Research

My research addresses positive organizational behavior, including employee attitudes and well-being, work engagement, and the work-life/work-family interface.

Please see below for a list of scholarly contributions by category.  
For access to a full paper(s), click on the linked title or e-mail me.
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Mills, M. J., *Simmons, M. J., Howes, S. S., & Riforgiate, S. E., & Braun, M. T. (in press). Time after time: Optimizing individuals’ experience of work through leaders’ facilitation of follower flow. Journal of Positive Psychology.

*Olson, A., DeSimone, J., Mills, M. J., Ford, M. T., & *Butler, S. (2024). A tale of two antiworks. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Sciences and Practice, 17(1), 79-84.

​Grotto, A. R., & Mills, M. J. (2023). Crossing the line: The violating effects of illegitimate interruptions from work and the differential impact on work-to-family conflict by gender. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(4), 700-716.

*Hong, Y. H., Mills, M. J., Suh, Y., & Ford, M. T. (2023). Unpacking work-family conflict in the marital dyad: Interaction of employee fit and partner fit. Human Relations, 76(12), 1990-2023. 

Mills, M. J., Reina, C. S., & Sumpter, D. M. (2023). Bringing our humanness to the workplace: Fostering reflection and reflexivity via mindful relating. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 16(1), 105-107.

Reina, C. S., Mills, M. J., & Sumpter, D. M. (2023). A mindful relating framework for understanding the trajectory of work relationships. Personnel Psychology, 76(4), 1187-1215.

Thomas, C. L., *Murphy, L. D., Mills, M. J., *Zhang, J., Fisher, G. G., & *Clancy, R. L. (in press). Employee lactation: A review and recommendations for research, practice, and policy. Human Resource Management Review, 32(3).

*Tortez, L. M., & Mills, M. J. (in press). In good company? Development and validation of the Family-Supportive Coworker Behavior Scale. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 136.

Wayne, J. H., Mills, M. J., *Wang, Y. R., Matthews, R. A., & Whitman, M. V. (2023). Who’s remembering to buy the eggs? The meaning, measurement, and implications of invisible family load. Journal of Business and Psychology, 38, 1159-1184.

*Cho, Y., Mills, M. J., & Grotto, A. R. (2022). Drawing on attributional augmenting to unlock the potential of cybervetting to combat gender discrimination in hiring. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science & Practice, 15, 378-381.

Grotto, A. R., Mills, M. J., & Eatough, E. M. (2022). Switching gears: A self-regulatory approach and measure of nonwork role re-engagement following after-hours work intrusions. Journal of Business and Psychology, 37, 491-507.

Kraiger, K., Fisher, S., Grossman, R., Mills, M. J., & Sitzmann, T. (2022). Online I-O graduate education: Where are we and where should we go? Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 15(2), 151-171. [focal article]

*Pervez, A., *Lowman, G. H., & Mills, M. J. (2022). Mindfulness as facilitating expatriate development: Advancing knowledge sharing and promoting cultural adjustment abroad. Management International Review, 62, 427-447.

*Smith, C. E., Matthews, R. A., & Mills, M. J., *Hong, Y. H., & Sims, S. (2022). Organizational benefits of onboarding contingent workers: An anchoring model approach. Journal of Business and Psychology, 37, 525-541.

Mills, M. J. (2021). For the love of it: The Overjustification Effect and Motivation Crowding Theory as the missing pieces in discussions of basic income’s (a)motivating potential. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 14, 586-589.

Mills, M. J., & *Sachdev, A. R. (2021). Descriptives for diversity: Harnessing the potential of Table 1 to further inclusivity and responsible generalization in psychological research. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 14(4), 505-509.

​Huffman, A. H., Mills, M. J., Howes, S. S., & Albritton, M. D. (2021). Workplace support and affirming behaviors: Moving toward a transgender, gender diverse, and non-binary friendly workplace. International Journal of Transgender Health, 22(3), 225-242.

​Matthews, R. M., Mills, M. J., & *Wise, S. R. (2020). Advancing research and practice through an empirically validated short form measure of work engagement. Occupational Health Science, 4(3), 305-331.

*Lowman, G. H., Harms, P. D., & Mills, M. J. (2019). The influence of job candidates’ physical appearance on interview evaluations: A prototype matching model. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 18(2), 55-70.

Mills, M. J., *Tortez, L. M., & Blanton, R. (2019). Moving beyond employees: Anti-trafficking training as facilitating social change. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 12, 34-38.

Howes, S. S., Henning, J. B., Mills, M. J., & Huffman, A. H. (2018). Yes Virginia, there is a gender disparity problem – and it goes beyond STEM. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11, 318-323.

Mills, M. J., & *Tortez, L. M. (2018). Fighting for family: Considerations of work-family in military service member parents. Research in Occupational Stress and Well-Being, 16, 91-116.

Mills, M. J. (2017). Incentivizing around the globe: Educating for the challenge of developing culturally-considerate work motivation strategies. Management Teaching Review, 2, 193-201.

