Research @ DeGroote (2012 Vol. 2)

Strong governance structures make for strong shareholder relations

Do the Big 4 increase the value of your privately-owned business?

Giving a voice to the expanding force of contract workers

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R e s e a r c h @ D e G r o o t e

Research @ DeGroote is a publication of the DeGroote School of Business and is managed by the external relations offi ce.

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Contributions by Kim Wojtczak

DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University1280 Main Street West, DSB – 116GHamilton, ON L8S 4M4

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I N S I D E

Faculty Profi les

PhD Profi le

14 What’s new @ Innis?15 Publications17 Conference

Proceedings & Presentations

21 Research Grants22 Awards &

Recognitions23 Appointments 24 Books & Chapters

24 PhD Defenses

CJAS Profi le

3Giving a voice to the expanding force of contract workersCatherine Connelly

4The art of behaviour and fi nanceRichard Deaves

5Protecting the rights of participantsBrian Detlor

7Do the Big 4 increase the value of your privately-owned business?Justin Jin

8Newfound research focus a result of sabbaticalChristopher Longo

9The importance of being on time counts in supply chain schedulingGeorge Steiner

11Strong governance structures make for strong shareholder relationsUmar Butt

12Advanced Theory and Practice at the DeGroote School of Business


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Catherine Connellyassociate professor of organizational behaviour and human resources management

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F a c u l t y P r o f i l e s

Regardless of what she may be researching at the time, Catherine Connelly always fi nds herself studying con-tingent workers to some degree. Associate professor of organizational behaviour and human resources manage-ment at the DeGroote School of Business, Connelly’s work brings an engaging applicability and relevance to her fi eld. Her current research involves a study on the workplace behaviours of non-standard employees.

Connelly was drawn to study contingent workers’ expe-riences because she noticed a lack of attention being paid to this population, even as it continues to expand. She found that temporary workers were being lumped into studies centered on permanent employment, resulting in a signifi cant lack of representation. This invisibility is what drives Connelly to give contingent employees a voice of their own.

Connelly states that the common stereotypes surround-ing temporary workers are that they are fill-ins for employees on maternity leave, or that they represent just a small portion of the workforce. However, she explains that essentially any job can be contingent and that the percentage of temporary work is consistently on the rise, especially within the IT sector.

Connelly points out that non-standard workers often fi nd themselves treated differently than their permanent counterparts, and she hopes that employers will become more inclusive. “Depending where they work, contin-gent workers may fi nd that they are excluded from offi ce social events, don’t receive appropriate safety training, or aren’t provided with the information that they need to do their jobs properly,” she states.

However, despite the challenges, Connelly discovers that many individuals find value in taking on non-standard employment. Some younger workers think of temporary work as an opportunity to get their feet in the door and gain experience before settling down to a

permanent position. Older employees often choose this route as a more fl exible form of employment while on their way out of the workforce.

“In North America, there is a stereotype that contin-gent workers are more likely to shirk their duties and pilfer offi ce supplies,” Connelly explains. “Interestingly, in many parts of Europe there is an opposite stereotype: that contingent workers are especially dedicated and willing to put in extra effort to help their coworkers and the organization. The truth is probably somewhere in between.”

Because of the potential for such varying attitudes and behaviours, it is important for treatment of temporary employees to be positive at both agency and employer levels. Connelly warns that negative treatment of a con-tingent worker by his or her agency can have spillover effects and create resentment towards the employer and vice-versa.

The problem often comes down to the confl ict of interest between temporary agencies and client organizations. Connelly points out that agencies want to hire workers out for as many hours as they can, while client employ-ers may be tempted to extract as much labor as possible from workers in as little time as possible. This can make for inconsistent demands on the employee.

Confl icts and situations such as these make contingent work a contentious yet relevant topic and one that Connelly hopes to study even further in the future. The next stage of her research in temporary work is a fol-low-up study comparing the experiences of independent contractors in Sweden and North America. She hopes to discover how employee perceptions of contingent work change over time and how the workers cope with these changes. Connelly’s passion for the subject is evident, and her efforts to bring attention to a growing labour trend will continue within her subsequent studies.

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Richard Deaves, professor of fi nance at the DeGroote School of Business, has spent the past ten years focusing his research on behavioural fi nance. This fi eld examines the fl aws in fi nancial decision-making stemming from heuristics, overconfi dence, and emotional forces.

Deaves’ latest book, Behavioral Finance: Psychology, Decision-making and Markets (Cengage 2010), which is co-authored with Lucy Ackert, links fi nance theory and practice to human behaviour and shows how psychology infl uences the decisions of individual investors, mar-ket practitioners and corporate decision-makers alike. Individual-level error may even aggregate to the level of the market leading to the mispricing of securities.

“The purpose of the book is to bring the latest research in behavioural fi nance and how managers can benefi t from it to undergraduate and master's-level business students. The fact that it has been adopted by universi-ties around the world is indeed gratifying,” says Deaves.

In line with this goal of the dissemination of behavioural fi nance research, Deaves began a blog (behavioralfi nan-ceresearch.com) in 2010 for students and interested practitioners where he reviews and highlights recent research in the fi eld. Some recent provocative posts deal with sin stocks, what investing and gambling have in common, and what can be learned from Swedish twins.

“Much research is only read by specialists in the fi eld, which to me is a shame. What this blog tries to accomplish is to present some of the latest research in behavioural fi nance to students and market practitio-ners in an accessible jargon-free fashion,” says Deaves.

Deaves has recently finished a paper on emotional balance entitled “Emotional balance and probability weighting,” where he has found suggestive evidence that emotional balance pushes people in the direction of rational fi nancial choices.

This topic has become particularly timely with the fi nancial crisis which culminated in the fall of 2008, as it became clear to observers that the unprecedented day-to-day swings in markets were in part induced by emotional forces.

Richard Deavesprofessor of fi nance and business economics

The art of behaviour and fi nance

behavioralfi nanceresearch.combehavioralfinanceresearch.com

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Brian Detlorassociate professor of information systems

All research at McMaster involving human participants whether or not funded by one of the Tri-Councils, must adhere to the Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS) on the Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.

The McMaster Research Ethics Board (MREB) oversees all research at McMaster (except Hamilton Health Sciences/Faculty of Health Sciences) conducted by faculty, staff or students and is an arms-length body within the university to protect the rights of researchers and participants.

Brian Detlor, associate professor of information systems, is the newly appointed chair of MREB. Detlor oversees twenty-seven board members across McMaster’s campus who collectively vet more than 200 protocols annually.

