Research Output

Key Refereed Journal Articles

• Vaziri, H., Casper, W. J., Wayne, J. H., & Matthews, R. A. (2020). Changes to the work-family interface during the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining predictors and implications using latent transition analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(10), 1073-1087.
• Booth, S. M., Matthews, R. A., & Wayne, J. H. (2020). Testing a resource-based spillover-crossover-spillover model: Transmission of social support in dual-earner couples. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105, 732-747.
• Walsh, B. M., Matthews, R. A., Toumbeva^*, T. H., Kabat-Farr, D., Philbrick, J., & Pavisic^*, I. (2019). Failing to be family-supportive: Implications for supervisors. Journal of Management, 45, 2952–2977.
• Ritter^*, K.J., Matthews, R.A., Ford, M.T., & Henderson^*, A.A. (2016). Understanding role stressors and job satisfaction over time using adaptation theory. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101, 1655-1669.
• Fisher, G. G., Matthews, R. A., Gibbons, A. (2016). Developing and investigating the use of single-item measures in organizational research. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 21, 3-23.
• Spitzmueller, C., Wang, Z., Matthews, R.A., Fisher, G. G., Perks, C., Zhang, J. & Strathearn, L. (2016). Got milk? Workplace factors related to breastfeeding among working mothers. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37(5), 692–718.
• Matthews, R. A., Wayne, J.H., & Ford, M. T. (2014). A work–family conflict/subjective well-being process model: A test of competing theories of longitudinal effects. Journal of Applied Psychology. 99, 1173-1187.
  • Nominated for the 2015 Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research
• Matthews, R. A. Winkel, D. E., & Wayne, J. H. (2014). A longitudinal examination of role overload and work–family conflict: The mediating role of inter-domain transitions. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35, 72-91.
• Wayne, J. H, Casper, W. J., Matthews, R. A., & Allen, T. D. (2013). Family-supportive organization perceptions and organizational commitment: The mediating role of work–family conflict and enrichment and partner attitudes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, 606-622.
• Kossek, E. E., Baltes, B. B., & Matthews, R. A. (2011; focal article). How Work-Family Research Can Finally Have an Impact in the Workplace. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4, 352-369.
• Matthews, R. A., Del Priore, R. E., Acitelli, L. K. & Barnes-Farrell, J. L. (2006). Work-to-relationship conflict: Crossover effects in dual-earner couples. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 11(3), 228-240.
  • Finalist for the 2007 Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research

Additional Primary Research (Since 2016)

