Faculty Directory | Salvatore Affinito

Salvatore Affinito is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at NYU Stern School of Business.

Professor Affinito explores the future of work in his research. He studies how remote and hybrid work arrangements shape employee outcomes, how working, living, or traveling abroad influences workplace behavior, and how emerging organizational policies – such as exerting performance pressure or administering punishments – can backfire. He uses field, laboratory, and archival data, combining quantitative and qualitative methods, to investigate these topics.

Professor Affinito has published research in leading academic journals, including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Academy of Management Annals. He has also published in other outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Scientific American, and his work has been featured by media platforms such as BBC News’ Business Matters radio show.

Before joining NYU Stern, he held a post-doctoral research position at Harvard Business School.

He received a BS in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University, as well as an MS in Management and a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.