“MREB provides a vital and important service to the McMaster research community and helps ensure that research conducted by McMaster faculty, staff or students is in compliance with the TCPS and that human partici-pants involved in McMaster-related research are treated in an ethical manner. We help ensure that the research con-ducted on campus is held to a higher standard,” says Detlor.

Each protocol is reviewed for respect for persons, justice and concern for welfare. This review makes sure partici-pants have given free and informed consent with no undue influence or coercion to participate. Participants must be notifi ed of the purpose of the research, what they are expected to do, benefi ts and risks, how anonymity and con-fi dentiality will be respected and all information pertaining to the security and reporting of the collected data itself.

Concern for welfare deals more with the confidential-ity and security of information. For example, collecting

personal information only if it is needed, anonymizing data if possible and restricting the sharing of research data to research team members and locking / password-protecting data. Minimizing or eliminating any social, psychological, or physical risks can help achieve the most favourable balance of risks and benefi ts.

Some protocols call for a full review. A full review must be completed when research contains more than minimal risk or deals with tricky or sensitive issues. Others simply call for a delegated review, which is the most common type of review and pertains to minimal risk research and involves independent reviews by two board members, followed by a decision by the chair.

“The ethical treatment of human participants in research is a fascinating and dynamic topic. The TCPS provides guide-lines, but it is often up to REBs to interpret how these guidelines should be applied. This is becoming more chal-lenging everyday as new ways of conducting research on humans become possible. For instance, the incorporation of Internet technologies, social media, and mobile commu-nications in research raises many new privacy and security concerns for human participants, and REBs must respond accordingly. As such, a large part of MREB’s mandate cen-tres on education, not only the education of board members but the education of faculty, staff and students at McMaster whose research involves human participants,” says Detlor.

Overall, the research board looks out to protect everyone involved in the research from the researcher to the par-ticipants. There is a duty to protect the rights of people involved and keep their anonymity and privacy secure. For more information on MREB, visit http://iserv.mcmaster.ca/ethics/mreb/

Protecting the rights of participants a major role of the McMaster Research Ethics Board


Justin Jinassistant professor of accounting

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Justin Jin, assistant professor of accounting, has been working over the past two years on research that analy-ses the value the Big 4 has on a company. The Big 4 are the largest accounting fi rms that handle the vast major-ity of audits for publically traded companies. They are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and KPMG. These four networks also audit smaller pri-vately owned companies.

Jin’s research is the fi rst to examine the impact of audi-tor choice on perceived audit quality for U.S. private companies that sell all of their shares or assets. Relative to U.S. public companies, private companies are small and have limited resources. Therefore, the private com-pany is an especially important factor when examining the relation between Big 4 auditor choice and perceived audit quality.

“My research is important to the application of account-ing in terms of assets valuation methods. Private fi rms are not traded, and thus do not have stock prices. Practitioners and business owners have to select appro-priate valuation methods and assumptions for private company valuations,” says Jin. “Most importantly, they need to estimate an accurate valuation discount for pri-vate companies relative to similar public companies.”

Jin’s latest publication “Do Private Company Targets that Hire Big 4 Auditors Receive Higher Proceeds?”published in Contemporary Accounting Research goes against previous research. Jin points out that prior research suggests that Big 4 auditors provide higher audit quality than non-Big 4 auditors for U.S. public

companies. This research has not examined the impact of audit choice for U.S. private companies that oversee all of their shares or assets.

Private companies are typically smaller in size, are at the earliest stages of life, have more concentrated con-trol, have lower quality of fi nancial information and have less liquid equity interests. Therefore, there is a need to study the impact of Big 4 auditors on the private company valuations. This research has signifi -cant applications for private equity buyers and sellers because they want to determine the proper buying and selling prices for private companies.

“Our research paper contributes to the literature in a number of ways. Our primary contribution is to show that valuation multiples are higher for private fi rms with a Big 4 auditor. We demonstrate that the reason for the discount paid for private fi rms relative to public fi rms goes beyond simple differences in liquidity,” says Jin.

The results provide private sales with empirical evi-dence regarding the potential impact of auditor choice on deal proceeds and contribute to the literature exam-ining the impact of auditor choice on the cost of capital. The paper presents a study of the private company dis-count (PCD) in the context of controlling interests.

The study’s multivariate approach, which controls for other determinants of value and alternative data sources, complements and improves on previous literature.

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A sabbatical literally means ‘a ceasing’ and has come to be known as an extended absence in the career of an individual to achieve new skills. Christopher Longo, associate professor of strategic market leadership and health services management at the DeGroote School of Business, has completed fi ve months of his full year sabbatical.

Longo has used this time to refocus his career and research goals to encompass “research on costs and economic evaluation of cancer programs throughout the cancer journey, intended to inform policy decision making.”

“With a more focused approach to my research agenda I can now devote more time and dig deeper into my primary area of research,” says Longo.

As a visiting fellow at the Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC), Longo also inter-acts and works with the Pharmacoeconomics Research United at Cancer Care Ontario.

ARCC is “an innovative, pan-Canadian research cen-tre specializing in health economics, services, policy and ethics applied to cancer with the aim to make improvements across the cancer control spectrum from prevention, screening and diagnosis to treatment, reha-bilitations, survivorship or palliative care.”

With more than 20 years experience in clinical research, economic evaluation and access strategies for pharma-ceuticals, Longo got a fresh start to new research. With

the obvious intent of working with new researchers and with new strategies that have been employed in the other areas, Longo liked the idea of being fully immersed in his research for a longer period of time.

Under the mentorship of Jeff Hoch, director of ARCC, Longo feels his fi rst fi ve months have already been par-ticularly rewarding. He hopes the remaining months will help shape new lessons in the classroom, help edu-cate students in the new applied methodologies and integrate some of his research results into both.

Longo’s work in the past has been devoted to the economics of cancer, economic evaluation of phar-maceuticals, the public/private mix in the fi nancing of healthcare, and the evaluation of factors influenc-ing patients’ fi nancial burden for health care services. Although still interested in many of those issues and how they relate to the healthcare system and its end users, Longo is happy to have a renewed focus on the costs and economic evaluation of cancer programs throughout the entire cancer journey, with the intent of informing policy decision making.

Refl ective, Longo weighs in on how using his sabbatical journey helped him to rebuild his resume.

“I want to stay true to the intent of an academic sabbati-cal, and build new research collaborations and develop new research skills. My time so far at Cancer Care Ontario has allowed me to meet both of those goals,” says Longo.

