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. 

Miske, O., Abatayo, A.L.,…Berry, Z., (1 of 128 authors),… Nosek, B.A., & Errington, T.M. (2026). Investigating the reproducibility of the social and behavioural sciences. Nature.

Tyner, A.H., Abatayo, A.L.,…Berry, Z. (1 of 292 authors),…Nosek, B.A., & Errington, T.M. (2026). Investigating the replicability of the social and behavioural sciences. Nature.

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. (Revise & Resubmit). [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. (in revision). [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]