Faculty in the Psychology Department since 2011, she earned her Ph.D. from Washington State University in Experimental psychology with an emphasis in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Her research interests include the investigation of workplace issues including, but not limited to work-family conflict, diversity, and organizational climate.
Publications:
Hopkins, B. & Olson, K. J. (2026, online first). Cultivating the ‘Ideal’ Worker? Accommodation and control of migrant workers. The International Journal of Human Resource Management.
Olson, K. J. & Hopkins, B. (2026, online first). Job segmentation and job quality: An agriculture sector case study. Economic and Industrial Democracy.
Olson, K. J., & Jiang, L. (2026, online first). Gender differences in the relationship between job accuracy, job satisfaction, and re-enrollment intentions among migrant workers in the United Kingdom seasonal work scheme. Economic and Industrial Democracy.
Olson, K. J., Leiva, P., Huffman, A. H., & Wolberg Martinez, F. (2025). Men’s experiences of family supportive supervisor behavior through the lens of gender role traditionalism and nation of residence. Journal of Community, Work, and Family, page numbers pending.
Olson, K. J. & Hopkins, B. (2022). Navigating self-managed conflict resolution: A case study. Economic and Industrial Democracy 43, 1632-1654.
Olson, K. J., & Jiang, L. (2021). The effects of university research and teaching climate strength on faculty self-reported teaching performance. Higher Education Research & Development, 40, 1251-1267.
Olson, K. J. & Huffman, A. H., & Litson, K. (2020). The relationship between mentor support experiences and STEM graduate student career optimism. Career Development International, 26(1), 44-64.
Benson, W. L., Probst, T. M., Jiang, L., Olson, K. J., & Graso, M. (2020). Insecurity in the ivory tower: Direct and indirect effects of budget cuts, pay stagnation, and job insecurity on faculty performance. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 41, 963-708.
Tripp, T., Jiang, L., Olson, K. J., & Graso, M. (2019). The fair process effect in the classroom: Reducing the influence of grades on student evaluations of teachers. Journal of Marketing Education, 41,173-184.
Huffman, A. H., & Olson, K. J. (2017). Gender differences in perceptions of resources and turnover intentions of work-linked couples in masculine occupations. Stress and Health, 33, 309-321.
Huffman, A. H., Olson, K. J., O’Gara, T., * & King, E. (2014). Gender role beliefs and fathers’ work-family conflict. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 29. 774-793.
Olson, K. J. (2014). Initial development and validation of a measure for work, school, and family conflict. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 19, 46-59.
Olson, K. J., Huffman, A. H., Leiva, P. & Culbertson, S. Y. (2013). Acculturation and individualism as predictors of work-family conflict in a diverse workforce. Human Resource Management, 52, 741-769.
Estrada, A. X., Olson, K. J., Berggren, A., & Harbke, C. H. (2011). Evaluating a brief scale measuring psychological climate for sexual harassment. Military Psychology, 23, 410-432.