
Global Research Team
University Professor; Dean's Distinguished Professor of Management
Pepperdine University, Psychology / Organizational Studies
Cristina B. Gibson is University Professor and Dean's Distinguished Professor of Management in the Applied Behavioral Science group at Pepperdine University's Graziadio Business School. Her research sits at the nexus of organizational science, international management, and cross-cultural psychology, with a focus on employee well-being, dignity and inclusion, corporate-community partnerships, and technology-enabled collaboration. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, the Academy of International Business, and the American Psychological Association, and her work spans more than 30 countries.
Analysis of demographic variation and childhood correlates of financial well-being across 22 countries
Nature Human Behaviour · 2025
Childhood predictors of volunteering across 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Life course insights into social relationship quality: a cross-national analysis of 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Seeds of Hope: Cross-National Analysis of Childhood Predictors of Hope in 22 Countries
Applied Research in Quality of Life · 2025
Strangers, Friends, and Everything Between: Sociodemographic Variation in Social Relationship Quality Across 22 Countries
Social Indicators Research · 2025
The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing
Nature Mental Health · 2025
Understanding who volunteers globally through an examination of demographic variation in volunteering across 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025