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Last published 2026
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Rebecca MacGowan

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Visiting Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: University of Arizona (2017–2021); Berry (United States) (2018)

8 h-index 23 pubs 468 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Job Application
  • Male
  • COVID-19
  • Emotions
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Adult
  • Employment
  • Young Adult
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Pandemics
  • Depression, Postpartum
  • Ecological Momentary Assessment
  • Middle Aged

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Rebecca MacGowan's research investigates employee well-being, work-life balance, and the psychological impacts of organizational changes, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work examines daily recovery experiences, the challenges faced by working mothers, and the influence of feedback environments on employee perceptions. MacGowan has studied the antecedents and consequences of emotion profile transitions during organizational crises and the relationship between job search anxiety, conspiracy beliefs, and job search effort among individuals during the pandemic.

Her research also explores how postpartum depression affects personal work-family narratives and the benefits of psychological detachment for job seekers. MacGowan has published 23 articles, with an h-index of 8 and 468 citations. Key collaborators include Christopher C. Rosen and Maira E. Ezerins from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 23
  • Citations: 468

Positions

  • Visiting Assistant Professor 2025–present
    University of New Hampshire Management and Entrepreneurship ORCID
  • Visiting Assistant Professor publications 2023–2025
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville ORCID
  • Assistant Professor of Management 2022–2025
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Management ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Shaping Change: Exploring the What and How of Workplace Intervention Research (2025)
    Academy of Management Proceedings DOI OpenAlex
  • Understanding Coping at Work During Socio-Environmental Jolts: A Person-Centered Investigation (2023)
    Journal of Business and Psychology 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Sensemaking through the storm: How postpartum depression shapes personal work–family narratives. (2023)
    Journal of Applied Psychology 22 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

15 Collaborators 10 Institutions 2 Countries

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