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Farnaz Ghaedipour

Farnaz Ghaedipour is a PhD candidate at DeGroote School of Business. Her overall aim of research is to understand how the contemporary design and arrangement of work affect the sense of identity, image management, and well-being of workers in the gig economy. Currently, she is investigating how digital platforms' design features and gig workers' desired identities interact to further platforms' control over workers. She is also interested in how different aspects of social identity (e.g., gender, nationality, accent) combine to shape a person’s image and evaluations at work. Prior to joining McMaster, Farnaz received her MBA from K.N. Toosi University and her B.S. in Material Science and Engineering from Sharif University of Technology

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MEHRI E. BALOOCHI

Mehri is a Ph.D. student at Asper School of Business. Her research interests are the new world of work, gig workers, resilience, and virtual identity. She has got her MBA from the University of Tehran and has worked as an HR practitioner in several leading companies in Iran such as Solico group (kalleh), AsiaTech, Crouse company and Saman Electronic Payment.

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STEVE GRANGER

STEVE GRANGER is a PhD candidate in Organizational Behavior & Human Resources at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. Steve’s core areas of research include the psychology of gig work and work safety, with particular interest in how individual (e.g., proactivity and resilience), interpersonal (e.g., social support and leadership), and organizational processes (e.g., high-performance work systems) can help people and organizations anticipate, prevent, or adapt to adversity. His work has been published in Human Relations, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Organizational Dynamics, and Journal of Safety Research. He teaches in the broad areas of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, and he serves as an editorial board member for Human Relations. You can learn more about him at his website stevegranger.org.

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ELIZABETH TRINH

ELIZABETH TRINH is a Ph.D. student researcher in the Management and Organizations program at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. She holds a B.S.H degree in Science, Technology, and Society; a B.A. degree in International Relations; and a M.A. degree in Sociology from Stanford University. Her research interests include leadership, hierarchy, conversations in the workplace, and the future of work.