Education
PhD, University of Texas at Arlington
M.S., Southern Methodist University
B.B.A., Texas State University
Teaching Interests
Management
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Research Interests
Emotional Labor
Identity
Mistreatment
Areas of Expertise
Emotional Labor
Qualitative Methods
Experimental Methods
Selected Publications
Jean, E. L., Taylor, N., Crawford, W. S., Hall, A. V., Vaziri, H., Casper, W. J., & Johnson, L. U. (2024). Identity work support perceptions (IWSP): Development of a construct and measure. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(8), 1287–1310. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001177
Weeks, K. P., Taylor, N., Hall, A. V., Bell, M. P., Nottingham, A., & Evans, L. (2024). “They Say They Support Diversity Initiatives, But They Don’t Demonstrate It”: The Impact of DEI Paradigms on the Emotional Labor of HR&DEI Professionals. Journal of Business and Psychology, 39(2), 411-433.
Biography
Nicolina Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Management & Marketing Department at the University of Wyoming. Her expertise is in the areas of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Dr. Taylor earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Arlington, her M.S. in Management from Southern Methodist University, and her B.B.A. in Management (with a concentration in Human Resource Management) from Texas State University.
Dr. Taylor has a history of involvement with the Society for Human Resource Management as serves as the faculty advisor for the University of Wyoming student chapter. At the University of Wyoming, Dr. Taylor teaches Introduction to Management.
Dr. Taylor's primary research examines emotional labor, identity, and mistreatment. Dr. Taylor is interested in how people modify and regulate their emotions at work, including how and when people show negative emotions at work. Additionally, Dr. Taylor examines how customer mistreatment towards employees impacts employee emotional expression. Dr. Taylor also studies employee identity and how organizations can help employees find and strengthen their chosen identities pertaining to interests, such as being a runner, or life circumstances, such as being a parent.
In her free time, Dr. Taylor enjoys being with her family and two rambunctious dogs, Wrangler and Athena. She also enjoys cross-country and alpine skiing.
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nicolina.taylor@uwyo.edu