Marla Baskerville - D'Amore-McKim School of Business
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Education
PhD Organizational Behavior (Sociology minor), Tulane University
MEd Guidance and Counseling, Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy, The University of Georgia
BS Psychology, Howard University
Selected Publications
Baskerville, M., Simmons, A., Umphress, E. E. (in press). It's Not Black and White:  Toward a Contingency Perspective on the Consequences of Being a Token.
Academy of Management Perspectives
Washington, A. S., Baskerville, M., Ladge, J. Interviews with 59 Black female executives explore intersectional invisibility.
Harvard Business Review
Smith, A. N., Watkins, M. B., Burke, M. J., Christian, M. S., Smith, C, Hall, A., & Simms, S. (2013). Gendered influence: A gender-role perspective on the use and effectiveness of influence tactics.
Journal of Management
Watkins, M. B., Smith, A. N., & Aquino, K. (2013) Sexual Influence: The Use and Consequences of Strategic Sexual Performances.
Academy of Management Perspectives
Boswell, W., Watkins, M. B., Triana, M. C., Zardkoohi, A., Ren. R., & Umphress, E. E. (2012). Second-class citizens? Contractor employees' perceived status at work, dual commitment, and turnover intent.
Journal of Vocational Behavior
Watkins, M. B., Ren, L. R., Umphress, E., Zardkoohi, A., & Triana, M. C. (2012). Your work is interfering with our life! The role of significant other perspectives of work family conflict to employee job search activity.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Burke, M. J., Watkins, M. B., & Guzman, E. (2009).  Performing in a multi-cultural context: The role of personality.
International Journal of Intercultural Relations.
Selected Presentations
Chair, Careers symposium, “Transforming the Boundaries of Organizational Life” (2013).
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
, Orlando, FL.
Smith, A. N., Watkins, M. B., M., Burke, M. J., Christian, M. S., Smith, C. E., Hall, A. V., & Simms, S. (2013). How gender role theory illuminates influence tactics' use and effectiveness. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Conference for the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psycholog
y, Houston, TX.
Smith, A. N., & Watkins, M. B, Burke, M., Christian, M., Smith, C., Hall, A., & Simms, S, V. K.  (2012). Gender as the compass:  Gender as a key to navigating effectiveworkplace influence.  Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
, Boston, MA.
Smith A. N., & Watkins, M. B. (2012).  The Flirting Bias: Gender's Influence on Evaluations of Flirtatious Employees.  Paper presented at the
Gender, Work, and Organization Conference
, Staffordshire, England.
Watkins, M. B., Ren, L. R., Umphress, E. E., Boswell, W., Triana, M. C., & Zardkoohi, A. (2011). After the Levees Broke: The Roles of Perceived Corporate Responsiveness, Perceived Organizational Support, and Organizational Justice on Emotional Exhaustion after a Natural Disaster.  Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
, San Antonio, TX.
Research & Teaching Interests
Baskerville's research interests are in the area of gender, diversity, modern sexism, sexuality in the workplace, and organizational politics.
Industry & Academic Experience
Baskerville has done consulting work for NASA, The Legal Sales and Service Organization (LSSO), and Springboard-Partners. She has also worked as marketing manager for ClubMom, Incorporated. Prior to joining the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, Baskerville was an instructor at Tulane University where she taught undergraduate business classes.
Services to the Profession
Baskerville is a member of several professional organizations, including Academy of Management, American Psychological Association, and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Awards & Recognition
2007 INFORMS Organization Science Dissertation Competition Finalist
2007-2008 Murphy Center for Ethics and Public Affairs Graduate Fellowship, Competitive fellowship in support of dissertation research.
2006 NASA Grant ($184,000) to empirically analyze the sustainability of two shuttle program locations in the Gulf Coast region after Hurricane Katrina (Research Team: Anari, A., Boswell, W., Umphress, E. E., Zardkoohi, A., Ren, R. L., Watkins, M. B. & Triana, M., Texas A&M University)
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