Ross Hamilton Elliott

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Worker Cooperatives & Workplace Democracy, Gig workers experience, Union-management Psychology.

Ross Elliott is a first year PhD student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, working with Dr. Yijue Liang. His research focuses on the way employees empower themselves both in and outside of work, and with (or without) organizational support.

He earned his B.A. in Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut, where he published and presented studies regarding the roles labor unions play in shaping work lives and the impact of employee input and ownership on the work attitudes and the socio-emotional experience of work.

Selected Publications

Mellor, S., & Elliott, R. (2024). No fear or need? Perceived respect from one’s supervisor as a moderator of a mediation model of subordinates’ willingness to join a union. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06657-3

Education

B.A. Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut

Recent Presentations

Elliott, R., Mellor, S. (2026, April) Workplace Democracy: Empirical Demonstration of a New Predictor of Turnover Intention. Poster presented at The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Elliott, R., Mellor, S. (2025, June 26-29) Three Psychological Studies on Humility at Work in Relation to Union Outcomes. In Carriere, K. (chair), Workplace Advocacy Across Levels: Individual, Organizational, and Community Perspectives. Annual Conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Portland, OR.