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D-Index
68
Citations
25709
World Ranking
339
National Ranking
158

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Ellen Ernst Kossek is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences with a strong focus on sociology and political science, general health professions, gender studies, social psychology, and organizational behavior and human resource management.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation

Recent publications by Ellen Ernst Kossek cover various aspects of work-life integration, leadership, and flexibility in organizational settings. Notable papers include:

  • From ideal workers to ideal work for all: A 50-year review integrating careers and work-family research with a future research agenda (2020, Journal of Vocational Behavior)
  • Work-Life Flexibility Policies From a Boundary Control and Implementation Perspective: A Review and Research Framework (2022, Journal of Management)
  • Pushing the boundaries: A qualitative study of how STEM women adapted to disrupted work-nonwork boundaries during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021, Journal of Applied Psychology)
  • Making Flexibility More I-Deal: Advancing Work-Life Equality Collectively (2022, Group & Organization Management)
  • Missed Connections Between the Leadership and Work-Life Fields: Work-Life Supportive Leadership for a Dual Agenda (2022, Academy of Management Annals)

Ellen Ernst Kossek has published extensively in a range of academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Management
  • Academy of Management Annals
  • Human Resource Management
  • Behavioral Science & Policy

Collaborations are a significant part of Ellen Ernst Kossek's work. Frequent co-authors include Matthew B. Perrigino, N. Sharon Hill, Brenda A. Lautsch, Matthew M. Piszczek, and Isabel Villamor, reflecting interdisciplinary and cross-institutional cooperation.

Their professional recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2002 and holding the title of Dean of Fellow at the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • Work–family conflict, policies, and the job–life satisfaction relationship: A review and directions for organizational behavior–human resources research.

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Cynthia Ozeki

  • Workplace social support and work-family conflict: A meta-analysis clarifying the influence of general and work-family-specific supervisor and organizational support

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Shaun Pichler;Todd Bodner;Leslie B. Hammer

  • Telecommuting, Control, and Boundary Management: Correlates of Policy Use and Practice, Job Control, and Work-Family Effectiveness.

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Brenda A. Lautsch;Susan C. Eaton

  • Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSB)

    Leslie B. Hammer;Ellen Ernst Kossek;Nanette L. Yragui;Todd E. Bodner

  • Clarifying work-family intervention processes: the roles of work-family conflict and family-supportive supervisor behaviors.

    Leslie B. Hammer;Ellen Ernst Kossek;W. Kent Anger;Todd Bodner

  • Assessing diversity climate: A field study of reactions to employer efforts to promote diversity

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Susan C. Zonia

  • Bridging the work-family policy and productivity gap: A literature review

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Cynthia Ozeki

  • Work–life initiatives and organizational change: Overcoming mixed messages to move from the margin to the mainstream

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Suzan Lewis;Leslie B Hammer

  • Work-nonwork boundary management profiles: A person-centered approach

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Marian N. Ruderman;Phillip W. Braddy;Kelly M. Hannum

  • Getting There from Here: Research on the Effects of Work-Family Initiatives on Work-Family Conflict and Business Outcomes.

    Erin L. Kelly;Ellen Ernst Kossek;Leslie B. Hammer;Mary Durham

  • Changing Work and Work-Family Conflict: Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network*

    Erin L. Kelly;Phyllis Moen;J. Michael Oakes;Wen Fan

  • Caregiving Decisions, Well-Being, and Performance: The Effects of Place and Provider as a Function of Dependent Type and Work-Family Climates

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Jason A. Colquitt;Raymond A. Noe

  • WORK‐FAMILY ROLE SYNTHESIS: INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DETERMINANTS

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Raymond A. Noe;Beverly J. DeMarr

  • THE EFFECTS OF ON‐SITE CHILD CARE ON EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES AND PERFORMANCE

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Victor Nichol

  • How Work–Family Research Can Finally Have an Impact in Organizations

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Boris B. Baltes;Russell A. Matthews

  • Work-life policy implementation: Breaking down or creating barriers to inclusiveness?

    Ann Marie Ryan;Ellen Ernst Kossek

  • Work–family boundary management styles in organizations: A cross-level model

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Brenda A. Lautsch

  • CAREER SELF‐MANAGEMENT: A QUASI‐EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF A TRAINING INTERVENTION

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Karen Roberts;Sandra Fisher;Beverly Demarr

  • Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network:

    Phyllis Moen;Erin L. Kelly;Wen Fan;Shi Rong Lee

  • The Contemporary Career: A Work–Home Perspective

    Jeffrey H. Greenhaus;Ellen Ernst Kossek

  • “Opting Out” or “Pushed Out”? Integrating Perspectives on Women’s Career Equality for Gender Inclusion and Interventions

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Rong Su;Lusi Wu

  • Running Head: TELECOMMUTING, CONTROL, AND BOUNDARY MANAGEMENT Telecommuting, Control, and Boundary Management: Correlates of Policy Use and Practice, Job Control, and Work-Family Effectiveness

    Ellen Ernst Kossek;Brenda A. Lautsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie B. Hammer
Leslie B. Hammer Oregon Health & Science University
Todd Bodner
Todd Bodner Portland State University
Phyllis Moen
Phyllis Moen University of Minnesota
Orfeu M. Buxton
Orfeu M. Buxton Pennsylvania State University
Lisa F. Berkman
Lisa F. Berkman Harvard University
David M. Almeida
David M. Almeida Pennsylvania State University
Douglas T. Hall
Douglas T. Hall Boston University
Joseph H. Astrachan
Joseph H. Astrachan Kennesaw State University
Jeffrey H. Greenhaus
Jeffrey H. Greenhaus Drexel University

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