Rachael Goodwin

Assistant Professor of Management

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Rachael Dailey Goodwin is the Edward Pettinella Assistant Professor of Management at Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. She pursued a Ph.D. in management at the University of Utah and a research fellowship with the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard. Goodwin was also a visiting adjunct professor at the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University prior to obtaining a Ph.D. Her research focuses broadly on understanding social and moral consequences of, and solutions to, gender-related conflict at work. Her research has been published in top peer-reviewed journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, with additional work under review at outlets such as Strategic Management Journal and Personnel Psychology. Goodwin’s work utilizes diverse methodologies including survey-based field research, experiments, qualitative interviews and experience sampling. She credits her research and teaching awards to her supportive mentors and family.

Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Utah M.P.A., , Brigham Young University B.S., Sociology, Brigham Young University

Organizational Behavior*, Negotiations*+, Groups and Teams+, Leadership*, Diversity, Women and Leadership, Ethics

Goodwin investigates workplace issues related to expected power, managerial social cognition (i.e., construal), morality and gender. The research also explores attitudes towards perpetrators and victims, whistleblowing and unethical behaviors (e.g., sexual harassment) that create obstacles for women at work.

Papers

Power-shifting following workplace sexual harassment allegations
2020 Journal of Business Ethics, Dodson, S., Diekmann, K.
Ambiguity and moral judgment: Leaders’ ambiguous accounts following allegations of misconduct elicit negative moral judgment and organizational boycotts
Journal of Applied Psychology , Dodson, S., Diekmann, K.
Newman, A., Jones, L., Goodwin, R.D. Stay, Sell, Scale: Identity Work and Strategic Choice after Entrepreneurial Emancipation
Newman, A.
Power, status, construal, and compassion
TBD,
Know Your Place! How Subordinate Informal Influence and Supervisor Gender Interact to Affect Supervisor Downward Envy and Work Behavior
Personnel Psychology, Carnevale, J., Huang, L., Yu, L.
An experience-sampling investigation of attributions and outcomes of workplace discrimination
Organizational Behavior & Human Development Processes , Dodson, S., Cole, K.
The invisible load carried by working parents
Dodson, S.

Publications

Under Pressure to Be Perfect: How Dehumanizing and Rehumanizing Social Cues Lead to Maladaptive and Adaptive Perfectionism in Professional Ballet

2025 Academy of Management Journal, Garrett, L., Block, A.
She sees the trees, he sees the forest: Descriptive gender stereotypes of concreteness and abstractness.

2025 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,129,6,1054-1082, Dodson, S., Wakslak, C., Diekmann, K., Graham, J.
Who handles the tough talk? Supervisor sense of power and confronting difficult issues

2024 Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Anderson, A., Wakslak, C.
Moral Foundations, Himpathy, and Punishment Following Organizational Sexual Misconduct Allegations

2023 Organization Science,34,5,1938-1964, Dodson, S., Graham, J., Diekmann, K.
Gender, Sense of Power, and Desire to Lead: Why Women Don’t “Lean In” to Apply to Leadership Groups That Are Majority-Male

2020 Psychology of Women Quarterly,44,4,468-487, Dodson, S., Chen, J., Diekmann, K.
Moral Foundations, Himpathy, and Attitudes Toward Sexual Misconduct Claims

2020 Academy of Management Proceedings,2020,1,14553, Dodson, S., Chambers, M., Graham, J., Diekmann, K.
Good intentions aren't good enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harassment

2020 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,86,1,103894, Graham, J., Diekmann, K.
He is expected to see the forest, she is expected to see the trees: evidence for a construal-level based gender stereotype

JPSP, Dodson, S., Wakslak, C., Graham, J., Diekmann, K.

Jan 01, 2025
Received - Deans Citation Research Award
Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
May 01, 2024
Received - Undergraduate Student Research Grant
Syracuse University
Jan 01, 2023
Received - Deans Citation Award
Whitman School of Management
Jan 01, 2023
Received - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant: $15,806
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Jan 01, 2021
Received - Doctoral Teaching Excellence Award
David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
Aug 01, 2020
Received - Organizational Behavior Division Best Symposium Award
Academy of Management
Jan 01, 2020
Received - Doctoral Teaching Excellence Award
David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
Jan 01, 2020
Received - University of Utah Doctoral Teaching Excellence Award
Management Department
Jan 01, 2020
Received - Family Care Grant
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Jan 01, 2018
Received - Women in Leadership Research Award: $16,500
David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
Jan 01, 2017
Received - Graduate Student Travel Assistance Award
University of Utah Graduate School
Jan 01, 2011
Marriott School of Management Scholarship
Jan 01, 2010
Nominated & elected VP of Phi Kappa Phi (PKP); One of ten (of 300+) honors chapters named “Chapter of Excellence” by the National PKP Board
Jan 01, 2009
Robert K. Thomas Honors Scholarship, Economic Self-Reliance Center Scholarship, and Departmental Scholarships
Jan 01, 2009
National Truman Scholar Candidate
Jan 01, 2007
President's Student Service Scholarship recipient for over 500 hours of service
Received - 2025 ARC Support Package (Part I): $10,000 for Faculty of Business and Economics
Australian Research Council

