Human Resources and Management

People are at the centre of any organization. Faculty members in the Human Resources & Management Area at DeGroote are studying how to plan for, select, train, organize, lead, motivate and inspire and manage people, from contract workers to long-time employees, from North America and Europe to Asia and Africa. Generally, the main purpose of these activities is to enhance organizational effectiveness and to help organizations achieve their strategic objectives.

Research conducted by faculty encompasses the broad disciplines of organizational behaviour, human resource management, and industrial relations. Most faculty in the area hold external research grants (totalling almost $2 million) and all have ongoing programs of research.

Recent publications by area members have appeared in such journals as Academy of Management JournalAdvances in Industrial and Labor RelationsHuman RelationsIndustrial RelationsJournal of Applied PsychologyJournal of ManagementJournal of Occupational and Organizational PsychologyJournal of Organizational BehaviorJournal of Vocational BehaviorOrganizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesPersonnel Psychology, and Strategic Management Journal.

Faculty

Meena Andiappan

MEENA ANDIAPPAN

Associate Professor

Meena Andiappan (Ph.D. Boston College) is an Associate Professor of Human Resources and Management at McMaster University. Prior to joining the DeGroote School of Business, she held faculty...

Vishwanath Baba

VISHWANATH BABA

Professor

Dr. Baba specializes in management theory, evidence-based management, development management, management skill development and management training in the developing world. He has been a consultant...

Yair Berson

YAIR BERSON

Professor

Yair Berson (Ph.D. SUNY Binghamton) is the future director of the DeGroote Leadership Centre. His research helps demonstrate how leaders’ characteristics (e.g., values) and actions (e.g.,...

Catherine Connelly

CATHERINE CONNELLY

Professor / Canada Research Chair of Organizational Behaviour Tier II

Dr. Catherine Connelly holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Organizational Behaviour, and is a Member Emeritus of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). She is a...

Rick Hackett

RICK HACKETT

Professor / Chair, Human Resources & Management / Canada Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour & Human Performance Tier I

Dr. Rick Hackett is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Organizational Behaviour and Human Performance with the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, and Fellow of the Canadian...

Benson Honig

BENSON HONIG

Professor / Teresa Cascioli Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership / Director, Centre for Research on Community Oriented Entrepreneurship (CRCE)

Benson Honig (Ph.D. Stanford University) is the Teresa Cascioli Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. Research interests include business planning,...

Teal McAteer

TEAL MCATEER

Associate Professor

Dr. Teal McAteer is a business consultant who specializes in the areas of leadership development, strategic human resource management, motivation, career planning and development, change, stress...

John Medcof

JOHN MEDCOF

Professor / Acting Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Accreditation

Sean O'Brady

SEAN O'BRADY

Assistant Professor

Sean O’Brady is an assistant professor at the DeGroote School of Business. He is also an associate member of McMaster's School of Labour Studies, a researcher at Cornell University's Ithaca...

Erin Reid

ERIN REID

Professor / University Scholar

Erin Reid (Ph.D. Harvard University) studies inequality, careers, and the design of contemporary knowledge work. One line of research focuses on the reasons for the persistence of gender...

Trish Ruebottom

TRISH RUEBOTTOM

Associate Professor

Trish Ruebottom is an associate professor of Human Resources & Management at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. She specializes in organizations and social change, exploring how...

Aaron Schat

AARON SCHAT

Associate Professor / Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies

Isik Zeytinoglu

ISIK ZEYTINOGLU

Professor Emeritus

Dr. Zeytinoglu’s current research focuses on occupational health and safety of personal support workers in Ontario, employer flexibility strategies and non-standard employment issues, and job...

