Current PhD Students

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2023

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Educational Background

Awards and Honours

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2020

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Management Accounting and Control; Qualitative Field Methods; Accounting for the Public Interest (e.g., healthcare, environment).

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2023

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

FinTech Competition and Bank Financial Accounting

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Bank Financial Accounting, FinTech Lending, Bank Competition, Product Market Competition, Loan Loss Provisioning, Capital Markets Accounting Research, Data Analytics

1. FinTech Competition and Bank Risk-Taking (work in progress, accepted to present in the 2021 CAAA annual conference)

2. FinTech Penetration and Discretionary Loan Loss Provisioning (work in progress, data analytics stage)

3. FinTech Penetration, financial inclusion, and bank financial accounting (idea development stage)

Refereed Conference Papers

X, Jia. (2021, Work in Progress). FinTech Competition and Bank Risk-Taking (Accepted to present in the 2021 CAAA annual conference)

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2020

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

The Intersection of Citizen Accountability and Financial Statement Comprehensibility

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Kurpierz, J., Thorne, L. and Joshi, P. “The Effect of CEO Narcissism and Organizational Identification on Corporate Social Responsibility” work in progress, with Linda Thorne and Preetika Joshi, York University

Kurpierz, J. “GAAP Compliance and School District Outcomes: Evidence from Washington State”

Kurpierz, J. “Towards a Regrowth of Organizational Ecology: How Accounting Provides New Tools for an Established Paradigm”

Kurpierz, J. “Citizen Comprehension of Accounting Documents: What Even Is ‘Citizen-Centric?’”

Smith, K. and Kurpierz, J. “Case Study of the Southpeak School District: The School of Hard Bonds” work in progress, with Ken Smith, Central Washington University

Bamber, M. and Kurpierz, J. “Rituals of Degradation in a Government Accounting Context: The Case of Carillion”, work in progress with Matt Bamber, Schulich School of Business

Deng, C. and Kurpierz, J. “When Stratification Encounters Globalization: International Supply Chain Accountability as Seen through the Foxconn Suicides” work in progress, with Claire Deng, Ryerson University

Kurpierz, J. and Cho, C. “TWO FACES OF COVID-19 IN NORTH AMERICA: SHARING POLICY IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES” (Currently under second-round review at  Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal)

Awards and Honours

Refereed Publications

Kurpierz, J. & Smith, K. (2020) “Forensic Acculturation for Accountability in Local Governments: A Design Science Approach for School Leaders and Citizens” Journal of Forensic Accounting Research (In Press).

Zender, J.; Kurpierz, J., and Smith, K. “Fiscal Data Management and Analytic Research Strategies of Public Educational Institutions” Book chapter of Complementary Research Methods for Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Edited by Chad R. Lochmiller. Palgrave Macmillan 2018

Kurpierz, J., & Panci, E. (2015). “Quality of Financial Reporting of Washington State School Districts: Results from a Population-Wide Analysis of Audited Financial Reports” Evans School Review, 5, 106–120.

Cho, C. and Kurpierz, J. (2020) “Stretching the Public Purse: Budgetary Responses to COVID-19 in Canada” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management.

Kurpierz, J. and Smith, K. (2020) “The Greenwashing Triangle: Adapting tools from Fraud to Improve CSR Reporting” Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal.

Refereed Conference Papers

2020
“Case Study of the Southpeak School District: The School of Hard Bonds” & “Stymied Citizen Tipsters: How Those Closest to Red Flags are Prevented from Achieving Accountability” 2020 American Accounting Association Forensic Accounting Research Conference, Washington, DC

2019
“Executive Narcissism and Corporate Citizenship” 2019 AAA/Deloitte Foundation/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium, Dallas, Texas

2018
“Greenwashing is Fraud (And Fraud is Fixable!) How structural similarities allow accounting policy to prevent greenwashing” 2018 Centre For Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) 2018 North American Congress, Toronto, Ontario

“Panel Discussion: Theoretical Challenges in Qualitative Accounting Research: What is Theory and What is NOT”. Panelist. 3rd Qualitative Accounting Research Symposium, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

2017
“Facing Financial Reality: A Local Government Multi-Actor Model” 2017 Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference Emerging Scholars Colloquium, Quebec City, Quebec

Poster Presentation “The Effect of CEO Narcissism and Organizational Identification on Corporate Social Responsibility” Waterloo Ethics Symposium, Toronto, Ontario

“Greenwashing is like fraud. We have tools to treat fraud. Therefore, we have tools to treat greenwashing.” Centre of Excellence In Responsible Business, Student Research Workshop and Incubator, Toronto, Ontario

