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College of Business

Heidi Baumann PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Management
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 250
Office Phone
(309) 438-2827office
phone
Email
hmbauma@ilstu.eduemail
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Biography

Dr. Heidi Baumann is an Associate Professor of Management in the College of Business at Illinois State University. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from Purdue University. Dr. Baumann's research focuses on two primary areas: (1) employees' work-life interface and (2) performance management and employee development. She has published her research in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and the Journal of Management in addition to other quality outlets. She serves on the editorial review board for the Journal of Management as well as an ad hoc reviewer for multiple other journals.

Dr. Baumann's teaching focuses on topics such as human resource management, performance management, leadership, and managing the work-life interface, and she has experience teaching in undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA programs. She is also actively engaged in delivering executive and professional development programs in the community. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Baumann worked for two Fortune 500 companies, Caterpillar Inc. and State Farm Insurance.

Current Courses

220.009Business Organization And Management

323.001Human Resources Management

323.002Human Resources Management

323.003Human Resources Management

323.001Human Resources Management

323.002Human Resources Management

340.001Seminar In Management

Teaching Interests & Areas

Human Resource Management, Performance Management, Leadership, Managing the Work-Life Interface

Research Interests & Areas

Employees' Work-Life Interface, Performance Management and Employee Development, Leadership Development

Ph D Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

MBA

Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois

BS Computer Science

Truman State University
Kirksville, Missouri

Book, Chapter

Schleicher, D., & Baumann, H. Performance management and the changing nature of work. B. J. Hoffman, M. K. Shoss, & L. A. Wegman (EDs), The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work. Cambridge University Press (2020): 340-363.

Journal Article

Baumann, H., & Wilson, K. Considering Need Satisfaction Both at Work and at Home: What Matters for Employees’ Work-Family Enrichment and Well-Being?. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 97.4 (2024): 1659-1680.
Baumann, H., & Marcum, T. Human capital and legal perspectives on remote work: Recommendations for organizations. Management Research Review 46.12 (2023): 1711-1726.
Schleicher, D., Baumann, H., Sullivan, D., & Yim, J. Evaluating the effectiveness of performance management: A 30-year integrative conceptual review. Journal of Applied Psychology 104.7 (2019): 851-887.
Robin, J., Baumann, H., & Kotik, J. Identity coactivation: Person and situation influences and the mediating role of experienced conflict. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 48.8 (2018): 411-423.
Schleicher, D., Baumann, H., Sullivan, D., Levy, P., Hargrove, D., & Barros-Rivera, B. Putting the system into performance management systems: A review and agenda for performance management research. Journal of Management 44.6 (2018): 2209-2245.

Presentations

Aha!: Building Leader Identity through Moments of Insight During Experiential Learning Exercises. Southern Management Association. (2024)
Work-home need satisfaction congruence, work-family enrichment, and well-being. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (2023)
Investigating work-home autonomy need satisfaction congruence and work-family enrichment. Work and Family Researchers Network Conference. (2022)
The carryover of social evaluations at home to self-evaluations at work. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (2022)
HR and legal trends post COVID for remote work: Employers’ need for flexibility, moving forward and compassion. Academy of Legal Studies Annual Conference. (2021)
Is recovery better for men or women? The impact of recovery on dual-earner couples’ work outcomes following negative interactions at home. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (2020)
Preoccupied with nonwork thoughts while working: A self-regulatory perspective on antecedents. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (2020)
Social undermining in couples: The role of recovery and impact on family-work conflict and performance. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (2020)
Self-determination at work and at home: A moderated mediation model of work-family enrichment. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (2019)
Absent while present: Examining antecedents and outcomes of employees’ preoccupation with nonwork thoughts while at work. Work and Family Researchers Network Conference. (2018)