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MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-7339jennica.webster@marquette.eduCurriculum VitaeJennica Webster is a professor of management in the College of Business. Her research centers on workplace diversity and well-being, with an emphasis on exploring the unique challenges faced by women and marginalized communities and better understanding paths toward inclusivity and equity. Her research has been published in leading academic journals such as Human Resources Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes as well as featured in top business outlets including the Harvard Business Review. She is a Forbes contributor on issues related to DEI, and her research has been recognized and supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Marquette鈥檚 President鈥檚 Challenge, a grant program in partnership with Johnson Controls, and American Family Insurance. Jennica is a recipient of the Responsible Research in Management Award from the Academy of Management鈥檚 Responsible Research Network. She is also a winner of the university-wide Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award, a Faculty All-Star, and a recipient of the Miles Research Fellow Award from 糖心传媒. Jennica is passionate about teaching DEI to current- and next- generation business leaders and provides consulting to companies working towards creating transformative environments through a lens of belonging, inclusion, and empathy.
Thoroughgood, C., Sawyer, K., Kong, T., & Webster, J. (2024). Oppositional courage for racial and ethnic minorities: A source of white employees鈥 upward moral comparison. Journal of Management.
Webster, J. R. & Adams, G. A. (2023). Stifled from the start: Biased allocation of developmental opportunities and the underrepresentation of lesbian women and gay men in leadership. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal, 42, 300-318.
Webster, J. R. & Trau, R. (2022). Sexual Orientation (LGBTQ+) Issues in I&O Psychology. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Oxford University Press.
Thoroughgood, C., Sawyer, K., & Webster, J. R. (2021). Because you鈥檙e worth the risks: Acts of oppositional courage as symbolic messages of relational value to transgender employees. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 399.
Thoroughgood, C., Sawyer, K., & Webster, J. R. (2020). Finding calm in the storm: A daily investigation of how trait mindfulness buffers against emotional exhaustion following perceived discrimination at work. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 159, 49-63.
Webster, J. R., Adams, G. A., Maranto, C. L., & Beehr, T. A. (2018). 鈥淒irty鈥 workplace politics and well-being: The role of gender. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 42, 361-377.
Webster, J. R, Adams, G. A., Maranto, C. L., Sawyer, K., & Thoroughgood, C. (2018). Workplace contextual supports for LGBT employees: A review, meta-analysis, and agenda for future research. Human Resource Management, 57, 193-210.