2016
“Case Study of the Southpeak School District: The School of Hard Bonds” Western Casewriters’ Association, 2016 Conference. Portland, Oregon

2015
“Facing Financial Reality: A Local Government Multi-Actor Model” 2015 American Accounting Association, Government/Nonprofit Section Midyear Meeting, Detroit, Michigan

“Three Languages of Governmental Accounting: How to understand, be understood, and create effective dialogue” Washington Society of CPAs/ Association of Government Accountants Government Accounting and Auditing Conference, Tacoma, Washington

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic
Accounting in the Business of Sports

Research Interests – Work in Progress
Accounting in the Business of Sports
Sociology of Finance
Accountability in Social Finance
Accounting History

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2021

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

The Role of Auditor Emotion in Qualitative Materiality Judgements

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Emotional Theory
Auditing and Auditor Behaviour
Professional Skepticism

Technology and the Audit: A Phenomenological Analysis (work in progress)
A Study of Technological Adoption in the Audit Industry: The Theory of Disruption Applied to a Regulated Industry (work in progress)
Emotion, Construal, and Investor Decision Making (work in progress)

Awards and Honours

Refereed Publications

Farrar, J., Massey, D. W., Osecki, E., & Thorne, L. (2018). Tax fairness: Conceptual foundations and empirical measurement. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-17.

Farrar, J., Massey, D. W., Osecki, E., & Thorne, L. The Association Between Vertical Equity and Presidential Voting Behavior and Taxpayers’ Compliance. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-14.

Refereed Conference Papers

The Association Between Vertical Equity and Presidential Voting Behavior and Taxpayers’ Compliance, CAAA Annual Conference 2019

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Fair value disclosure

Financial reporting

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2021

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Data Analytics, Analyst Forecasts, International Accounting, Corporate Governance

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2024

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Educational Background

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Accounting
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

-Corporate Finance
-Behavioral Finance
-Capital Market Structure

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Finance
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2023

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Crypto Futures Pricing
Private Investments

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Finance
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2024

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Insider trading, stock price crash risk

Currently working on a research project with Professor A. Rzeznik

Awards and Honours

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Finance
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2024

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Corporate Finance, Behavioral Finance

Awards and Honours

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Finance
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2023

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PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Finance
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Areas of interest include:
1) Corporate innovations
2) Executive Compensation
3) Intellectual property

Current Works:
1) Innovation and executive compensation
2) Patent dynamics in the US
3) Litigation – Impact on the Firm

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Finance
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Corporate Finance and Innovation

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Finance
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2021

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Whose attention matters? Evidence from the Return Predictability between Economic Linked Firms

Awards and Honours

Refereed Publications

Ben Omrane, W., Welch, R. and Zhou, X.. The Dynamic Effect of Macroeconomic News on the Euro/US Dollar Exchange Rate, Journal of Forecasting. Volume 39, 2020.

Ben Omrane, W., Savaser, T., Welch, R. and Zhou, X.. Time-varying effects of macroeconomic news on euro-dollar returns, North American Journal of Economics and Finance. Volume 50, 2019.

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Marketing
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Positioned within the field of Consumer Culture Theory, my current research uses qualitative methods such as critical discourse analysis to examine how ideological work shapes marketplaces and consumer experiences by way of powerful messaging. I am involved in projects that examine power and discourse in the cases of policy changes (e.g., payday loans, cannabis legalization) and the use of public services (e.g., nursing homes, emergency departments). Theoretically, I engage with work on the political shaping of consumption and ethics in a capitalist society. My theoretical lens draws on Foucauldian conceptions of power, practice theory and embodied knowledge, as well as research from political psychology on distributive justice.

Awards and Honours

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program Doctoral Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

International Early Career Scholar Travel Grant, Society for Psychological Anthropology

The Dr. Alfred T. H. Burness Graduate Award in Medicine, Memorial University

Dean’s Fellowship – Master’s Level, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Banting and Best Graduate Scholarship- Master’s Award

Canadian Mental Health Association Research Award

Women’s Association of Memorial University of Newfoundland Research Award

F. A. Aldrich Graduate Fellowship, Memorial University

Certificate of Academic Excellence- Outstanding Thesis Award, Canadian Psychological Association

The Dean’s Silver Medal in Science, University of Alberta

Margaret Ruth Crawford Memorial Award, University of Alberta

Population Health Research Network (PHIRNET) Summer Institute Nomination

Academic Achievement Award, University of Alberta

Dean’s List, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta

German Government Book Prize for Excellence in Intermediate German

Refereed Publications

El-Bialy, R.; Mulay, S. (2018). Microaggression and everyday resistance in narratives of refugee resettlement. Migration Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mny041

Spiers, J. & El-Bialy, R.; Trahan, LM.; Cummings, GG. (2017). Response to the letter by Khoujah and Hirshon: Decisions to transfer nursing home residents to emergency departments: A scoping review of contributing factors and staff perspectives. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 18(5), 446.

