Charleen R. CASE

Professeur Assistant

Management et Ressources Humaines

case@hec.fr
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Biographie

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.

Articles scientifiques

Are men (believed to be) less prestige-oriented than women?

Evolution and Human Behavior, mai 2024, vol. 45, n° 3, pp 315-316, (in coll. with L. J. Detert)

Prevalence and predictors of “nesting”: Solutions to adaptive challenges faced during pregnancy

Evolution and Human Behavior, mai 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)

Does Exercise Make Me More Attractive? Exploring the Relations Between Exercise and Mate Value

Evolutionary Psychological Science, juin 2021, vol. 7, pp 124-133, (in coll. with U. Dobersek, B. Stallings, G. C. Wy, J. K. Maner)

The precautious nature of prestige: When leaders are hypervigilant to subtle signs of social disapproval.

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)

Drivers of desire for social rank

Current Opinion in Psychology, juin 2020, vol. 33, pp 189-195, (in coll. with R. L. Mitchell, K. K. Bae, N. A. Hays)

To lead or to be liked: When prestige-oriented leaders prioritize popularity over performance.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2018, vol. 115, n° 4, pp 657-676, (in coll. with K. K. Bae, J. K. Maner)

Dominance and Prestige: Selecting the Leadership Approach that Fits

European Business Review, 2017, (in coll. with J. K. MANER)

Dominance and Prestige: Dual Strategies for Navigating Social Hierarchies

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2016, vol. 54, n° 3, pp 129-180, (in coll. with J. K. MANER)

Affiliation-seeking among the powerless: Lacking power increases social affiliative motivation

European Journal of Social Psychology, avril 2015, vol. 45, n° 3, pp 378-385, (in coll. with K. E. CONLON, J. K. MANER)

Divide and conquer: when and why leaders undermine the cohesive fabric of their group

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, décembre 2014, vol. 107, n° 6, pp 1033-1050, (in coll. with J. K. MANER)

Chapitres d'ouvrages

Social Hierarchies

Encyclopedia Of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Todd K Shackelford, Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford, Springer International Publishing, 7692-7695

When and Why Power Corrupts: An Evolutionary Perspective

Handbook On Evolution And Society, Toward An Evolutionary Social Science, Jonathan H. Turner, Richard Machalek, and Alexandra Maryanski, Routledge, New York, 460-473

Articles scientifiques

Are men (believed to be) less prestige-oriented than women?

Evolution and Human Behavior, mai 2024, vol. 45, n° 3, pp 315-316, (in coll. with L. J. Detert)

Prevalence and predictors of “nesting”: Solutions to adaptive challenges faced during pregnancy

Evolution and Human Behavior, mai 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)

Does Exercise Make Me More Attractive? Exploring the Relations Between Exercise and Mate Value

Evolutionary Psychological Science, juin 2021, vol. 7, pp 124-133, (in coll. with U. Dobersek, B. Stallings, G. C. Wy, J. K. Maner)

The precautious nature of prestige: When leaders are hypervigilant to subtle signs of social disapproval.

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)

Chapitres d'ouvrages

Social Hierarchies

Encyclopedia Of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Todd K Shackelford, Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford, Springer International Publishing, 7692-7695

When and Why Power Corrupts: An Evolutionary Perspective

Handbook On Evolution And Society, Toward An Evolutionary Social Science, Jonathan H. Turner, Richard Machalek, and Alexandra Maryanski, Routledge, New York, 460-473

Formation

  • Ph.D. Psychologie Sociale, University of Florida - Etats-Unis

Nominations académiques

Responsabilités académiques à HEC

  • 2025- Professeur Assistant, Management et Ressources Humaines HEC Paris

Responsabilités académiques externes

  • 2017-2025 Professeur Assistant, Ross School of Business University of Michigan

Activités scientifiques

Adhésion à l'organisation académique ou professionnelle

  • 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

Activités scientifiques

  • 2023- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition (Section 1)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewing : Administrative Science Quarterly, European Journal of Personality, European Journal of Social Psychology, Evolution and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Psychological and Personality Science

    • Prix ​​& honneurs

    • 2023 Best Paper Award from the Feminist Evolutionary Psychology Society