Christopher Longoassociate professor of strategic market leadership and health services management

Newfound research focus a result of sabbatical

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George Steiner professor of operations management


When you place an order for a prod-uct online do you ever think of the steps that package will have to take and the schedule that it will have to remain on in order to arrive at your doorstep on time? What about the robots on the assembly line at an automotive manufacturing plant, do you ever think how the robots know which bolt to tighten and how to keep the car assembly on track? How about your food at the grocery store, how does it get there? When do new products or produce arrive on the shelves?

The field of operations manage-ment has daily applications and uses across the globe in places where you wouldn’t normally think to look.

George Steiner, professor of opera-tions management at the DeGroote School of Business, has been research-ing and teaching this discipline for more than thirty years and has noticed great advancements and solu-tions to real-world problems.

The supply chain scheduling prob-lems Steiner studies have increased so much in size and complexity that it would be simply impossible to deal with them without sophisticated

computer algorithms. Steiner’s main area of research is the design and application of such algorithms to a variety of scheduling problems.

In a 2011 paper published in the Financial Times Top 40 jour-nal, Operations Research, entitled

“Revised Delivery-Time Quotation in Scheduling with Tardiness Penalties,” Steiner and his former PhD student, Rui Zhang, work to solve scheduling problems that arise from unavoidable delays.

There are many cases in supply chain scheduling when an order or supplier cannot meet its due dates or can-not deliver on time, and this delay often leads to significant penalties payable by the supplier. Steiner and Zhang present a model that revises the due dates through a sophisticated algorithm and minimizes tardi-ness penalties for the supplier. This real-life solution to a very common problem in supply chains could help system effi ciency and performance.

For example, large supermarkets and retailers such as Walmart and Loblaws frequently impose penalties on their suppliers for late shipments of their products. Steiners’ paper

presents a complete analysis of the trade-offs between timely schedule performance and tardiness penalties including the objectives of both sup-pliers and customers.

This analysis allows fi nding the most efficient solutions from both per-spectives of buyer and supplier and substantially enhances overall system performance.

George Steiner began his career at McMaster

University in 1981 as an assistant professor of

production and management science.

Steiner specializes in production planning and

scheduling problems and the development of

analytical models for the effi cient allocation of

resources among competing activities.

Steiner was recognized in 2008 with the third

annual DeGroote Faculty Research Award

of Excellence and has repeatedly published

research in Financial Times top 40 journals.

Steiner is a highly-regarded teacher and mentor.

He has a well-known reputation for providing

students with the tools and skills required for

producing research excellence in a competitive

global academic arena.

Steiner is also a member of the Industrial

Engineering Grant Selection Committee for

NSERC since 2010. Steiner is one of ten mem-

bers from Canada and abroad on this committee.

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Umar ButtPhD candidate in fi nance and business economics

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Five years ago, the DeGroote School of Business was not where PhD candidate Umar Butt thought he would be pursuing his doctoral studies in fi nance. Having com-pleted his BA in economics and statistics in his home country of Pakistan and his MBA in Texas, Canada was not on Umar’s radar. However, a recommendation from a family member led him to DeGroote in 2007.

Umar is currently in the fi fth year of his doctoral stud-ies and is well acquainted with the PhD experience, explaining that it is a challenging process but a reward-ing one.

When Umar began his doctoral studies in 2007, he was one of the fi rst students to work in the fi eld of fi nance and describes himself and his colleagues as guinea pigs, opening up new avenues for research. Umar enjoys researching less explored issues and has been able to produce notable works in the fi eld of corporate fi nance. He has also shared his expertise by teaching classes at McMaster and speaking at the Corporate Governance and Business Conference in Boston this July.

There are three major papers that will make up Umar’s written doctoral body of work. His fi rst paper is cen-tered on debt covenant violation and discusses how multiple violations increase the cost of company debt, as well as company pressures. Umar’s most recent work is the second of his papers and he describes it as the most engaging for him. The paper focuses on corporate governance and the relationship between fi nancial lever-aging and profi ts.

“Corporate governance is the mechanism that controls the aligning of interests of shareholders and manage-ment,” Umar explains. He was drawn to corporate governance because it is such a contentious, current issue and he wanted to take on the challenge of explor-ing a less-researched area of business.

Umar also tested the trade-off theory of capital structure under varying governance mechanisms. “The trade-off theory states that managers should borrow until the marginal benefits from interest tax shield equal the marginal costs of bankruptcy,” says Umar.

The theory argues that companies are usually fi nanced partly with debt and partly with equity, and must choose how much of each to use. Umar states that this theory has been widely discredited and corporate gover-nance has been previously left out of the equation.

His study found that trade-off theory is valid for fi rms where the interests of managers are aligned with those of the shareholders. Strong governance structures motivate managers to issue more debt and increase tax deductibility for shareholders. Umar likes the novelty of this strain of research and would like to do more in the fi eld, incorporating corporate governance as a factor in corporations’ fi nancial structures.

Umar’s third piece of research will connect to the topic discussed in his fi rst doctoral paper, which investigates the effects of debt covenant violations within organi-zations. He plans to explore avoidance measures that companies can take to prevent violations and the higher costs of debt that can come with them.

Although Umar’s time at DeGroote will soon come to an end, he has been able to develop engaging, appli-cable research in the corporate fi nance fi eld during his studies. His three doctoral papers provide intriguing insight into the inaugural PhD program in fi nance and business economics at the DeGroote School of Business.

Umar’s articles can be accessed online:

Profi ts, Financial Leverage and Corporate Governance:http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1929168

Debt Covenant Violation and Cost of Borrowing: Evidence from Quarterly Bond Issue:http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1929165

P h D P r o f i l e


The Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (CJAS) is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, inter-national quarterly that publishes manuscripts with a strong theoretical foundation.

Hosted at the DeGroote School of Business since 2006 under professor Rick Hackett’s tenure as editor-in-chief, the journal will stay for another fi ve years as Vishwanath Baba takes the reins from 2012 to 2017.

Under Hackett’s leadership, the journal’s acceptance rate went from 32% to 15% (10% including desk rejects), which is the result of more rigorous reviewing standards. The two year citation impact fac-tor was boosted signifi cantly from 0.085 to 0.714 due to higher quality of articles published over the five year period. Submissions from around the world rose 40% between 2006 and 2010.