El-Bialy, R.; Mulay. S. (2015). Two sides of the same coin: Factors that support and challenge the wellbeing of refugees resettled in a small urban centre. Health & Place, 35, 52-59.

Robert, E.; Hajizadeh, M; El-Bialy, R.; Bidisha, S. H. (2014). Globalization and the diffusion of ideas: Why we should acknowledge the roots of mainstream ideas in global health. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 3(1), 7-9.

Olsen, C., El-Bialy, R., Mckelvie, M., Rauman, P., & Brunger, F. (2014). ‘Other’ troubles: Deconstructing perceptions and changing responses to refugees in Canada. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 18(1), 58-66.

El-Bialy, R. (2013). Questioning the assumptions of universality in psychiatric approaches to mental healthcare in Canada. Health Science Inquiry, 4(1).

El-Bialy, R., Gagne, C., & Spalding, T. (2013). Processing of English compounds is sensitive to the constituents’ semantic transparency. The Mental Lexicon, 8(1), 75-95.

Refereed Conference Papers

El-Bialy R, Main K. It’s high time: Analyzing the discourses surrounding marijuana legalization in Canada. (Poster). International Society for Political Psychology, San Antonio, Texas.

Cummings GG, Tate K, Lee S, El-Bialy R, Cummings GE, Holroyd-Leduc J, Reid C, Rowe BH, Estabrooks CE. Exploring quality indicators for older persons’ transitions in care: A systematic review and Delphi process. (Presentation). 46th Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Winnipeg, MB.

Godperson, S.; Spiers, J.; Cummings, G.; El-Bialy, R. How conflicting professional paradigms influence decisions to transfer long term care residents to the emergency department. (Poster). International Council of Nurses Congress 2017. Barcelona, Spain.

Spiers, J.; El-Bialy, R.; Tate, K.; Cummings, G. Do Advanced Care Planning/Goals of Care Designations facilitate or hinder clinically making decisions to transfer long-term care residents to the emergency department? (Presentation). Qualitative Health Research Conference. Kelowna, BC.

El-Bialy, R. Microaggression, everyday resistance, and the mental wellbeing of refugees resettled in a small urban centre. (Presentation). The Society for Psychological Anthropology’s Biennial Conference. Boston, MA.

El-Bialy, R. & Mulay, S. Resettling on the edge: Factors affecting the wellbeing of refugees living in St. John’s, Newfoundland. (Poster). National Metropolis Conference 2015. Vancouver, BC.

El-Bialy, R. Tamp and Puff: Meaning Construction in an Online Forum for Pipe-Smokers. (Poster). Men’s Health, Masculinities, Work and Wellbeing Symposium. Durham University, UK.

Gagne, C., Spalding, T., & El-Bialy, R. Processing of English compounds is sensitive to the constituents’ semantic transparency. (Poster). 53rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis.

El-Bialy, R., Gagne, C., & Spalding, T. Constituent opacity affects semantic priming for English compounds. (Poster). 8th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Montreal, QC.

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Marketing
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

Influencing a Field: The Role of Influencers in The Cosmetics Industry

Research Interests – Work in Progress

I study dynamic markets where consumers are adapting to new technologies, new categories of actors, and/or new challenges to their well-being. I am interested in how consumers “buy into,” resist, and reconfigure changes introduced into markets that matter to them. I am particularly interested in consumers in positions of structural inequality whether because of their race, gender, sexuality or social class. My goal is to develop insights that balance the interests of market actors to benefit society as a whole.

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Ger, G. “Performing Taste and Distaste: Jockeying for Positioning in Middle Class Territories”, Consumption Markets and Culture, under review (round 1)

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Fischer, E. “Practices Made Perfect?:  How Consumers Adapt to Practice Disruptions Initiated by Influencers”, preparing for submission to Journal of Consumer Research 

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Fischer, E. “Undue Influence: Leveraging and Defending Against the Incursions of Influencers” preparing for submission to Journal of Marketing 

Taltekin-Guzel, G., “Scarcity Research: History, Typology and Future”, preparing for submission to Marketing Theory 

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Fischer, E. “This House won’t be Your Home: How Markets Manage Supply Scarcity”, data analysis in progress

Kuruoğlu, A.P., Taltekin-Guzel, G., “This Carpet Does Not Match Those Drapes: Taste, Expertise and Status Negotiation in an Online Community”, data collection in progress

Awards and Honours

Refereed Conference Papers

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Fischer, E., “Scarcity Research: History, Typology and Future”, Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) Annual Conference 2019, Montreal, Canada, July 17-19, 2019.

