34 Issue 12 Pages 1687-1702
Sonia Roccas, Shalom Schwartz, Nir Halevy, Roy Eidelson
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
August 1, 2008 Vol. 12 Issue 3 Pages 280-306
Nir Halevy, Gary Bornstein, Lilach Sagiv
Psychological Science
April 2008 Vol. 19 Issue 4 Pages 405-411
Nir Halevy, Lilach Sagiv, Sonia Roccas, Gary Bornstein
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
December 2006 Vol. 32 Issue 12 Pages 1674-1689

Book Chapters

Adam D. Galinsky, Eileen Y. Chou, Nir Halevy, Gerben A. Van Kleef
Research on Managing Groups and Teams
2017 Pages 81-113
C.K.W. De Dreu, D. Balliet, Nir Halevy
Advances in Motivation Science: Chapter 1
October 2014 Pages 1-46

Teaching

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Stanford Case Studies

Insights by Stanford Business

December 13, 2022
Members of the Stanford GSB faculty recommend some of their favorite programs.
December 13, 2022
A surprising experiment could change the way you think about conflicts.
September 08, 2022
A new study finds that people’s involvement with Black Lives Matter stems from an impulse that goes beyond identity.
June 17, 2022
A new study suggests that we’re cognitively wired to regard the end of conflict as a distant abstraction.
March 24, 2022
Some of our favorite articles about breakthroughs, biases, and bosses.
November 16, 2021
Opinions about issues like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict often seem set in stone. A new study challenges that idea.
September 01, 2021
A large-scale study of job negotiations finds that women with stronger options were penalized for being too assertive.
April 01, 2021
In this podcast episode, we discuss how forms of “psychological distancing” can be used to build trust and encourage tolerance.
June 16, 2020
From Hollywood to courtrooms to biased hiring practices, Stanford GSB experts analyze the breadth of racial discrimination — and how to grow beyond it.
April 17, 2020
Here’s a curated collection from the archives that offer self-care wisdom and helpful life lessons during a period of worldwide stress.
April 04, 2019
Influencing others’ network ties shapes your status.
April 19, 2018
Stanford GSB professors recommend their favorite books and articles related to the concept.
September 08, 2017
Research explains why and how brevity often beats specificity in employee contracts.
April 17, 2017
Stanford research shows that lacking hope may cost you — and others around you.
December 19, 2016
Read 10 Stanford Business stories from the past year, including pieces on work-life balance, power, and management.
October 12, 2016
Research shows why understanding the source of discrimination matters.
August 30, 2016
Stanford GSB professors suggest articles and books related to the concept of “equity.”
May 19, 2016
Jobs that grant control over resources but lack respect can ignite conflict.
July 21, 2015
The motivation of mediators is not solely altruistic.
March 26, 2015
A scholar says being ambitious doesn’t necessarily mean being aggressive.
May 23, 2014
New research shows that decision-makers focus on what will lead to the best possible outcome.
December 16, 2013
A professor of organizational behavior looks to game theory to better understand how to manage disputes in politics, business, and everywhere else.
March 21, 2012
Research explores why some conflicts make you angry, and others make you energized.
October 11, 2011
Taking care of others may reduce a nice guy's chance of becoming a leader.
October 10, 2011
Unlike major league baseball, salary disparity in the NBA can make a positive difference on the court, says Nir Halevy, coauthor of a new study.