Herrison Chicas

• Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan–Flagler Business School)
• B.A. in Psychology and Sociology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

I teach Organizational Behavior with a student-centered, experiential approach designed to help students make evidence-based sense of workplace dynamics and apply that understanding in practice. My teaching emphasizes three principles: (1) using varied instructional formats to reach diverse learners, (2) cultivating psychological safety and empathy to support authentic participation, and (3) fostering curiosity through cases, simulations, and applied projects.

My research uses an interdisciplinary, mixed-method approach to understand how identity and life experiences shape behavior at work. I study three overlapping streams: (1) diversity and immigration—how migration and family narratives influence the work experiences of immigrants and their descendants; (2) intergenerational transmission—how parent–child dynamics and early-life episodes shape adult career trajectories; and (3) narrative identity and meaning—how employees construct meaning through the stories they tell about work and life.