Faculty Directory

Professor of Management

Education

PhD University of Oregon (1984)

MA Bowling Green State University (1977)

AB University of California, Berkeley (1975)

Academic Expertise

Current Research

Employee retention and turnover

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 1983

Industrial psychologist for Southern California Edison, 1977-1980

Selected Publications

1. “Surveying the Turnover Forest: A Meta-Analysis, Moderator Investigation, and Future-Oriented Discussion of the Antecedents of Voluntary Employee Turnover“

   Journal Article:Rubinstein, A., Eberly, M., Lee, T.W. & Mitchell, T.R., (forthcoming). Personnel Psychology,
2. “Intra-individual variability in work characteristics over time: examining the effect of job complexity on employee job strain“

   Journal Article:Li, J.I., Burch, T.C. & Lee, T.W., (forthcoming). Journal of Organizational Behavior,
3. “One Hundred Years of Employee Turnover Theory and Research“

   Journal Article:Hom, P.W., Lee, T.W., Shaw, J.D. & Hauskneckt, J.P., (2017). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 102, pp. 530-545.
4. “Using Organizational Science Research to Address U.S. Federal Agencies’ Management and Labor Needs“

   Journal Article:Aguinis, H., Davis, J., Detert, J.R., Glynn, M.A., Jackson, S.E., Kockan, T., Kossek, E.E., Leana, C., Lee, T.W., Morrison, E., Pearce, J., Pfeffer, J., Rouseau, D. & Sutcliffe, K., (2016). Behavioral Science & Policy, Vol. 2(2), pp. 67-76.
5. “The effects of proximal withdrawal states on job attitudes, job search, intention to leave and voluntary employee turnover“

   Journal Article:Li, J.I., Lee, T.W., Mitchell, T.R., Hom, P.W & Griffeth, R.G., (2016). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 101, pp. 1436-1456.
6. “The Need to Consider Time, Level, and Trends: A Turnover Perspective“

   Journal Article:Mitchell, T.R., Burch, T.C., & Lee, T.W., (2014). Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 35(2), pp. 296–300.
7. “Using Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research (Chinese edition)“

   Book:Lee, T.W., (2014). Sage Publications
8. “Hometown Proximity, Coaching Change, and the Success of College Basketball Recruits“

   Journal Article:Barden, J.Q., Bluhm, D.J., Mitchell, T.R., & Lee, T.W., (2013). Journal of Sports Management, Vol. 27, pp. 230-246.
9. “A Demonstration of the Importance of Temporal Considerations in the Prediction of Newcomer Turnover“

   Journal Article:Holtom, B.C., Tidd, S.T., Mitchell, T.R., & Lee, T.W., (2013). Human Relations, Vol. 66, pp. 1337-1352.
10. “The Story of Why We Stay: A Review of Job Embeddedness“

    Journal Article:Lee, T.W., Burch, T.C., & Mitchell, T.R., (2013). Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Vol. 1, pp. 199-216.
11. “When Employees Are Out of Step with Coworkers: How Job Satisfaction Trajectories and Dispersion Influence Individual- and Unit-Level Voluntary Turnover“

    Journal Article:Dong, L., Mitchell, T.R., Lee, T.W., Holtom, B.C., & Hinkin, T.R., (2012). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 55(6), pp. 1360-1380.
12. “Further Clarification on the Hom, Mitchell, Lee, and Griffeth (2012) Model: Reply to Bergman, Payne, & Boswell (2012) and Maertz (2012)“

    Journal Article:Lee, T.W., & Griffeth, R., Mitchell, T.R., & Horn, P.W., (2012). Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 138, pp. 871-875.
13. “When and How is Job Embeddedness Predictive of Turnover? A Meta-Analytic Investigation“

    Journal Article:Jiang, K., Liu, D., McKay, P.F., Lee, T.W., & Mitchell, T.R., (2012). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 97, pp. 1077-1096.
14. “Redefining Employee Turnover: Focusing on Proximal Psychological States and an Expanded Criterion“

    Journal Article:Hom, P.W., Mitchell, T.R., Lee, T.W., & Griffeth, R.W., (2012). Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 138, pp. 831-858.
15. “The Effects of Autonomy and Empowerment on Employee Turnover: Test of a multilevel model in teams“

    Journal Article:Liu, D., Zhang, S., Wang, L., & Lee, T.W., (2011). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 98, pp. 1305-1316.
16. “The Buffering Effects of Job Embeddedness on Negative Shocks“

    Journal Article:Burton, J.P., Holtom, B.C., Sablynski, C.J., & Mitchell, T.R., & Lee, T.W., (2010). Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 76(1), pp. 42-51.
17. “Explaining Employment Relationships with Social Exchange and Job Embeddedness“

    Journal Article:Hom, P.W., Tsui, A.S., Wu, J.B., Lee, T.W., Zhang, A.Y., Fu, P.P., & Li, L., (2009). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 94, pp. 277-297.
18. “Turnover Contagion: How Coworkers’ Job Embeddedness and Coworkers’ Job Search Behaviors Influence Quitting“

    Journal Article:Felps, W., Mitchell, T.R., Hekman, D., Lee, T.W., Holtom, B.C., & Harman, W.S., (2009). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 52, pp. 545-561.

Honors and Awards

Academy of Management Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Service, 2016

Herbert Heneman Jr. Career Achievement Award, Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management, 2015

Scholarly Achievement Award, Human Resources Division, Academy of Management, 2013

Ron Crockett Award for Academic Excellence, 2009

Fellow, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Fellow, Academy of Management

Outstanding Practitioner Oriented Publication in Organizational Behavior Award for article, "Increasing Human and Social Capital by Applying Job Embeddedness Theory". Judged best of all papers for 2006.

Dean's Research Award, 2005

Outstanding Organizational Behavior Publication in 2001 from the Organizational Behavior of the Academy of Management

Ascendant Scholar Award from the Western Academy of Management, 1988

Outstanding Competitive Paper Award from the Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management, 1986

Academic Service

Former President, Academy of Management

Former Editor, Academy of Management Journal

 

Current editorial board member at:

Journal of Applied Psychology

 

Former editorial board member at:

Academy of Management Journal

Personnel Psychology

Journal of Management

Journal of Management Issues

Human Resource Management Journal

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Organizational Research Methods

Human Resources Management Review