Jeff Steiner

Jeff Steiner is a Doctoral Candidate in the Organizational Behavior program at Harvard Business School and a Lecturer at the Harvard Extension School. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of well-being and work. At the individual level, Jeff studies how people think about what it means to live a good life, and specifically how they view the role of their work and career in pursuing it. In addition, Jeff studies managerial and organizational practices aimed at safeguarding and supporting employee mental health. Jeff is motivated by the belief that improving the modern experience of work is imperative to foster greater well-being across societies.

Jeff was formerly a Talent Development Director at Morgan Stanley, as well as a Research Associate to Professor Teresa Amabile at Harvard Business School. He has studied, worked, and volunteered internationally, galvanizing his interest in studying work and well-being across vastly different contexts. Jeff earned his B.B.A. in Management and Psychology from the University of Miami.

Journal Articles

• Steiner, Jeff, and Teresa M. Amabile. "What Do I Make of the Rest of My Life? Global and Quotidian Life Construal across the Retirement Transition." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 171 (July 2022). View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials

• Perlow, Leslie, Jeff Steiner, and Matthew Preble. "Gina Wilcox." Harvard Business School Case 420-045, September 2019. (Revised September 2020.) View Details
• Perlow, Leslie, Jeff Steiner, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "Joseph Kahn." Harvard Business School Case 420-044, August 2019. View Details
• Perlow, Leslie, Jeff Steiner, and Olivia Hull. "Christopher Crosby." Harvard Business School Case 420-043, August 2019. View Details
• Gino, Francesca, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho, and Paul Green. "Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'." Harvard Business School Case 920-005, August 2019. View Details

Area of Study

• Organizational Behavior
• Psychology