Dawn Carlson

Professional Summary

Dawn Carlson, PhD, has been a faculty member in the Department of Management at Baylor University since 1999 and is also an alumnus of both the BBA and MBA programs from the Hankamer School of Business. She is currently the director of the McBride Center for International Business. Carlson’s role is to develop and expand global education for the Business School.

Carlson is the holder of the H.R. Gibson Chair of Organizational Development. Her research interests focus on the interface of the work and family domains. She has more than 100 publications in top peer-reviewed journals. She is the winner of several prestigious awards in the field, including being named in the top 25 scholars in work-family research.

Education

• 1995 – PhD Business Administration Emphasis in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• 1991 – MBA Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• 1989 – BBA in Finance and Economics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

Courses

• MGT 3305 - Organizational Behavior 
• MGT 5325 - Global Leadership
• BUS 3330 - Business Communication and Practices across Cultures

Research Interests

• Work-Family Interface: Conflict, Enrichment, Balance
• Applied Special Interest: Working Mothers, Caregivers, Adoptive Parents
• Technology and Work: Remote work, Social Media, Work Breaks
• Work-Family and Leadership

Selected Publications

• Hackney, K. J., Thurgood, G. R., Carlson, D. S., & Thompson, M. J. (2025). How We Can Help Working Moms “Win”: The Impact of Social Support During Pregnancy on Postpartum Working Mom Guilt [Advance online publication]. Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063251346401.
• Wan, M., Carlson, D. S., Perry, S. J., Thompson, M. J., Zhang, Y., & Kacmar, K. M. (2025). Adapting boundary preferences to match reality of hybrid work: A latent change score analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 152, 104089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104089
• Carlson, D. S., Hackey, K., Thompson, M. & Thurgood, G. (2025).  The Impact of Father’s Pregnancy Discrimination (FPD) on the Work-Family Interface: An Action-Regulation Approach.  Human Relations.  https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267241305277
• Quade, M. J., Wan, M., Carlson, D. S., Kacmar, K. M., & Greenbaum, R. L. (2022). Beyond the Bottom Line: Don’t Forget to Consider the Role of the Family. Journal of Management, 48(8), 2167-2196. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063211030546
• Carlson, D. S., Thompson, M., & Kacmar, K. M.  (2019). Double crossed: The spillover and crossover effects of work demands on work outcomes through the family.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(2), 214-228. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000348
• Ferguson, M., Carlson, D. S., Boswell, W., Whitten, D., Butts, M., & Kacmar, K. M.  (2016).  Tethered to work: A family systems approach linking mobile device use to turnover intentions.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(4), 520-534. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000075
• Carlson, D. S., Ferguson, M., Perrewé, P., & Whitten, D. W.  (2011).  The fallout of abusive supervision:  An examination of subordinates and their partners.  Personnel Psychology, 64(4), 937-961. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01232.x
• Carlson, D. S., Grzywacz, J.,  Ferguson, M., Hunter, E. M., Clinch, C. R., & Acury, T. A.  (2011).  Health and turnover of working mothers after childbirth via the work-family interface: An analysis across time.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(5), 1045-1054. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023964