Program Head, Business, Organizations and Society; Associate Professor of Business, Organizations and Society; Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, NYU Abu Dhabi
Jemima A. Frimpong’s research focuses on the complex dynamics of decision making, and the intersection of information processing and discrimination. She has worked extensively in healthcare organizations, examining how managerial attributes affect the adoption of innovations, treatment practices, and ultimately the health of patients.
Another stream of her research investigates the impact of stereotyping and prejudice on managerial decision making. She is particularly interested in studying how managers process information about job applicants and employees, and how these processes might lead to discrimination and other adverse outcomes. She is conducting a series of lab and survey-based experiments designed to elicit the dynamics of biases in hiring, evaluation, and promotion decisions.
Relevant publication:
1) Frimpong, J. A., Helleringer, S., Awoonor‐Williams, J. K., Yeji, F., & Phillips, J. F. (2011). Does supervision improve health worker productivity? Evidence from the Upper East Region of Ghana. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 16(10), 1225-1233.
2) Frimpong, J., Okoye, D., & Pongou, R. (2016).Economic growth, health care reform, and child nutrition in Ghana. Journal of African Development, 18(2), 41-60
3) Frimpong, J. A., Helleringer, S., Awoonor-Williams, J. K., Aguilar, T., Phillips, J. F., & Yeji, F. (2014).The complex association of health insurance and maternal health services in the context of a premium exemption for pregnant women: a case study in Northern Ghana. Ghana. Health policy and planning, 29(8), 1043-1053.
4) Kim, S. S., Frimpong, J. A., Rivers, P. A., & Kronenfeld, J. J. (2007). Effects of maternal and provider characteristics on up-to-date immunization status of children aged 19 to 35 months. American journal of public health, 97(2), 259-266.
5) Helleringer, S., Kohler, H. P., Frimpong, J. A., & Mkandawire, J. (2009). Increasing uptake of HIV testing and counseling among the poorest in sub-Saharan countries through home-based service provision. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 51(2), 185.