Publications

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

February 2024

Covid-19 In Long-term Care: A Two-part Commentary

JOURNAL : PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE
CONTRIBUTORS: David Oldenburger, , Mary Crea-arsenio, Raisa Deber, Vishwanath Baba
January 2024

Ai-based Tools In Selection: Considering The Impact On Applicants With Disabilities

JOURNAL : ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Sandra l Fisher, Silvia Bonaccio, Catherine Connelly
January 2024

The High Costs Of Outsourcing: Vendor Errors, Customer Mistreatment, And Well?being In Call Centers

JOURNAL : INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS A JOURNAL OF ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
CONTRIBUTORS: Sean O'Brady, Virginia Doellgast, David Blatter
May 2023

Deployed In Disaster: Exploratory Study Of Personnel Deployed Into Ontario Long-term Care Homes During The Covid-19 Pandemic

JOURNAL : PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE
CONTRIBUTORS: David Oldenburger, Andrea Baumann, Mary Crea-arsenio, Vishwanath Baba, Raisa Deber
August 2023

Fitting Throughout The Employment Cycle: Pe Fit Before, During & After Organizational Entry & Exit

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Kristina Tirol-carmody, Ryan m Vogel, Christina Li, Horatio Traylor, Shuai Ren, Daniel Goering, Qi Zhang, David w Sullivan, Aaron Schat, Joel Andrus, Yair Berson
August 2023

Biological Foundations Of Synchrony: Implications For Team Outcomes

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Adam m Kleinbaum, Nir Milstein, Alon Burns, Stefan Volk, Yair Berson
September 2023

Reactions Of Applicants With Disabilities To Technology?enabled Recruitment And Selection: A Research Agenda

JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SELECTION AND ASSESSMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Sandra l Fisher, Catherine Connelly, Silvia Bonaccio
August 2023

Ride-hail Drivers, Taxi Drivers And Multiple Jobholders: Who Takes The Most Risks And Why?

JOURNAL : WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY
CONTRIBUTORS: Alexandra d Lefcoe, Catherine Connelly, Ian r Gellatly
August 2023

Advancing Research On Workplace Experiences Of Persons With A Disability

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Mukta Kulkarni, David Baldridge, Brent john Lyons, Alecia marie Santuzzi, Ive d Klinksiek, Eline Jammaers, Laurent Taskin, Joy e Beatty, Catherine Connelly, Silvia Bonaccio, Ian r Gellatly, Sarah-kay Walker, Jennifer Ho, Jordan Nielsen, Seonyoung Ji, John Lynch, Julia Stevenson-street, Christine Nittrouer, Claudia Cogliser
August 2023

No Pain, No Gain: Novel Insights Into A Spectrum Of Wellbeing Across Vulnerable Work Experiences

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Ekonkar Kaur, Erica m Johnson, Karen Landay, Liza yasemin Barnes, Devin Rapp, Lieke laura Ten brummelhuis, Mariana Toniolo-barrios, Catherine Connelly, Alexandra Lefcoe, Jessica mariah Rivin, Robert Monnot, Laura Venz, George Elchuk, Andrew Scott, Russell Cropanzano, Phoenix Van wagoner, Rick Reed
August 2023

Taken By Surprise: Exploring The Impact Of Misaligned Expectations

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Sangah Bae, Yanhong Li, Vanessa Bohns, Laurent Lapierre, Jane O'reilly, Claire Sandman malcomb, Emily Zitek, Jennifer Ho, Catherine Connelly
February 2023

Good, Bad, And Ugly Leadership Patterns: Implications For Followers’ Work-related And Context-free Outcomes

JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Amanda j Hancock, Ian r Gellatly, Megan m Walsh, Kara a Arnold, Catherine Connelly
August 2023

The Social-cognitive Functions Of Workplace Humor, Gender, On Promotability

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Shuai Ren, Rick Hackett, Abira Reizer
April 2023

Hrm System Situational Strength In Support Of Strategy: Its Effects On Employee Attitudes And Business Unit Performance

JOURNAL : THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Mark Podolsky, Rick Hackett
August 2023

Undocumented, Immigrants, Asylums & Entrepreneurship: How Different Or Similar Are These Groups?

