Dr. Carrie McCleese

Department: Business Administration
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Career Plateaus, Mentoring, Stress, Coping, Diversity and Inclusion

Office: Avon Williams Building K444
Phone: 615.963.7341
Email: mccleese@tnstate.edu

BIO

Carrie S. McCleese, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Business Administration in the College of Business at Tennessee State University. Her research interests primarily focus on stress and coping, careers (mentoring and career plateaus), and managerial pedagogical topics. She publishes in journals such as the Journal of Vocational Behavior, Stress and Health, and Journal of Career Development. Her most recent research projects focus on career plateaus in academia and management education. Carrie has been teaching courses in human resource management and organizational behavior for over 10 years and has also taught career counseling and theory in the Department of Psychology at TSU. She attended Central Michigan University for her bachelor’s degree and managed an outpatient mental health practice in Michigan prior to receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia. She has consulted with several Fortune 500 companies, including Coca Cola, the United Parcel Service, and Home Depot, on managerial issues. Carrie is a member of the Middle Tennessee Society for Human Resource Management and has served as a reviewer for a variety of academic journals. She is also the advisor of the Society for Human Resource Management at TSU.

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. Applied Psychology (Industrial-Organizational) – The University of Georgia, 2008

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate Courses
Strategic Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management
Training and Development
Organizational Behavior
Recruitment and Selection

Graduate Courses
Behavior in Organizations

PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

Academic Papers and Articles

Baranik, L. E., Hurst, C.S, & Eby, L. T. (2018) The stigma of being a refugee: A mixed-method study of refugees’ experiences of vocational stress. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 105, 116-130.

Hurst, C. S., Baranik, L. E., & Clark, S. (2016). Job content plateaus: The roles of justice, job satisfaction and citizenship behavior. Journal of Career Development. 

Wang, Y., Hu, C., Hurst, C. S., & Yang, C. (2014). Antecedents and outcomes of career plateaus: The roles of mentoring others and proactive personality. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85, 319-328.

Hurst, C. S., Baranik, L. E., & Daniel, F. (2012). College student stressors: A review of the qualitative research. Stress and Health.

Hurst, C. S., Kungu, K., & Flott, P. (2012). Stress, organizational citizenship behaviors, and coping: Comparisons among plateaued and non-plateaued employees. Business and Management Research.

Butts, M. M., Hurst, C. S., & Eby, L.T. (2012). Supervisor health and safety support: Scale development and validation. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, 18, 97-118.

Hurst, C. S. & Kungu, K. (2011). Coping effectiveness: Differential predictions for plateaued employees. Journal of Knowledge and Human Resource Management.

McCleese, C. S., Eby, L. T., Scharlau, E. A., & Hoffmann, B. H. (2007). Hierchical, job-content, and double plateaus: A mixed-method study of stress, depression, and coping responses. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Hurst, C. S. & Eby, L. T. (2006). Reactions to job content plateaus: Examining role ambiguity and hierchical plateaus as  moderators. Career Development Quarterly.

Refereed Proceedings

Hurst, C.S. & Goings, J. (2017, July). Autism Spectrum Disorder Barriers to Employment: A Review and Integration of Theories. Paper presented at the 8th Global Business Research Conference in Milan, Italy. 

Hurst, C. S., & Hammond, M. (2015, September). Developing a measure of coping with career plateaus. Paper presented at the annual Irish Academy of Management in Galway, Ireland.

Hurst, C. S., Baranik, L.E., & Clark, S. (2013, November). Job content plateaus and citizenship behavior in Kenya: The role of justice and job satisfaction. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the Southern Management Association in New Orleans, LA.

Hurst, C. S., Kungu, K., & Flott, P. (2012). Don’t forget the non-plateaued: Some insights on organizational citizenship behaviors, stress, and coping. Academy of International Business – US Northeast Chapter (AIBNE).

Hurst, C. S. & Eby, L. T. (2010). Plateaus and appraisal: Experiences of hierarchically and job content plateaued employees. Intellectbase International Consortium.

Refereed Book Chapters

Hurst, C. S. & Eby, L. T. (2012). Organizational mentoring: Mentor or tormentor?.
Handbook of quality-of-life problems: Enhancing ethics and improving quality of life at work. Springer.

Hurst, C. S. & Baranik, L. (2012). College women lacking resources: Insights on stressors from the qualitative literature. The Economic Empowerment of Women: A Global Perspective. Informing Science Press.

Hurst, C. S. (2012). Career plateaus among women: Consequences, causes, and coping. The Economic Empowerment of Women: A Global Perspective. Informing Science Press.

Grants and Awards

2012: Hurst, C.S. College of Business Summer Research Grant.
2012: Tennessee Board of Regents Faculty Research Fellow.
2011: Tennessee Board of Regents Faculty Research Fellow.
2010: Hurst, C.S. College of Business Summer Research Grant.
2002-2003: United Postal Service Fellowship, The University of Georgia.