Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources
Academic Areas
The OBHR area aims to understand various aspects of human behaviour at work. Many of our faculty members are funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to conduct leading edge research in such areas as employee motivation, leadership, workplace bullying, diversity and culture, decision-making, sustainability, and employee well-being and safety. Our area has a thriving PhD program with students from all over the world working with faculty to conduct world-class research.
Spotlight on Research
The Happy Culture: A Theoretical, Meta-Analytic, and Empirical Review of the Relationship Between Culture and Wealth and Subjective Well-Being
Piers Steel, Vasyl Taras, Krista Uggerslev, and Frank Bosco
How do your values influence your success, both in terms of wealth and happiness? Are your values the same set that are best for your national culture? Based on the worlds’ largest and most comprehensive review on the topic, we found the key factors for each, both nations and individuals. They weren’t necessary the same. The ideal nation appears to have a balance of values associated with both the right and the left. Furthermore, the cultural trajectory of many nations appear to be towards a constellation of values associated with poor and corrupt governance, lower wealth and diminished happiness.
This paper is published Personality and Social Psychology Review (click here).
Faculty
Loren Falkenberg
Professor
Area of expertise: Business ethics; corporate social responsibility, decision-making
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Sandy Hershcovis
Professor
Area of expertise: Abusive supervision; workplace bullying; sexual harassment
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Mali Mansouri
Instructor
Area of teaching expertise: ethical leadership; organizational behaviour
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Laurie Milton
Associate Professor
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Julian Alexa Norris
Instructor
Area of expertise: Complexity & system change; depth-based leadership; Adventure learning
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Tunde Ogunfowora
Associate Professor
Area of expertise: Leadership; ethical cognitions and behaviours; personality at work
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Allen Ponak
Professor Emeritus
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Peter Sherer
Associate Professor
Area of expertise: Macro and strategic HR; institutional change; organizational innovation
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Piers Steel
Professor
Area of expertise: Meta-analysis; selection; motivation
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Nick Turner
Area Chair - OBHR, Professor
Area of expertise: Leadership; occupational health and safety; work design
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Julie Weatherhead
Assistant Professor
Area of expertise: Leadership; emotions; socioeconomic status and inequality
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Myron Weber
Associate Professor Emeritus
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Justin Weinhardt
Associate Professor
Area of expertise: Motivation; decision-making; computational modeling
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Leighton Wilks
Senior Instructor and Teaching Fellow
Area of expertise: Negotiation; cross-cultural management; corporate social responsibility
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