William C. Scott is a final-year PhD Candidate at Michigan State University and holds a Masters degree in Organizational Psychology. He has contributed to the growing field of research on employee well-being and organizational justice/fairness, with his Masters thesis being focused on the development of a measure of contributive justice which examined how fairness in employees’ opportunities to make meaningful contributions in the workplace was related to feelings of meaningful work, self-esteem, and psychological well-being.
William’s research currently focuses on dignity at work under the modern work conditions (neoliberal economic system) as his long-term goals are to pursue a career in academia, with the aim to teach and promote well-being, human flourishing at work, and positive psychology in both the academic setting and applied in the workplace and organizations. His dissertation focuses on further integrating workplace dignity, humanistic management and I-O psychology, with the anticipated completion date of May 2026.
William recently had a co-authored commentary accepted by The Industrial and Organizational Psychology journal. In this work, William and his coauthors discussed the dignity of animals in human-animal relations in organizations and the workplace. He recently became a student member of the Academy of Management (AOM).