Estelle E. Archibold, PhD

As an organizational behavior researcher, I study intragroup conflict, multi-stakeholder dynamics, and organizational ethics from multi-level perspectives. For example, I investigate the impact of conflict on generative multi-stakeholder processes, the ethical voice of change agents, and social innovation that emerges within multistakeholder collaboration. I developed a theory of generative conflict based on a multi-year multi-method ethnography. In this ongoing research, I study the work of equity leaders who work across organizational boundaries to create equitable outcomes for marginalized stakeholders. In my research, I employ multiple methods of data generation (including ethnographic fieldwork, digital methods, and experiments), as well as data analysis (including grounded theory, thematic analysis, gestural analysis, and experimental analysis). This generative work lays the foundation for several empirical studies and manuscripts in the United States and other international settings.

My research draws on insights from years of academic study and practice regarding conflict transformation, reconciliation, and ethics in the United States and abroad. To expand the impact of my research, I collaborate with scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to explore the impact of cross-cultural transformative leadership, restorative justice, and social movements on public policy discourse and decision-making. I also use my research to work cross-culturally with communities and institutions in the United States and in Africa that seek to transform conflict following organizational, social, and political conflicts and crises.