Teaching & mentorship

Courses & students

Three decades of graduate teaching at the Hebrew University, and the students whose work it supported.

Courses

Graduate courses taught

Advanced Research Methods

Ph.D. seminar.

Dyadic Data Analysis & Meta-Analysis

Methods for interdependent and cumulative data.

HLM & SEM

Hierarchical linear and structural equation modeling.

Introduction to R

Reproducible analysis from the ground up.

Managerial Listening Skills

MBA.

Organizational Behavior

Executive MBA.

Course R code and datasets live on the For Researchers page.

Current

Current students

Leah Bloy — Ph.D.Detecting careless responding in questionnaires.
Shlomit Davidovitch — Postdoctoral researcherCharacterizing a human encounter.

Alumni

Doctoral graduates

Sarit Pery · 2025An exploration of dyadic processes using scores of the Social Relations Model

Limor Borut · 2024The wrongs of “give to receive”: reciprocity expectations, resource types, and attachment anxiety

Yaara Turjeman-Levi · 2023Sensory-processing sensitivity of the listener and the speaker’s social anxiety

Michal Lehmann · 2022Humility as a dyadic phenomenon in organizations

Yaron Sela · 2018Listening to the powerful and powerful listening

Guy Itzchakov · 2017The effects of listening on social anxiety and attitude characteristics

Dorit Bitter · 2016Barriers faced by voice-encouraging managers

Dotan Castro · 2014The effects of listening on the dialectical self, bonding, and well-being

Eyal Rechter · 2011Feedforward effects on affect, self-efficacy, and performance

Edith Levintz · 2009Attachment style and organizational commitment (co-supervised, A. Cohen)

Dina Nir · 2009The negotiational self (co-supervised, A. Malach-Pines)

Liat Levontin · 2009Victory with no victims: amity achievement goals

Varda Wasserman · 2009Organizational aesthetics as a control tool (co-supervised, M. Frenkel)

Liad Uziel · 2007The social facilitation effect: personality moderation and emotional mediation

Dina Van-Dijk · 2003Feedback sign and regulatory focus effects on motivation and performance

Alumni

MA & MBA theses

39 supervised theses (1996–2022), many on listening, feedback, and feedforward.

Guy Doytch · 2022Can listening be taught? Effects of listening training on perceived listening

Sarit Pery · 2018The dyadic nature of listening, intimacy, speech, and helping in work teams

Liora Lipetz · 2016Listening is listening is listening: the holistic perception of listening at work (LBLS)

Emma Maor · 2016Enabling confession through legitimate power and nonjudgmental listening

Yaara Turjeman · 2016High-sensitivity as a moderator of physical stimulation on listening

Tali Zeidman Bourla · 2016The effects of mindfulness meditation on listening

Ohad Yaron · 2014Listening and the reduction of stereotypes

Yael Cohen · 2014Can listening in mentoring relationships increase role clarity?

Niva Hanna Porzycki · 2014The effects of active listening on mindfulness at work

Alex Rif · 2013Integrating family life with work among senior female managers

Anat Hurwitz · 2013Listening and the creation of co-dominance

Michal Lehmann · 2013Does support from the boss yield employee creativity?

Aviva Dolev · 2012The effects of supervisors’ listening on subordinates’ well-being

Maya Charit · 2011When firing an employee, what is better — distancing or listening?

Tom Barak · 2008Transmission of positive stories in organizations

Liat Kaufman · 2008Discrimination against women in managerial positions

Rachel Kaplan · 2008Positive-psychology techniques as a function of attachment style

Anna Bogolevsky · 2006Organizational gossip

Yehuda Hoffman · 2005Removing “ruin” outcomes on risky choice under promotion focus

Osnat Hazan · 2004Why don’t people strive towards happiness?

Eyal Rechter · 2004Individual differences in implicit learning

Hagar Madar · 2004The influence of extroversion on arousal and customer behavior

Ariela Binenboym · 2004Fit between ad-induced affect and advertised product on ad effectiveness

Ravit Harrari-Caspi · 2004Individual differences in ad-induced affect and reactions to ads

Meirav Hershkowitz · 2004The effect of the regulation system on probability perception

Liat Levontin · 2003Goal-orientation and regulatory-focus: conflicting effects of feedback sign

Elena Hurin Stephan · 2002Probability perception: the effect of situational and personal needs

Daniela Ben-Dor · 2002Service environment: gap between experienced and ideal emotions on satisfaction

Mirit Naor · 2002Organizational commitment as a moderator of feedback sign on motivation

Galit Lieberman · 2001Arousal and service environment

Revital Rahmani · 2001Emotions, decision-making, and behavior of women in apparel stores

Tzahi Matalon · 2000The reward paradox: performance-based feedback and increased absenteeism

Ilona van der Hagen · 2000Attitude and subjective norm as determinants of behavioral intention

Liad Uziel · 2000Individual differences in reaction to the presence of others

Sharon Shkedi · 1999The effects of pleasantness and arousal on information processing and decision making

Varda Wasserman · 1998In the service of beauty: aesthetics in service organizations

Ziporit Glick · 1998Praise and reaction-time task performance

Avital Bendel Goren · 1997Work commitment in Japan

Baruch Kairi · 1996Social facilitation as a moderator of intelligence and reaction time