The cultural, relational and material processes that shape inequalities at work. In her dissertation, she explains why and how interpersonal trust at work persists despite eroding work conditions and a proclivity to distrust people and institutions outside of the workplace. She argues that trust enables people to cope with the liminality of contemporary work, imbuing workplace experiences and relationships with meaning. Yet, trust also obscures workplace inequalities and institutionalized vulnerabilities and motivates consent to insecure working arrangements and processes of control. In a separate research stream, Sarah’s research sheds light on how demanding work expectations contribute to gender difference and inequality within organizations.