“I fi rmly believe that these benchmarks in the journal’s history would not have happened without the sup-port and immense contributions from scholars willing

to lend their time and expertise to the journal. The con-tributions of our dedicated editors and reviewers have helped position the journal as a high quality publica-tion for business scholars,” states Hackett.

Baba may be feeling a bit of déjà vu as he begins his fi ve year term in January 2012 – he was editor-in-chief for the journal from 1991 to 1996 during his time at

Concordia University.

“A lot has changed both with the journal and my academic career in the last 20 years, and I see this as a great opportu-nity to enhance Canada's intellectual influence on management scholarship and practice on a global scale. I think I have a fi ghting chance and will focus on achieving this goal during my editorial term,” explains Baba.

DeGroote faculty members are encouraged to submit manuscripts to CJAS for consideration. Submission guidelines can be found on the CJAS website at: http://cjas.mcmaster.ca/submissions/submissions.htm.

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“I see this as a great opportunity to enhance

Canada's intellectual infl uence on management scholarship and practice

on a global scale. ”– Vishwanath Baba

Back issues can be viewed through the Wiley online library www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cjas .

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C J A S P r o f i l e

About CJAS

The journal was founded in 1983 by the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), which retains ownership. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, CJAS wel-comes conceptual and empirical papers written in either English or French.

Areas of focus

CJAS is a multi-disciplinary business journal and accepts manuscripts within the following divisions:

■ marketing ■ strategic management and international business ■ accounting ■ fi nance ■ organizational behavior and human resources

management ■ critical management studies ■ gender and diversity in organizations

CJAS especially welcomes inter-disciplinary research that draws from two or more of the established business disciplines listed above.

Citation impact

The most recent two-year citation impact rating for CJAS is .714, ranking it 77/103 business journals, and 108/144 management journals listed with Thompson Reuters’ Web of Science.

Acceptance rate

The 2010 acceptance rate for the journal, excluding desk rejections, was 15% (10% with desk rejections included).

Publication and affi liation

CJAS publishes quarterly, with 8 to 10 articles per issue. In 2010, 65% of submitting corresponding authors were affi liated with institutions from outside of Canada, refl ecting a highly-diverse international base of contributors.

Review process

Manuscripts are peer reviewed in a double-blind process. Division editors lend their expertise as subject matter experts to render decisions to authors on behalf of the editor-in-chief.

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W h a t ’ s n e w @ I n n i s ?

What’s new @ Innis?The Library now has an online subscription to one of the most widely used investment information and advisory services - the Value Line Investment Survey (Plus

Edition). This edition consists of the Standard and Small & Mid-Cap investment surveys. The Standard survey tracks 1,700 companies covering 90 industries. Each week, approximately 130 stocks are profi led in one-page reports that contain Value Line’s Timeliness, Safety, & Technical ranks; historic fi nancial data; detailed fi nan-cial results; 3-5 year price and earnings projections; beta; an analyst’s written commentary; and more. Every stock is re-evaluated four times each year (or every 13th week). The reports also include brief industry reviews which assess how the current economic, political and

technological environments may affect an industry. The Small & Mid-Cap survey covers an additional 1,800 stocks, usually with market values from less than $1 billion to $5 billion. The format and layout in these reports is similar to the ones in the Standard edition.

McMaster’s online subscription provides access to the most recent three months of investment surveys. Back issues, covering 1980 to the present, are available on microfi che in the Innis Library. Online access is avail-able via the Library web site http://library.mcmaster.ca/articles/value-line-investment-survey.

For more information, please contact Ines Perkovic, business librarian at 905-525-9140 ext. 21359 or [email protected]

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P u b l i c a t i o n s

INDIVIDUAL(S) TITLE PUBLICATION & DATE

Guo, Y., Longo, C.J., Xie, R., Wen,

S.W., Walker, M.C. and Smith, G.N.

(2011)

Encouraging pharmaceutical innovation to meet the needs of both

developed and developing countries.

International Journal of Development Issues, Vol. 10

No. 1, pp. 92-101.

Longo, C.J. (2011) Cost-effectiveness of transdermal nitroglycerin use for preterm

labor.

Value in Health, Vol. 14, pp. 240-246.

Longo, C.J. & Bereza, B.G. (2011) A comparative analysis of monthly out-of-pocket costs for

patients with breast cancer as compared with other common

cancers in Ontario, Canada.

Current Oncology, Vol. 18 No. 1.

Perrigot, R., Kacker, M., Basset, G.

and Cliquet, G. (2011)

Antecedents of early adoption and use of social media networks

for stakeholder communications: Evidence from franchising.

Journal of Small Business Management.

Kacker, M. & Wu, R. (2011) Dual distribution and double marginalization in franchise systems:

The case of Coca Cola USA.

In Proceedings of the 25th Annual International

Society of Franchising Conference, June, 2011 at

Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Schat, A.C.H. & Frone, M.R. (2011) Exposure to psychological aggression at work and job perfor-

mance: The mediating role of job attributes and personal health.

Work & Stress, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 23-40.

Randall, G,E. & Wakefi eld, P.A.

(2011)

Achieving full compliance with standards for ACT programs in

Ontario: Does sponsoring agency type matter?

Healthcare Management Forum, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp.

126-131.

MacLaren, T., Head, M., Yuan, Y.

and Chan, Y. (2011)

A multilevel model for measuring fi t between a fi rm’s competitive

strategies and information systems capabilities.

MIS Quarterly, Vol. 35 No. 4, pp. 909-929.

Sepehr, S. & Head, M. (2011) The role of competitiveness in the cognitive absorption of video

games.

To be published in Proceedings of the 10th Pre-

ICIS Annual Workshop on HCI Research in MIS,

December 4, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

De Clercq, D. & Honig, B. (2011) Entrepreneurship as an integrating mechanism for disadvantaged

persons.

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Vol. 23

No. 5-6, pp. 353-372.

Schaeffer, Z., Honig, B., Zionit, S.

and Yheskel, O. (2011)

Radical changes, ideology, dwindling membership and fi nancial

distress: A macro longitudinal study.

European Management Journal, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp.

291-305.

Richards, D.A. & Schat, A.C.H.

(2011)

Attachment at (not to) work: Applying Attachment Theory to

explain individual behavior in organizations.

Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 96 No. 1, pp.

169-182.

Tasa, K., Sears, G.J. and Schat,

A.C.H. (2011)

Personality and teamwork behavior in context: The cross-level

moderating role of collective effi cacy.

Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 32, pp.

65-85.

