Bouchet Speaker to Discuss Organizational Effectiveness, Teams, and Relationships
March 2, 2026
By Katya Hrichak
Collaboration and teamwork are part of life, whether you’re a student or in the workforce. In this year’s Bouchet Lecture, Associate Professor of Management in the College of Business at Lehigh University and Bouchet Scholar Ozias A. Moore, Ph.D. ’16, invites us to consider our working relationships and success in the workplace.
“How do we get access to the resources we need and the relationships we need within the workplace to be effective at work? In organizations, everyone wants to ensure that they’re evaluating others fairly. What’s that process between the manager-employee relationship and what can go wrong in that process? We’ve all been on both sides of the table, no matter whether it’s working with an advisor or working in a more formal context of organization,” he said.
Moore will address these points and more during his talk, “Building Access, Strengthening Evidence, and Advancing Impact for Research and Practice,” on March 17 from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in G10 Biotech.
His talk will be anchored in his work as an School of Industrial and Labor Relations alumnus but relevant across all disciplines.
“My research touches on individuals working within teams. The majority of work that’s done today does involve some type of collaboration. Hopefully, people will leave learning things that allow them to be better within their organizations, within their teams, and more effective individual contributors,” he said. “They can take away some ideas from the research for how they can improve their own performance or how they evaluate others or their own relationships, managing resources, etc., and how they think about their own research in general.”
The Bouchet Society Lecture began in 2024 to provide an opportunity to highlight alumni of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society who are making meaningful contributions to academia and society through their scholarship, leadership, and service.
“The Bouchet Honor Society connects us all in that we want our research to have impact and change others in a positive way. For some scholars, they view research as a form of advocacy. As researchers, we always think about how our research can make the lives of other people better, more effective, more efficient,” Moore said. “I hope to bring light and insight that encourages someone else or helps someone think about research differently.”
The Bouchet Society Lecture is sponsored by the Graduate School Office of Inclusion & Student Engagement, Future Faculty and Academic Careers Program, and the Cornell Chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.