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## Segment 9 — adoption

## Article 53 — a053

# Sarah L. Wright

**Profile:** A professor of organizational behavior and associate dean of research at the **University of Canterbury Business School** in New Zealand, and an honorary professor at **Sheffield University Management School**. Her research is known for its focus on workplace relationships and loneliness.

**Role in this source:** Co-author (with [[entity-constance-noonan-hadley]]) of the study and HBR article.

**Attributed contributions in this vault:**
- Co-authored the summary finding [[quote-human-connection-matters-most]].
- Co-author of all survey-based claims, including [[claim-ai-social-support-widespread]], [[claim-ai-fails-to-cure-loneliness]], [[claim-loneliness-drives-ai-pessimism]], and [[claim-ai-undermines-trust]].
- Contributed the loneliness-measurement grounding behind [[concept-workplace-loneliness]] and the [[framework-five-measures-human-connection]].

**Enrichment context:** Canonical references include her University of Canterbury Business School profile and Sheffield University Management School honorary-professor page. Prior empirical work by Wright and colleagues validates loneliness as a distinct workplace construct linked to job satisfaction, commitment, and turnover intention.