Schat, A.C.H. & Frone, M.R. (2011) Exposure to psychological aggression at work and job perfor-

mance: The mediating role of job attitudes and personal health.

Work and Stress, Vol. 25, pp. 23-40.

Kitchen, P., Williams, A. and

Chowhan, J. (2011)

Sense of community belonging and health in Canada: A regional

analysis.

Social Indicators Research.

Cooke, G.B., Chowhan, J. and

Brown, T. (2011)

Declining versus participating in employer-supported training in

Canada.

International Journal of Training and Development,

Vol. 15 No. 4.


Chowhan, J. (2011)

Walking to work in Canada: Health, benefi ts, socio-economic

characteristics and urban-regional variations.

BMC Public Health, Vol. 11 No. 212.

Publications

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Medcof, J.W. (2010) Exploration, exploitation and technology management. International Journal of Technology Intelligence and

Planning, Vol. 6 No. 4, pp. 301-316.

Guo, K., Yuan, Y., Archer, N. and

Connelly, C.E. (2011)

Understanding non-malicious security violations in the workplace:

A composite behavior model.

Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol.

28 No. 2, pp. 205-238.

Connelly, C.E., Gallagher, D.G. and

Webster, J. (2011)

Predicting temporary workers’ behaviors: Justice, volition, and

spillover.

Career Development International, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp.

178-194.

Charupat, N. & Miu, P. (2011) The pricing and performance of leveraged exchange-traded funds. Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 35 No. 4, pp.

966-977.

Serenko, A., Detlor, B., Julien, H.

and Booker, L. (2011)

An empirical investigation of student learning outcomes of infor-

mation literacy instruction in a Canadian business school.

Journal of the American Society for Information

Science and Technology.

Julien, H., Detlor, B., Serenko, A.,

Willson, R. and Lavallee, M. (2011).

Preparing tomorrow’s decision-makers: Learning environments

and outcomes of information literacy instruction at business

schools.

Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, Vol.

16 No. 4, pp. 348-367.

Detlor, B., Julien, H., Willson, R.,

Serenko, A. and Lavallee, M. (2011)

Learning outcomes of information literacy instruction at business

schools.

Journal of the American Society for Information

Science and Technology, Vol. 62 No. 3, pp. 572-585.

Wu, R., Basuroy, S. and Beldona,

S. (2011)

Integrating production cost in channel decisions. Journal of Retailing, Vol. 87, pp. 101-110.

Serenko, A., Cox, R., Bontis, N. and

Booker, L. (2011)

The superstar phenomenon in the knowledge management and

intellectual capital academic discipline.

Journal of Informetrics, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 333-345.

Curado, C., Henriques, L. and Bontis,

N. (2011)

Intellectual capital disclosure payback. Management Decision, Vol, 49 No. 7, pp. 1080-1098.

Turel, O., Serenko, A. and Bontis,

N. (2011)`

Family and work-related consequences of addiction to organiza-

tional pervasive technologies.

Information & Management, Vol. 48, pp. 88-95.

Bontis, N., Richards, D. and Serenko,

A. (2011)

Improving service delivery: Investigating the role of information

sharing, job characteristics, and employee satisfaction.

The Learning Organization, Vol. 18 No. 3, pp.

239-250.

Curado, C. & Bontis, N. (2011) Parallels in knowledge cycles. Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 27, pp.

1438-1444.

Serenko, A., Bontis, N. and Hull, E.

(2011)

Practical relevance of knowledge management and intellectual

capital scholarly research: Books as knowledge translation agents.

Knowledge Process Management, Vol. 18 No. 1,

pp. 1-9.

Serenko, A. & Bontis, N. (2011) What’s familiar is excellent: The impact of exposure effect on

perceived journal quality.

Journal of Informetrics, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 219-223.

Sears, G.J. & Hackett, R.D. (2011) The infl uence of role defi nition and affect in LMX: A process

perspective on the personality-LMX relationship.

Journal of Occupational and Organizational

Psychology, Vol. 84 No. 3, pp. 544-564.

Ghasemaghaei, M., Ranjbarian, B.

and Monadjemi, A. (2011)

Key motivators for Iranian e-shopping: A neural networks based

approach.

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information

Technology, Vol. 33 No. 1.

Dangelico, R.M., Pontrandolfo, P.

and Pujari, D. (2012)

Developing sustainable new products in textile and upholstered

furniture industries: Role of external integrative capabilities.

To be published in the Journal of Product Innovation

Management.

Li, S., Qiu, J. and Wan, C. (2011) Corporate globalization and bank lending. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 42,

pp. 1016-1042.

P u b l i c a t i o n s

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Butt, U. (2011) Profi ts, fi nancial leverage and corporate governance. Social Sciences Research Network.

Mahmood, I.P., Zhu, H. and Zajac,

E.J. (2011)

Where can capabilities come from? Network ties and capability

acquisition in business groups.

Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 32, pp. 820-848.

De Franco, G., Gavious, I.,

Richardson, G.D. and Jin, J. (2011)

Do private company targets that hire Big 4 auditors receive higher

proceeds?

Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 28 No. 1,

pp-215-262.

Steiner, G & Zhang, R. (2011) Minimizing the weighted number of tardy jobs with due date

assignment and capacity constrained deliveries.

Annals of Operations Research.

Selvarajah, E., Steiner, G. and

Zhang, R. (2011)

Single machine batch scheduling with release times and delivery

costs.

Journal of Scheduling.

Shabtay, D. & Steiner, G. (2011) Scheduling to maximize the number of just-in-time jobs: A survey. Just-in-Time Systems, Springer Optimization and Its

Applications.

Steiner, G. & Zhang, R. (2011) Revised delivery time quotation in scheduling with tardiness

penalties.

Operations Research.

Shabtay, D. & Steiner, G. (2011) Bicriteria approach to minimize the total weighted number of

tardy jobs with convex controllable processing times and assign-

able due dates.

Journal of Scheduling, Vol. 14, pp. 455-469.

Shabtay, D. & Steiner, G. (2011) Scheduling to maximize the number of just-in-time jobs: A survey. Just-in-Time Systems, Springer Optimization and Its

Applications.

Steiner, G. & Zhang, R. (2011) Revised delivery time quotation in scheduling with tardiness

penalties.

Operations Research.

Shabtay, D. & Steiner, G. (2011) Bicriteria approach to minimize the total weighted number of

tardy jobs with convex controllable processing times and assign-

able due dates.

