Alexandra Rheinhardt Beer

Assistant Professor, Dean's Ackerman Scholar

Management &

Entrepreneurship

Education

BS Cornell University, 2014 Applied Economics & Management
PhD Pennsylvania State University, 2020 Management & Organization

Research Interests / Areas of Expertise

Identity
Careers
Employee Activism & Social Movements
Qualitative Methods
Multi-Methods

Biography

Alexandra Beer is as Assistant Professor of Management at the UConn School of Business where she teaches Organizational Behavior. Her research focuses on organizational behavior and organizational theory, with recent projects on identity, relationships, careers, and employee activism. She employs a combination of qualitative and multi-methods and has conducted work in a variety of unique contexts, including the National Football League (NFL), the microbrewery industry, and the custom tattoo trade.

Publications

Rheinhardt, A., Poskanzer, E., & Briscoe, F. (2023). The career consequences of workplace protest participation: Theory and evidence from the NFL “Take a Knee” protest movement. Organization Science.

Rheinhardt, A., Briscoe, F., & Joshi, A. (2023). Organization-as-platform activism: Theory and evidence from the National Football League “Take a Knee” movement. Administrative Science Quarterly.

Kreiner, G. E., Reina, C., Rheinhardt, A., & Mihelcic, C. (2022). Your presence is requested: Mindfulness infusion in workplace interactions and relationships. Organization Science.

Sheep, M. L., Rheinhardt, A., Hollensbe, E. C., & Kreiner, G. E. (2022). “Tearing the fabric” or “weaving the tapestry”?: A discursive resources approach to identity-implicating organizational events. Management Communication Quarterly.

Rheinhardt, A., & Gioia, D. A. (2021). Upside-down organizational change: Sensemaking, sensegiving, and the new generation. In S. Poole and A. Van de Ven (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Change.

Briscoe, F. & Rheinhardt. (2021) Social movement theory. In R. Griffin (Ed.) Oxford Bibliographies in Management. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rheinhardt, A., Kreiner, G. E., Gioia, D. A., & Corley, K. G., (2018). Conducting and publishing rigorous qualitative research. In C. Cassell, A. L. Cunliffe, & G. Grandy (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Business and Management Research Methods: History and Traditions. London: Sage Publications.