Aleena Khan

Research interests

My research will investigate intercultural partner dynamics at the workplace, with an emphasis on expectancy violation theory. Specifically, I am structuring my Master’s thesis model around the relationship of cultural communication norm violations with future collaborative desire and how this may be mediated by outgroup salience. At McMaster University, where I pursued my undergraduate degree, I analyzed employees with physical disabilities and how managers perceived them based on Cuddy’s concepts of warmth and competence.