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Harshad Puranik

Associate Professor

Department of Managerial Studies

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UH 2215

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601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607

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hpuranik@uic.edu

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About

Harshad Puranik is an Associate Professor in the department of Managerial Studies. Before joining UIC in 2019, Harshad completed his Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management) from University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on three broad areas: (a) work interruptions and how employees experience time in the workplace, (b) workplace emotions and their consequences, and (c) workplace social interactions, identity, and employees' work relationships. Harshad's research has appeared in top academic journals in management, such as Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management and Journal of Organizational Behavior. His research has also been featured in prominent media and online outlets, such as The Economist, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, World Economic Forum, Sydney Morning Herald, Cincinnati Public Radio, London School of Economics Review, Global News Radio Toronto, etc. Harshad currently serves on the editorial board of four top-tier management journals, including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP). In terms of teaching responsibilities, Harshad teaches the Organizational Theory course at the undergraduate level and the Advanced Research Methods seminar at the doctoral level.

Selected Publications

( + denotes equal authorship; * denotes current or former doctoral student)

• Xu, H.*, Puranik, H., Wayne, S. J., Pan, J. (forthcoming) Turning the envious boss into a friend or a foe: The emotional and behavioral reactions to being envied by one’s supervisor and its impact on leader-member exchange. Journal of Applied Psychology. DOI: 0.1037/apl0001366

• Keeler, K.+, Puranik, H.+, Wang, Y.*, & Yin, J.* (2025) In sync or out of tune? The effects of workplace music misfit on employees. Journal of Applied Psychology, 110, 1157–1173. DOI: 10.1037/apl0001278

• Holtz, B. C., Harold, C. M., Puranik, H., & Gardner, K. (2025) Don’t waste my time! The development and validation of the wasted time perceptions scale. Journal of Management, 51, 3017–3060. DOI: 10.1177/01492063241258726

• Puranik, H.+, Vough, H. C.+, & Pathki, C. S.* (2021) Oops, I did it (again)! The emotional experience, interpersonal responses, and relational consequences of social gaffes in the workplace. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 42, 1261–1281. (Special Issue on “Affect in Interpersonal Work Relationships”). DOI: 10.1002/job.2546

•Puranik, H., Koopman, J., & Vough, H. C. (2021) Excuse me, do you have a minute? An exploration of the dark- and bright-side effects of daily work interruptions for employee well-being. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 1867–1884. DOI: 10.1037/apl0000875

•Puranik, H., Koopman, J., & Vough H. C. (2020) Pardon the interruption: An integrative review and future research agenda for research on work interruptions. Journal of Management, 6, 806–842. (Review Issue). DOI: 10.1177/0149206319887428

•Koopman, J., Rosen, C. C., Gabriel, A. S., Puranik, H., Johnson, R. E., & Ferris, D. L. (2020) Why and for whom does the pressure to help hurt others? Emotional and cognitive mechanisms linking helping pressure to workplace deviance. Personnel Psychology, 73, 333–362. DOI: 10.1111/peps.12354

•Puranik, H., Koopman, J., Vough, H. C., & Gamache, D. L. (2019) They want what I’ve got (I think): The causes and consequences of attributing coworker behavior to envy. Academy of Management Review, 44, 424–449. DOI: 10.5465/amr.2016.0191

•Caza, B. B. +, Vough, H. C.+, & Puranik, H. (2018) Identity work in organizations and occupations: Definitions, theories, and pathways forward. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39, 889–910. DOI: 10.1002/job.2318

 

Notable Honors

2018–2019, Graduate School Dean's Research Fellowship, University of Cincinnati

2017–2018, Outstanding Doctoral Student Research Award, Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati

2017–2018, Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Students, Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati

Education

PhD in Business Administration and Management, University of Cincinnati (2019)
Master of Management Studies (Human Resources), Mumbai University, India (2012)
Bachelor of Engineering, Pune University, India (2008)

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Management
  • Southern Management Association

Selected Presentations

  • Wang, X., Puranik, H., & Ahn, R (2025) Too much, too little, or just Right? Exploring the impact of (in)congruence between leader-expressed and follower-expected gratitude on followers. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen.
  • Wang, H., Wu, Y., Puranik, H., & Vough, H.C. (2025) The implications of social gaffes at work for employees. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen.
  • Keeler, K., Puranik, H., *Yin, J., & *Wang, Y. (2024) Effects of daily workplace background music need-supply (mis)fit on employees. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago. DOI: 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.10717symposium
  • Holtz, B., Harold, C., Puranik, H., & Gardner, K. (2024) Don’t waste my time! The development and validation of the wasted time perceptions scale. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago. DOI: 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.13541abstract
  • *Zhang, J. & Puranik, H. (2023) A resource-based view of the bright- & dark-side effects of work breaks. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston. DOI: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.10855symposium
  • *Xu, H., Wayne, S. J., & Puranik, H. (2023) Downward envy and employee reactions. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston. DOI: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.11111symposium
  • Sedari Mudiyanselage, A. S., *Xu, H., & Puranik, H. (2023) Am I next? Vicarious identity threat through observed workplace interactions. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston. DOI: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.10665symposium
  • Puranik, H., Keeler, K., *Xu, H., & *Tao, S. (2022) The bright- and dark-side effects of the daily perception of being envied by coworkers. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2022.13604symposium
  • Keeler, K. & Puranik, H. (2021) "Consequences of a (mis)fit between employee music preferences and daily workplace music." Eighty First Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. (Symposium on Contextual Factors in Employee Interactions).
  • Puranik, H., Keeler, K., & Xu, H. (2021) "Being envied is not enviable! A study of the daily experience of being envied in the workplace." Eighty First Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.
  • Puranik, H., Vough, H. C., & Pathki, C. S. (2020) "Oops I did it (again)! Social gaffes in the workplace and their emotional, behavioral, and relational outcomes." Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association.
  • Puranik, H. & Koopman, J. (2020) "Pardon the Interruption: A study of the dark- and bright-side effects of daily work intrusions." Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.
  • Christensen-Salem, A. L., Perrmann-Graham, J., Kinicki, A. J., Puranik, H. (2019) "Positivity in the executive suite: CEO performance management behaviors and flourishing climate." Accepted for presentation at Seventy Eighth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston.
  • Puranik H., & Vough, H. C. (2018) "Social Gaffes: Awkward interpersonal encounters at work and their interpersonal repercussions." Seventy Eighth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.
  • Christensen-Salem, A. L., Puranik, H., Kinicki, A. J., Perrmann-Graham, J. (2018) "CEO performance management and TMT climate: Pathway to TMT and firm outcomes." Seventy Eighth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.
  • Koopman, J., Johnson, R. E., Gabriel, A. S., & Puranik, H. (2018) "When employees break bad: Examining the dark side of citizenship behaviors at work." Seventy Eighth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.
  • Puranik, H., Vough, H. C., & Koopman, J. (2016) "They want what I’ve got: The role of self-esteem and attribution in determining responses to being envied." Seventy Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Los Angeles.
  • Puranik, H., Koopman, J., Vough, H. C., & Gamache, D. L. (2016) "On facing coworker envy: Importance of self-esteem and attribution in shaping responses to coworker envy." Southern Management Association, Charlotte.
  • Vough, H. C., Hollensbe, E. C., & Puranik, H. (2015) "Navigating necessary evils: Identity and image influences on manager decision making, guilt and outcomes." Seventy fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver. (Showcase Symposium on Emotion and Identity)