Jennifer Thompson

Jennifer Thompson is a Professor at The Chicago School in the Department of IO/Business Psychology, Organization Leadership, and Behavioral Economics within the College of Graduate and Professional Studies. She has been with the institution since 2002, bringing extensive experience in both academic and applied organizational psychology settings.

Dr. Thompson's research focuses on positive organizational behavior, psychological capital, neuropsychology, and the application of self-efficacy, resilience, hope, optimism, mindfulness, and human strengths in organizational contexts. She leads doctoral students in research related to training, organizational change, and employee engagement, with particular expertise in strength-based leadership, growth mindset, positive culture development, and resilience training.

Her scholarly work demonstrates consistent focus on psychological capital and employee engagement across recent years, with publications appearing in journals like Journal of Business Psychology and Consulting Psychology Journal. Her research bridges positive psychology principles with practical organizational applications, particularly examining how psychological capital can drive organizational change and employee performance.

Dr. Thompson maintains active professional engagement as a member of the International Positive Psychology Association and previously served as President of the Chicago Industrial Organizational Psychologists (CIOP) from 2006-2008. Her consulting work focuses on increasing employee engagement through training and behavioral reinforcement principles, drawing on her extensive background with organizations including United Airlines, Microsoft, and American Academy of Pediatrics.

She has presented at major international conferences including multiple World Congresses on Positive Psychology, with presentations addressing psychological capital training, organizational change implementation, and character strengths in executive women. Her professional experience spans development and validation of selection systems, 360-degree feedback, survey design, assessment centers, and research on adverse impact analysis.