PhD & Research-Based Masters Programs Bulletin ISSUE 10.2 | JUNE 2016
Research-Based Program Updates When our PhD in Management Program began back in 2005 we had four registered students. Over the years, our program continued to grow and as of September 2016 we will have 45 students enrolled in our various PhD and MSc fields. With the approval of the MSc in Management: Marketing, our PhD and Research-Based Masters Programs are some of the fastest growing programs on campus. During the past ten years, 13 doctoral students and 25 MSc students have graduated from our programs, all of whom have found placements in either industry or academia in North America and the Middle East. Our students frequently win prestigious scholarships such as OTS, SSHRC, and OGS; participate and present papers in national and international conferences; are successful in publishing their papers in academic journals, some of which of in the Tier-1 category; and generally receive very competitive financial supports in comparison with similar programs in Canada. Naturally, the success of our programs could have not been accomplished without the direct participation of my colleagues at Lazaridis School of Business & Economics and the direct support from the administration. I would like to thank them all for their significant contributions. Supporting programs like ours is always an expensive undertaking. However, I leave confident in the knowledge that our Dean is fully committed to our graduate programs and to ensuring their continued growth and success.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Papers & Conference Presentations....……..2 Awards & Achievements..……………………….3 Lazaridis EMTM Spotlight…......……….…..…..7
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Samantha Hancock & Anja Krstic, PhD Candidates (OB/HRM)
I would like to congratulate Professor Madhu Kalimipalli on his appointment as the Director, PhD and Research-based Masters Programs. I am certain that he will do an excellent job and bring a fresh outlook towards the continuous improvement of our programs. I look forward to working with him in my continued role as the Director of the Lazaridis EMTM. - Hamid Noori
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Papers and Conference Presentations Alireza Azimian Azimian, A. and Hendricks, K. (2016). “Contagion Risk in Supply Chain: An Event Study Perspective”. Annual Meeting of the Production & Operations Management Society (POMS), Orlando, FL, USA, May 6 – 9. Azimian, A. and Noori, H. (2016). “Cutting Risk by Helping Rivals Operate Safer”. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS), Banff, AB, May 30 – June 1.
Bailey Bigelow Bigelow, B., Bourdage, J. S., & Lee, N. (2016). “Measuring Defensive Impression Management: The Development of a Scale”. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychology Association (CPA), Victoria, BC, June 9 – 11. Bigelow, B., and Priesemuth, M. (2016). “The Effects of Observed Mistreatment of a Supervisor”. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Anaheim, CA, USA, August 5 – 9.
Samantha Hancock O’Neill, T. A., Lewis, R. J., Law, S. J, Larson, N. L., Hancock, S., Radan, J., Lee, N. M., & Carswell, J.J. (2016). “Forced-choice pre-employment personality assessment: Construct validity and resistance to faking”. Personality and Individual Differences, advance online publication. Hancock, S., O’Neill, T. A., & Holland, T. (2016). “Constructive controversy training for face-to-face and virtual teams”. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychology Association (CPA), Victoria, BC, June 9 – 11. Hancock, S., Hideg, I., & Shen, W. (2016). “Helping or hindering? Interactive effects of employee accent and gender at work”. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Anaheim, CA, USA, August 5 – 9.
Su Kyung (Irene ) Kim Kim, S. K., & Zhan, Y. (2016). “Effects of customer entitlement on employee coping and emotional exhaustion”. Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Anaheim, CA, USA, April 14 – 16. Zhan, Y., Hu, X., Kim, S. K., & Yao, X. (2016). “Customer mistreatment and daily work outcomes: Effect of positive reflection”. Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Anaheim, CA, USA, April 14 – 16. Kim, S. K., Zhan, Y., Hu, X., & Yao, X. (2016). “The effect of passenger entitlement and passenger verbal aggression on taxi drivers’ coping and stress: A daily diary investigation”. 31st International Congress of Psychology (ICP), Yokohama, Japan, July 24 – 29. Continued on page 4 2
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Awards and Achievements
NEW PHD DIRECTOR
Congratulations to the following students on their achievements:
Dr. Madhu Kalimipalli will take over the role of Director, PhD & Research-Based Masters Programs as of July 1, 2015.
Bailey Bigelow (MSc OB/HRM) will be attending the PhD in Business Administration, Management program at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL this September.
MSC IN MANAGEMENT: MARKETING
Maryam Hafezi (O/SCM) has been working as Assistant Professor at Laurentian University since July 2015.
The PhD & Research-Based Masters Programs Office is please to announce that a third field in Marketing has been added to our MSc in Management program. This field will be available starting Fall 2017, and applications for this program will open in October 2016.
Annika Hillebrandt (OB/HRM) was selected as Wilfrid Laurier’s nominee for the SSHRC Impact Award—Talent Category. Annika will be competing against the top students nationally who demonstrate research excellence. Su Kyung (Irene) Kim (OB/HRM) has won the Best Master’s Thesis Award from the Human Resources Research Institute (HRRI) for her paper, “More stressful than you’d think: Examining the effects of customer entitlement on employee emotional exhaustion” (Supervisor - Dr. Jessie Zhan).
