We are dedicated to the integration of faculty studying the world of work and the training of future inter-disciplinary doctoral scholars and practitioners in the organizational sciences.

Organizational Science is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry focusing on employee and organizational health, well-being, and effectiveness. Organizational Science is both a science and a practice, founded on the notion that enhanced understanding leads to applications and interventions that benefit the individual, work groups, the organization, the customer, the community, and the larger society in which the organization operates.

 Specific topics of study in Organizational Science include, but are not limited to:

The discipline stems from (in alphabetical order): Human Resources Management, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Communication, Organizational Sociology and Social Psychology.

To learn more about the program, please read the article published in the UNC Charlotte magazine for alumni and friends found here.

Our Mission

Our mission is to become national leaders in organizational science scholarship, to achieve excellence in organizational science doctoral education, and, through both, ultimately advance employee and organizational health, well-being, and effectiveness.

Our Values

• Commitment to openness, honesty, forthrightness, and the highest standards of integrity and ethical professional behavior in all that we do
• Maintain a professional, collegial, respectful, and inclusive community
• Promote communication, cooperation, and collaborations between faculty members and between faculty members and students in this interdisciplinary program
• Promote the application of Organizational Science scholarship and methods to the improvement of the world of work by providing high quality organizational science consulting and outreach efforts; internships; and promoting public awareness of the field of organizational science
• Support organizational science students and faculty in their efforts to study, research, develop, apply, and teach the principles, findings, and methods of organizational science
• Value all types of high quality research from various disciplines be it qualitative, quantitative, lab-based, field-based, micro in-orientation, macro in-orientation, very basic, or very applied
• Maintain and foster our interdisciplinary foundation
• Value and recognize the importance of the science/practice model in our student training and the variety of career paths it may support
• Commitment to thoughtfulness, reflection, flexibility, and the rigorous scrutiny of ideas.

Graduates of the program will be prepared to assume leadership roles as organizational scholars, researchers, and educators in academic institutions and as practitioners and policy makers in a wide range of public and private settings. By doing so, our graduating doctoral students will be further promoting our core mission to advance employee and organizational health, well-being, and effectiveness. 

It is the University's 15th doctoral program.