Dr. Yasha Spriha
Assistant Professor of Management
W. P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University
Yasha Spriha
PhD in Management
University of Maryland
MSc. in Employment Relations
London School of Economics
Bachelors in English Literature
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University
About
I am an Assistant Professor of Management at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University.
My research focuses on how organizations can better listen to employees, support creative ideas, and create workplaces where people from all backgrounds can contribute and thrive. I study
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employee voice,
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creativity and innovation,
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social hierarchies,
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and socio-economic mobility and inclusion of first-generation employees at work.
At the heart of my work is a simple question:
How can organizations better recognize the agency people bring to their work and harness it to improve work processes and policies and drive innovation?
Research
Employee Voice and Innovation
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Spriha, Y., Tangirala, S., Shu, R., & Ekkirala, S. (2026). How Employees Who Have Made Upward Social Class Transitions Get Heard in the Workplace. Academy of Management Journal, 69(2), 243-274.
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Spriha, Y. & Venkataramani, V. Work Experiences and Creative Idea Implementation [title redacted for review]. 1st Round Revise and Resubmit at the Academy of Management Journal.
Hierarchies in Organizations
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Liao, H.*, Spriha, Y.*, Feng, Q., Zhu, L., & Zhao, Z. Visible from Afar: Remote Employees’ Collaboration Responsiveness to Managerial Requests. Conditionally accepted at the Academy of Management Journal.
*Equal authorship
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Spriha, Y. & Foulk, T. Power and Challenging Behaviors [title redacted for review]. Under review at Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
For additional information on my working projects, please refer to my CV.
Teaching
MGT 320: Organizational Behavior
W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
I currently teach an undergraduate course on organizational behavior to juniors and seniors.
BMGT 364: Managing People and Organizations
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
I have taught an undergraduate course on organizational behavior to freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors.
For additional information on my teaching evaluations, please refer to my CV.
Podcast
Currently developing. Stay tuned!
Awards
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2025 Allan N. Nash Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student by the R. H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
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2025 SIOP Graduate Student Scholarship ($3,000)
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2024 AOM Meeting Best Paper Award, Organizational Behavior Division
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2018-19 British Commonwealth Masters Scholarship to London School of Economics and Political Science
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2016 US State Department Women's Leadership Scholarship
Interests
Mentoring Students
Volunteering
Traveling
Board games
Reading fiction