Journal of Scheduling, Vol. 14, pp. 455-469.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

INDIVIDUAL(S) TITLE CONFERENCE

Honig, B. (2011) “Business planning and venture level performance: A study of

replication and extension.”

Academy of Management Conference, August, 2011

in San Antonio, TX.

Honig, B. (2011) “Organizational failure and the dark side of creativity.” 8th Annual International Conference on Small and

Medium Sized Enterprises, August 1-4 in Athens,

Greece.

Honig, B. (2011) “Organizational failure and the dark side of creativity.” 9th Annual International Conference on Small

and Medium Sized Enterprises: Management –

Marketing – Economic Aspects, July, 2011 in

Athens, Greece.

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Honig, B. (2011) “Structural holes and return migration to China.” International Workshop on Immigration and

Growth: Does Immigration Stimulate Economic

Growth? June 24-25 at the University of Amsterdam,

Netherlands.

Honig, B. (2011) “Do good plans lead to good performance? A six year longitudinal

study of business planning.”

Babson Entrepreneurship Conference, June 8-11 at

Babson College.

Tourigny, L., Baba, V.V., Nayir, D.Z.,

Akcelik, A. and Wang, X. (2011)

“Work and mental health among nurses in Turkey.” The 12th European Congress of Psychology, July 4-8

in Istanbul, Turkey.

Tourigny, L., Baba, V.V., Nayir, D.Z.

and Wang, X. (2011)

“On presenteeism and its consequences: Evidence from Turkish

nurses.”

American Psychological Association Stress and

Health Conference, May 19-23 in Orlando, FL.

Wakefi eld, P.A. & Randall, G.E.

(2011).

“Exploring the role of peer support specialists in the delivery of

community-based mental health services.”

CHNET-Works Fireside Chat #213, February 11.

Wakefi eld, P.A. & Randall, G.E.

(2011).

“The inclusion of peer support specialists in assertive community

treatment teams: Barriers to compliance.”

12th Canadian Collaborative Mental health Care

Conference, June 23-25 in Halifax, NS.

Randall, G.E. & Wakefi eld, P.A.

(2011)

“Identifying barriers to community participation in the delivery of

assertive community treatment programs.”

Society for the Study of Social problems: 61st

Annual meeting, August 19-21 in Las Vegas, NV.

Mojdeh, S. & Head, M. (2011) “Understanding knowledge sharing in online communities: The

impacts of the technical and social dimensions.”

6th Mediterranean Conference on Information

Systems (MCIS), September, 2011 in Cyprus.

Honig, B. (2011) “Return migration and network structure in China.” Canadian Council of Small Business and

Entrepreneurship, September 28-October 1.

Bedi, A. & Schat, A.C.H. (2011) “We appreciate your business, not your abuse: Organizational

tolerance of uncivil customer behaviors predicts revenge toward

customers.”

Annual Meeting of the Administrative Sciences

Association of Canada, July, 2011.

Chowhan, J., Zeytinoglu, I.U. and

Cooke, G.B. (2011)

“Immigrants and job satisfaction within an era of high performance

work systems.”


Association of Canada, July 2-5 in Montreal, QC.

Zanhour, M., Chowhan, J.,

Zeytinoglu, I.U., Denton, M. and

Plenderleith, J. (2011)

“Deteriorated external work environment and work-family confl ict:

The mediating role of workload and the role of support.”


Association of Canada, July 2-5 in Montreal, QC.

Chowhan, J. and Stewart, J. (2011) “Understanding the relationship between parental work schedules

and obesity in children.”

45th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics

Association, June 2-5 in Ottawa, ON.

Chowhan, J., Zeytinoglu, I.U.,

Denton, M. and Plenderleith, J.

(2011)

“Access to training and job satisfaction: The mediating role of

stress.”

48th Annual Conference of the Canadian industrial

Relations Association, June 2-4 in Fredericton, NB.

Cooke, G.B., Mann, S., Chowhan, J.

and Zeytinoglu, I.U. (2011)

“Job satisfaction among older workers in dead end jobs.” 48th Annual Conference of the Canadian industrial

Relations Association, June 2-4 in Fredericton, NB.


Chowhan, J. (2011)

“Rethinking the rural health defi cit: Does sense of belonging have

an infl uence?”

1st Annual Rural Research Workshop, May 5 in

Ottawa, ON.

Medcof, J.W. & Song, L.J. (2011) “Entrepreneurial and routinized leadership: Leading exploration

and exploitation in the ambidextrous organization.”

Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation

and Entrepreneurship, June 30-July 2 in Beijing,

China.

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Fisher, S. & Connelly, C.E. (2011) “The organizational utility of contingent work: A cost/value

analysis.”

Flex Work Research Conference, October 27-28 in

Leuven, Belgium.

Connelly, C.E. & Turel, O. (2011) “The effect of team authenticity on teamwork behavior and team

performance.”

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, July

2-5 in Montreal, QC.

Wilkin, C.L. & Connelly, C.E. (2011) “Individual factors that moderate the relationship between

distributive justice and theft.”

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, July

2-5 in Montreal, QC.

Connelly, C.E., Yoshikawa, T., Liang,

W.L. and del Brio, E. (2011)

“The effects of CEO trustworthiness on board member monitoring

and resource provision.”

Academy of Management, August 12-16 in San

Antonio, TX.

Connelly, C.E. & Arnold, K.A. (2011) “Transformational leadership and leader stress: A model of recipro-

cal effects.”

Academy of Management, August 12-16 in San

Antonio, TX.

Connelly, C.E. & Gallagher, D.G.

(2011)

“The effect of holding a union leadership position on union satis-

faction and commitment: Results from a longitudinal study.”

European Association for Work and Organizational

Psychology, May 25-28 in Maastricht, Netherlands.

Connelly, C.E., Austin, C.L. and

Gallagher, G.D. (2011)

“Understanding underemployment among contingent workers.” Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

annual Conference, April 14-16 in Chicago, IL.

Turel, O., Connelly, C.E. and Fisk, G.

(2011)

“Service with an E-smile: Employee authenticity and customer

usage of web-based services.”

Hawaii International Conference on System

Sciences, January 5-8 in Kawaii, HI.

Detlor, B., Julien, H., Serenko, A.


“Factors affecting student learning outcomes of information

literacy instruction.”

6th Evidence Based Library and Information Practice

(EBLIP6) Conference, June 27-30 in Salford, UK.

Detlor, B., Julien, H., Serenko, A.


