Jennifer Tosti Kharas

Academic Division: ManagementJennifer Tosti-Kharas is an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Babson College. She teaches organizational behavior and leadership at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She is also one of the faculty members affiliated with the Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork (CLTP) program at Babson. Prior to joining Babson, she was an assistant professor of management at San Francisco State University. Prof. Tosti-Kharas’s research explores how employees manage their work lives and careers over time, particularly during periods of transition, such as involuntary job loss, organizational change, and personal setbacks. Her current projects examine how employees utilize psychological resources to demonstrate resilience, construct coherent identities, and find meaning in their work despite these career challenges. Among the resources she investigates are organizational identification, work as a calling, and ideologies of sustainability and social justice. Her research has been published in outlets such as Personnel Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Managerial Psychology, and Journal of Career Assessment. Her research on organizational citizenship behavior toward the environment received the 2013 Best Micro Paper award from Group & Organization Management. Tosti-Kharas serves on the editorial board for Journal of Organizational Behavior and has served as a representative-at-large for the Careers Division of the Academy of Management. She has been twice recognized as a Best Reviewer at the Academy of Management. Before entering academia, she worked as a strategy consultant at Accenture, specializing in the communications, media, and entertainment industries. She earned her PhD in management from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and her BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. ​​

Academic Degrees

• Ph D, Stern School of Business, New York University
• M. Phil, Stern School of Business, New York University
• BS, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Academic Interests

Organizational behavior, Careers, Calling and the meaning of work, Identity and identification, Employee sustainability

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Awards & Honors

2016 - BFRF Mini-Grant, Babson Faculty Research Fund

2016 - BFRF Mini-Grant, Babson Faculty Research Fund

2015 - BFRF Mini-Grant, Babson Faculty Research Fund

2015 - Best Symposium Nominee, Academy of Management Careers Division

2013 - Presidential Award for Probationary Faculty, San Francisco State University

2013 - Best Paper, Micro Category, Group & Organization Management

2012 - Best Reviewer, Academy of Management, Careers Division

2010 - Best Reviewer, Academy of Management, Careers Division