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Fischer, E., “Exploring The Cooptation of a Feminist Discourse”, Marketing Research Symposium, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Waterloo, Canada, April 26, 2019.

Taltekin-Guzel, G., “When a House Can’t Be Your Home: How Markets Manage Supply Scarcity”, Schulich Research Day, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada, March 28, 2019.

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Fischer, E., Single Ladies, Buy Condos and Get Liberated!!: Exploring The Cooptation of a Feminist Discourse, 14th ACR Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behavior (Genmac) Conference, Dallas, TX, USA, October 9-11, 2018.

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Fischer, E., “When a House Can’t Be Your Home: How Markets Manage Supply Scarcity” in special session: There’s No Place Like Home? Sociological and Market Perspectives on Domestic Dwelling Places (co-chair), Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) Conference 2018, Odense, Denmark, June 28-July 1, 2018.

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Kuruoğlu, A.P., Taste, Expertise, and Status Negotiation in an Online Community, Marketing Research Symposium, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Waterloo, Canada, May 4, 2018.

Kuruoğlu, A.P., Taltekin-Guzel, G., Taste Competitions in an Online Community: The case of Yeni Gelin Evleri in Turkey, ACR, Berlin, Germany, 27-30 October, 2016.

Kuruoğlu, A.P., Taltekin-Guzel, G., Negotiating Kinship Online: Bridal Homes and Marital Woes on a Facebook Group, 14th European Association of Social Anthropologists Biennial Conference, Milano, Italy, July 20 – 23, 2016.

Taltekin-Guzel, G., Mockery as a Cultural Distancing Strategy: The Case of Documentary Consumption in Turkey, Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) Conference 2016, Lille, France, July 6-9, 2016.

Kuruoğlu, A.P., Taltekin-Guzel, G., This Carpet Does Not Match Those Drapes: Taste, Expertise and Status Negotiation in an Online Community, Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) Conference 2016, Lille, France, July 6-9, 2016.

Kuruoğlu, A.P., Taltekin-Guzel, G., Would you comment on my dowry?,13th ACR Conference on Gender Marketing and Consumer Behavior, Paris, France, July 4-6, 2016

Taltekin, G., I Watch It just for Mocking: Cultural Stratification through Documentary Consumption, 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2015, Prague, August 25.-28., 2015

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Marketing
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

Consumer offense and outrage

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Kermani, M.S., & Darke, P.R., What makes an advertisement offensive? The interplay between descriptive and prescriptive norms, preparing for submission.

Awards and Honours

Refereed Publications

Ng, A. H., Kermani, M. S., & Lalonde, R. N. (2019). Cultural differences in psychological reactance: Responding to social media censorship. Current Psychology, 1-10.

Refereed Conference Papers

Kermani, M.S., & Darke, P.R. (2019), The role of descriptive norms on offensive advertising, Marketing Research Symposium, Lazardis School of Business and Economics, Waterloo, Canada.

Kermani, M.S., & Hamzaoui-Essousi, L. (2018), The effect of consumer knowledge on bandwagon luxury consumption, Monaco Symposium on Luxury, Monaco City, Monaco.

Ng, A. H., Kermani, M. S., & Lalonde, R. N. (2015), Cultural differences in psychological reactance: Responding to censorship, The Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 751-763).

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Marketing
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2024

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Consumer behaviour; consumer identity; stereotypes; perceptual biases; cognitive biases

Awards and Honours

CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence for Best Master’s Thesis
University of Saskatchewan Graduate Master’s Thesis Award
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships – Masters
Saskatchewan Opportunity Scholarship
Arts & Science Aboriginal Graduate Scholarship

Refereed Publications

Carr, T., Sedgewick, J. R., Roberts, R., & Groot, G. (2020). Understanding Indigenous cancer stories using sharing circles. Sage Research Methods Cases. 1-11.

Smith, A., Sedgewick, J. R., Weiers, B., & Elias, L. J. (2019) Is there an artistry to lighting? The complexity of illuminating three-dimensional artworks. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts. 1-8.

Sedgewick, J. R., Holtslander, A., & Elias, L. J. (2019). Kissing Right? Absence of rightward directional turning bias during first kiss encounters. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 1-12.

