Nancy P. Rothbard Faculty Profile

Nancy P. Rothbard
Assistant Professor of Management

PhD, University of Michigan, 1998; AB, Brown University, 1990

Research Areas
Work motivation and engagement; emotion and identity; work-life and career development

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2000-present. Previous appointment: Northwestern University

Other Positions
Harvard Business School, Research Associate & Case Writer, 1990-93

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Likert Dissertation Award, University of Michigan, 2000; Gerald and Lillian Dykstra Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Michigan, 1996-1997

Representative Publications
(with K.W. Phillips and T. L. Dumas)
Managing Multiple Roles: Work-family Policies and Individuals’ Desires for Segmentation. Organization Science 16 (2005).

(with J.R. Edwards)
“Investment in Work and Family Roles: A test of Identity and Utilitarian Motives.” Personnel Psychology 56 (2003).

"Enriching or Depleting? The Dynamics of Engagement in Work and Family Roles." Administrative Science Quarterly 46 (2001).

(with J.R. Edwards)
"Mechanisms Linking Work and Family: Specifying the Relationships Between Work and Family Constructs." Academy of Management Review 25.1 (2000).

(with J.R.Edwards)
"Work and Family Stress and Well-Being: An Examination of Person-Environment Fit in the Work and Family Domains." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 77.2 (1999).

(with S.J.Ashford, S.K. Piderit, and J.E. Dutton)
"Out on the Limb: The role of Context and Impression Management in Selling Gender-Equity Issues." Administrative Science Quarterly 43 (1998).