Dr Nicole Abi-Esber

Dr Nicole Abi-Esber

Assistant Professor

Department of Management

Room No
MAR 5.36
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Languages
Arabic, English, Spanish
Key Expertise
Employee voice, conversation analysis, judgment and decision making

About me

Dr. Nicole Abi-Esber is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics. Nicole holds a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from the Harvard Business School. Nicole's research has been published in outlets such as The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (pdf), and has been covered by The New York Times.

Her research examines how leaders can create climates of safety and inclusion, where everybody feels safe to speak their mind. Her work uses group laboratory experiments and conversation analysis methods including natural language processing.

Prior to her doctorate degree from Harvard Business School, Nicole worked as a product manager for technology startups in emerging markets, as a researcher with the Government of Dubai, and as a research associate at the Behavioural Lab at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. 

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Organisational Behaviour Research Group 

Expertise Details

Employee voice; psychological safety; conversation analysis; natural language processing; nonverbal behaviour; judgment and decision making; experimental methods