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Academic Background

B.A., economics, St. Olaf College
Ph.D., human resources and industrial relations, University of Minnesota

Research Specialties

• Employee job satisfaction and well-being
• Employee retention and turnover
• Work-nonwork interfaces
• Leadership and leader self-development

Current Research

• Linking job satisfaction and well-being with performance
• The impacts of flexibility in work
• The role of emotions and coping in employee turnover
• Development of a model of leader self-development activities

Major Works

• Rothausen, T.J.  & Christenson, S.M. (forthcoming).  Leadership.  In C. Cooper (Ed.)  Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, 3rd edition, Volume 2-Business Ethics.  Wiley Blackwell:  London.  Scheduled to publish in 2013. 
• Rothausen, T.J. & Sorenson, R.L.  (2011).  Leveraging family member capacity for the business and the family.  In R.L. Sorenson (Ed.), Family Business and Social Capital (pp. 155-169).  Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham UK.
• Rothausen, T.J. (2011).  Unpacking work-family:  Core overarching but under-identified issues.  Commentary in Industrial and Organizational Psychology:  Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4, 379-384.
• Rothausen, T.J., Gonzalez, J.A., and Griffin, A.E.C. (2009). Are all the parts there everywhere? Facet job satisfaction in the United States and the Philippines. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 26, 681-700. 
• Rothausen, T.J. (2009). Management work-family research and work-family fit: Implications for building family capital in family business. Family Business Review, 22, 220-234. 
• Rothausen-Vange, T.J. (2007).  Making the impact of gender on business leadership visible:  A tool for use in organizations and education.  Leadership Review, 7, 93-110.
• Rothausen-Vange, T.J., Marler, J.H., and Wright, P.M.  (2005).  Research productivity, gender, family, and tenure in organization science careers.  Sex Roles:  A Journal of Research, 53, 727-738.
• Power, S.J. & Rothausen, T.J. (2003).  The work-oriented midcareer development model:  An extension of Super's maintenance stage.  The Counseling Psychologist, 31, 157-197.
• Rothausen, T.J. (1999).  “Family” in organizational research: A review and comparison of definitions and measures.  Journal of Organizational Behavior, 19, 817-836.
• Rothausen, T.J., Gonzalez, J.A., Clarke, N.E., & O'Dell, L.L.  (1998).  Family-friendly backlash - fact or fiction?:  The case of organizations' on-site child care centers. Personnel Psychology, 51, 685-706.

Significant Scholarly Honors

• John Ireland Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement as Teacher-Scholar, University of St. Thomas (UST), 2011-12 Award Winner.   
• 2012 paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP; Division 14 of the American Psychological Association) selected for Featured Top Rated Posters session.
• 2009 Family Business Review paper listed above was one of three finalists for best article in the journal in 2009.
• 2003 paper listed above, written with Sally Power, was selected by the journal for Significant Contribution designation.
• 1999 paper listed above was a nominee for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research for best work-family article published in 1999.