Rohit Piplani

Ph.D. Candidate

Management &

Entrepreneurship

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Education

MS, Massey University, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management – 2018

Master of Business Management, University of Waikato – 2015

Research Interests

• Intra-Organizational Social Networks
• Employee Creativity & Innovation
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Team Dynamics

Biography

Rohit Piplani is a Ph.D. candidate in Management & Entrepreneurship at the University of Connecticut with a concentration in Organizational Behavior. He earned his MS in Organizational Behavior & HRM from Massey University, New Zealand, and his Master of Business Management from the University of Waikato, NZ. In his research, he adopts a social network perspective to explore the influence of network characteristics and behaviors on individual, dyadic, and team-level outcomes. His dissertation uses a three-study, multimethod approach to investigate the affective and relational consequences of network brokering behaviors in the workplace. His work has been published in outlets such as the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. 

Published Work

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

Grosser, T. J., Sterling, C. M., Piplani, R. S., Cullen-Lester, K., & Floyd, T. M. (2023). A social network perspective on workplace inclusion: The role of network closure, network centrality, and need for affiliation. Human Resource Management, 62, 477-490. 

Grosser, T. J., Sterling, C. M., & Piplani, R. S. (In Press). Energized people in prominent places: Political support networks, relational energy, and employee innovation implementation. Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Peer-Reviewed Proceedings:

Piplani, R., Grosser, T.J., Lopez-Kidwell, G., Dineen, B.R., & Borgatti, S.P. (2022). The effect of team co-membership change on change in interpersonal affect in the workplace. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.