Rebecca Jean Thompson
Rebecca Jean Thompson
Adjunct Faculty
Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Occupational Health and Well-being; Work-family dynamics; Personality and Individual Differences
Current Research
Selected Publications
Kossek, E. E., Thompson, R. J., Lawson, K., M., Hammer, Bodner, T., Almeida, D., Hurtado, D., Moen, P., L. B., Buxton, O. M., Berkman, L. F., & Perrigino, M. B. (2019). Caring for the elderly at work and home: Can a randomized organizational intervention improve psychological health? Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 24(1), 36-54. DOI: 10.1037/ocp0000104
Tracy, J. K., Falk, D., Thompson, R. J., Scheindlin, L., Adetunji, F., & Swanberg, J. E. (2018). Managing the Cancer-Work Interface: The Effect of Cancer Survivorship on Unemployment. Cancer Management and Research. 10, 6479-6487. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S180649
Kossek, E. E., Thompson, R. J., & Lautsch, B. A. (2015). Balanced flexibility: Avoiding the traps. California Management Review, 57, 5-25. https://doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2015.57.4.5
Thompson, R. J., Payne, S. C., & Taylor, A. B. (2015). Flexible Work Arrangements: Attraction to Flextime, Flexplace, or Both? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 88, 726-749. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12095
Berry, C. M., Kim, A., Wang, Y., Thompson, R. J., & Mobley, W. (2013). Five-factor-model employment-oriented personality measures and sex-based differential prediction of performance. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 62, 13-43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00493.x
Thompson, R. J., Payne, S. C., Horner, M. T., & Morey, L. C. (2012). Why borderline personality features adversely affect job performance: The role of task strategies. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 32-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.08.026
Courses Taught
Graduate Statistics
Graduate Research Methods
Personality in the Workplace
I/O Psychology
Personnel Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Occupational Stress and Health
Stress Management
Introduction to Psychology*
*Course is part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Second Chance Program. Class taught at Jessup Correctional Facility. For more information see: http://www.ubalt.edu/cpa/about-the-college/community-engagement/second-chance-college-program.cfm
Education
Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (December 2013)
Graduate Certificate in Education & Social Sciences Advanced Research Methods
M.S. Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (December 2011)
B.A. Psychology
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (May 2008)