She received her Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Leeds Schools of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Michele’s teaching interests are in the area of human resource management and organizational behavior. Her research interests include employees’ motivation to provide their knowledge, differences in the types of knowledge employees provide, and the relationship between knowledge sharing and employee creativity. Prior to obtaining her Ph.D., Michele held various human resource generalist positions and worked as a HR systems consultant where she developed and implemented HR self-service applications. She is a member of the Academy of Management, INFORMS, and the Society for Human Resource Management.