DISSERTATION PROPOSAL DEFENCE
Lisa Kuron (OB/HRM) received her Certified Human Resources Professional certification (2015) from the Human Resources Professionals Association and received Outstanding Reviewer at the Emerald Literati Awards 2016 for her work with Career Development International. Lisa is also the Co-Investigator for the Women and Work Incubator Grant through the Centre for Research and Education on Women, Carleton University.
Congratulations to the following students who have successfully defended their PhD dissertation proposal: Ken Chen (Marketing) - Three Essays on Network Capability Konstantin Sokolov (Financial Economics) Three Essays on Liquidity in Modern Markets
David Lewis (Marketing) has accepted a position with Ryerson University as Assistant Professor starting July 1st.
Greg Tanguay (Marketing) - Three Essays on Marketing Capabilities
Justin Mindzak (Accounting) has accepted a position with the State University of New York as Assistant Professor starting this Fall.
ONTARIO GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (OGS)
The first Aidan Tracey Scholarship in social media and experiential marketing was awarded to Greg Tanguay (Marketing) for his excellent research proposal.
We are excited to share that the following students were awarded an OGS (valued at $15,000) for the 2016/2017 academic year:
Hossein Zolfagharinia (O/SCM Alumni, 2015) was nominated by Wilfrid Laurier University for the 2016 CAGS/ Proquest-UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards competition for the fine arts, humanities and social sciences discipline area.
Peter Fisher (OB/HRM) Samantha Hancock (OB/HRM) Annika Hillebrandt (OB/HRM) Mohammad Jourabchi (SCOTM) Su Kyung (Irene) Kim (OB/HRM) Konstantin Sokolov (Financial Economics)
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Papers and Conference Presentations cont’d Anja Krstic Krstic, A., and Hideg, I. (2016). “The Effect of Maternity Leave Length on Women’s Career Outcomes”. Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Anaheim, CA, USA, April – .
Lisa Kuron Taggar, S. and Kuron, L.K.J. (2016). “The toll of perceived injustice on job search self-efficacy and behavior”. Career Development International. DOI: 10.1108/CDI-10-2015-0139. Kuron, L.K.J. and Taggar, S. (2016). “The impact of job search clarity on the quantity and quality of job search outcomes”. Annual Meeting of the Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC), Edmonton, AB, June 4-6. Kuron, L.K.J. and Taggar, S. (2016). “Investigating job search clarity: A motivational and self-regulatory perspective”. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Anaheim, CA, USA, August 7-9.
Hamed Mehrabi Mehrabi, H., Coviello, N., & Ranaweera, C. (2016). “New Product Development Capability and Performance under Institutional Pressures: The Role of the Top Management Team”. Annual Meeting of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC), Oslo, Norway, May 24-27.
Sara Murphy Murphy, S., and Keeping, L. (2016). “‘You're hired’: The effects of memory and mindfulness on interview performance”. Annual Meeting of the Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC), Edmonton, AB, June 4-6.
Francisca Saldanha Barclay, L., and Saldanha, M. F. (in press). “Facilitating forgiveness in organizational contexts: Exploring the injustice gap, emotions, and expressive writing interventions”. Journal of Business Ethics. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-015-2750-x Peralta, C. F. and Saldanha, M. F. (in press). “’I am exhausted, but happy!’ Can Emotional exhaustion enhance happiness?”. Work and Stress. Continued on page 5 4
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Congratulations to our Graduates! The following students graduated at the June 2016 convocation. Congratulations on this major accomplishment! MFIN Co-op: Eric Bergeron Yizhuo Hu Xinyu Lan Qi Li Guanghai Nie Wissam Riad Xiaolong Wang Di Wu Tianwei Zhao
MABE: Anchith Balakrishnan Derek Ensing Shelby Eyre Huijie Guo Andy Kwan Kairui Li Shiru Liu Hussaun Syed Jingwen Wu
PhD in Management: Dr. Yan Jin, Accounting, currently Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Barowsky School of Business, Dominican University of California. Tina Arabian, PhD Candidate (O/SCM)
Papers and Conference Presentations cont’d Konstantin Sokolov Brogaard, J., Carrion, A., Moyaert, T., Riordan, R., Shkilko, A., and Sokolov, K. “High-Frequency Trading and Extreme Price Movements”. Annual Meeting of the American Finance Association, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 3-5. Sokolov, K. (2016). “Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Market Maker’s Dilemma”. Bank of Montreal Capital Markets, Toronto, ON, February 19.
