Assistant Professor, Management
Contact Information
Email: swittman@gmu.edu
Phone: (703) 993-1821
Office Location: Main Street, Room 243
Office Hours: By appointment
Biography
Dr. Sarah Wittman, Assistant Professor of Management at George Mason University’s Costello College of Business, holds a PhD in Organizational Behaviour (INSEAD), a Master’s degree in Comunicación Política y Corporativa (Universidad de Navarra-George Washington University), and a Bachelor of Business Administration (Simon Fraser University). Her research explores people’s transitions within, across, and beyond organizational boundaries; their organizational impacts; and the social, technological, and learning support systems that can help make these comings and goings more personally and organizationally successful. Her work has been published in the Oxford Handbook of Leadership and Organizations, Academy of Management Review, and Academy of Management Annals. Her practitioner-oriented work has been featured in Business Insider, and business.com. She chairs the Steering Committee of the multi-disciplinary Transitions Research Group. A Montana native with a Spanish Basque husband and three French-born sons, Wittman spends most of her free time in multicultural negotiations and diversity training.
Media Clippings
- July 31, 2024 - Disrupt Your Career
Sarah Wittman: When Changing Jobs Changes Your Identity - June 19, 2024 - Fast Company
What mouse mover technology teaches us about the future of work - April 17, 2024 - Harvard Business Review
When Your Colleagues Have an Outdated Perception of You - January 5, 2023 - The Washington Business Journal
Playbook for 2024: The Great Resignation is over. Prepare for the ‘Big Stay.' - June 20, 2023 - The Business Journals
The Great Resignation is over. Prepare for the ‘Big Stay.' - January 24, 2023 - Workplace Perspective Podcast
Job Transitions and the Lingering Identity - January12, 2023 - The Fix podcast
Why Changing Jobs, Changes How You See Yourself - November 2, 2022 - Harvard Business Review
When Changing Jobs Changes Your Identity
February 22, 2022 - HR Morning
Employee Quits: How to Make the Difficult Situation Better - February 4, 2022 - Business.com
How to Improve Your Off-Boarding Process