University of Calgary
Jean Wallace
- Professor
Research Interests
Currently Teaching
Not currently teaching any courses.
Current Research Interests
Jean has extensively studied the professional work attitudes and experiences of lawyers and physicians, with a recent shift to veterinarians and animal health technologists. Her research interests include: mental health and wellness; work-life balance and the work-family interface; job stress and coping strategies; mentoring and professional relationships; coworker and spousal support; and how statuses such as gender, generation and parenthood are relevant. She uses mixed methods in her research where she has relied on a combination of direct observations, interviews and surveys.
She has recently entered a new field of study lead with her colleague Dr. Eloise Carr (Nursing) and others. Together they are examining the benefits of dog ownership for people suffering from chronic pain. A key benefit of dog ownership is linked to the social support and ties to others that are helpful in coping with chronic pain and that relate to one's mental health.
She is also working with colleagues in veterinary medicine (Drs. Susan Kutz, Cindy Adams and Tessa Baker) who are exploring how to improve access to and acceptance of veterinary care for communities in need by understanding and enhancing the mental health of veterinary service providers.
Publications
Journal Article
- Wallace, Jean and Kay, Fiona M.. "Supportive Relations in a Feminized Occupation: How Male and Female Veterinarians Compare.". Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue Canadienne de Sociologie (to appear), Print.
- McCabe, E., Brown, C.A., Tan, M.C., Gross, D.P., Wilson, D.M., Carr, E., Wallace, Jean and Miciak, M.. "Does Fido have a Foot in the Door? Social housing Companion Animal Policies and Policy Decision-making in a Canadian City.". Housing and Society 48.3 (2021): 292-313. Print.
- Wallace, Jean, Kogan, Lori R., Carr, Eloise J. and Hellyer, Peter W.. "Motivations and Expectations for Using Cannabis Products to Treat Pain in Humans and Dogs: A Mixed Methods Study.". Journal of Cannabis Research 2.1 (2020): 1-12. Print.
- Kogan, Lori R., Wallace, Jean, Schoenfeld-Tacher, R., Hellyer, P. W. and Dacvaa, M.. "Veterinary Technicians and Occupational Burnout". Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7. (2020): 328. Print.
- Carr, E.C.J., Norris, J.M., Hayden, K.A., Pater, R. and Wallace, Jean. "A Scoping Review of the Health and Social Benefits of Dog Ownership for People with Chronic Pain". Anthrozoös: A Multidisciplinary Journal of the Interactions of People and Animals 33.2 (2020): 207-224. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Buchanan, T.. "Status Differences in Interpersonal Strain and Job Resources at Work: A Mixed Methods Study of Animal Health Care Providers". International Journal of Conflict Management 31.2 (2020): 287-308. Print.
- Davis, K.N., Hellyer, P.W., Carr., E.C.J., Wallace, Jean and Kogan, L.R.. "Qualitative Study of Owner Perceptions of Chronic Pain in their Dogs". Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 254. (2019): 88-92. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Meaningful Work and Well-Being: A Study of the Positive Side of Veterinary Work". Veterinary Record 185.18 (2019): 571. Print.
- Carr, E.C.J., Wallace, Jean, Pater, R. and Gross, D.P.. "Evaluating the Relationship between Well-Being and Living with a Dog for People with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Feasibility Study.". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Special Issue on the Psycho-Social Impact of Human-Animal Int 16.8 (2019): 1472. Print.
- Meza Rios, M.M, Herremans, I.H., Wallace, Jean, Althouse, N., Lansdale, D. and Preusser, M.. "Strengthening Sustainability Leadership Competencies through University Internships". International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Research 32. (2018): 99-118. Print.
- Polachek, A.J. and Wallace, Jean. "The Paradox of Compassionate Work: A Mixed-Methods Study of Satisfying and Fatiguing Experiences of Animal Health Care Providers". Anxiety, Stress and Coping 31. (2018): 228-243. Print.