Phillips, B. J., *Sedgewick, J. R., & Slobodzian, A. (2018). Spokes-characters in print advertising: An update and extension. Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising. 1-15. *Equal first-authorship

Sedgewick, J. R., Flath, M. E., & Elias, L. J. (2017). Presenting your best self(ie): The influence of gender on vertical spatial orientation of selfies on Tinder. Frontiers in Psychology. 8, 1-9.

Sedgewick, J. R., & Elias, L. J. (2016). Family matters: Directionality of turning bias while kissing is modulated by context. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain, and Cognition, 21(4-6), 1-10.

Sedgewick, J. R., Weiers, B., Stewart, A., & Elias, L. J. (2015). The thinker: Opposing directionality of lighting bias within sculptural artwork. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9(2), 1-12.

Refereed Conference Papers

Sedgewick, J. R. & Elias, L. J. (2018, June). Kissing right: Lateral turning direction of kissing couples influences perceptual evaluations and consumer judgements. Poster presented at International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montreal, CA.

Sedgewick, J. R. & Elias, L. J. (2017, June). Look on the bright side: Associations between the element of value and vertical orientation. Poster presented at Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Sciences, Regina, CA.

Sedgewick, J. R. & Elias, L. J. (2017, May). Directionality of lateral turning bias in advertisements influences consumer judgments. Paper presented at Rupert’s Land Consumer Behaviour Symposium, Regina, CA.

Sedgewick, J. R., Flath, M. E., & Elias, L. J. (2017, May). Presenting your best self(ie): Gender differences for the vertical orientation of self-portraits on Tinder. Paper presented at Rupert’s Land Consumer Behaviour Symposium, Regina, CA.

Sedgewick, J. R., Smith, A., & Elias, L. J. (2017, February). Native reading direction modulates lateral lighting biases for 3-dimensional stimuli. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA.

Sedgewick, J. R. (2014, April). The influence of pseudoneglect on lighting preferences of sculptural artworks. Presented at the University of Saskatchewan’s annual Psychology Undergraduate Student Conference, Saskatoon, SK.

Sedgewick, J. R., Brent, S., & Arcand, J. (2013, April). The influence of lateralization on tattoo placement preference. Poster presented at the University of Saskatchewan’s annual Psychology Undergraduate Student Conference, Saskatoon, SK.

Sedgewick, J. R., Neufeld, C., Bristol, A., Ankunda, L., & Morrison, M. (2013, April). Decreasing prejudice toward Canadian Aboriginal persons through imagined intergroup contact. Presented at the University of Saskatchewan’s annual Psychology Undergraduate Student Conference, Saskatoon, SK.

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Operation Management and Information Systems
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2023

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Operations Management
Entrepreneurial studies
Enterprise Modelling

Awards and Honours

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Operation Management and Information Systems
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

Digital Transformation in Retail Banking

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Empirical Operations Management, Service Operations, Digital Transformation, FinTech, Data Envelopment Analysis

Work in Progress:
1. Digital transformation in retail banking: digitizing retail banking services. with Kristal, M.M., Menor, L.J., & Rungtusanatham, J.M.

2. Mobile banking apps: What customers really care about. with Kristal, M.M.& Rungtusanatham, J.M.

Awards and Honours

Refereed Publications

Yeomans, J.S., & Cao, T. (2017). An Evolutionary Firefly Algorithm, Goal Programming Optimization Approach for Setting the Osmotic Dehydration Parameters of Papaya. Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, 10: 128-142.

Yeomans, J.S., & Cao, T. (2016). The Calculation of Optimal Osmotic Dehydration Process Parameters for Mushrooms by Employing: A Firefly Algorithm. International Journal of Environmental & Agriculture Research, 2(12).

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Operation Management and Information Systems
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2020

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

Models for Capacity Allocation in Anticipation of Time-Varying Demand

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Stochastic Modeling, Queueing Theory, Dynamical Systems, Bayesian Inference,
Healthcare Operations.

Length-of-stay Prediction and its Application to Optimal Staffing for Long-Term Rehabilitation Facilities,
Joint work with Prof. Adam Diamant and Andre Cire.

Variation Approach to Optimal Capacity Planning for Cloud Service Providers
Joint work with Adam Diamant.

Awards and Honours

Refereed Publications

Furman E, Diamant A, Kristal M. Customer
Acquisition and Retention: A Fluid Approach For Staffing. Production and
Operations Management. A major revision has been completed.

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Operation Management and Information Systems
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2021

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Healthcare Quality, Hospital Performance

Refereed Publications

Friendly, M., Symanzik, J., and Onder, O. (2019). Visualising the Titanic Disaster. Significance, 16(1), 14–19.

