research question

Can Networks Regulate Emotion?

About Me

I am a PhD candidate and management researcher at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. My research addresses how individuals use networks for emotion regulation. I examine how networks shape employee emotions, well-being, and performance, using a variety of methodologies: social network analysis, field and online surveys, experiments, archival analysis, and text analysis.

My industry experience includes advising C-suite executives as a strategy senior manager at Accenture Strategy, designing engaging employee experiences at Google, and marketing top television shows at Sony Pictures Television.  In my spare time, I enjoy creating content integrating faith, research, and personal development on my YouTube channel,  traveling, and enjoying all Shonda Rhimes’ shows. I earned an M.B.A from Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and a second major in Advertising from Seaver College of Pepperdine University.

Ashlyee Freeman

Management Scholar, PhD Candidate

Research Interests

My experience advising the world's leading organizations
fuels my academic curiosity about...

Emotion Regulation

Microfoundations of Networks

Affective Events at Work

See you at
AOM 2025!

I am delighted to invite you to our symposium at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management explores how psychological factors and personal experiences inside and outside of work influence network evolution, structure, and mobilization. Through diverse analytical and methodological approaches (e.g., stochastic actor-oriented models, experiments, qualitative analyses, and natural language processing) the presentations investigate how multicultural experiences, emotional exhaustion, negative affective events at work, and work-family conflict affect how individuals develop and utilize their professional networks. Stefano Tasselli will discuss the implications of these works on the state of network agency and intraorganizational network research. Organizational Behavior (OB), Managerial and Organizational Cognition sponsor (MOC), and Organization Management Theory (OMT), sponsor this symposium.

my mission

Revitalizing work through research that enhances relationships, strengthens leadership, and cultivates thriving organizations.

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