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Heidi Baumann PhD

Associate Professor
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 250
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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

MGT 323.001 Human Resources Management

MGT 323.002 Human Resources Management

MGT 340.001 Seminar 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

2024 Best Paper Award

Innovative Teaching/Management Education Division, Southern Management Association
2024

University Research Grant

Illinois State University
2024

Grants and Contracts

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
Schleicher, D., & Baumann, H.
(2020), 340-363, The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work, Cambridge University Press
Exploring new frontiers in performance management research: An introduction
Schleicher, D., & Baumann, H.
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
Baumann, H., & Schleicher, D.
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
Schleicher, D., & Baumann, H.
SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series, Oxford University Press

Journal Article

A new perspective on transfer of training: When does training at work transfer to family?
Baumann, H.
Community, Work & Family, Advanced Online Publication, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2025.2465241
Considering Need Satisfaction Both at Work and at Home: What Matters for Employees’ Work-Family Enrichment and Well-Being?
Baumann, H., & Wilson, K.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 97 (4), 1659-1680, (2024)
Human capital and legal perspectives on remote work: Recommendations for organizations
Baumann, H., & Marcum, T.
Management Research Review, 46 (12), 1711-1726, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-06-2022-0412
Evaluating the effectiveness of performance management: A 30-year integrative conceptual review
Schleicher, D., Baumann, H., Sullivan, D., & Yim, J.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 104 (7), 851-887, (2019), https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000368
Identity coactivation: Person and situation influences and the mediating role of experienced conflict
Robin, J., Baumann, H., & Kotik, J.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 48 (8), 411-423, (2018), https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12521
Misery loves company: An investigation of couples’ interrole conflict congruence
Wilson, K., Baumann, H., Matta, F., Ilies, R., & Kossek, E.
Academy of Management Journal, 61 (2), 715-737, (2018), https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2016.0395
Putting the system into performance management systems: A review and agenda for performance management research
Schleicher, D., Baumann, H., Sullivan, D., Levy, P., Hargrove, D., & Barros-Rivera, B.
Journal of Management, 44 (6), 2209-2245, (2018), https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318755303
Emotional intelligence and job performance: The mediating role of work-family balance
Weinzimmer, L., Baumann, H., Gullifor, D., & Koubova, V.
Journal of Social Psychology, 157 (3), 322-337, (2017), https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2016.1208141
Capturing a more complete view of employees’ lives outside of work: The introduction and development of new inter-role conflict constructs
Wilson, K., & Baumann, H.
Personnel Psychology, 68 (2), 235-282, (2015), https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12080

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