Faculty and Research

Jeff Polzer is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He studies how people collaborate in diverse teams by focusing on the interplay among individual expertise and identity, interpersonal processes such as conflict, and team performance. He also studies the use of communication technologies to foster global collaboration.  He has taught a variety of courses in the MBA, Executive, and Doctoral Programs at HBS and is the faculty chair for the MBA Learning Teams Initiative. He has also conducted executive training sessions for a variety of organizations including IBM, Novartis, Seagate, Jabil, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland, Citizens Bank, Young President's Organization, and Ernst & Young.

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