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Essam m Boraey, Karla Corres, Aki Harima, Exequiel Hernandez, Benson Honig, Alexandra Rheinhardt, Ana cristina o Siqueira
June 2023

Creating Economic, Social, And Environmental Change Through Entrepreneurship: An Entrepreneurial Autonomy Perspective Informed By Paulo Freire

JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING INSIGHTS
CONTRIBUTORS: Ana cristina o Siqueira, Benson Honig, Sandra Mariano, Joysi Moraes, Robson moreira Cunha
January 2023

Smoke, Mirrors, And Impact Factor: How Management Scholars Undermine A Managerial Metric

JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
CONTRIBUTORS: Maria Aluchna, Benson Honig
August 2023

Relational Infrastructures And Gig Worker Well-being: Social And Parasocial Interaction Rituals

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Erin Reid, Brianna barker Caza, Brittany Lambert, Steve Granger, Elizabeth nguyen Trinh, Jordan Nye
August 2023

Connection In Unexpected Places: How, Why, And With What Consequences Workers Connect With Clients

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Solomiya Draga, Marlys k Christianson, Erin Reid, Ann-sophie Baeken, Anneleen Forrier, Nele De cuyper, Emily dunham Heaphy, Lakshmi Ramarajan, Julie Yen, Jeff Thompson, Lyndon earl Garrett, Stuart Bunderson, Mac jeffrey alexander Strachan
October 2023

The Social Effects Of Entrepreneurship On Society And Some Potential Remedies: Four Provocations

JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY
CONTRIBUTORS: Tim Weiss, Robert Eberhart, Michael Lounsbury, Andrew Nelson, Violina Rindova, John Meyer, Patricia Bromley, Rachel Atkins, Trish Ruebottom, Jennifer Jennings, Dev Jennings, Madeline Toubiana, Angelique slade Shantz, Niki Khorasani, Daniel Wadhwani, Hannah Tucker, David Kirsch, Brent Goldfarb, Howard Aldrich, Daniel Aldrich
August 2023

Studying The Unusual In Organizations

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Payal n Sharma, Mark De rond, Melanie Prengler, Katina Sawyer, Madeline Toubiana, Kisha Lashley, Felipe Massa, Kristie Rogers, Trish Ruebottom, Jonas Spengler
August 2023

Honing The Craft Of Qualitative Data Collection In Extreme Contexts

JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY
CONTRIBUTORS: Payal Sharma, Madeline Toubiana, Kisha Lashley, Felipe Massa, Kristie Rogers, Trish Ruebottom
January 2023

Entrepreneurship Out Of Shame: Entrepreneurial Pathways At The Intersection Of Necessity, Emancipation, And Social Change

JOURNAL : ORGANIZATION THEORY
CONTRIBUTORS: Sophie Bacq, Madeline Toubiana, Trish Ruebottom, Jarrod Ormiston, Ifeoma Ajunwa
August 2023

Attachment, Stress And Interactional Justice

JOURNAL : PERSONNEL REVIEW
CONTRIBUTORS: David a Richards, Lumina s Albert, Aaron Schat
August 2023

Competent Or Warm? The Role Of Job Performance And Ocb In Predicting Workplace Aggression

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
CONTRIBUTORS: Hamsa Gururaj, Aaron Schat
December 2023

Industrial Policy Environments And The Flourishing Of African Multinational Enterprises

JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS POLICY
CONTRIBUTORS: Baniyelme Zoogah, William y Degbey, Maria Elo
October 2023

Ethnic Obligation And Employee Well-being: The Moderating Role Of Relative Deprivation

JOURNAL : AFRICA JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Baniyelme Zoogah, William y Degbey, Eleanor jk Akoto
October 2023

Employee Unethical Behavior In Organizations: A Functionalist Perspective

JOURNAL : AFRICA JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Baniyelme Zoogah, Ruby melody Agbola, Tendy Matenge, George sundagar moses Wee
July 2023

An Investigation On The Role Of Positive Psychological Constructs On Educational Outcomes In Business Schools

JOURNAL : THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
CONTRIBUTORS: Eileen Kwesiga, Katharina Spraul, Baniyelme Zoogah
May 2023

Transnational Digital Entrepreneurship And Enterprise Effectiveness: A Micro-foundational Perspective

JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Muhammad Sufyan, William y Degbey, Richard Glavee-geo, Baniyelme Zoogah

OTHER PUBLICATIONS