Prof. Dr. Jana Gallus

Jana Gallus is an associate professor in the strategy group at UCLA Anderson.

Her research interests lie in behavioral economics, strategy, and innovation, with a focus on recognition incentives and their effects on decision-making. She investigates how incentive schemes can be designed to enhance employee motivation and organizational performance in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.

Gallus’ work has been published in Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Applied Economics, Labour Economics, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, among other journals. Her research is informed by consulting activities for organizations on the design of incentives and recognition schemes.

Jana Gallus is a Visiting Fellow at CAS starting May through July 2023. She is a member of Prof. Dr. Florian Englmaier’s CAS Research Group “Words to Numbers”.