Heidi Baumann PhD
Associate Professor
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SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 250
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- About
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Biography
Dr. Heidi M. 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 and the Journal of Vocational Behavior and 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
MGT 356.001 Foundations of Human Resource Development
MGT 323.001 Human Resources Management
MGT 323.002 Human Resources 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
2025 Best Paper Award
Human Resources, Careers, and Development Track, Southern Management Association
2025
2024 Best Paper Award
Innovative Teaching/Management Education Track, Southern Management Association
2024
University Research Grant
Illinois State University
2024
Grants and Contracts
THE AI-READY GRADUATE: CLOSING THE KNOW-DO GAP IN GOAL SETTING WITH AI LITERACY
Anna Zabinski, Nathan S Hartman, Heidi Baumann.
Use of GenAI in Teaching and Learning at ISU SoTL Grant Program. November 20 2025
College of Business Research Fellowship and University Research Grant program (URG)
Heidi Baumann, Nathan S Hartman.
ISU's College of Business. August 9 2024 - August 9 2024
Book, Chapter
Performance management and the changing nature of work
Deidra J Schleicher, Heidi Baumann.
(2020), 340-363, The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work, Cambridge University Press
Exploring new frontiers in performance management research: An introduction
D J Schleicher, Heidi M Baumann.
New Frontiers in Performance Management Research: A Synthesis and Future Agenda (SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series), Oxford University Press
Integrative themes and future research directions in performance management
Heidi M Baumann, D J Schleicher.
New Frontiers in Performance Management: A Synthesis and Future Agenda (SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series), Oxford University Press
Book, Edited
New Frontiers in Performance Management Research: A Synthesis and Future Agenda
D J Schleicher, Heidi M Baumann.
SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series, Oxford University Press
Presentations
Modeling workforce performance: A simulation study of forced rankings under normal and power law distributions
Jamie R Wieland, Heidi M Baumann.
Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Greenville, SC, October, 2025
Creative Problem-solving in Healthcare Services: Nonlinear and Interactive Influences of Employee Engagement and Psychological Safety
Eric J. Michel, Heidi M Baumann, Laurence G. Weinzimmer.
Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, San Antonio, TX, October, 2024
Repeat Offenders: Emerging Leaders A Tale of Success
Heidi M Baumann, Nathan S Hartman, Candace A. Esken.
Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, San Antonio, TX, October, 2024
Aha!: Building Leader Identity through Moments of Insight During Experiential Learning Exercises
Heidi M Baumann, Anna S Zabinski, Nathan S Hartman.
Southern Management Association, San Antonio, Texas, October, 2024
Work-home need satisfaction congruence, work-family enrichment, and well-being
Heidi M Baumann.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August, 2023
The carryover of social evaluations at home to self-evaluations at work
L M Rosokha, K S Wilson, Heidi M Baumann.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August, 2022
Investigating work-home autonomy need satisfaction congruence and work-family enrichment
Heidi M Baumann, K S Wilson.
Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, NY, June, 2022
HR and legal trends post COVID for remote work: Employers’ need for flexibility, moving forward and compassion
T M Marcum, Heidi Baumann.
Academy of Legal Studies Annual Conference, Online, August, 2021
Is recovery better for men or women? The impact of recovery on dual-earner couples’ work outcomes following negative interactions at home
L M Rosokha, K S Wilson, Heidi Baumann, C E Kleshinski.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Online, August, 2020
Preoccupied with nonwork thoughts while working: A self-regulatory perspective on antecedents
Heidi M Baumann, M Perrigino, M M Robertson, K S Wilson, M A Clark.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Online, August, 2020
Social undermining in couples: The role of recovery and impact on family-work conflict and performance
L M Rosokha, K S Wilson, Heidi M Baumann, C E Kleshinski.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Online, August, 2020
Self-determination at work and at home: A moderated mediation model of work-family enrichment
Heidi M Baumann, K S Wilson.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August, 2019
Absent while present: Examining antecedents and outcomes of employees’ preoccupation with nonwork thoughts while at work
Heidi M Baumann, M B Perrigino, K S Wilson, M A Clark, M M Robertson.
Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, Washington D.C., June, 2018
Identity coactivation: Cognitive dissonance as an explanatory mechanism of the emotional response
J Robin, Heidi M Baumann, J Kotik.
Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, St. Pete Beach, FL, October, 2017
You’re here, but you’re not: Implications of employees’ work preoccupation for significant others
Heidi M Baumann, M A Clark, M M Mitchell.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August, 2017
Evaluating the effectiveness of performance management: A 30-year review
D J Schleicher, Heidi M Baumann.
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL, April, 2017
Multiple perspectives on multiple dimensions of enrichment: Employee and partner perspectives
Heidi M Baumann.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, August, 2016
Misery loves company: An investigation of employee and significant other similarity in family-to-work conflict
K S Wilson, Heidi M Baumann, R Ilies, E E Kossek, F K Matta.
Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, Washington D.C., June, 2016
Emotional intelligence and job performance: The mediating role of work-family balance
L G Weinzimmer, V Koubova, Heidi M Baumann, D Gullifor.
Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, St. Pete Beach, FL, October, 2015
Examining work-family enrichment as an autonomously motivated experience of resource investment
Heidi M Baumann, K S Wilson.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2014
Family-to-work conflict and coworker rated citizenship behavior: The role of partner agreement
Heidi M Baumann, K S Wilson, E E Kossek, R Ilies.
Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, New York City, NY, June, 2014
Managerial self-awareness: How “the rich get richer” with regard to development
D J Schleicher, Heidi M Baumann, C J Hartwell.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), FL, August, 2013
Work-family conflict in dual earner couples and the intervening role of exchange relationships at home: A test of actor, partner, and mediation effects
K S Wilson, Heidi M Baumann, D L Taylor.
International Conference of Work and Family, Barcelona, Spain, July, 2013
The role of employee motives in voluntary developmental activities
Heidi M Baumann, C J Hartwell, D J Schleicher.
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX, April, 2013
The role of self-awareness in voluntary developmental activities
C J Hartwell, Heidi M Baumann, D J Schleicher.
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX, April, 2013