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Mount Royal University Assistant Professors, Leah Hamilton and Mohammed El Hazzouri, receive Research Grant

Bissett School of Business congratulates Leah and Mohammed on receiving a research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Leah and Mohammed will be the lead investigators for  the Calgary portion of the study.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada –Targeted Rapid Response Research on Syrian Refugees

“Optimizing the Provision of Information to Facilitate the Settlement and Integration of Refugees in Canada: Case Studies of Syrian Refugees in London, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta”

Investigators: Esses, Hamilton, Pyati, & El Hazzouri

 Amount: $23,560 over one year

Assistant Professor, Rajbir Bhatti, pursuing research opportunities.

Dr. Bhatti’s current endeavors include  supervising a Doctoral student at the Atahbasca University in the use of Data Envelopment Analysis for performance measurement of
manufacturers in Canada.  The topic of the research work is
“Performance Measurement of Heavy Equipment Dealerships Using Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA)” .

Further to that, one of Dr. Bhatti’s research works has been accepted for presentation at the “IVth International Conference on Production & Industrial Engineering
(CPIE-2016)” to held from December 19-21, 2016 in India. The title of
our research paper is ” Identification of Human Related Success
Factors for TPM Implementation in Indian SMEs – Graph Theoretic
Approach (GTA)”

Leah Hamilton, Assistant Professor at Bissett, receives national attention for Mentorship Research

In an April 12th article by the Globe and Mail, the mentorship between university student Scott Henry, participant in the CEO x 1 Day and his mentor CEO, David Labistour from Mountain Equipment Co-op, was profiled and used as an example of the beneficial mentorship relationship.

Leah Hamilton, provided comment about Mount Royal’s Harry G. Schaefer Mentorship Program and the findings regarding  her research on mentorship:

“….the mentees had more confidence to seek out jobs, build relationships and felt more supported, compared to those who weren’t in mentorship programs.

The mentors also benefited from “intergenerational learning,” and a better understanding of the millennial generation, Ms. Hamilton says.

“The mentors said ‘wow, this really gave me an opportunity to learn from this younger generation. Now I get them more and understand what they’re looking for in the work force and the challenges they face.’”

She says some of the companies involved in the school’s Harry G. Schaefer Mentorship Program, which funded the research, are now rethinking their recruitment strategies and ways to increase employee retention.”

To read the Globe and Mail article in its entirety, please follow the link:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/business-education/motivated-student-turns-to-mec-for-diversified-experience/article29610867/

Bissett School of Business Associate Professor, David Finch and undergraduate student, Mackenzie Strong, published in AMLE

The Bissett School of Business would like to congratulate, Associate Professor, David Finch and student, Mackenzie Strong on being published in the Academy of Management Learning + Education Journal:

Institutional Biography and Knowledge Dissemination: An Analysis of Canadian Business School Faculty (February 12, 2016 David Finch, Norm O’Reilly, David Deephouse, William Fister, Loren Falkenberg, Mackenzie Strong)

Abstract

 “A biographical analysis of 740 faculty members from 13 elite and non-elite Canadian business schools suggests that different knowledge dissemination activities are anchored in a faculty member’s scholar’s socialization and are influenced by both individual and contextual factors. Results suggest that the divide between academics and practitioners in business schools can be bridged with individual faculty members who possess both academic and professional qualifications.”

This project is an outocme of the Business School Research Network (BRSN) initiative. The BSRN was established in 2014 through start-up funding from MRU’s Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship with the goal of conducting research to enhance business school performance through evidence-based management. The BSRN now has ten active projects underway including over 20 researchers from 15 different business schools.
David notes: “Though this is the fifth publication of the BSRN, what Ray and I are most proud of is that one of our own MRU students, Mackenzie Strong, is a co-author. This project emerged from Mackenzie’s directed reading project two years ago. Mackenzie did ALL the heavy lifting on the data collection during her project and had the patience to work through the process. It was a joy to have her on our team and for to publish in an Academy journal as an undergraduate student (I suspect this may be the first time an undergraduate student has ever published in AMLE). I hope this level of achievement inspires all of our students to engage in collaborative research with our faculty”.

Bissett Associate Professors, Peacock and Finch have paper published in Education + Training

 Congratulations to Bissett Associate Professors,  Melanie Peacock and David Finch on their most recent publication:
Finch, D. J., Peacock, M.J., Foster, W., & Levallet, N. (2016). A dynamic capabilities view of employability: Exploring the drivers of competitive advantage for university graduates, Education and Training, 58(1), 61-81. Emerald Insight.
On behalf of the Bissett School of Business, we extend congratulations to David and Melanie for their success.
For more information regarding this  research paper, please follow the link:
Dr. Melanie Peacock continues to share her expertise in the HR field, most recently as the keynote speaker at the HRIA Calgary Chapter evening event on January 19th where she addressed the topic of “Sustaining & Growing the HR Profession” as well as hr continued media contributions:
2016, January 28, on CKYE 93.1 RED FM South Asian Broadcasting Corp. Surrey, British Columbia, by Thind, H. Changing faces of workplaces.
2016, January 26, on Alberta@Noon:  CBC, by McElligott D. Taking a step down on the career ladder.
2016, January 13, on Alberta@Noon:  CBC, by McElligott D. Working from home and flexibility for the workforce.

Bissett School of Business Assistant Professor, Mohammed El Hazzouri, published in Academy of Management, Learning and Education

Congratulations to Mohammed for his success in being published in the Academy of Management, Learning and Education (AMLE). The AMLE is a leading outlet for management -education research.  The publication is titled:

An Investigation of the Emotional Outcomes of Business Students’ Cheating “Biological Laws” to Achieve Academic Excellence (Mohammaed El Hazzouri, Mount Royal University; Sergio W. Carvalho, Dalhousie University; and Kelley J. Main, Univeristy of Manitoba, Canada)

Abstract: “Despite a vast amount of research in the areas of academic cheating and academic achievement, students’ cheating “biological laws” (e.g., taking cognitive enhancement drugs to increase cognitive ability) to improve academic performance has yet to be fully understood. We begin to address this by investigating potential positive (i.e., pride) and negative (i.e., shame and guilt) emotional outcomes of business school students’ anticipated consumption of cognitive enhancements to improve academic performance, with the aim of providing insight into ways to reduce such consumption…..

To read the publication in its entirety please follow the link:

http://amle.aom.org/content/14/4/440.abstract?etoc

Kendra Hart Has Paper Published in Journal of Consumer Psychology

Kendra Hart’s paper “Say no more! The liability of strong ties on desire for special experiences”, co-authored with Miranda Goode and Matt Thomson of the Ivey Business School, was accepted at The Journal of Consumer Psychology (JCP).  JCP is one of the pinnacle journals in the field of consumer behaviour.  It is a FT45 journal – one of the 45 journals used by the Financial Times in compiling their influential Business School research rank.  In addition to being a top-tier marketing journal, JCP is also the official journal of the Society for Consumer Psychology, Division 23 of the American Psychological Association, making the journal impactful for scholars in psychology as well as marketing.  The paper is tentatively scheduled for publication in January 2016.

Congratulations Kendra!