Onder, O., Cook, W., Kristal, M. M., (Under Review) Does quality help the financial viability of hospitals? A data envelopment analysis approach. European Journal of Operational Research.

Refereed Conference Papers

Onder, O., Cook, W., Kristal, M. M., Does quality help the financial viability of hospitals? A data envelopment analysis approach, POMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2020.

Symanzik, J., Friendly, M., Onder, O., The Unsinkable Titanic Data, Joint Statistical Meetings, Denver, CO, 2019 (Invited conference paper)

Onder, O., Kristal, M. M., Diamant, A., Evaluating the Impact of Enhanced Process Quality on Various Hospital Settings, POMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2018.

Symanzik, J., Friendly, M., Onder, O., 100+ Years of Graphs of the Titanic Data, Romania, COMPSTAT, 2018

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Organization Studies
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2020

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

Negotiating in Professional Relationships

Research Interests – Work in Progress

-Professional Relationships

-Trust

-Interpersonal Emotions, Emotional Expressions, Emotional Regulation

-Conflict Management

-Negotiations

Awards and Honours

Refereed Conference Papers

Astray, T. & Tasa, K. (2019). What Predicts Willingness to Negotiate Again? The Role of Collective Emotional Expressions and Cooperative Intentions. International Association for Conflict Management, Dublin, Ireland.

Tasa, K. & Astray, T. (2018). Training Negotiation Teams: The Impact of Roles and Transactive Memory. International Association for Conflict Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Tasa, K., Budworth, M., Astray, T., & Chadha, E. (2017). The Impact of Negotiation Specific Knowledge on Negotiator Behavior, Outcomes and Learning. International Association for Conflict Management, Berlin, Germany.

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Organization Studies
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2025

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Teams and Groups, Negotiations, Decision making

Awards and Honours

Refereed Conference Papers

Bahmani, M. & Alavi, S. B., (2019). Emergent States Phenomenon in Behavioral Processes of the Board of Directors: A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Antecedents and Consequences. In 16th International Conference on Management, Tehran, Iran.

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Organization Studies
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2021

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PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Organization Studies
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

My primary research interests include corporate social responsibility (CSR), organizational justice, and leadership. Specifically, my current project focuses on organizational members’ (including leaders and employees) perceptions of, and attitudes and behaviors towards their companies’ CSR activities.

He, L., Shao, R., Song, Y., & Park, J. Service employees’ reactions to customer mistreatment: The resource and conflict management perspectives. Preparing manuscript.
Shao, R., He, L., Kim, T.Y., Rupp, D. E., & Liu, Z. Corporate social responsibility and employee learning. Data analysis in progress.
He, L., & Voronov, M. Institutional logics, emotions, and managers’ CSR decision making. Preparing manuscript.
Rupp, D. E., Shao, R., Jones, D. A., & He, L. Employees’ CSR perceptions and their reactions: A meta-analytic review. Preparing manuscript.

Awards and Honours

Refereed Conference Papers

He, L., & Voronov, M. (2020, July). Institutional logics, emotions, and managers’ CSR decision making. Paper presented at the 36th EGOS Colloquium, Hamburg, Germany.

He, L., Shao, R., Song, Y., & Park, J. (2019, May). Service employees’ reactions to customer mistreatment: The resource and conflict management perspectives. Paper presented at the Administrative Science Association of Canada Conference, St. Catherines, Canada.

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Organization Studies
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2021

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

A Dyadic Understanding of Trust in Negotiation: the Role of Trust Asymmetry

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Research Interests:
Trust; Team Dynamics; Gender and Diversity; Negotiation

Work In Progress:
Ji, M. and Tasa K (Working Paper). Investigating the role of trust asymmetry in negotiation

Ji, M. (Working Paper). Bridging task and process conflict with better team outcomes: the role of psychological safety and information elaboration.

Ji, M. (Working Paper). Women in male dominated fields: a social identity perspective.

Awards and Honours

Refereed Publications

Ngo, H. Y., Foley, S., Ji, M. S., & Loi, R. (2014). Linking gender role orientation to subjective career success: The mediating role of psychological capital. Journal of Career Assessment, 22(2), 290-303.

Ngo, H. Y., Foley, S., Ji, M. S., & Loi, R. (2014). Work satisfaction of Chinese employees: A social exchange and gender-based view. Social Indicators Research, 116(2), 457-473.

Refereed Conference Papers

Bell, C. M., Ji, M., & Wiseman, S. (2016). Distancing From Helpers in Sexual Harassment: Sex Type, Hostile Sexism, and Organizational Status. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2016, No. 1, p. 15078).

