Research

Please feel free to contact me via social media (links in footer) or email (zberry [at] marshall [dot] usc [dot] edu) to discuss any of the below projects or related research topics, regardless of whether or not you are in academia. I am always looking for new partnerships with organizations, both paid and unpaid partnerships (please contact me via email for more information). 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Lucas, B.J., O’Connor, K., Berry, Z., Effron, D.A. (in press). Intergenerational Hypocrisy: When an Organization’s Distant Past Limits its Legitimacy to Practice or Preach in the Present. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 

Berry, Z., Lucas, B.J., & Jachimowicz, J.M. (2025). People Overestimate How Harshly They Are Evaluated for Disengaging from Passion Pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Berry, Z. & Hildreth, J.A.D. (2024). When Your Friend is My Friend: How Loyalty Prompts Support for Indirect Ties in Moral Dilemmas. Organization Science. [PDF]

Berry, Z. & Lucas, B.J. (2024). How Much is Enough? The Relationship Between Prosocial Effort and Moral Character Judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. [PDF]

Berry, Z., Silver, I., & Shaw, A. (2023). Moral Paragons, but Crummy Friends: The Case of Snitching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. [PDF]

Proudfoot, D., Berry, Z., Chang, E., & Kay, M. (2023). The Diversity Heuristic: How Team Demographic Composition Influences Judgments of Team Creativity. Management Science. [PDF]

Huber, C., Druber, A., Huber, J., … Berry, Z., … & Holzmeister, F. (2023). Competition and Moral Behavior. A Meta-Analysis of 45 Crowd-Sourced Experimental Designs. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. [PDF]

Berry, Z., Lewis Jr., N.A., & Sowden, W.J. (2021). The Double-Edged Sword of Loyalty. Current Directions in Psychological Science. [PDF]

Lucas, B.J., Berry, Z., Giurge, L.M., & Chugh, D. (2021). A Longer Shortlist Increases the Consideration of Female Candidates in Male-Dominant Domains. Nature Human Behavior. [PDF]

Manuscripts Under Review and In Revision

Rosenblum, M.R., Berry, Z., Schroeder, J. (Revise & Resubmit). [topic: cancel culture]

Berry, Z., Preston, M.C., & Kundro, T.G. (under review). [topic: morality and diversity]

Kundro, T.G., Stalford, J., & Berry, Z. (under review). [topic: helping]

Kundro, T.G., Affinito, S.J., Berry, Z., Stalford, J. (under review). [topic: morality]

Berry, Z. & Ferragamo, A. (under review). [topic: giving]

Anicich, E.M., Berry, Z., Frey, E., & Tost, L.P. (in revision). [topic: morality at work]

Gildehaus, J., Berry, Z., Krautter, K., & Jachimowicz, J.M. (in revision). [topic: passion]

Berry, Z. & Lewis Jr., N.A. (in revision). Who Gets the Benefit of Being Remembered Positively After Their Death?

Practitioner-Oriented Articles

Berry, Z., Lucas, B.J., & Jachimowicz, J.M. (July 7, 2025). When It’s Time to Leave a Career You’re Passionate About. Harvard Business Review. [link]

Berry, Z. & Jachimowicz, J.M. (November 18, 2021). When Following Your Passion Turns Toxic. Harvard Business Review. [link]

Berry, Z., Lewis Jr., N.A., & Sowden, W.J. (September 21, 2021). Are You Too Loyal to Your Organization? Harvard Business Review. [link]

Berry, Z. (May 6, 2021). The Tricky Role of Loyalty at Work. Ethical Systems. [link]

Lucas, B.J., Giurge, L.M., Berry, Z., & Chugh, D. (February 16, 2021). To Reduce Gender Bias in Hiring, Make Your Shortlist Longer. Harvard Business Review. [link]