Sigal Barsade Ph.D.

Sigal Barsade, Ph.D. is a Professor, at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, before that she was a Professor with the Yale School of Management for 10 years. She holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations, from the University of California, Berkeley. Sigal has published over 40 articles, book chapters, case studies and proceedings. Her’ 2002 Article, “The Ripple Effect: Emotional Contagion and its Influence on Group Behavior.” was recognized as one of the most cited papers in the research area of “mood contagion” by Thompson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators.

What Sigal knows that matters to you: How we feel as we engage with people can influence the moods, and behaviors of the other person. It can determine whether a group experiences cooperation, and low conflict, or morale and cohesion problems.