She conducts research on how organization members and leaders engage in authentic expression, as well as factors that impede authenticity in every day work interactions. Her research has centered on employee silence, and the degree to which members create facades of conformity, suppressing personal values and pretending to embrace those of the organization. Her research interests also include gaining insight on how members cope with perceived organizational value breaches in megachurches and other values-driven organizations. Her work is published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. She serves on the editorial board of Organization Science.