Haley Cobb, Assistant Professor 

Headshot of Dr. Haley Cobb
Office: 203 Audubon Hall 
Department of Psychology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Email: hrcobb@lsu.edu 

Dr. Cobb will be accepting students for Fall 2026. 

Research Interests

  • Work-nonwork interface
  • Employee well-being
  • Boundary management
  • Open science

Dr. Cobb is an industrial-organizational psychologist who focuses on occupational health psychology. Her research centers around the work-nonwork interface and employee well-being. Specifically, Dr. Cobb’s research aims to understand how workers differentiate their personal and professional lives to promote health, productivity, and fulfillment, with consideration for the unhealthy and/or oppressive environments that workers may find themselves in. Additionally, she uses open science and a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Education 

  • 2023, PhD,  Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Saint Louis University
  • 2016, MS,  Experimental Psychology, Villanova University 
  • 2013, BA, Psychology, The University of Tulsa

Representative Publications

Cobb, H. R., Thomas, C. L., Brossoit, R. M., Piszczek, M. M., & Rudolph, C. W. (2025). Understanding boundary management fit: A systematic review of work-nonwork boundary management and person-environment fit. Organizational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866251377456 

Cobb, H. R., & Burke, V. (2025). Politics, policy, and pedagogy: Preparing I-O psychology students amidst ongoing policy shifts. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 18(3), 371-377. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2025.10025 

Gajardo-Vejar, C., Gilbert, L., Spoor, J. R., Prasad, J., Kaupins, G., Cobb, H. R., & Ameri, M. (2025). From hiring to thriving: Advancing workplace inclusion for neurodivergent and disabled employees. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025(1). https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.16463symposium 

Chang, Y., Cobb, H. R., Kepes, S., Her, D., Zhou, Y., & Matthews, R. A. (2025). A cross-disciplinary bibliometric review of family-friendly work activities and agenda for future research. Group and Organization Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011251320421 

Cobb, H. R., Thomas, C. L., Billeaud, M. L., & Rauvola, R. S. (2024). Confronting the ideal worker myth to better support efforts towards gender equity: Recommendations for a post-pandemic workforce. Community, Work & Family. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2024.2354832 

Cobb, H. R., Strasburg, A. E., Billeaud, M. L., Rauvola, R. S., Thomas, C. L., & Rudolph, C. W. (2024). Applying the actor-partner interdependence model to meta-analysis: A dyadic test of the spillover-crossover model for dual-income couples. Occupational Health Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-024-00195-x 

Thomas, C. L., Cobb, H. R., Spitzmueller, C., & Koziel, R. (2024). Turning a blind eye to gender at work: A call to action for management scholarship. Group and Organization Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011241249514

Kreamer, L. M, Cobb, H. R., Castille, C., & Cogswell, J. (2024). Big team science initiatives: A catalyst for trustworthy advancements in IO Psychology. Acta Psychologica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.104101 

Murphy, L.D., Cobb, H.R., Rudolph, C.W., & Zacher, H. (2022). Commuting demands and appraisals: A systematic review and meta-analysis of strain and wellbeing outcomes. Organizational Psychology Review.

Thomas, C. L., Murphy, L. M., Strasburg, A. E., Billeaud, M. B., & Cobb, H. R.(2022). Supported here and supported there: Understanding family-supportive supervisor behaviors in a telework context. Community, Work & Family. 

Cobb, H. R., Murphy, L. D., Thomas, C. L., Katz, I. M., & Rudolph, C. W. (2022). Measuring boundaries and borders: A taxonomy of work-nonwork boundary management scales. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 137. 

Thomas, C. L., Murphy, L. D., Van Egdom, D., & Cobb, H. R.(2020). Supporting employee lactation: Do U.S. workplace lactation benefit mandates align with evidence-based practice? Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law and Policy, 14(1). 115-138. 

Murphy, L. D., Thomas, C. L., Cobb, H. R., & Hartman, A. E. (2020). A review of LGBTQ+ work-family interface: What do we know and where do we go from here? Journal of Organizational Behavior. 1-23. 

 

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