Mehran Bahmani
PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Organization Studies
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2025
Educational Background
| Present | PhD Candidate, Business Administration Schulich School of Business – York University Toronto, Canada Advisor: Prof. Dr. Kevin Tasa |
| 2017-2020 | Masters of Business Administration (in Organizational Behavior) Sharif University of Technology Iran |
| 2012-2017 | Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Sharif University of Technology Iran |
Thesis Topic
Augmentation Backlash Effects in AI-Augmented Negotiations: Examining the Role of Gender
Research Interests – Work in Progress
Research Interests
AI and the Future of Work, Conflict and Cooperation, Culture
Work in Progress
Bahmani, M., & Zhao, E., (Writing, targeted for Journal of Applied Psychology). [Research on the effects of an individual’s social class on using AI technologies]
Bahmani, M., Hale, J., & Gratch, J., (Writing, targeted for ACM-CHI conference). [Research on the backlash effects of AI augmentation in negotiation]
Bahmani, M., Zhu, L., & Shao, R., (Data collection and writing). [Research on the role of culture in employees’ conflict expressions to customer mistreatment]
Bahmani, M., & Gray, K., (Study design and data collection). [Research on a cultural analysis of benevolence-integrity moral dilemmas]
Bahmani, M., Larson, L., Brown, A. S., & Woolley, A. W., (Conceptualization and study design). [Research on performance dynamics in Human-AI collectives]
Bahmani, M., & Atari, M., (Conceptualization and study design). [Research on ecological and social selection pressures and parochial or violent behaviors]
Bahmani, M., & Weinzierl, M., (Conceptualization and theoretical development). [Research on AI technologies in space industries and labor markets effects]
Awards and Honours
| 2025 | Academic Excellence Fund, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University |
| 2024-2025 | Graduate Research Fellowship, The Program on Negotiation (PON), Harvard Law School, Harvard University |
| 2024 | Academic Excellence Fund, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University |
| 2023 | Academic Excellence Fund, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University |
| 2023 | Dispute Resolution Research Center (DRRC) Breakthrough Award, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University |
| 2021 | Research Excellence Award (2019-20), Graduate School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology |
| 2020 |
Anthony P. Cunliffe Award, Schulich School of Business, York University |
| 2019 |
Best Paper Award in OB & HRM, 16th International Conference on Management in Tehran, Iran |
Refereed Publications
Tasa, K., & Bahmani, M., (2023). Who cooperates in negotiation? The impact of political skill on cooperation, reputation and outcomes. International Journal of Conflict Management, 34(4), 801-817.
Rees, L., & Bahmani, M., (2025). The Relational Tradeoff Model: The Effects of Socially Interactive Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Human-AI Relationships.
Under 3rd Round Review (Revised and Resubmitted) at Organizational Psychology Review.
Bahmani, M., & Rees, L., (2025). Human Emotions in Working with AI Systems: An Integrative Interdisciplinary Review. Under Review at Journal of Management.
Refereed Conference Papers
Bahmani, M., & Jonassen, Z., (2025, July). Humane & Symbiotic or Parasitic: Emotional and Ethical Perspectives of Human-Technology Interactions. Presenter Symposium held at the AOM 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Brown, A. S., Bahmani, M., Dishop, C. R., & Woolley A. W., (2025, July). AI Collaboration and Affective Response: Examining the Effects of Anger-Provoking Behavior by AI Teammates on Collective Performance. Paper presented at the AOM 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jonassen, Z. (Co-Chair), Bahmani, M. (Co-Chair & Moderator), Lifshitz-Assaf, H., Woolley, A.W., Cappellaro, G., van Zelderen, A. (2025, July). Capturing Emotions in an Era of AI: From Experiments to Ethnography. Panel Symposium held at the AOM 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bahmani, M. (2025, May). Backlash Effects in AI-Augmented Negotiations: Examining the Role of Gender. Paper presented at the AI Plus Management Doctoral Consortium, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Chakra, M. (Co-Chair), Bonaccio, S. (Co-Chair), Bahmani, M., Campion, E.D., Labrador, J., Lukacik, E.R., Steel, P., & Wu, J. (2025, April). AI and IO Psychology: Current Questions on the Science and Practice for Selection. Panel Discussion held at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Annual Conference, Denver, United States.
Bahmani, M., Zhu, L., & Shao, R., (2025, February). The Power of Speaking Up: Verbal Objection as a De-escalation Strategy in Customer-Employee Conflicts Across Cultural Contexts. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, United States.
Bahmani, M., & Morse, L., (2024, August). Humans + AI: Organizational Behavior Research on Human-Machine Interactions. Presenter Symposium held at the AOM 2024, Chicago, United States.
Bahmani, M., & Rees, L., (2024, August). The Diverging Disparity Effect in Socially Interactive Artificial Intelligence: An Emotional Perspective on the Evolution of Human-AI Relationships in Organizations. Paper presented at the AOM 2024, Chicago, United States.
Jang, D., Ramirez Marin, J., & Bahmani, M., (2024, June). Diversity, inclusion, respect, and having a voice. Panel Discussion in Doctoral Student Workshop at the IACM 2024 in Singapore.
Zhao, E., & Bahmani, M., (2024, June). On the Effects of Socioeconomic Status on the Access to and Usage of AI in the Workplace. Poster presented at the IACM 2024 in Singapore.
Tasa, K., & Bahmani, M., (2023, August). What Makes a Negotiation Team Successful? Linking Political Skill to Behaviors and Outcomes. Paper presented at the AOM 2023, Boston, United States.
Rees, L., & Bahmani, M., (2023, July). Emotionally Intelligent Artificial Intelligence? Future Possibilities and Potential Pitfalls. Paper presented at the IACM 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Bahmani, M., Tasa, K., & Ji, M., (2023, July). Predicting cooperative behavior in conflict management: The impact of political skill. Poster presented at the IACM 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Tasa, K., Bahmani, M., & O’Neill, T., (2022, July). The role of political skill in negotiation: How social competence relates to cooperativeness, reputation and outcomes. Paper presented at the IACM 2022, Ottawa, Canada.
Bahmani, M. & Alavi, S. B., (2019, December). Emergent States Phenomenon in Behavioral Processes of the Board of Directors: A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Antecedents and Consequences. Paper presented at the 16th International Conference on Management, Tehran, Iran. (In Persian)
