She received her PhD in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and served on the faculty at the University of Iowa prior to her move to the University of Colorado. Her research interests include electronic monitoring, organizational justice, and ethics. She has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Journal of Applied Psychology. Her work has been published in numerous journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, and the Journal of Applied Psychology.