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Angela Grotto

Associate Professor, Management, Feliciano School of Business

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Angela Grotto is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Analytics in the Feliciano College of Business at Montclair State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center.

Angela’s research addresses how employees manage work-life boundaries, how organizations can support employee work-life management, and the role of gender in these two areas. Her research is supported by the Sam and Bonnie Recther Fellowship from the University of Louisville’s Center for Positive Leadership. Her ongoing research on boundary management can be found in a translation article in MIT Sloan Management Review. Angela has published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Business and Psychology, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Stress and Health, and Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.

Angela teaches Employee Training & Development, Strategic Human Resource Analytics, and Advance Human Resources Analytics.

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Research

Andreassi, J. K., Grotto, A. R., & Guo, G. C. (Data Collection). The impact of informational justice about work modality on organizational citizenship and counterproductive work behaviors.
Bowling, N. A. & Grotto, A. R. (Conceptual Stage). Working parents with neurodivergent children: A role identity perspective.
Donovan, C. & Grotto, A. R. (Working Paper). The path from stressors to engagement for managers in changing work environments. Target: Journal of Management and Organization.
Grotto, A. R., & Livne-Tarandach, R. & Winslow, C. (Working Paper). The benefits of supervisor compassion in response to employee IVF disclosure. Target: Journal of Applied Psychology.
Grotto, A. R., Gonzalez, M., & Taridashti, S. (Conceptual Stage). Mothering, menopause, and work.
Grotto, A. R., Mills, M. J., Minei, E. M., & Hastings, S. (Conceptual Stage). Outcomes of ‘facework’ for recipients of off-hour interruptions from work.
Grotto, A. R., Mills, M. J., Minei, E. M., & Hastings, S. (Working Paper). Outcomes of managers using ‘facework’ for off-hour interruptions. Target: Journal of Management.
Grotto, A. R., Misra, K. & Waismel-Manor, R. (Data Collection). Cross-cultural differences in managers’ work-nonwork boundary management.
Mills, M. J. & Grotto, A. R. (Conceptual Stage). Women’s experiences with miscarriage and work.
Scheuer, C. L., Grotto, A. R., & Doll, J. L. (Data Collection). The relationship of parental support from organizations with job pursuit intentions: A signaling theory approach.

Professional Experience

Associate Consultant, Sirota Consulting (now Mercer) (2006 - 2009)
Consultant, Sirota Consulting (now Mercer) (2009 - 2011)
Assistant Professor of Management, Manhattan University (2013 - 2020)
Senior Consultant and Team Leader, Sirota Consulting (now Mercer) (2011 - 2013)
Scholar in Residence, New York University (2024 - 2024)
Associate Professor of Human Resource Analytics, Montclair State University (2024 - Present)
Associate Professor of Management, Manhattan University (2020 - 2024)

Consulting

Management Consulting, Sirota. (June 2014 - August 2014). Development of employee onboarding and exit surveys and an exit interview protocol for organizations.
Management Consulting, Gilda's Club of NYC. (June 2017 - January 2018). Development of employee work-life balance survey, data analysis, presentation of results, and recommendations and action planning.
Management Consulting, Every Mother Counts. (January 2017 - June 2018). Development and administration of employee work-life balance interviews and surveys, data analysis, presentation of results, and recommendations and action planning.

Honors & Awards

Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Gender & Diversity Division , Academy of Management Gender & Diversity Division (August 2021)
Fall Honors Convocation Faculty Address , Manhattan University (October 2016)
Spring Honors Convocation Faculty Address, Manhattan University (May 2016)
6th Borough Bridge Program Faculty Recognition Award , Manhattan University (September 2017)
Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Nomination, City University of New York Graduate Center (January 2019)
Editor Commendation, Journal of Business and Psychology (February 2022)
Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Gender & Diversity Division , Academy of Management Gender & Diversity Division (August 2022)
Best Reviewer Award for the Organizational Behavior Division , Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division (August 2024)

Refereed Published Articles

A. Grotto, K. Lyness (2010). The costs of today’s jobs: Job characteristics and organizational supports as antecedents of negative spillover. Journal of Vocational Behavior
J. Komaki, M. Minnich, A. Grotto, M. Kern (2011). Promoting critical operant-based leadership while decreasing the ubiquitous directives and exhortations. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management
M. Schlehofer, B. Casad, M. Bligh, A. Grotto (2011). Navigating public prejudices: The impact of media and attitudes on high-profile female political leaders. Sex Roles
A. Grotto (2022). An episodic process model of after-hours ICT-related interruptions at home. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
A. Grotto, J. Andreassi (2022). Mix it up? The influence of team composition on employee perceptions of stressors in a post-merger environment. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
A. Grotto, M. Mills, E. Eatough (2022). Switching gears: A self-regulatory approach and measure of nonwork role re-engagement following after-hours work intrusions. Journal of Business and Psychology
A. Grotto, K. Lyness (2022). What a week! A moderated-mediation crossover model for daily boundary violations at home and partner evening negative affect. Stress and Health
G. Shah, S. Pingali, A. Grotto (2020). Reviving the One Woman Campaign – Addressing a clogged leadership pipeline. Case Research Journal
K. Lyness, J. Gornick, P. Stone, A. Grotto (2012). It's all about control: Worker control over schedule and hours in a cross-national context. American Sociological Review
A. Grotto, M. Mills (2023). Crossing the line: The violating effects of illegitimate interruptions from work and differential impact on work-family conflict by gender.. Journal of Organizational Behavior
Y. Cho, M. Mills, A. Grotto (2023). Drawing on attributional augmenting to unlock the potential of cybervetting to combat gender discrimination in hiring. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice
A. Grotto, M. Mills, E. Eatough (2024). Manage Boundaries Better with Your Team. MIT Sloan Management Review
C. Scheuer, A. Grotto, J. Doll (2025). If you take care of me, I’ll take care of you: The mutual gains of parental support for employee and organizational well-being. Journal of Management and Organization
M. Mills, A. Grotto, T. Fezzey (2025). A commentary on Desjardins et al. (2024): The criticality of a temporally sensitive perspective on gender-differential effects of interruptions. Group and Organization Management
A. Grotto, J. Andreassi (2025). When it’s better than expected: A quasi-experimental study of firm-provided paid parental leave and organizational commitment. International Journal of Human Resource Management
R. Livne-Tarandach, S. Pychlau, A. Grotto, P. Arora (2025). Unpacking the differential effects of compassion at work on leadership emergence: The role of gender, compassion type, and work context. . Journal of Organizational Behavior

Books & Chapters

A. Grotto, P. Hyland, A. Caputo, C. Semedo (2017). Employee turnover and strategies for retention. Wiley Blackwell
A. Grotto (2015). On-demand: When work intrudes upon employees’ personal time: Does gender matter?. Springer