Justin M. Berg

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Justin M. Berg is an American organizational psychologist and academic whose research focuses on creativity, innovation, and job design. He is an associate professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, where he also serves as Faculty Doctoral Coordinator. Berg's work examines how individuals and organizations generate, evaluate, and implement new ideas, and has been featured in leading academic journals and major media outlets including Forbes, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Education

Berg attended the University of Michigan for undergraduate studies, where he received his B.A. in organizational studies and psychology in 2007. [1] After a few years working as a research and development consultant, he attended the University of Pennsylvania for graduate school, receiving his Ph.D. in management from The Wharton School in 2015. [2]

Career

After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Berg worked as an R&D Consultant for the Center for Positive Organizations at Michigan Ross. [3] During this time, he worked with fellow researchers Jane Dutton and Amy Wrzesniewski to create the Job Crafting Exercise, [4] an interactive tool intended to boost job satisfaction by helping people redesign their jobs to better align with their strengths, values, and interests. [5]

After receiving his Ph.D. from Wharton, Berg worked as an assistant professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business before transitioning to the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Here, he serves as associate professor of Management and Organizations and Faculty Doctoral Coordinator. [6]

Berg's research focuses largely on creativity and innovation. He has published several studies in collaboration with author and leading organizational psychologist Adam Grant on topics such as “unanswered callings” [7] and job titles. [8] His work has been published in academic journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, [9] Academy of Management Journal, [10] and Journal of Applied Psychology, [11] and featured in publications like Forbes, [12] [13] the BBC, [14] The Atlantic, [15] The Wall Street Journal, [16] Smithonian Magazine, [17] and Harvard Business Review. [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Justin Berg". Michigan Ross. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Justin Berg". Michigan Ross. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Justin Berg". University of Michigan Center for Positive Organizations. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Job Crafting Exercise" (PDF). Center for Positive Organizations, University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Regents of the University of Michigan. August 20, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Job Crafting". Job Crafting LLC. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Justin Berg". Michigan Ross. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  7. ↑ "When Callings Are Calling: Crafting Work and Leisure in Pursuit of Unanswered Occupational Callings". The Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library. September 1, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Job Titles as Identity Badges: How Self-Reflective Titles Can Reduce Emotional Exhaustion". Standford GraduateSchool of Business. August 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  9. ↑ "One-Hit Wonders versus Hit Makers: Sustaining Success in Creative Industries". Administrative Science Quarterly. 67 (3): 630–673. March 2022. doi: 10.1177/00018392221083650 . Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Justin Berg". Michigan Ross. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Getting Unstuck: The Effects of Growth Mindsets About the Self and Job on Happiness at Work". Journal of Applied Psychology. 108 (1): 152–166. May 2022. doi:10.1037/apl0001021 . Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Driving Breakthrough Ideas Without Breaking Relationships". Forbes. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Embracing the Power of Job Crafting: Your Path to Rediscovering Passion at Work". Forbes Coaches Council. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Why We Gloss Over Great Ideas and Invest in Bad Ones". BBC Worklife. May 4, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  15. ↑ "What Shania Twain Teaches Us About Creativity". The Atlantic. April 17, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Unhappy at Work? Try Hacking Your Job". The Wall Street Journal. August 11, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  17. ↑ "What Do Hitmakers Have That One-Hit Wonders Don't?". Smithsonian Magazine. May 11, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  18. ↑ "What's the Best Way to Build Trust at Work?". Harvard Business Review. June 18, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
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