Valeria Alterman

Valeria Alterman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at the Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami. Her research focuses on organizational behavior, aging in the workplace, and the intersection of digital technology with human resource management. She has published extensively on topics such as pay secrecy, knowledge seeking, and age diversity's effects on organizational performance.

• Current affiliation: University of Miami, Miami Herbert Business School
• Research areas: Aging, digital technology, organizational justice, knowledge management

Alterman's work explores how digital technologies influence successful aging in work and non-work domains. She has developed taxonomies to understand technology-mediated aging and investigated how workplace dynamics, such as coworker contact quality, affect cognitive load and goal attainment. Her research also examines small business owners' retirement decisions and their implications for organizational continuity.

Recent studies highlight her focus on the cognitive demands of daily knowledge seeking, the strategic importance of age diversity, and the complexities of pay transparency. She collaborates with international researchers, including Mo Wang and Ariane Froidevaux, and publishes in journals like the Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Applied Psychology.

Her methodological contributions include multilevel research designs and interventions targeting math-gender stereotypes among adolescents. She applies theoretical frameworks such as uncertainty management theory and identity threat theory to address organizational challenges.