- Carr, E.C.J., Wallace, Jean, Onyewuchi., C., Hellyer, P.W. and Kogan, L.. "Exploring the Meaning and Experience of Chronic Pain with People Who Live with a Dog: A Qualitative Study". Anthrozoös: A Multidisciplinary Journal of the Interactions of People and Animals 32. (2018): 551-565. Print.
- Lemaire, J.B., Wallace, Jean, Sargious, P.M., Bacchus, M., Zarnke, K., Ward, D.R. and Ghali, W.A.. "How Ward Attending Physicians Negotiate the Complex Work Environment: A Collective Ethnography". Academic Medicine 92. (2017): 1765-1773. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Kleiner, S.. "Oncologist Burnout and Compassion Fatigue: Investigating Time Pressure at Work as a Predictor and the Mediating Role of Work-Family Conflict". BMC Health Services Research 17. (2017): 639. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Burnout, Coping and Suicidal Ideation: An Application and Extension of the Job Demand-Control-Support Model". Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health 32. (2017): 99-118. Print.
- Polachek, A., Wallace, Jean, Gautum, M., de Grood, J.A. and Lemaire, J.B.. "The Look and Feel of Resilience: A Qualitative Study of Physcians’ Perspectives". Journal of Hospital Administration 5. (2016): 47-54. Print.
- Young, Marisa, Wallace, Jean and Polachek, Alicia. "Gender Differences in Perceived Domestic Task Equity: A Study of Professionals". Journal of Family Issues 36. (2015): 1751-1781. Print.
- Polachek, A.J., and Wallace, Jean. "Unfair to Me or Unfair to my Spouse: Men's and Women's Perceptions of Domestic Equity and How They Relate to Mental and Physical Health". Marriage & Family Review 51. (2015): 205-228. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Desjarlais-de Klerk, Kristen. "Instrumental and Socioemotional Communications in Doctor-Patient Interactions in Urban and Rural Clinics". BMC Health Services Research 13. (2014): 261-268. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Lemaire, J.. "How Physicians Identify with Predetermined Personalities and Links to Perceived Performance and Wellness Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study". BMC Health Services Research 14. (2014): 616-624. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Social Relationships, Well Being and Career Commitment: Exploring Cross-Domain Benefits of Social Relationships". Canadian Review of Sociology 50. (2013): 135-153. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Lemaire, J.. "Physician Coping Styles and Emotional Exhaustion". Industrial Relations 68. (2013): 187-209. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Gender and Supportive Coworkers Relations in the Medical Profession". Gender, Work and Organization 21. (2013): 1-17. Print.
- Jovanovic, A. and Wallace, Jean. "Lean on Me: An Exploratory Study of the Spousal Support Received by Physicians". Psychology, Health and Medicine 18. (2013): 543-551. Print.
- deGrood, J., Wallace, Jean, Friesen, S.P., White, D.E., Gilmour, J. and Lemaire, J.B.. "Evaluation of a Hands-Free Communication Device in an Acute Care Setting: A Study of Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of it Performance". Computers, Informatics, Nursing 30. (2012): 148-156. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Kay, F.M.. "Tokenism, Organizational Segregration and Cowoker Relations in Law Firms". Social Problems 59. (2012): 389-410. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Mental Health and Stigma in the Medical Profession". Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 16. (2012): 3-18. Print.
- de Grood, Jill and Wallace, Jean. "In Sickness and In Health: An Exploration of Spousal Support and Occupational Similarity". Work and Stress 25. (2011): 272-287. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Jovanovic, Alyssa. "Occupational Similarity and Spousal Support: A Study of the Importance of Gender and Spouse’s Occupation". Industrial Relations 66. (2011): 235-255. Print.
- Wallace, Jean, Lemaire, Jane, Dinsmore, K. and Roberts, D.. "Food for Thought: An Exploratory Study of How Physicians Experience Poor Workplace Nutrition". Nutrition Journal 10. (2011): 18-25. Print.
