Nicole Strah

Nicole (Nikki) Strah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and an affiliate faculty member of the UNC Charlotte Organizational Science Ph.D. program and Industrial/Organizational Psychology Master’s program. Her research interests revolve around diversity and inclusion, perceptions of justice and fairness, and the intersection between psychology and equal employment opportunities. She has published her work in journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice. She teaches both undergraduate and MBA courses at UNC Charlotte.

Selected Publications

• Strah, N., Rupp, D. E., & Cannon, J. (2023). Adverse impact and disability status: Working toward inclusive selection procedures for individuals with disabilities. Research in Human Resource Management.

• Graso, M., Aquino, K., Chen, F. X., Camps, J., Strah, N., & van den Bos, K. (2022). When do observers deprioritize due process for the perpetrator and prioritize safety for the victim in response to information-poor allegations of harm?. Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221128203

• Strah, N., & Rupp, D. E. (2022). Are there cracks in our foundation? An integrative review of diversity issues in job analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(7), 1031–1051. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000989.

• Busby, A. D., Thornton-Lugo, M. A., Parker, L., & Strah, N. (2022). What Can Go Wrong When Everything is Right? Using Organizational Justice to Understand Police Misconduct and Improve Personnel Systems. Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 8(2), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.25035/pad.2022.02.006.

• Strah, N., Rupp, D., & Morris, S. (2022). Job analysis and job classification for addressing pay inequality in organizations: Adjusting our methods within a shifting legal landscape. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 15(1), 1-45. doi:10.1017/iop.2021.94.

• Rupp, D. E., Song, Q. C., & Strah, N. (2020). Resolution to the validity-diversity trade-off? Exploring the practicalities and legal defensibility of Pareto-optimization for reducing adverse impact within personnel selection. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 13(2), 246-271. doi:10.1017/iop.2020.19.

• Graso, M., Camps, J., Strah, N., & Brebels, L. (2019). Organizational justice enactment: An agent-focused review and path forward, 116, 1-23 Journal of Vocational Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.03.007.

• Santuzzi, A., Keating, R. T., Martinez, J., Finkelstein, L., Rupp, D. E., & Strah, N. (2019). Identity management strategies for workers with concealable disabilities: Antecedents and consequences. Journal of Social Issues, 75(3), 847-880. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12320