Eileen Chou is a lecturer in the Department of Management and Organizations. Her teaching and research focuses on conflicts and cooperation at the intra-personal (such as emotional experiences and self-control), interpersonal (such as trust and signaling), and intergroup (such as functional hierarchy) levels. She is especially interested in how formal control systems, such as contracts, drive and regulate mental, social, and organizational life.

Eileen’s work has appeared in academic journals such as Organizational Psychological Review, American Economics Journal, Experimental Economics, and Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Her dissertation, which explores the signaling value of contracts, has been listed on SSRN’s (Social Science Research Network) Top Ten download list for MRN Negotiations, Bargain Theory, and CSN Business. Her research was awarded to be featured in “the Best Paper Proceedings” by the OB division at the Academy of Management 2010 conference.

Eileen’ papers have been presented at the Academy of Management, Judgment and Decision Making, International Association for Conflict Management, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, International Conference on Social Dilemmas, and Behavioral Decision Research in Management conferences. She is a regular reviewer for the Conflict Management and Organizational Behavior Divisions of the Academy of Management. She is a member of the Academy of Management, International Association for Conflict Management, American Psychological Association, and Society for Personality and Social Psychology.