- Dunphy, H., Finlay, J.L., Lemaire, J., MacNairn, I. and Wallace, Jean. "Hands-Free Communication Technology: A Benefit for Nursing?". Journal of Nursing Administration 41. (2011): 365-368. Print.
- Kay, F.M. and Wallace, Jean. "Is More Truly Merrier? Mentoring and the Practice of Law". Canadian Review of Sociology 47. (2010): 1-26. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Young, M.C.. "Work Hard, Play Hard? A Comparison of Male and Female Lawyers' Time in Paid and Unpaid Work and Participation in Leisure Activities". Canadian Review of Sociology 47. (2010): 27-47. Print.
- Wallace, Jean, Friesen, S.P, White, D.E., Gilmour, J.G. and Lemaire, J.B.. "The Introduction of an Electronic Patient Care Information System and Health Care Providers' Job Stress: A Mixed Methods Study.". International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics 5. (2010): 35-49. Print.
- Lemaire, J., Wallace, Jean, Dinsmore, K., Lewin, A.M., Ghali, W.A. and Roberts, D.. "Physician Nutrition and Cognition during Work Hours: Effect of a Nutrition Based Intervention". BMC Health Services Research 10. (2010): 241. Print.
- Lemaire, J. and Wallace, Jean. "Not All Coping Strategies are Created Equal: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Physicians' Self Reported Coping Strategies". BMC Health Services Research 10. (2010): 208. Print.
- Joudrey, A. and Wallace, Jean. "Leisure as a Coping Resource: A Test of the Job Demand-Control-Support Model". Human Relations 62. (2009): 195-217. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Kay, F.M. "Are Small Firms More Beautiful or is Bigger Better?: A Study of Compensating Differentials and Law Firm Internal Labor Markets". Sociological Quarterly 50. (2009): 474-496. Print.
- Young, M.C. and Wallace, Jean. "Family Responsibilities, Productivity, and Earnings: A Study of Gender Differences among Canadian Lawyers". Journal of Family and Economic Issues 30. (2009): 305-329. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Lemaire, J.. "Physician Well Being and Quality of Patient Care: An Exploratory Study of the Missing Link". Psychology, Health and Medicine 14. (2009): 545-552. Print.
- Wallace, Jean, Lemaire, J. and Ghali, W.A.. "Physician Wellness: A Missing Quality Indicator". The Lancet 374. (2009): 1714-1721. Print.
- Kay, F.M. and Wallace, Jean. "Mentors as Social Capital: Gender, Mentor Capitalization, and Career Rewards in Law Practice". Sociological Inquiry 79. (2009): 418-452. Print.
- Lemaire, Jane and Wallace, Jean. "Well Doc? What Constitutes Quality of Life for Physicians?". Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine 4. (2009): 234-236. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Young, Marisa. "Parenthood and Productivity: A Study of Demands, Resources and Family-Friendly Firms". Journal of Vocational Behavior 72. (2008): 110-122. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Fiona Kay. "The Professionalism of Practicing Law: A Comparison Across Two Work Contexts". Journal of Organizational Behavior 29. (2008): 1021-1047. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Parenthood and Commitment to the Legal Profession: Are Mothers Less Committed than Fathers?". Journal of Family and Economic Issues 29. (2008): 478-495. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Jane Lemaire. "On Physician Well Being – You’ll get by with a Little Help from your Friends". Social Science & Medicine 64. (2007): 2565-2577. Print.
- Jovic, Emily, Wallace, Jean and Lemaire, Jane. "The Generation and Gender Shifts in Medicine: An Exploratory Survey of Internal Medicine Physicians.". BMC Health Services Research, 6. (2006): 55. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Can Women in Law Have it All: A Study of Motherhood, Career Satisfaction and Life Balance". Research in the Sociology of Organizations 24. (2006): 283-306. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Work Commitment in the Legal Profession: A Study of Baby Boomers and Generation Xers". International Journal of the Legal Profession 13.2 (2006): 137-151.. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Job Stress, Depression and Work-Family Conflict Amongst Lawyers: A Test of the Strain and Buffer Hypotheses.". Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations 60. (2005): 510-537. Print.