• Matthews, R. A., Mills, M. J., & Wise*, S. (in press). Advancing research and practice through an empirically validated short-form measure of work engagement. Occupational Health Science.
• Min^*, H., Matthews, R. A., Wayne, J. H., Parsons^*, R. E., & Barnes-Farrell, J. L. (in press). Psychometric evaluation of work-family conflict measures using classical test and item response theories. Journal of Business and Psychology.
• Peng, Y., Xu, X., Matthews, R. A., & Ma, J. (in press). One size fits all? Contextualizing family-supportive supervision to help employees with eldercare responsibilities. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
• Henderson^*, A. A., Foster, G. C., Matthews, R. A., & Zickar, M. J. (in press). A psychometric assessment of OCB: Clarifying the distinction between OCB and CWB and developing a revised measure. Journal of Business and Psychology.
• Peng, Y., Xu, X., & Matthews, R. A. (in press). Older and less deviant reactions to abusive supervision? A moderated mediation model of age and cognitive reappraisal. Work, Aging and Retirement.
• Walsh, B. M., Schulte^*, B. D., Kabat-Farr, D., & Matthews, R. A. (in press). Willingness to Recommend: Does the Instigated Incivility of Prospective Applicants Play a Role? Journal of Business and Psychology.
• Bowling, N.A., Wang, M., Gong, Y., Matthews, R.A., Shi, J., & Wang, Q. (in press). Experienced aggression and target-perpetrated deviance: Is the relationship linear or non-linear? Occupational Health Science.
• Zhao, P., Xu, X., Peng, Y., & Matthews, R. A. (2020). Justice, support, commitment, and time are intertwined: A social exchange perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 120, 103432.
• Wayne, J. H., Matthews, R. A., Casper, W. J. & Crawford, W.S. (2020). Predictors and processes of satisfaction with work–family balance: Examining the role of personal, work, and family resources and conflict and enrichment. Human Resource Management, 59, 25-42.
• Peng, Y., Jex, S., Zhang, W., Ma, J., & Matthews, R. A. (2020). Eldercare demands and time theft: Integrating family-to-work conflict and spillover-crossover perspective. Journal of Business and Psychology, 35, 45-58.
• Marchiondo, L. A., Fisher, G. G., Matthews, R. A., & Cortina, L. M. (2020). Disrespect at Work, Distress at Home: A Longitudinal Investigation of Incivility Spillover and Crossover among Older Workers. Work, Aging and Retirement, 6, 153-164.
• Walsh, B., Kabat-Farr, D., Matthews, R., & Schulte, B. (2019). Can we select for respect in academe? Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 12(4), 405-407.
• Matthews, R. A., & Ritter^*, K. J. (2019). Applying adaptation theory to understand experienced incivility processes: Testing the repeated exposure hypothesis. Journal Occupational Health Psychology, 24, 270-285.
• Wayne, J. H., Matthews, R. A., Odle-Dusseau, H. N., & Casper, W. J. (2019). Fit of role involvement with values: Theoretical, conceptual, and psychometric development of work and family authenticity. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115, 1-20.
• McKersie^*, S. J., Matthews, R. A., Barratt, C. L. & Hill, R. (2019). A process model linking family‐supportive supervision to employee creativity. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 92, 707-735.
• Peng^*, Y., Zhang, W., Xu, X., Matthews, R. A., & Jex, S. M. (2019). When do work stressors lead to innovative performance? An examination of the moderating effects of learning goal orientation and job autonomy. International Journal of Stress Management, 26, 250-260.
• Odle-Dusseau, H. N., Matthews, R. A., Wayne, J. H. & Huang^*, S. (2019). Critical Incidents of Financial Hardship and Worker Health: A Mixed-Methods Retrospective Study. Occupational Health Science, 3, 145-165.
• O’Brien, W. H., Horan^*, K. A., Singh^*, R. S., Moeller^*, M. T., Wasson^*, R. S., Jex, S. M., Matthews, R. A. & Barratt, C. L. (2019). Relationships among training, mindfulness, and workplace injuries among nurse aides working in long-term care settings. Occupational Health Science, 3, 45-58.
• Horan, K. A., Singh, R. S., Moeller, M. T., Matthews, R. A., Barratt, C. L., Jex, S. M., & O'Brien, W. H. (2018). The relationship between physical work hazards and employee withdrawal: The moderating role of safety compliance. Stress & Health, 35, 81-88.
• Lapierre, L. M., Matthews, R. A., Eby, L. T., Truxillo, D. M., Johnson, R. E., & Major, D. A. (2018; Focal Article). Recommended practices for initiating and managing research partnerships with organizations. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11, 543-581.
• Spitzmueller, C., Zhang, J., Wang, Z., Thomas, C., Fisher, G. G., Matthews, R.A., & Strathearn, L. (2018). Identifying Job Characteristics related to Working Women's Breastfeeding Behaviors. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23, 457-470.
• Odle-Dusseau, H. N., Matthews, R. A., & Wayne, J. H. (2018). Employees' Financial Insecurity and Health: The Underlying Role of Stress and Work-Family Conflict Appraisals. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91, 546-568.
• Atkinson^*, T., Matthews, R. A., Henderson^*, A. A., & Spitzmueller, C. (2018). Reactions to psychological contract breaches and organizational citizenship behaviors: An experimental manipulation of severity. Stress & Health, 34, 391-402.
• Horan^*, K.A., Moeller^*, M.T., Singh^*, R.S., Wasson^*, R., O'Brien, W.H., Matthews, R.A., Jex, S. M., Barratt, C. L. (2018). Supervisor support for stress management and intervention process. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 11, 260-272.
• Huffman, A. H., Matthews, R. A., & Irving, L. H. (2017). Family fairness and cohesion in marital dyads: Mediating processes between work-family conflict and couple well-being. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 90, 95-116.
• Highhouse, S., Nye, C. D., Matthews, R. A. (2017). Assessing construct redundancy with bifactor models: Work importance as an example. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 16, 137-149.
• Matthews, R. A., & Ritter^*, K. J. (2016). A concise, content valid, gender invariant measure of workplace incivility. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 21(3), 352-365.
• Hill^*, R., Matthews, R. A., & Walsh, B.M. (2016). The emergence of family-specific support constructs: Cross-level effects of family-supportive supervision and family-supportive organization perceptions on individual outcomes. Stress & Health, 32, 472-484.
• Hill^*, R., Morganson, V. J., Matthews, R. A., & Atkinson^*, T. (2016). LMX, breach perceptions, work-family conflict, and well-being: A mediational model. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary & Applied, 150, 132-149.

Edited Book

• Spitzmueller, C., & Matthews, R. A. (Eds., Under Contract: Work in progress). Research perspectives on work and the transition to motherhood. Springer Publishing.

Edited Book Chapters

• Matthews, R. A., Wayne, J. H., & McKersie*, S. J. (in presss). Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Work and Family: Avoiding Stagnation via Effective Theory Borrowing. In T. D. Allen & L. T. Eby (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Work and Family. Oxford University Press.
• Wayne, J. H., Michel, J., & Matthews, R. A. (in press). It’s who you are that counts: The importance of personality & values to the work-family experience. In T. D. Allen & L. T. Eby (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Work and Family. Oxford University Press.
• Sprung*, J., Toumbeva*, T. T., & Matthews, R. A. (Under Contract: Work-in-Progress). Gender preferences in family-friendly organizational practices. In M. Mills (Ed.), Gender and the work-family experience: An intersection of two domains. Springer Publishing.
• Morganson, V. J., Culbertson, S. S., & Matthews, R. A. (forthcoming). Individual strategies for navigating the work-life interface. In D. A. Major & R. Burke (Eds.), Work-Life Integration.
• Matthews, R. A., Bulger, C. A., & Booth*, S. M. (2013). Managing the work-family interface to the benefit of both subordinates and supervisors: Looking beyond supervisor support and focusing on leadership behaviors. In M. Paludi (Ed.), Psychology for business success, Vol 1: Juggling, balancing, and integrating work and family roles and responsibilities, Vol 2: Institutional equity and compliance, Vol 3: Managing, leading, and developing employees, Vol 4: Implementing best practices in human resources. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger/ABC-CLIO, pp. 153-170.
• Matthews, R. A., & Fisher, G. G. (2012). The role of work and family in the retirement process: A review and new directions. In M. Wang (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Retirement, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Barnes-Farrell, J. & Matthews, R. (2007). Age and Work Attitudes. In K. S. Shultz & G. A. Adams (Editors). Aging and work in the 21st century. Mahwah, NJ: LEA Laurence Erlbaum Associates.