Associate Professor

School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Quinetta M. Roberson is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. She earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the University of Maryland. In addition, she holds a B.S. from the University of Delaware in Finance and Accounting and an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in Finance and Strategic Planning.

Professor Roberson’s research interests center on contextual investigations of organizational justice issues - particularly fairness in work teams and specific human resource contexts. In addition, she does research in the area of strategic diversity management – specifically, building climates for diversity and inclusion in organizations and linking diversity management initiatives to bottom-line outcomes. Her research has appeared in the Academy of Management Review, Group and Organization Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business and Psychology, Personnel Psychology and Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management. In addition, Dr. Roberson has presented her research at several conferences, including the Academy of Management and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology annual meetings.

Dr. Roberson teaches courses in Human Resource Management and Diversity & Employee Relations to masters and undergraduate students. In 2002, she was awarded the General Mills Award for Innovation in Teaching and received an honorable mention for the James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding & Harmony at Cornell University. Dr. Roberson has also taught in Cornell’s Strategic Human Resource Management Executive Education Program. Prior to getting her doctorate, Dr. Roberson worked as a financial and marketing analyst at CoreStates Bank in Philadelphia, PA serving in both the large corporate and small business commercial lending areas. In addition, she served as a strategic planning and business process consultant for the Small Business Administration. Dr. Roberson has also served as a consultant for several private and public organizations on a variety of topics, including diversity management and organizational climate, performance appraisal and business process improvements.

Dr. Roberson is a member of the Academy of Management, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and American Psychological Association.

Courses authored:

Diversity and Inclusion for Bottom-Line Performance