- Wallace, Jean and Haines, Valerie. "The Benefits of Mentoring for Engineering Students". Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 10. (2004): 1-15. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Motherhood and Career Commitment to the Legal Profession". Research in the Sociology of Work 14. (2004): 219-246. Print.
- Haines, Valerie and Wallace, Jean. "Perceptions of Engineering and Beliefs about Women in Engineering “Having it All”: Are Male and Female Engineering Undergraduates Really so Different?". Alberta Journal of Education Research 49. (2003): 276-279. Print.
- Haines, Valerie and Wallace, Jean. "Exploring the Association of Sex and Majoring in Science". Alberta Journal of Education Research 48. (2002): 188-192. Print.
- Lait, Jana and Wallace, Jean. "Stress at Work: A Study of Organizational-Professional Conflict and Unmet Expectations.". Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations 57. (2002): 463-490. Print.
- Robson, Karen and Wallace, Jean. "Gendered Inequalities in Earnings: A Study of Canadian Lawyers". Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 38. (2001): 75-96. Print.
- Haines, Valerie, Wallace, Jean and Cannon, Elizabeth. "Exploring the Gender Gap in Engineering: A Re-specification and Test of the Hypothesis of Cumulative Advantages and Disadvantages". Journal of Engineering Education 90. (2001): 677-684. Print.
- Haines, Valerie, Wallace, Jean and Johnstone, Rebecca. "Do Factors that Differentiate Science and Nonscience Majors Predict Majoring in Science?". Alberta Journal of Education Research 47. (2001): 281-285. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "The Benefits of Mentoring for Female Lawyers". Journal of Vocational Behavior 58. (2001): 366-391. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Explaining Why Lawyers Want to Leave the Practice of Law". Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance 3. (2001): 117-145. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Work-to-Nonwork Conflict Among Married Male and Female Lawyers". Journal of Organizational Behavior 20. (1999): 797-816. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "It's About Time: A Study of Hours Worked and Work Spillover among Law Firm Lawyers.". Journal of Vocational Behavior 50. (1997): 227-248. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Becker's Side-Bet Theory of Commitment Revisited: Is it Time for a Moratorium or a Resurrection?". Human Relations 50. (1997): 727-749. Print.
- Mueller, Charles and Wallace, Jean. "Justice and the Paradox of the Contented Female Worker". Social Psychology Quarterly 59. (1996): 338-349. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Corporatist Control and Organizational Commitment Among Professionals: The Case of Lawyers Working in Law Firms". Social Forces 73. (1995): 811-839. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Organizational and Professional Commitment in Professional and Nonprofessional Organizations". Administrative Science Quarterly 40. (1995): 228-255. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "Professional and Organizational Commitment: Compatible or Incompatible? ". Journal of Vocational Behavior 42. (1993): 333-349. Print.
- Mueller, Charles, Wallace, Jean and Price, James. "Employee Commitment: Resolving Some Issues". Work and Occupations 19. (1992): 211-236. Print.
- Wallace, Jean. "The Measurement of Burnout Revisited". Journal of Social Service Research 14. (1991): 85-111. Print.
Curriculum Vitae
Degrees
- PhD
University of Iowa, 1992 - MA
University of Calgary, 1987 - BA
University of Calgary, 1985
Awards
- 2008 - Resident Fellowship - Killam Trusts
- 2007 - Distinguished Researcher Award - Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Calgary)
- 2002 - Social Science Research Fellowship - Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Calgary)
- 2002 - President's Circle of Excellence Award. - University of Calgary
- 2001 - Betty Vetter Award for Research - Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network
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