“Making a difference with active information literacy instruction.” Information: Interactions and Impact (i3) Conference,

June 20-23 in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Detlor, B. (2011) “Understanding web adoption and use.” Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation, June

24 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Serenko, A., Bontis, N. and

Moshonsky, M. (2011)

“Exploring the role of books as a knowledge translation mecha-

nism: Citation analysis and author survey.”

17th American Conference on Information Systems

(AMCIS), August 4-7 in Detroit, MI.

Bontis, N. (2011) Summit moderator. Hamilton Economic Summit, May 12 in Hamilton,

ON.

Bontis, N. (2011) Keynote speaker. Association of Municipalities in Ontario Conference

in London, ON.

Bontis, N. (2011) Keynote speaker. Society of Actuaries Conference in Chicago, IL.

Bontis, N. (2011) Keynote speaker. Electricity Sector Council Conference, May 25 in

Toronto, ON.

Bontis, N. (2011) Keynote speaker. Specialty Care, May 26 in Niagara Falls, ON.

Bontis, N. (2011) Keynote speaker. BC Assessment, May 27 in Vancouver, BC.

Bontis, N. (2011) Keynote speaker. Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators

Conference, May 31 in Halifax, NS.

Bontis, N. (2011) Keynote speaker. Extendicare, June 2 in Orillia, ON.

Hackett, R.D. (2011) “Publishing research of high potential impact in top academic

journals.”

Presented to faculty and graduate students of HEC,

February 17 in Montreal, QB.

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Wang, G. & Hackett, R.D. (2011) “Leader virtues, virtuous leadership: A proposed model and scale.” Annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and

Organizational, Psychology,April 13-16 in Chicago, IL.

Hackett, R.D., Wang, G. and

McNally, J. (2011)

“A multi-level approach to examine leadership effectivene4ss and

selection.”

Canada Research Chairs 10 year Anniversary

Conference in Toronto, ON.

Hackett, R.D. (2011) “Strategies for enhancing favorable reviews of manuscripts

submitted to journals in the organizational, behavioral and

management sciences.”

Doctoral student workshop for the Administrative

Sciences Association of Canada , July, 2011 in

Montreal, QB.

Wang, G. & Hackett, R.D. (2011)` “Virtues, moral identity and ethical leadership: A conceptual

investigation.”

Global Business & international Conference, July 8

in Seattle, WA.

Detlor, B. (2011) Visiting researcher. Centre for Social Informatics, June 24-July 13 at

Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Detlor, B. (2011) Faculty discussant. Information Science Doctoral Colloquium (iDocQ),

June 19 at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen,

Scotland.

Kacker, M. & Paswan, A. (2011) “A comparative study of specifi c investments in contractually gov-

erned marketing channel relationships in emerging and developed

markets.”

To be presented at 5th Great Lakes: NASMEI

Marketing Conference, December, 2011 in Chennai,

India.

Kacker, M. & Paswan, A. (2011) “Antecedents of fi nancial investments in contractual marketing

channel relationships in emerging markets: Evidence from the

franchising sector in India.”

American Marketing Association (AMA) Marketing

Educators’ Conference. The Interorganizational

Special Interest Group (IOSIG) session on Marketing

Channels in Emerging Markets, August, 2011 in San

Francisco, CA.

Kacker, M. & Paswan, A. (2011) “Antecedents of initial franchise investments in emerging markets:

Evidence from India.”

25th Annual International Society of Franchising

Conference, June, 2011 in Boston, MA.

Kacker, M. & Wu, R. (2011) “Dual distribution and double marginalization in franchise systems:

The case of Coca Cola USA.”



Perrigot, R., Kacker, M., Basset, G.

and Cliquet, G. (2011)

“Antecedents of early adoption and use of social media networks

for stakeholder communications: Evidence from franchising.”



Laugesen, J. (2011) Will present research investigating the factors that infl uence

chronic disease patient adoption of PHRs for self-management.

Forthcoming International Conference on

Information Systems (ICIS) doctoral consortium,

December, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

Jin, J. (2011) “Ability of accounting and audit quality variables to predict bank

failure during the fi nancial crisis.”

American Accounting Association Annual Meeting,

August 6-10 in Denver, CO.

Abad, P. (2010) “Saving based algorithm for multi-depot version of vehicle routing

problem with simultaneous pickup and delivery.”

XIV Annual International Conference of the Society

of Operations Management, December 17-20 in

Mumbai, India.

Nainar, K. (2011) “Market reaction to Well’s notice: An empirical analysis.” Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA)

Conference, May 26-29 in Toronto, ON.

Wang, G. (2011) “An empirical study of the links between organization life cycle

and CEO compensation.”

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada

(ASAC), July 2-5 in Montreal, QB.

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R e s e a r c h G r a n t s


Ariaeinejad, R. (2011) “Spam detection system: A new approach based on interval type-2

fuzzy sets.”

The 24th Canadian Conference on Electrical and

Computer Engineering, May 8-11 in Niagara Falls,

ON.

Bigeli, M. (2011) “Modeling and optimization of patient fl ow in community care

systems by utilizing Markov decision process.”

INFORMS Healthcare 2011, June 20-22 in Montreal,

QB.

Way, S. (2011) “Information requirements for context-aware multi-agency real-

time coordination during crisis response.”

The 8th International Conference on Information

Systems for Crisis Response and Management, May

8-11 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Jiao, F. (2011) “Factor Copula models and their application in studying the depen-

dence of the exchange rate returns.”


(ASAC), July 2-5 in Montreal, QB.

Research Grants

INDIVIDUAL(S) ASSOCIATION

Bourgeault, I.L., Barer, M., Tomblin

Murphy, G., Wakefi eld, P.A. and

Randall, G.E. (2011)

CIHR Network catalyst grant competition. Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Pan

Canadian Health Human Resources Network

(CHHRN).

Landry, M., Woodhouse, L., Deber,

R., Randall., G.E., Miller, P., Hicks,

A., Stokes, E., Desmeules, F. and

Thomas, S. (2011)

Policy analyses of scope of practice changes to physiotherapy and

the newly regulated health profession of kinesiology.

The Ontario Health Human Resources Research

Network (OHHRRN).

Schat, A. (2011) Functional and dysfunctional consequences of collective emotion

regulation by service agents in response to customer aggression:

A multi-method investigation.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

(SSHRC) Standard Research Grant.

Honig, B. (2011) Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

(SSHRC) Ingenuity Conference.

Kacker, M. (2011) McMaster Incentive Grant. McMaster University.

