Lawrence Houston

Lawrence Houston III is an Assistant Professor of Management in the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on People Analytics and Multivariate Analysis while conducting impactful research on workplace relationship dynamics.

• Education: B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy (University of Memphis), Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with minor in Business Management (Pennsylvania State University)

Research Focus: Examines employee relationship-building in organizational contexts, including:

• Customer-employee interactions
• Coworker-coworker dynamics
• Leader-follower relationships
• Professional image management

His work emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion applications, appearing in top journals like Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Applied Psychology. Research has gained media attention from BBC News, NY Post, and Wharton Business Radio.