Biography

Dr. Meghan Kane is an Assistant Professor of Management at Temple University’s Fox School of Business. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Central Florida.

Dr. Kane’s research focuses on gratitude and positive interpersonal relationships at work. In particular, she examines how expressions of gratitude shape employees’ attention, efficacy, relationships, and experiences at work, as well as how gratitude operates within leader–follower relationships and spreads across people and different areas of life. More broadly, her research explores how positive communication, emotions, and leader behaviors can strengthen workplace relationships and improve employees’ experiences.

Her research has appeared in the Journal of Applied Psychology, and her work on gratitude is featured in the forthcoming second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. She has also presented her research at leading conferences, including the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Dr. Kane currently serves on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Business and Psychology. Dr. Kane teaches courses in statistics and quantitative research methods, management, and leadership. She brings the same emphasis on positivity and meaningful relationships that guides her research into the classroom, creating an engaging and supportive learning environment.