Catherine Loughlin, Ph.D.

Catherine LoughlinCanada Research Chair
Management

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Dr. Loughlin began as Canada Research Chair in late 2005. She received her PhD in Industrial/Organisational Psychology from Queen's University and has taught in the Queen's School of Business and University of Toronto, Faculty of Management. She supervises graduate students in both Management and the Department of Psychology. She has published empirical papers in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and the Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology, as well as co-authoring book chapters on work stress, workplace health and safety, and the quality of youth employment (several of these publications have been with her students). She is a reviewer for journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology and has consulted for the Government of Canada and private industry in the areas of management leadership training, work stress, and occupational health. Dr. Loughlin’s current projects (2011-14) on Leadership (with Dr. K. Arnold) and Health (with Drs. L. Kocum & Robinson) are funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (NSHRF), respectively. She is also affiliated with the Centre for Leadership Excellence and the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety at St. Mary's University.

RESEARCH

  • Leadership and Health (e.g., leadership and promotion rates; issues related to the workforce of the future; management's leadership role in workplace health and safety). Her research focuses on the development of new workplace models of leadership and health that represent all members of the workforce, including special populations (e.g., women; young; and/or contingent workers).

COURSES

  • MGMT 585 Organisational Behaviour
  • MGMT 7710 (PhD Core)
  • MGMT 7730/7740 (PhD Micro-Organisational Behaviour)
  • EMBA 5510 (Leadership)