Mills, M. J., & Culbertson, S. S. (2017). The elephant in the family room: Work-family considerations as central to evolving HR and I-O. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 10, 26-31.

Mills, M. J., & Fullagar, C. J.  (2017). Engagement within occupational trainees: Individual difference 
predictors and commitment outcome.  Journal of Vocational Behavior, 98, 35-45.

​Mills, M. J., & Grotto, A. R. (2017). Who can have it all and how? An empirical examination of gender and work-life considerations among senior executives.  Gender in Management: An International Journal, 32, 82-97.

*Zide, J. S., Mills, M. J., Shahani-Denning, C., & *Sweetapple, C.  (2017). Work Interruptions 
Resiliency: Toward an improved understanding of employee efficiency. Journal of Organizational 
Effectiveness: People and Performance, 4, 39-58.​​

Mills, M. J., Fullagar, C. J., & Culbertson, S. S.  (2016). Development and implementation of a multifaceted well-being intervention.  Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 3, 360-375.
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Hyland, P. K., Lee, A., & Mills, M. J.  (2015). Mindfulness at work: A new approach to improving individual and organizational performance.  Focal article in Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 8, 576-602.

Matthews, R. A., Mills, M. J., Trout, R., & English, L. (2014).  Family-supportive supervisor behaviors, work engagement, and subjective well-being: A contextually dependent mediated process.  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 19, 168-181. 

Mills, M. J., Matthews, R. A., Henning, J. B., & *Woo, V. A. (2014).  Family-supportive organizations and supervisors: How do they influence employee outcomes and for whom?  International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25, 1763-1785.

Liu, C., Liu, Y., Mills, M. J., & Fan, J. (2013).  Job stressors, job performance, job dedication, and the moderating effect of conscientiousness: A mixed-method approach.  International Journal of Stress Management, 20, 336-363.

Mills, M. J., *Fleck, C. R., & *Kozikowski, A.  (2013). Positive psychology at work: A conceptual review, state-of-practice assessment, and a look ahead.  Journal of Positive Psychology, 8, 153-164.

Wefald, A. J., Mills, M. J., Smith, M. R., & Downey, R. G.  (2013).  Vigorous groups? An examination of vigor at the dimension level and its relationship to work attitudes in teams. Psychology Research, 3, 330-344.

Culbertson, S. S., Mills, M. J., & Fullagar, C. J.  (2012). Work engagement and work-family facilitation: Making homes happier through positive affective spillover. Human Relations, 65, 1155-1177.

Mills, M. J., Culbertson, S. S., & Fullagar, C. J.  (2012). Conceptualizing and measuring engagement: An analysis of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 519-545.  

Mills, M. J., Culbertson, S. S., Huffman, A. H., & Connell, A. R.  (2012). Assessing gender biases: Development and initial validation of the Gender Role Stereotypes Scale. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 27, 520-540.

Smith, M. R., Rasmussen, J. L., Mills, M. J., Wefald, A. J., & Downey, R. G.  (2012). Stress and performance: Do service orientation and emotional energy moderate the relationship?  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 17, 116-128.

Steele, J. P., Rupayana, D. D., Mills, M. J., Smith, M. R., Wefald, A. J, & Downey, R. G.  (2012). Relative importance and utility of positive worker states: A review and empirical examination.  Journal of Psychology:  Interdisciplinary and Applied, 146, 617-650.

Wefald, A. J., Mills, M. J., Smith, M. R., & Downey, R. G.  (2012). A comparison of three job engagement measures: Examining their factorial and criterion-related validity.  Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 4, 67-90.

Culbertson, S. S. & Mills, M. J.  (2011). Negative implications for the inclusion of citizenship performance in ratings. Human Resource Development International, 14, 23-38.

Culbertson, S. S., Mills, M. J., & Huffman, A. H.  (2011). Implications of overqualification for work-family conflict: Bringing too much to the table?  Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4, 252-255.

Mills, M. J.  (2011). Associations among achievement measures and their collective prediction of work involvement.  Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 360-364.

Culbertson, S. S., Fullagar, C. J., & Mills, M. J.  (2010). Feeling good and doing great: The relationship between psychological capital and well-being.  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 15, 421-433.

Brooks, P., Girgenti, A., & Mills, M. J.  (2009). Sleep patterns and symptoms of depression in college students.  College Student Journal, 43, 464-472.

Mills, M. J. & Culbertson, S. S.  (2009). High involvement work practices: Are they really worth it? Academy of Management Perspectives, 23, 93-95. (Research Brief)

Mills, M. J. & Fullagar, C. J.  (2008). Motivation and flow:  Toward an understanding of the dynamics of the relationship in architecture students.  Journal of Psychology:  Interdisciplinary and Applied, 142, 533-553.

Books & Chapters

​Mills, M. J., *Sachdev, A. R., & Baranik, L. E. (2025). The gendered work-family interface and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US. In Sung, S. (Ed.), Gender, Family, and Policy: An International Perspective. Edward Elgar.