Longo, C.J. (2011) “Caring for the Caregiver” Max Bell Foundation

Deal, K. (2011) Understanding risk-benefi t trade-offs of genetic testing in chemo-

therapy treatment decisions for breast cancer.

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)/

Cancer Care (CCO) Research Network Knowledge

Translation.

Zhu, H. (2011) Study on performance implications of outside directors in differ-

ent institutional environments.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

(SSHRC).

Hassenein, K. (2011) Interactive Decision Support and Adaptive Web Interfaces for

Enhancing the Online Experience of Older Adults.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

of Canada (NSERC).

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A wa r d s & R e c o g n i t i o n s

Awards & Recognitions

INDIVIDUAL(S) AWARD NAME ASSOCIATION & DATE

Drori, I., Honig, B., Kalish, Y. and

Lin, H.

Best Conference Paper (English language): “Return migration and

network structure in China.”

Canadian Council of Small Business and

Entrepreneurship, October 1, 2011.

Honig, B. Strategic Doing Award: Proposal to provide one week new scholar

workshop in Ghana.

Academy of Management, 2011.

Honig, B. Research/Pedagogical Award. Centre for Learning and Education, McMaster

University, 2011.

Connelly, C.E. & Turel, O. Winner of the ASAC OB Division honorable mention: “The

effect of team authenticity on teamwork behavior and team

performance.”

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, July,

2011.

Bontis, N. Rated among Top 5 Management Keynote Speakers in the world. Speaking.com, 2011.

Ghasemaghaei, M. Ontario Trillium Scholarship. Government of Ontario Open Ontario Plan, 2011.

Turel, O., Connelly, C.E. and Fisk, G. Nominated for HICSS best paper award: “Service with an

e-smile: Employee authenticity and customer usage of web-based

services.”

Hawaii International Conference on System

Sciences, January 5-8, 2011 in Kawaii, HI.

Connelly, C.E. & Arnold, K.A. Included in 2011 Academy of Management best paper proceed-

ings: “Transformational leadership and leader stress: A model of

reciprocal effects.”

Academy of Management, August 12-16, 2011 in

San Antonio, TX.

Rose, J. Included in the best paper category in upcoming 2012 LERA

Refereed Papers Competition: “Centralized bargaining and the

construction industry.”

Labor and Employment Relations Association

Annual Meeting to be held January 6-8, 2012 in

Chicago, IL.

Zanhour, M. SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council,

2011.

Nainar, K. Student Choice Award (600 level). MBA Teaching Awards, 2011.

Flynn, T. Student Choice Award (700 level). MBA Teaching Awards, 2011.

Nainar, K. BASU Award (600 level). MBA Teaching Awards, 2011.

Barrows, D. BASU Award (700 level). MBA Teaching Awards, 2011.

Baba, V.V. Recognized for outstanding contribution as reviewer for the

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (CJAS).


(ASAC) Conference, 2011.

Chowhan, J. Recognized for outstanding contribution as reviewer for the

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (CJAS).


(ASAC) Conference, 2011.

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A p p o i n t m e n t s

Appointments

INDIVIDUAL(S) APPOINTMENT ASSOCIATION

Detlor, Brian. Appointed Chair. McMaster Ethics Research Board, July 1 2011-June

30 2014.

Detlor, Brian. Appointed Member of the International Editorial Board. International Journal of Information Management,

January, 2011.

Kanagaretnam, Giri & Nainar,

Khalid.

Appointed memberships into the Ontario CGA. Certifi ed General Accountants of Ontario (CGA),

2011.

Medcof, John. Acting Associate Dean. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (1 year).

McCracken, Sue. Director, CA/DeGroote Centre for the Promotion of Accounting

Education and Research.

DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (5 years).

Cheung, Sherman. Director, AIC Institute. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (1 year).

Hassini, Elkafi . Operations Management Area Chair. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (2 years).

Head, Milena. Information Systems Acting Area Chair. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (6 months).

Head, Milena. Acting Director, MBA Program. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (1 year).

Agarwal, Naresh. Acting Director, PhD Program. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (6 months).

McKibbon, Ann. Director, MSc eHealth Program. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (3 years).

Wakefi eld, Pat. Director, MHM Program. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (2 years).

Randall, Glen. Director, Health Services Management Specialization (MBA

Program).

DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (2 years).

Malik, Mandeep. Director, International Exchange Program. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (1 year).

Siam, John. Director, Gould Trading Floor. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011 (3 years).

Longo, Chris. Promotion to Associate Professor and awarded tenure, Strategic

Market Leadership and Health Services Management area.

DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011.

McAteer, Teal. Promotion to Associate Professor, teaching-track and awarded

permanence, Human Resources and Management area.

DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011.

Hassanein, Khaled. Promotion to Professor, Information Systems area. DeGroote School of Business, July, 2011.

Honig, Benson. Elected into the role of Executive of the Entrepreneurship Division. The Academy of Management, 2011.

Ray, Sourav. Appointed to the Business and Management Adjudication

Committee for SSHRC’s fi rst Insight Grant Competition.

Social Sciences and Humanities Council, 2011.

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B o o k s a n d C h a p t e r s / P h D D e f e n s e s

Books and Chapters

INDIVIDUAL(S) CHAPTER TITLE PUBLISHER

Connelly, C.E., Wilkin, C.L. and

Gallagher, D.G. (2011)

“Understanding underemployment among contingent workers” (pp.

145-163).

Chapter for Maynard, D. & Feldman, D.:

Underemployment: psychological, Economic, and

Social Challenges, Springer.

Bontis, N. (2011) Information Bombardment: Rising above the digital onslaught. Institute for Intellectual Capital Research.

PhD Defenses

INDIVIDUAL(S) DISSERTATION DATE

Booker, Lorne. Information literacy instruction in business schools: Factors

affecting the adoption of online library resources by business

students.

August, 2011.

Mirowska, Agata. Character at work: A virtues approach to creativity and emotion

regulation.

August, 2011.

Khokhar, Rahman. Firm size, information asymmetry and window dressing in cash

holidays: Evidence from quarterly fi nancial statements.

July, 2011.

Butt, Umar. Profi ts, fi nancial leverage and corporate governance. June, 2011.

Wang, Gordon Qi. A conceptual and empirical investigation of leader virtues and

virtuous leadership.

June, 2011.

Chen, Danny Liqiang. Executive compensation and relationship lending. June, 2011.

Laugesen, John. Adoption of personal health records by chronic disease patients:

The role of educational interventions.

April, 2011.


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