Greg Tanguay Tanguay, G., and Coviello, C. (2016). “50 Shades of Day - Assessing the Influence of ‘The Capabilities of Market-Driven Organizations’”. American Marketing Association Winter Academic Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 26-28. Tanguay, G. (2016). “Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg - A Corus Linguistics Analysis of Marketing Capabilities”. Annual Meeting of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC), Oslo, Norway, May 24-27. 5
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Graduating Master’s Student Major Research Papers Anchith Balakrishnan (MABE) – Base Erosion and Profit Shifting via Transfer Pricing in OECD Countries (Supervisor – Dr. Christine Neill) Eric Bergeron (MFin Co-op) – SME credit risk Analytics (Supervisor - Dr. Madhu Kalimipalli) Derek Ensing (MABE) – Driving Trade: An Exposition in Specialization (Supervisor – Dr. Azim Essaji) Shelby Eyre (MABE) – Determinants of Non-standard Employment Among Employed Canadians (Supervisor – Dr. Tammy Schirle) Huijie Guo (MABE) – The Impact of Non-government Fundraising on Student Performance in Toronto Elementary Schools (Supervisor – Dr. David Johnson) Yizhuo Hu (MFin Co-op) – Macroeconomic Factors’ Impact on Credit Spreads and Trading Activity of US Corporate Bonds (Supervisor - Dr. Subhankar Nayak ) Andy Kwan (MABE) – Travel Behaviour and Expected Traffic Congestion: A Study of the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games (Supervisor – Dr. William Morrison) Xinyu Lan (MFin Co-op) – Designing Optimal Allocation Strategies Under Dynamic Macroeconomic Conditions (Supervisor - Dr. Subhankar Nayak ) Kairui Li (MABE) – China Force: Chinese Industrial Production and Global Stock Market Performance (Supervisor – Dr. Subhankar Nayak) Qi Li (MFin Co-op) – What contributes to the abnormal returns in banking industry? (Supervisor – Dr. Ning Tang) Shiru Liu (MABE) – Wage Inequality in Vietnam and the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (Supervisor – Dr. Brian McCaig) Guanghai Nie (MFin Co-op) – Can Short-sellers earn Abnormal Returns? (Supervisor – Dr. Brian Smith) Wissam Riad (MFin Co-op) – Do Dividend Yields Predict Investment Returns? (Supervisor – Dr. Subhankar Nayak) Xiaolong Wang (MFin Co-op) – Index Rebalance and Index Fund (Supervisor - Dr. Ning Tang) Di Wu (MFin Co-op) – Changes of Cash Holdings in US Firms after Financial Crisis (Supervisor - Dr. Jin Wang) Tianwei Zhao (MFin Co-op) – Is Short Bias a good strategy for Hedge Funds? (Supervisor – Dr. Brian Smith) Hussaun Syed (MABE) – Happiness and House Prices in Canada: 2009-2013 (Supervisor – Dr. David Johnson) Jingwen Wu (MABE) – Estimating Canadian Fiscal Limits Using Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (Supervisor – Dr. Christos Shiamptanis)
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EXECUTIVE MASTER’S IN TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Jennifer Smith Achieving success in the commercialization of technology based products and services, whether in a B2B or B2C environment, is an extreme challenge. Moving through the phases of ideation to proof of concept, to minimum viable product to market launch and ultimately, to progressing along the well-known Geoffrey Moore technology adoption lifecycle curve takes passion, persistence, resilience and discipline. In my experience, passion is the easiest to find; persistence is typically fuelled by the passion and resilience is developed by the numerous attempts that don’t go well amongst the successful few. Discipline is the trait that seems most difficult to cultivate and practise with patience. It’s from this discipline perspective that I sought out additional training and learning through the EMTM program. My engineering background had already afforded me well in the understanding of the development of technology and with a depth of understanding about how to ideate; how to be creative; how to solve problems. But what I wanted was more knowledge in how to MANAGE technology: into the market place, within the market and throughout the entire lifecycle. Developing this talent in our organizations is vital to long term success of our businesses. I’ve always believed that talent is what makes great companies and so investing in talent to enable these critical skills is essential. I often get asked about my career ‘journey’ and if it has been difficult to be a female in the technology sector. My view is that everyone needs to take ownership of their careers and to seek the experiences they want most, while pursuing the skills needed to get them there. To me, a healthy workforce must be diverse, as diversity drives broader thinking and promotes more holistic perspectives and ultimately better decision making. We have an ability to propel a future for Canada underpinned in technology. It is our opportunity, right now, to seize and excel. Let’s not let it slip away from us.
Jennifer Smith is the Executive Vice President, Global Market Solutions at Christie Digital Systems and an alumna of the Lazaridis Executive Master’s in Technology Management program. The Lazaridis EMTM has been busy promoting and marketing this unique MSc in Management degree. We have contacted companies throughout Southwestern Ontario and met with prominent business leaders to discuss the program. Through a variety of print and online advertising campaigns, marketing efforts and outreach events, including OCE Discovery and Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference, we have established ourselves as a well-respected and innovative program in the community. Applications are now open for September 2016. A significant number of eligible candidates have expressed serious interest in the Lazaridis EMTM and we have started to receive applications.
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