Amy Wrzesniewski

Amy Wrzesniewski is the William and Jacalyn Egan Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She earned her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan. Prior to Wharton, she was affiliated with the Yale School of Management and NYU Stern School of Business. Her research explores how individuals derive meaning from work, particularly in challenging contexts like stigmatized roles, gig economies, and occupational destabilization.

• Her work on job crafting highlights how employees reshape task boundaries and relationships to redefine their work identity.
• She investigates the interplay of personal and organizational motivations, such as growth mindsets and prosocial/competitive motives.
• Recent studies focus on journalism's destabilization, couples' work-orientation incongruence, and holding environments for independent workers.

Awards include the 2019 Herbert Simon Award for research excellence and the 2019/2015 'Inspiring Yale' recognition. Her publications span journals like Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and Journal of Applied Psychology, as well as book chapters on motivation and well-being. She teaches courses on team leadership and organizational dynamics.