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College of Business

Mehr Amirkamali

Assistant Professor of Management
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SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 250
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(309) 438-5701office
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Email
famirka@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
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Biography

Dr. Mehr (Faezeh) Amirkamali is an Assistant Professor of Management at Illinois State University’s College of Business. She received her PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in Management from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she focused on organizational behavior and human resource management.

Her primary research interests include Work-Life Boundary Management, Work-Life Balance, the Integration of Technology and Artificial Intelligence in HRM Practices, and Cultural and Individual Values. Her research has been published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.

Dr. Amirkamali has taught undergraduate and MBA courses in human resource management, organizational behavior, organizational change, and research methods. She is committed to creating an engaging and supportive learning environment, emphasizing applied learning and the use of emerging technologies in her teaching.

Current Courses

MBA 421.001 Analysis Of Organizational Behavior

MBA 421.002 Analysis Of Organizational Behavior

MGT 352.001 Recruitment And Selection

Research Interests & Areas

Work-Life Boundary Management, Work-Life Balance, Integration of Technology and Artificial Intelligence in HRM Practices, and Cultural and Individual Values

PhD Business Administration, Management

University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas

Journal Article

How effective are work-life balance policies? The importance of inclusion
Wendy J. Casper, Shelia A. Hyde, Shona G. Smith, Faezeh Amirkamali, Julie H. Wayne.
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 12, 73-108, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-110622-050544
Setting our boundaries: The role of gender, values, and role salience in work–home boundary permeability
Faezeh Amirkamali, Wendy J. Casper, Shelia A. Hyde, Julie H Wayne, Hoda Vaziri.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 97 (3), 1076-1099, (2024), 10.1111/joop.12498
A meta‐analytic investigation of the personal and work‐related antecedents of work-family balance
Hoda Vaziri, Julie H. Wayne, Wendy J. Casper, Laurent M. Lapierre, Jeffrey H. Greenhaus, Faezeh Amirkamali, Yanhong Li.
Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43 (4), 662-692, (2021), 10.1002/job.2594

Presentations

Two-timing work and home, the relationship of individual values with boundary permeability preference
Faezeh Amirkamali, Wendy J. Casper.
Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, June, 2022
Economic strain, work-family conflict and work withdrawal among low-income workers. In K. J. Black (Chair), Implications of financial vulnerability: examining the understudied
Tracy L. Griggs, Faezeh Amirkamali, Wendy J. Casper.
Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, Virtual, October, 2021
Traditional values, gender, role identity salience, and work-home permeability behavior: How men and women manage boundaries at work and home
Faezeh Amirkamali, Wendy J. Casper, Wayne S. Crawford.
Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, June, 2020
Supervisor and Coworker Support, Family-To-Work Conflict, and Physical Symptoms Among Low-Income Workers
Faezeh Amirkamali, Wendy J. Casper, Tracy L Griggs.
Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, Washington D.C., June, 2018
Work-life balance, its antecedents and outcomes: A meta-analysis.
Faezeh Amirkamali, Hoda Vaziri, Wendy J. Casper, Julie H. Wayne, Jeffrey Greenhaus.
Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, Washington D.C., June, 2016