In Corinne Bendersky's research, she tries to understand how phenomena that are generally studied in isolation and/or as static constructs function differently when they are examined in group and organizational contexts and as dynamically evolving processes. She studies workplace conflict, status and justice as well as the production and dissemination of integrative knowledge about organizations. Her contextualized and dynamic perspectives surface overlooked and sometimes counter-intuitive findings about these fundamental aspects of organizations. 

Corinne Bendersky received her Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management and her B.A. with honors from Oberlin College. She teaches in the UCLA Anderson School's full-time and fully employed MBA programs, and in many of its executive education programs. Dr. Bendersky is an experienced mediator, facilitator of group decisions and developer of interpersonal leadership skills. She has also helped organizations evaluate and develop effective dispute resolution systems.

Teaching Focus
Leadership Foundations (Mgmt. 414a)
Full-time and FEMBA 'Managing and Leading Organizations' (Mgmt. 409)
Leading Teams (Mgmt. 298D)
Executive education seminars on negotiation, leadership and social networks

Best Theoretical Paper: Bendersky, C. and Hays, N. "The fourth dimension: status conflict in groups." International Association for Conflict Management, 2008.

Bendersky, C. and McGinn, K. (2008). "Incompatible Assumptions: Barriers to Producing Multidisciplinary Knowledge." Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Organization and Management Theory Division.

Long, C., Bendersky, C. and Morrill, C. (2007). "Lying in the Bed That You Make: How Subordinates Monitor Supervisor's Efforts to Promote Fairness." Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division.

Best Empirical Paper: Long, C., Bendersky, C. and Morrill, C. "Fair control: Complementarities between managerial controls and employees' fairness evaluations." Academy of Management Conference, Conflict Management Division, 2006.

Long, C. Bendersky, C. and Morrill, C. (2006). "Fair control: Complementarities between types of managerial controls and employees' fairness evaluations." Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, Conflict Management Division

Best Article or Chapter Published in 2003: Bendersky, C. (2003). "Organizational Dispute Resolution Systems: A complementarities model." Academy of Management Review, 28 (4): 643-656. International Association for Conflict Management, 2005.

Best Presented Paper: "Work Team Formation as Social Order Negotiations." University of California, Davis, Qualitative Research Conference. March 2005.

Best Conflict in Context Paper: "Dispute Resolution System Effectiveness: Complementarities and Mediators." Academy of Management, Conflict Management Division, 2003.

Outstanding Dissertation completed in 2001-2002. International Association for Conflict Management, 2003.

Best Dissertation Award, honorable mention. Industrial Relations Research Association, January 2003.

Best Graduate Student Paper: "Embedded Change Interventions: The role of organizational context in changing workplace conflict behavior." Academy of Management, Conflict Management Division, 2001.