Charleen R. CASE
Assistant Professor
Management & Human Resources
Biography
Using theory and methods from organizational behavior, social psychology, and evolutionary science, Dr. Case investigates how people navigate cross-hierarchy relationships at work. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and leveraging person × situation experimental methods, she examines how fundamental human motives—such as status, affiliation, and kin care—shape social decision-making and interpersonal behavior in mentoring relationships, hierarchy-bridging coalitions, and leader-follower interactions. Her research aims to uncover when, why, and how these motivations drive behaviors that either enhance or hinder group functioning and individual well-being.
Dr. Case's work has been published in top academic journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Evolution and Human Behavior, and the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Her research has also been featured in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Harvard Business Review, Glamour, and Psychology Today.
She earned her BA in Psychology and Anthropology from Miami University. As an undergraduate, she was a Junior Visiting Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for Evolutionary Studies in the Biological Anthropology Department at the University of Cambridge and conducted primatology research, including fieldwork in Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park. She went on to earn her MS and PhD in Social Psychology from Florida State University. During her doctoral studies, she spent three years as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Management and Organizations Department at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Before joining HEC Paris, Dr. Case was an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, where she taught and conducted research on leadership, social hierarchy, and workplace relationships.
Scientific articles
Evolution and Human Behavior, May 2024, vol. 45, n° 3, pp 315-316, (in coll. with L. J. Detert)
Evolution and Human Behavior, May 2022, vol. 43, n° 3, pp 188-196, (in coll. with A. Ketterman, A. Makhanova, T. A. Reynolds, J. K. McNulty, L. A. Eckel, L. Nikonova, H. A. Flynn, J. K. Maner)
Evolutionary Psychological Science, June 2021, vol. 7, pp 124-133, (in coll. with U. Dobersek, B. Stallings, G. C. Wy, J. K. Maner)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2021, vol. 120, n° 3, pp 694-715, (in coll. with K. K. Bae, K. T. Larsen, J. K. Maner)
Current Opinion in Psychology, June 2020, vol. 33, pp 189-195, (in coll. with R. L. Mitchell, K. K. Bae, N. A. Hays)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2018, vol. 115, n° 4, pp 657-676, (in coll. with K. K. Bae, J. K. Maner)
European Business Review, 2017, (in coll. with J. K. MANER)
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2016, vol. 54, n° 3, pp 129-180, (in coll. with J. K. MANER)
European Journal of Social Psychology, April 2015, vol. 45, n° 3, pp 378-385, (in coll. with K. E. CONLON, J. K. MANER)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, December 2014, vol. 107, n° 6, pp 1033-1050, (in coll. with J. K. MANER)
Chapters in edited books
Encyclopedia Of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Todd K Shackelford, Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford, Springer International Publishing, 7692-7695
Handbook On Evolution And Society, Toward An Evolutionary Social Science, Jonathan H. Turner, Richard Machalek, and Alexandra Maryanski, Routledge, New York, 460-473
Scientific articles
Evolution and Human Behavior, May 2024, vol. 45, n° 3, pp 315-316, (in coll. with L. J. Detert)
Evolution and Human Behavior, May 2022, vol. 43, n° 3, pp 188-196, (in coll. with A. Ketterman, A. Makhanova, T. A. Reynolds, J. K. McNulty, L. A. Eckel, L. Nikonova, H. A. Flynn, J. K. Maner)
Evolutionary Psychological Science, June 2021, vol. 7, pp 124-133, (in coll. with U. Dobersek, B. Stallings, G. C. Wy, J. K. Maner)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2021, vol. 120, n° 3, pp 694-715, (in coll. with K. K. Bae, K. T. Larsen, J. K. Maner)
Chapters in edited books
Encyclopedia Of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Todd K Shackelford, Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford, Springer International Publishing, 7692-7695
Handbook On Evolution And Society, Toward An Evolutionary Social Science, Jonathan H. Turner, Richard Machalek, and Alexandra Maryanski, Routledge, New York, 460-473
Education
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Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Florida - USA
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2025- Assistant Professor, Management and Human Resources HEC Paris
External Academic Responsibilities
- 2017-2025 Assistant Professor, Ross School of Business University of Michigan
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- Academy of Management, New Directions in Leadership Research Consortium, American Psychological Association, Society for Experimental Social Psychology (Fellow), Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, International Association for Conflict Management
Editorial activities
Awards & honors
- 2023 Best Paper Award from the Feminist Evolutionary Psychology Society