Nancy Rothbard

Nancy Paige Rothbard is the David Pottruck Associate Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She studies the impact of emotions on work, specifically in areas of workplace motivation, teamwork, and work–life balance.

Nancy Rothbard
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Spouse(s)Brian Bushee
Academic background
EducationA.B., 1990, Brown University
Ph.D., 1998, Organizational Behavior, University of Michigan
ThesisEnriching or depleting?: the dynamics of engagement in work and family (1998)
Doctoral advisorIan Dowbiggin
Academic work
InstitutionsWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Kellogg School of Management
Harvard Business School

Early life and education

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rothbard assisted with the family office supply and furniture business.[1] Inspired by her mother Aileen returning to school for her PhD, Rothbard graduated from Brown University in 1990 and became a research associate at Harvard Business School.[2] While working under the guidance of John Kotter, Rothbard interviewed successful male executives and was "struck by the fact that non-work subjects like divorces and problems with kids kept creeping into the conversation."[1] She eventually published her thesis Nineteenth century British Psychiatry: Professionalization, Somatic Theorization and Practice in 1990 with doctoral advisor Ian Dowbiggin.[3]

Career

Upon receiving her PhD, Rothbard accepted a post-doctoral fellowship position at the Kellogg School of Management, where she met her future husband Brian Bushee. In 2000, both Rothbard and her husband accepted a faculty position at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[2] Within the same year, she was also elected a member of the American Psychological Association.[4] She was subsequently nominated for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research for her project titled "Managing multiple roles: Work-family policies and individuals’ desires for segmentation."[5] In January 2006, Rothbard led a survey of 460 employees to judge their happiness while working at a large public university. Her research team found that one would be happiest at their job if their employer supported their personal preference for managing work/family identities. If there were childcare options did not follow their own vision, they would be less happy at their place of employment.[6]

In 2009, Rothbard and Sigal Barsade helped launch Wharton's MBA core course, Foundations of Leadership and Teamwork.[2] The following year, she was appointed the David Pottruck Associate Professor of Management and received the Wharton Teaching and Curriculum Innovation Award.[5] While serving in this role, she co-led a week-long program called "Women’s Executive Leadership: Business Strategies for Success" with Monica McGrath to assist female executives and those who aspire to leadership roles.[7] Rothbard also collaborated with researchers at Columbia Business School and Ohio State University to test whether forcing co-workers to attend work social events led to improved workplace relationships. They conducted two surveys; one focusing on 228 MBA students and another including 141 individuals in the United States workforce. Their overall findings found that such social events only improved workplace relationships among those of similar racial backgrounds.[8]

As a result of her research into the impact of emotions on work, specifically in areas of workplace motivation, teamwork, and work–life balance, Rothbard was named a Penn Fellow during the 2015 academic year.[9] The following year, she was appointed chair of the Management Department at Wharton, becoming the first woman to hold this role in institution history.[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, Rothbard studied how families were adjusting to working from home (WFH).[10] This accumulated into a Harvard Business Review article titled Building Work-Life Boundaries in the WFH Era, about how employees were "navigating the divide between work and home during the pandemic."[11]

References
  1. Moffitt, Nancy (January 1, 2003). "Challenging the Dominant Paradigm". magazine.wharton.upenn.edu. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. Andrews, Kelly (May 1, 2017). "Prof. Nancy Rothbard on the Interactions of Work and Life and Her New Role as Management Chair". undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. "Rothbard, Nancy (Honors: History, 1990)". library.brown.edu. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  4. "Nancy Rothbard, PhD". apa.org. March 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  5. "NANCY P. ROTHBARD CV" (PDF). hbs.edu. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  6. "Why flextime can backfire". penntoday.upenn.edu. January 12, 2006. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  7. "Wharton Executive Education Offers New Program for Women in Leadership". prweb.com. May 8, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  8. "Office Holiday Parties Highlight Racial Dissimilarities and Fail to Promote Team Unity". gsb.columbia.edu. December 11, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  9. Charney, Leo (January 13, 2015). "Eight Professors Appointed Penn Fellows". penntoday.upenn.edu. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  10. "Working from Home: Navigating the Pandemic's New Normal". knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. May 4, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  11. "Building work-life boundaries in the WFH era". penntoday.upenn.edu. July 15, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

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