He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from New York University. His research aims to understand the impact of employee's social and relational concerns in the work place. In particular, his work focuses on understanding how people assess their social standing in their work organizations, and the influence of those judgments on their judgments and behavior. He is currently investigating these issues by examining employee perceptions of the fairness they experience at work, the role of status in organizational life, and the extent to which work organizations constitute an important part of how people think and feel about themselves.