Michael S. North

Biography

Michael S. North joined New York University Stern School of Business as an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations in August 2015. He teaches the undergraduate core course “Management & Organizations,” for which he also serves as Course Coordinator.

Professor North’s research, rooted in social psychology, focuses primarily on challenges of, and considerations for, the aging and increasingly multi-generational workforce. He has published research in leading academic journals, including Psychological Bulletin, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Academy of Management Annals, and Research in Organizational Behavior. He has also authored op-eds for the Harvard Business Review, Quartz, New Scientist, and The Society for Human Resource Management. Professor North’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, New Yorker, Washington Post, and TIME, among other outlets.

Prior to joining NYU Stern, Professor North completed a two-year postdoctoral position at Columbia University. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Policy from Princeton University. He was recently designated a "Rising Star" by the Association for Psychological Science.

Research Interests

• Social Psychology
• Aging and Intergenerational Workforces
• Gender and Diversity in Organizations

Courses Taught

• Management and Organizations

Academic Background

Ph.D., Psychology and Social Policy
Princeton University

B.A., Psychology
The University of Michigan

Selected Publications

North, M.S. (2019)
A GATE to understanding “older” workers: Generation, Age, Tenure, Experience.
Academy of Management Annals, 13(2) 414-443.

Martin, A.E., North, M.S., & Phillips, K.W (2019)
Intersectional escape: Older women elude prescriptive stereotypes more than older men.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(3), 342-359.

North, M.S., & Fiske, S.T. (2016)
Resource scarcity and prescriptive attitudes generate subtle, intergenerational older-worker exclusion.
Journal of Social Issues, 72(1), 119-141.

North, M.S., & Fiske, S.T. (2015)
Modern attitudes toward older adults in the aging world: A cross-cultural meta-analysis.
Psychological Bulletin, 141(5), 993-1021.

North, M.S., & Fiske, S.T. (2015)
Intergenerational resource tensions in the workplace and beyond: Individual, Interpersonal, Institutional, International.
Research in Organizational Behavior, 35, 159-179.

North, M.S., & Fiske, S.T (2013)
A prescriptive, intergenerational-tension ageism scale: Succession, Identity, and Consumption (SIC).
Psychological Assessment, 25(3) 706-713.

North, M.S., & Fiske, S.T. (2013)
Act your (old) age: Prescriptive, ageist biases over Succession, Consumption, and Identity.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39(6), 720-734.

North, M.S., & Fiske, S.T. (2012)
An inconvenienced youth? Ageism and its potential intergenerational roots.
Psychological Bulletin, 138(5), 982-997.