Mills, M. J., *Tortez, L. M., Blanton, R., Keskin, B. B., Bott, G. J., & Freeman, N. K. (2024). Industrial and organizational psychology and human trafficking: Harnessing the potential for proactivity, prevention, and intervention. In L. Dryjanska, E. K. Hopper, & H. Stoklosa (Eds.), Psychological Perspectives on Human Trafficking: Theory, Research, Prevention, and Intervention (pp. 155-176). American Psychological Association.

​Mills, M. J. (2022). It is revealing itself: An examination of the identity challenges of late motherhood for the educated, professional woman. In S. Mitchell, & O. Sanmiguel-Valderramaand (Eds.), Where Did I Go? Identity and Challenges for High-Achieving Professional Late Mothers (pp. 211-218). Demeter Press.

Howes, S. S., Mills, M. J., Huffman, A. H., & Barnes, J. B. (2023). Adolescents in the workforce: Our forgotten future? In D. L. Stone, K. M. Lukaszewski, J. C. Canedo, B. Murray, & J. H. Dulebohn (Eds.), The Plight of Stigmatized Groups in Organizations (pp. 265-297). Information Age Publishing.

*Kerulis, A., *Tortez, L., & Mills, M. J. (2020). The expat entrepreneur: Entrepreneurial ventures as contributing to the wellbeing of women as trailing spouses. In M. Lepeley et al. (Eds.) Wellbeing of Women in Entrepreneurship: A Global Perspective. Routledge.

Mills, M. J., *Pervez, A., & *Mandeville, A. M. (2018). We’re not there yet: Gender and the work-family interface in the modern workscape. In J. Nicklin (Ed.) Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century: Perspectives, Practices, and Challenges (pp. 17-54). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Culbertson, S. S., Huffman, A. H., & Mills, M. J., & Imhof, C. (2017). Balancing the badge:  Work-family challenges within policing and recommended supports and initiatives. In C. D’Agostino & C. Cooper (Eds.) Stress in Policing: Sources, Consequences, and Interventions (pp. 66-80). UK: Gower Publishing.

Mills, M. J., *Tortez, L. M., & *Gallego-Pace, M. E. (2016).  Is she really into it?  The media as misleading in its portrayals of female executives’ work-family (im)balance.  In C. J. Elliott (Ed.), Gender, Media, and Organization: Challenging Mis(s)Representations of Women Leaders and Managers (pp. 19-36). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Mills, M. J.  (Ed.) (2015). Gender and the work-family experience: An intersection of two domains.  New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Mills, M. J., & *Wood, B. S. (2015).  The ‘Social Impact’ of consulting for positive social change.  In D. Maynard, M. Berry, & I. McWha (Eds.), Humanitarian work psychology and the global development agenda: Case studies and interventions (pp. 141-154). New York, NY: Routledge.   

*Rosiello, R. M., & Mills, M. J. (2015).  Shiftwork as gendered and its impact on work-family balance.  In M. Mills (Ed.), Gender and the work-family experience: An intersection of two domains (pp. 251-270). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Professional/Industry Publications

Grotto, A. R., Mills, M. J., & Eatough, E. (2024). Manage boundaries better with your team. MIT Sloan Management Review.

Mills, M. J., Wayne, J. H., *Wang, Y. R., Matthews, R. A., & Whitman, M. V. (2024). The invisible family load has a host of negative implications – and it falls disproportionately to women. Initiative for Gender Equity in the Public Sector.

Mills, M. J. (2020). Unpacking the “why”: Facilitating improved experiences of work through a focus on motivation and well-being. The Leadership Forum, 12(1), 4.

​Mills, M. J., *Tortez, L. M., & Blanton, R. (2020). Be the eyes: Training employees to recognize industry-relevant indicators of sex trafficking. SIOP White Paper Series.

Mills, M. J.  (2016, reprinted 2020). The new rules of work-family integration: Paid maternity leave isn’t enough. If you want to compete globally, you need to think bigger, broader, and better. Talent Quarterly, 12, 21-23.  

Mills, M. J.  (2016, Spring). Making the work-family interface work (and assessing when and why it doesn’t). Hofstra Horizons, 20-25. 

Mills, M. J.  (2012). The beginnings of industrial psychology: The life and work of Morris Viteles. The Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, 49(3), 39-44.

Mills, M. J. & *Woo, V. A.  (2012). It’s not insignificant: I/O psychologists’ dilemma of non-significance. The Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, 49(4), 48-54.

Mills, M. J., Knight, P. K., Kraiger, K., Mayer, W., & LaFontana, K.  (2011). Developing and managing I/O online: What’s behind the virtual classroom? The Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, 48, 31-37.

Klein, D., Mills, M., & Black, J. (2010, July/August). Engagement isn’t always the best indicator of employee dissatisfaction. Diversity Executive, 42-43. 

Weyhrauch, W. S., Culbertson, S. S., Mills, M. J., & Fullagar, C. J. (2010). Engaging the engagers: Implications for the improvement of extension work design. Journal of Extension, 48(3), Article 3FEA5.