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Felice Klein, Ph.D.

Felice Klein

Associate Professor, Management
feliceklein@boisestate.edu
Mail Stop: 1625
Office Number: MBEB 2124
Office Hours: by appointment

Felice B. Klein is an associate professor in the Department of Management. Previously, she was a member of the faculty at Michigan State University. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in May 2012.

Broadly speaking, her research focuses on compensation and inequality in the workplace. In her current research, she studies the role of gender on differences in compensation and leadership and is particularly interested in the individual and organizational efforts that help reduce inequities in the workplace.

Her research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Strategic Management Journal, and has been covered by several media outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, and Boise State Public Radio. Her popular press writing has appeared in The Conversation, Fast Company, BBC News, and Yahoo News. Her work has received numerous awards, including being named a finalist for the 2022 Scholarly Achievement Award and receiving the 2019 Best Convention Paper Award, both from Academy of Management’s HR Division.

Teaching Areas

  • Human resources management
  • Compensation and benefits

Areas of Expertise

  • Compensation
  • Gender and diversity
  • Inequality in the workplace
  • Organizational efforts addressing inequality
  • Fang, R., Klein, F.B., Nguyen, C., Lingwall, J., & Lewis, A. (in press). Political segregation in the labor market and the persistence of pay gaps. Academy of Management Journal.
  • *Livingston, B.A., *Jeong, S., *Klein, F.B. & Chakroborty, A. (2026). Mind the gap: An integrative review of the causes of gender pay gap. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 47: 261-287. (*Authors contributed equally)
  • Gamache, D. L., Devers, C. E., Klein, F. B., & Hannigan, T. (2023). Shifting perspectives: How CEO job demands shape the relationship between CEO gender and acquisition activity. Strategic Management Journal, 44(12): 3012-3041.
  • Klein, F.B., Hill, A., Hammond, R., and Stice-Lusvardi, R. (2021). The gender equity gap: A multistudy investigation of within-job inequality in equity-based awards. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(5): 734–753.
  • Klein, F.B., Chaigneau, P., and Devers, C.E. (2021). CEO gender-based termination concerns: Evidence from initial severance agreements. Journal of Management, 47(3): 567-596. (lead article)

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

  • Finalist, Scholarly Achievement Award for Best Published Paper, Academy of Management HR Division, 2022
  • J. Robert Beyster Fellowship, Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, Rutgers University, 2022
  • COBE Advisory Council Research Award, Boise State University, 2020
  • Best Convention Paper Award, Academy of Management HR Division, 2019