Lau, D. C., Ji, M., & Su, Q. (2015). Examining Interpersonal Trust Mechanisms at Work: A Resource Perspective. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2015, No. 1, p. 12816).

Ngo, H. Y., Foley, S., Ji, M. S., & Loi, R. (2012). Linking Gender Role Orientation to Career Success: The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2012, No. 1, p. 15301).

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Organization Studies
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2021

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

Interactions and technology mobilization: An ethnography at the intersection of blockchain and climate action

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Kam’s research focuses on the disruption and perpetuation of large-scale societal challenges in and around organizations, from large corporations to startups to social movement organizations to new forms of organizing. He is particularly interested in the social, cultural, and political dimensions of technology, innovation, and change in the context of social and environmental issues and has a research portfolio comprised of projects examining issues such as climate change, modern slavery and forced labour, and stigma and marginalization, which he studies from organizational and entrepreneurial viewpoints. He predominantly deploys qualitative research methods involving on the ground direct interactions with organizations and their members and stakeholders to develop deep and novel insights into the issues at hand with the potential to unearth theoretical contributions and meaningful practical implications for society.

Kam is a member of the Academy of Management (AOM), European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), and Antislavery Early Research Association. As an active member of AOM, Kam has served as the Social Media Manager for the Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division (2017-present), Chair of the All-Academy New Doctoral Students’ Consortium (2017), Member of the SIM Division’s “Best Business Ethics Paper” evaluation committee (2019 and 2020), and Co-organizer of the Organizational Stigma professional development workshop (2019 and 2020). He is also an adhoc reviewer for leading journals including: Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, California Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business & Society.

Kam has been invited to present his research at industry and government engagements, including federal policy consultations and workshops for national trade associations. He also has experience building social, environmental, and financial technology startups, as well as diverse experience with sustainability-focused consulting/auditing firms and not-profit organizations around the world.

Kam teaches ORGS 2200 – Organizations and their environments at Schulich and has guest lectured at the Sauder School of Business – University of British Columbia, where he was a Visiting Researcher affiliated with the W. Maurice Young Centre for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Research.

Awards and Honours

Refereed Publications

Crane, A., LeBaron, G., Phung, K., Behbahani, L. & Allain, J. (Forthcoming). Confronting the business models of modern slavery. Journal of Management Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492621994904.

Phung, K., Buchanan, S., Toubiana, M., Ruebottom, T., & Turchick‐Hakak, L. (Forthcoming). When stigma doesn’t transfer: Stigma deflection and occupational stratification in the sharing economy. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12574.

Phung, K. Slavery and its links to organizations. (2018). In R. Burke, & C. Cooper (Eds.), Violence and abuse in and around organisations: 273-291. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Phung, K., & Crane, A. (2018). The business of modern slavery: Management and organizational perspectives. In J. B. Clark, & S. Poucki (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of human trafficking and modern day slavery: 177-197. London, UK: SAGE.

Refereed Conference Papers

Phung, K. (2020). Organizing for the climate emergency: Organizational underpinnings of climate action. 80th Academy of Management Meeting. Aug 7-11: Virtual. [Organized Showcase Symposium – Top 10%]

Phung, K. & Lu, C. (2020). Decentralized organization theory: Distributed trust and blockchain. 80th Academy of Management Meeting. Aug 7-11: Virtual. [Organized Symposium]

Sadri, M., Helms, W. Phung, K., & Piazza, A. (2020). Unpacking stigmatization: Labeling, audience heterogeneity, and market-based sanctioning. 80th Academy of Management Meeting. Aug 7-11: Virtual.

Caruana, R., Crane, A., & Phung, K.(2019). Advancing research on modern slavery and business: New theoretical and empirical directions. 79th Academy of Management Meeting. Aug 9-13: Boston, USA. [Organized Showcase Symposium – Top 10%]

Helms, W., Patterson, K., & Phung, K. (2019). Ideological passion and the empowering sanctioning work of stigmatized actors. 35th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium. Jul 4-6: Edinburgh, UK.

Phung, K. & Lyons, B. (2019). You cite Goffman (1963) too? Exploring avenues for cross-level dialogue and research on stigma. 79th Academy of Management Meeting. Aug 9-13: Boston, USA. [Organized Showcase Symposium – Top 10%]

Phung, K., Toubiana, M., Buchanan, S., Ruebottom, T., & Turchick Hakak, L. (2019). When stigma doesn’t stick: Occupational stratification in the sharing economy. 10th Oxford Reputation Symposium. Aug 28-30: Oxford, UK.

