RESEARCH PROJECTS

Overview

The Wellbeing & Behavioral Science Lab examines how behavioral science can be used to create healthier workplaces and improve worker well-being. Drawing from organizational behavior management (OBM), applied behavior analysis, industrial-organizational psychology, and occupational health psychology, our research investigates how workplace factors influence employee well-being, performance, and sustainable work practices.

Our research focuses on worker well-being, burnout prevention, leadership and organizational climate, chronic health conditions and work, and behavioral science applications in healthcare and human service organizations.

Areas

• Worker well-being and healthy workplaces: Examining workplace factors that promote employee health, engagement, satisfaction, and sustainable performance.

• Burnout, work engagement, and sustainable work: Investigating how workplace demands, resources, and behavioral strategies contribute to burnout prevention and thriving at work.

• Leadership, psychological safety, and organizational climate: Exploring how leaders and organizational environments influence employee well-being, communication, support, and workplace experiences.

• Chronic health conditions, invisible disabilities, and work: Examining how workplace systems, supports, and job characteristics influence the experiences and sustained employment of individuals with chronic health conditions and invisible disabilities.

• Behavioral science in healthcare and human service organizations: Applying behavioral science principles to address workplace challenges and improve outcomes in healthcare and human service settings.

Supporting Rural Healthcare Worker Well-Being

Partnering with rural healthcare organizations to understand burnout and develop workplace interventions that promote employee well-being and workforce sustainability.

Understanding Burnout in Helping Professionals

Examining burnout, psychological safety, social support, leadership, and workplace resources among professionals in behavior analysis, healthcare, and other helping professions.

Chronic Health and Work

Investigating how chronic health conditions and invisible disabilities intersect with workplace experiences, organizational supports, and employee well-being.

Undergraduate and graduate students in the Wellbeing & Behavioral Science Lab contribute to research through literature reviews, data collection, quantitative analyses, conference presentations, and manuscript development. Students interested in workplace well-being, behavioral science, healthcare, disability, and organizational psychology are encouraged to fill out an application.