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Angela Grotto

Associate Professor, Management, Feliciano School of Business

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Angela Grotto is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Analytics in the Feliciano College of Business at Montclair State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center.

Angela’s research addresses how employees manage work-life boundaries, how organizations can support employee work-life management, and the role of gender in these two areas. Her research is supported by the Sam and Bonnie Recther Fellowship from the University of Louisville’s Center for Positive Leadership. Her ongoing research on boundary management can be found in a translation article in MIT Sloan Management Review. Angela has published in Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Business and Psychology, Stress and Health, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.

Angela teaches Employee Training & Development, Strategic Human Resource Analytics, and Advance Human Resources Analytics.

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Research

  • Andreassi, J. K., Grotto, A. R., & Guo, G. C. The impact of informational justice about work modality on organizational citizenship and counterproductive work behaviors. Development stage for Study 2.
  • Grotto, A. R. & Donovan, C. The influence of job control on manager well-being and turnover intentions. Data analysis stage.
  • Grotto, A. R. & Mills, M. J. The longitudinal gendered effects of nonwork boundary flexibility-willingness on career satisfaction. Data analysis stage.
  • Grotto, A. R., Mills, M. J., Minei, E. M., & Hastings, S. Antecedents and outcomes of interruption ‘facework’. Data analysis stage for Study 1.
  • Grotto, A. R., Misra, K. & Waismel-Manor, R. Cross-cultural differences in managers’ work-nonwork boundary management. Data collection stage.
  • Grotto, A. R., Winslow, C. & Livne-Tarandach, R. How supervisor compassion for employee IVF treatment relates to perceptions of supervisor leadership and employee well-being. Data collection stage for Study 2.
  • Masoumi, A. & Grotto, A. R. Modeling the competition between for-profit and non-profit human milk banks. Data analysis stage.
  • Scheuer, C. L., Grotto, A. R., & Doll, J. L. The relationship of different types of formal and informal parental support from organizations with job pursuit intentions: A signaling theory approach. Development of Study 2.
  • Sundrup, R., Grotto, A. R., & Mills, M. J. The protective role of sleep quantity for ICT-driven off-hour interruptions from work and emotional exhaustion. ​Writing stage.

Professional Experience

  • Associate Consultant, Sirota Consulting (now Mercer) (2006 - 2009)
  • Consultant, Sirota Consulting (now Mercer) (2009 - 2011)
  • Senior Consultant and Team Leader, Sirota Consulting (now Mercer) (2011 - 2013)
  • Assistant Professor of Management, Manhattan University (2013 - 2020)
  • Associate Professor of Management, Manhattan University (2020 - 2024)
  • Scholar in Residence, New York University (2024 - 2024)
  • Associate Professor of Human Resource Analytics, Montclair State University (2024 - Present)

Consulting

  • Management Consulting, Every Mother Counts. (January 2017 - June 2018). Development and administration of employee work-life balance interviews and surveys, data analysis, presentation of results, and recommendations and action planning.
  • Management Consulting, Gilda's Club of NYC. (June 2017 - January 2018). Development of employee work-life balance survey, data analysis, presentation of results, and recommendations and action planning.
  • Management Consulting, Sirota. (June 2014 - August 2014). Development of employee onboarding and exit surveys and an exit interview protocol for organizations.

Honors & Awards

  • Gabriel Hauge Faculty Fellowship, The O'Malley School of Business at Manhattan University (September 2016)
  • Summer Research Grant, Manhattan University (June 2014)
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Gender & Diversity Division , Academy of Management Gender & Diversity Division (August 2021)
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Gender & Diversity Division , Academy of Management Gender & Diversity Division (August 2022)
  • Editor Commendation, Journal of Business and Psychology (February 2022)
  • Sam and Bonnie Recther Fellowship, University of Louisville College of Business Center for Positive Leadership (January 2024)
  • Best Reviewer Award for the Organizational Behavior Division , Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division (August 2024)

Refereed Published Articles

  • A. Grotto (2022). An episodic process model of after-hours ICT-related interruptions at home. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
  • A. Grotto, J. Andreassi (2022). Mix it up? The influence of team composition on employee perceptions of stressors in a post-merger environment. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
  • A. Grotto, M. Mills, E. Eatough (2022). Switching gears: A self-regulatory approach and measure of nonwork role re-engagement following after-hours work intrusions. Journal of Business and Psychology
  • A. Grotto, K. Lyness (2022). What a week! A moderated-mediation crossover model for daily boundary violations at home and partner evening negative affect. Stress and Health
  • G. Shah, S. Pingali, A. Grotto (2020). Reviving the One Woman Campaign – Addressing a clogged leadership pipeline. Case Research Journal
  • A. Grotto, M. Mills (2023). Crossing the line: The violating effects of illegitimate interruptions from work and differential impact on work-family conflict by gender.. Journal of Organizational Behavior
  • Y. Cho, M. Mills, A. Grotto (2023). Drawing on attributional augmenting to unlock the potential of cybervetting to combat gender discrimination in hiring. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice
  • A. Grotto, M. Mills, E. Eatough (2024). Manage Boundaries Better with Your Team. MIT Sloan Management Review
  • A. Grotto, J. Andreassi (2025). When it’s better than expected: A quasi-experimental study of firm-provided paid parental leave and organizational commitment. International Journal of Human Resource Management
  • M. Mills, A. Grotto, T. Fezzey (2025). A commentary on Desjardins et al. (2024): The criticality of a temporally sensitive perspective on gender-differential effects of interruptions. Group and Organization Management