Crane, A., LeBaron, G., Phung, K., Behbahani, L. & Allain, J. (2018). Innovations in the business models of modern slavery: The dark side of business model innovation. 78th Academy of Management Meeting. Aug 10-14: Chicago, USA. [Best Paper – Top 10%]

Helms, W., Patterson, K., & Phung, K. (2018). This isn’t for everyone: The origins of defiance and the preservation of stigmatized practices. 34th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium. Jul 5-7: Tallinn, Estonia.

Phung, K., Toubiana, M., Buchanan, S., Ruebottom, T., & Turchick Hakak, L. (2018). Uber’ing away stigma: The impact of technology of stigmatized occupations. 34th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium. Jul 5-7, 2018: Tallinn, Estonia.

Crane, A., Phung, K., LeBaron, G., Allain, J., & Behbahani, L. (2017). The dark side of creativity: Innovation in the business models of modern slavery. 28th International Association for Business and Society Meeting. Jun 29-Jul 2: Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Policy/Strategy
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2021

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

Governance of Digital Platforms

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Platform and Ecosystem Governance; Innovation network orchestration; Responsibility; Digital Tech

Awards and Honours

Refereed Conference Papers

– ASAC 2017: “Socio-Economic Communities: Towards Constructing a Holistic Perspective of Platforms”
– AOM 2018: “An Integrative Approach to Innovation Network Orchestration”
– EGOS 2019: “The Governance of Digital Platforms: A Citizenship Perspective”
– AOM 2019: “The Governance of Digital Platforms – A Citizenship Perspective”

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Policy/Strategy
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2021

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Educational Background

Thesis Topic

Platform Sponsor Scope and Implications for Ecosystem Emergence, Growth and Value

Research Interests – Work in Progress

Ramya’s research interests are at the intersection of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and digital technologies. She is particularly interested in studying value cocreation in digital platform ecosystems. She focuses on platform sponsors’ scope as a strategic choice and examines its effects on platform-dependent entrepreneurs (complementors) within the ecosystem. She explores heterogeneity in the structure and dynamics of platform ecosystems at the incipient and growth stages of the lifecycle. Her research demonstrates the implications of platform sponsors’ scope choices on ecosystem emergence and growth. Ramya uses data from crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, and videogame industry settings and employs qualitative comparative analysis, formal modelling, and econometrics techniques in her research. She currently has multiple papers progressing in the review process at FT50 management journals.

Awards and Honours

Refereed Publications

Case Study:

• Ramachandran, J., Ramya K. Murthy, and Pranav Garg. 2016. “Indian Software Services Industry: The Changing Landscape.” Harvard Business Publishing.

Refereed Conference Papers

Murthy, R. K., & Madhok, A. The Emergence of Digital Platform Ecosystems: A Problem-solving Perspective.

• Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2020, Virtual Conference
• Journal of Management Studies Conference 2019, Boston, US
• Strategy Science Conference 2020 (poster session), Virtual Conference
• Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference 2020, Virtual Conference

Murthy, R. K., & Lévesque, M. Disentangling the Impact of Platform Scope on Ecosystem Growth.

• Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2020, Virtual Conference
• Strategic Management Society Annual Conference 2020, Virtual Conference
• Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference 2020, Virtual Conference
• Great Lakes Entrepreneurship Network Conference 2019, Minneapolis, US

Murthy, R. K., & Madhok, A. Platform Scope Choices and Ecosystem Heterogeneity: A Configurational Approach.

• Strategic Management Society Annual Conference 2020, Virtual Conference
• Schulich School of Business Ph.D. Conference, 2019
• Strategic Management Society Special conference 2018, Hyderabad, India

Murthy, R. K., & Madhok, A. 2018. Market Attributes in Ecosystems: Extending the Ecosystem Construct.

• Academy of Management Specialized Conference on Big Data and Managing in a Digital Economy 2018, Surrey, UK
• Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2018, Chicago, US
• Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference 2017, Montreal, Canada

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Policy/Strategy
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2023

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

• Corporate Political Activity
• Business-Government Relations
• Digital Platforms
• Entrepreneurship

Awards and Honours

Refereed Conference Papers

Tabasinejad, P. (2019, July). An Institutional Governance Perspective on Platform Strategy and Competition. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 17697). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.*

Tabasinejad, P. (2019, October). An Institutional Governance Perspective on Platform Strategy and Competition. In Strategic Management Society Annual Conference. Strategic Management Society.*

*Conference presentation

PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Policy/Strategy
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2022

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Educational Background

Research Interests – Work in Progress

CSR, multi-stakeholder initiatives, entrepreneurship