Rebecca B. Leach Source Confirmed

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Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

6 h-index 21 pubs 142 cited

Research Areas

Behavioral and Psychological Studies Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Healthcare Policy and Management Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Media Studies and Communication Health and Medical Research Impacts Social and Intergroup Psychology

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Rebecca B. Leach's research examines factors influencing human behavior and experiences, particularly within organizational and health contexts. Her work includes an investigation into how customer injustice and emotional labor contribute to burnout in customer support roles. Leach has also studied the implications of ableism and control within video games, specifically analyzing themes of humanity and human-machine communication in "Detroit: Become Human." Additionally, her research addresses vulnerability among men and explores collective compassion as a response to structural barriers in healthcare organizations. Leach has also evaluated digital tools for detecting stress and craving in individuals undergoing substance use disorder recovery. Her scholarly output includes 21 publications with 142 citations and an h-index of 6. She has collaborated with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Marco Dehnert, Kaitlin M. Gallagher, Melissa Taylor, and Caleb Burruss.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 21
  • Citations: 142

Selected Publications

  • ‘I’d feel like management understands (no pun intended) how we feel’: evaluating a hypothetical policy promoting sitting in standing-biased jobs (2025) DOI
  • Employee and Supervisor Perceptions of a Policy Promoting Standing in the Workplace: A Qualitative Study (2024) DOI
  • Narrative or Facts: Two Paths to Vaccine Advocacy (2024) DOI
  • Refreshing the positive: bridging positive organizational communication and critical scholarship with Buddhist philosophies (2024) DOI
  • Collective Compassion: Responding to Structural Barriers to Compassion With Agentic Action in Healthcare Organizations (2023) DOI
  • Health Occupations and Role Performance (2022) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Marco Dehnert University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Kaitlin M. Gallagher University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Melissa Taylor University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Caleb Burruss University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Christopher C. Rosen University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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