Estelle E. Archibold, PhD

As a macro organizational behavior researcher, I study organizational conflict, multi-stakeholder dynamics, and organizational ethics in both U.S. national and international contexts. For example, I investigate the impact of conflict on generative multi-stakeholder processes, the ethical voice of change agents in institutional fields, and social innovation that emerges within multistakeholder collaborations. 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 leadership 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.