Adrienne Colella

Professor, A.B. Freeman Chair - Business

A. B. Freeman School of Business
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty
Region
  • General Latin America
Adrienne Colella

Additional Info

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: 

Human Resource Management Seminar: Latin American Ph.D. Program; Special Topics in Organizational Behavior Seminar

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years:

8

Research

International Human Resource Management; Organizational Behavior; Disabled Workers

Degrees

  • B.A., Miami University, Psychology, 1983
  • M.A., Ohio State University, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 1987
  • Ph.D., Ohio State University, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 1989

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Professor, Tulane University, 2005-
  • Associate Professor, Mays Business School, 1997-2005
  • Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, 1989-1997
  • Teaching Assistant, Ohio State University, 1985-1988

Distinctions

  • TREFII Grant, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, 2008
  • Keynote Speaker, Chilean Conference on Global Diversity, 2007
  • Keynote Speaker, International Workshop on Human Resource Management, Spain, 2005
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Mays Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University, 2001-2009

Languages

  • French
  • Spanish

Related Experience

  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Management, 2008-
  • Executive Committee Chair, Center for Public Service, Tulane University, 2007-2008
  • Program Chair, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, 2002
  • Acting Director, Center for Women at WorkSchool of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, 1996-1997
  • Reviewer, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1992-

Selected Publications

  • 2010. “Managing diversity: How organizational efforts to support diversity enhance affective commitment for employees who perceive discrimination at work.” With M.D.C. Triana and M.F. Garcia. Personnel Psychology.
  • 2009. “Perception of people with disabilities: When is accommodation fair?” With Paetzold R.L., et al. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 30 (1): 27-35.
  • 2008. “Fit perception: The role of similarity, liking, and expectations.” With Garcia, M.F., and Posthuma, R. Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology. 81: 173-189.
  • 2008. “A meta-analysis of experimental studies on the effects of disability on human resource judgments.” With Ren L., and Paetzold R. Human Resource Management Review. 18 (3): 191-203.
  • 2007. “Exposing Pay Secrecy.” With Zardkoohi A., et al. Academy of Management Review. 32 (1): 55-71.