Eva Klein

Dr. Eva Klein joined the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary in January 2008 as a professor of Human Resources and Organizational Dynamics and Organizational Behaviour Executive in Residence.  She teaches Leadership and Interpersonal Behaviour, Organizational Change and Compensation Management to undergraduate, graduate and executive audiences.  Before coming to Haskayne, she was a Teaching Fellow at the London Business School for six years, where she taught in executive development programs for such clients as Kone Elevators, Nokia China, China Mobile and Deloitte and Touche. Prior to moving to the UK, she implemented a wide range of organisational change initiatives at the senior management level for many corporations, including Investors Group of Canada, CSX as well as several US and Canadian banks.  She also served as Vice president of HR at Sanyo Canada Inc. for seven years, a position that provided her with the opportunity to design and implement a variety of compensation, performance, succession planning, stress management and work-life balance programs. In addition to her various teaching and professional corporate experiences, Dr. Klein has worked as an executive coach for over two decades and is well-versed in the application of numerous psychometric evaluation and personality profiling instruments.

Dr. Klein’s current research interests include identifying the characteristics of late bloomers, (i.e. those who succeed later in their careers).  She is also interested in talent management, specifically with respect to the obstacles impeding professional women’s re-entry as well as the obstacles preventing the integration of professional immigrants.

Dr. Klein is an associate of the Center for Creative Leadership as well as a member of the International Network of Executive Women, American Psychological Association and British Psychological Society.  She holds a B.Sc. (Honours Mathematics), M.Sc. (Mathematical Statistics) from McGill University, M.A. (Psycholinguistics) from Stanford University and a Ph.D. (in Clinical Psychology) from Rutgers University. She has been licensed to practise Psychology in the states of New York and New Jersey, Ontario, Canada and the United Kingdom.