Pearce is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the International Association for Applied Psychology. Her honors include research grants from the National Science Foundation; a Fulbright Fellowship to the International Management Center, Hungary; Scholarly Contribution Awards (1998 from the Academy of Management and 1986 from the American Society for Personnel Administration); Teaching Excellence Awards; and an invitation to testify on legislation pending before the United States House of Representatives.