What ballet dancers teach us about perfectionism at work
July 09, 2026 Melbourne Business School News
What ballerinas can teach leaders about perfectionism and psychological safety
November 03, 2025 Charter Works
Who handles the tough talk? Supervisor sense of power and confronting difficult work issues
October 16, 2025 Business Talk Podcast (global audience)
Social cues shape maladaptive and adaptive perfectionism
October 15, 2025 Syracuse University News
Feedback triggers different types of perfectionism
September 22, 2025 Academy of Management Insights
How social cues in ballet can affect perfectionism
August 19, 2025 Pointe Magazine (global audience)
From Pirouettes to Pressure: Ballet's Perfectionism Problem Exposed
June 17, 2025 Bing News
From Pirouettes to pressure: Ballet’s perfectionism problem exposed
June 17, 2025 Phys.org
We need to rethink how we recommend women on LinkedIn, Study Says
June 11, 2025 Forbes
Why people support perpetrators during sexual misconduct allegations
February 15, 2025 Forbes
Himpathy: the psychology of why some people side with perpetrators of sexual misconduct
September 24, 2024
The Academic Minute
July 29, 2023 WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Managers’ moral values could give sympathy to perpetrators
April 17, 2023 PSNews Australia
Gender, sense of power, and desire to lead: Why women don’t “Lean in” to apply to leadership groups that aremajority-male
June 01, 2021 Harvard University, Gender Action Portal
Good intentions aren’t good enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harassment
May 01, 2021 Harvard University, Gender Action Portal
Opposing sexual harassment
April 01, 2021
Why Women Don’t “Lean In
April 01, 2021
Reporting and confronting sexual harassment
October 23, 2020
Good intentions aren’t good enough to oppose sexual harassment
June 29, 2020
When it comes to reporting sexual harassment, what people say is often not what they do
June 19, 2020

Rachael Goodwin

Papers

Power-shifting following workplace sexual harassment allegations

Ambiguity and moral judgment: Leaders’ ambiguous accounts following allegations of misconduct elicit negative moral judgment and organizational boycotts

Newman, A., Jones, L., Goodwin, R.D. Stay, Sell, Scale: Identity Work and Strategic Choice after Entrepreneurial Emancipation

Power, status, construal, and compassion

Know Your Place! How Subordinate Informal Influence and Supervisor Gender Interact to Affect Supervisor Downward Envy and Work Behavior

An experience-sampling investigation of attributions and outcomes of workplace discrimination

The invisible load carried by working parents

Publications

Under Pressure to Be Perfect: How Dehumanizing and Rehumanizing Social Cues Lead to Maladaptive and Adaptive Perfectionism in Professional Ballet

She sees the trees, he sees the forest: Descriptive gender stereotypes of concreteness and abstractness.

Who handles the tough talk? Supervisor sense of power and confronting difficult issues

Moral Foundations, Himpathy, and Punishment Following Organizational Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Gender, Sense of Power, and Desire to Lead: Why Women Don’t “Lean In” to Apply to Leadership Groups That Are Majority-Male

Moral Foundations, Himpathy, and Attitudes Toward Sexual Misconduct Claims

Good intentions aren't good enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harassment

He is expected to see the forest, she is expected to see the trees: evidence for a construal-level based gender stereotype

Received - Deans Citation Research Award

Received - Undergraduate Student Research Grant

Received - Deans Citation Award

Received - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant: $15,806

Received - Doctoral Teaching Excellence Award

Received - Organizational Behavior Division Best Symposium Award

Received - Doctoral Teaching Excellence Award

Received - University of Utah Doctoral Teaching Excellence Award

Received - Family Care Grant

Received - Women in Leadership Research Award: $16,500

Received - Graduate Student Travel Assistance Award

Marriott School of Management Scholarship

Nominated & elected VP of Phi Kappa Phi (PKP); One of ten (of 300+) honors chapters named “Chapter of Excellence” by the National PKP Board

Robert K. Thomas Honors Scholarship, Economic Self-Reliance Center Scholarship, and Departmental Scholarships

National Truman Scholar Candidate

President's Student Service Scholarship recipient for over 500 hours of service

Received - 2025 ARC Support Package (Part I): $10,000 for Faculty of Business and Economics

What ballet dancers teach us about perfectionism at work

What ballerinas can teach leaders about perfectionism and psychological safety

Who handles the tough talk? Supervisor sense of power and confronting difficult work issues

Social cues shape maladaptive and adaptive perfectionism

Feedback triggers different types of perfectionism

How social cues in ballet can affect perfectionism

From Pirouettes to Pressure: Ballet's Perfectionism Problem Exposed

From Pirouettes to pressure: Ballet’s perfectionism problem exposed

We need to rethink how we recommend women on LinkedIn, Study Says

Why people support perpetrators during sexual misconduct allegations

Himpathy: the psychology of why some people side with perpetrators of sexual misconduct

The Academic Minute

Managers’ moral values could give sympathy to perpetrators

Gender, sense of power, and desire to lead: Why women don’t “Lean in” to apply to leadership groups that aremajority-male

Good intentions aren’t good enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harassment

Opposing sexual harassment

Why Women Don’t “Lean In

Reporting and confronting sexual harassment

Good intentions aren’t good enough to oppose sexual harassment

When it comes to reporting sexual harassment, what people say is often not what they do