Professor Fried's research focus is on the contribution of context in the areas of work stress, job and office design, motivation, performance appraisal, and diversity. His work has appeared in leading journals in the field, including the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Human Relations. Between 1998 and 2001 he served as the associate-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Organizational Behavior.
Professor Fried recently was honored with a Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management Meeting, 2007 for his paper "Reactions to Inequity as a Function of Organization Strategy: Effect of Micro- and Macro Variables," co-authored with A. Levi, L. Markoczy, & A. Fiegenbaum.
