TED ROGERS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH REPORT2015

The Ted Rogers School of Management is a recognized leader in societally relevant, rigorous research with local, national, and international impact. Our innovative, forward-looking faculty are problem solvers whose industry connections lead to research with social applicability. TRSM research is strategic, global, collaborative and bold.

Contents2015 Snapshot ..............................................4

Message from the Dean ...............................5

Featured Research .......................................6

Research Centres, Institutes and Labs .....14

TRSM Extends Global Reach ......................16

Research Accomplishments .......................18

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2015 Snapshot

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Message from the DeanWhat does business research look like at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University?It looks like a professor of Organizational Behaviour who researches corporate ethics through the lens of social psychology. A professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management who works with indigenous communities to grow the potential economic benefits of tourism. A professor of Information Technology Management whose research into inclusive media and design is ensuring access to emerging technologies for older adults and persons with disabilities.

These are just a few examples of the innovative, societally relevant, and rigorous research being conducted at TRSM every day, with local, national and global impact.

Our researchers don’t just see the big picture, they expand it, tackling research with international relevance from a variety of interdisciplinary approaches that go way beyond what would traditionally be expected of a business school.

Of course, no one researcher acts alone. I am immensely proud of the spirit of collaboration that exists at the Ted Rogers School of Management. Our 15 research centres, institutes, and labs are constantly engaged in research focused on diversity, social media, privacy and cyber crime, entrepreneurship, and many more of today’s most relevant issues. In 2014–2015, we introduced a new Research Mentorship Program, which aims to provide leadership in cultivating research excellence for the intensification and increased impact of TRSM’s Scholarly, Research and Creative (SRC) activities. Two of our 2015 Research Mentors, Sonya Graci and Fei Song, are

featured in this publication and I would like to thank them for the great work they have done to foster and expand the collaborative research culture at TRSM.

Ryerson University’s tradition of practical, experiential education is reflected in our collaborative research culture and innovative SRC environment. Research should not simply live inside the walls of academia – it must be shared and applied so that it has societal benefits for communities outside the university. Our researchers’ extensive work with industry leaders and community partners demonstrates our commitment to allowing research to live beyond academic publication and be put into practice with social, cultural and economic impact.

The stories contained within this edition of the TRSM Annual Research Report are just a few of many examples of the phenomenal research undertaken by TRSM researchers in 2015. The future continues to look bright, with a new Scholarly Research and Creative Activity Strategic Plan (2015–2019) allowing TRSM to strengthen its position as the destination for the next generation of global innovators and relevant thought leaders.

Steven MurphyDeanTed Rogers School of Management Ryerson University

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Making Sense of a Networked World

Dr. Gruzd is the creator of Netlytic (Netlytic.org), a Every second of every day, 6,000 messages are sent through Twitter, resulting in 200 billion tweets a year. Meanwhile, new social media platforms are continuously being introduced that change the ways we share and consume information.

Despite the all-pervasive nature of social media, academic research has not kept pace with the proliferation of these new communications platforms and the data they generate. Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd is changing that. As Director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Dr. Gruzd is conducting the first major study to investigate the emerging concept of data stewardship, which focuses on studying the practices behind and attitudes towards the collection, storage, use, reuse, analysis, publishing and preservation of social media data. His approach is unique in that it takes into account the perspectives of social media users who produce most of the data (data producers), as well as academic and industry researchers and organizations (data consumers) that collect and analyze the social media data for insights.

cloud-based text and social networks analyzer that can automatically summarize large volumes of text and discover social networks from online conversations on social media sites such as Twitter, YouTube, blogs, online forums and chats. Netlytic has been used for teaching and research in over 100 universities and institutions worldwide.

Dr. Gruzd’s innovative approach to social media research has led to his being named Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Social Media Data Stewardship, a prestigious honour that will allow his research to accelerate and expand. By studying how social media data are used by government, private firms, and non-profit organizations, Dr. Gruzd will develop a new social media data stewardship framework to inform future development of digital research infrastructure, in Canada and beyond, allowing data producers and data consumers to unlock the full innovation potential of social media data.

Dr. Anatoliy GruzdCanada Research Chair, Social Media Data StewardshipAssociate Professor, Global Management Studies, Ted Rogers School of Business Management Director, Social Media Lab

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Improving the Shopping Experience for Older AdultsPicture a group of friends spending the day shopping at a mall, visiting their favourite stores. Imagine that same group shopping online or through a mobile app. In your mind, how old is the group? If you immediately pictured a group of teenagers or young adults, your imagination aligns with the typical vision of most researchers.

Dr. Hong Yu is taking a different approach. While most consumer studies have been heavily focused on Generation Y and Generation Z, Dr. Yu is focusing her research on baby boomers, to gain insights into the mature shopping segment and promote a sensible vision for future changes among retail practitioners.

How do cognitive age and other psychographic factors like innovativeness, time pressure, and price consciousness affect older Canadian shoppers’ attitudes toward and participation in an omni-channel commerce

environment? What are the perceived costs and benefits of omni-channel shopping options from the older Canadian consumers’ perspective? And how do inclusive product, process, and distribution channel designs contribute to the older Canadian consumers’ satisfaction with their shopping experience?

Dr. Yu’s research creates knowledge that could contribute to strategic development of Canadian retail innovations and management. It will also help older Canadian consumers better participate in the ever-changing commerce activities and therefore improve their engagement in society, which is a measure of quality of life. “To me, this is meaningful research because of its potential to make a difference,” says Dr. Yu. “It not only contributes to new discoveries but also provides implications for practice.”

Dr. Hong YuAssociate Professor and Director,Ted Rogers School of Retail Management

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Building Business Opportunities for ImmigrantsCanada is a country of immigrants, and our shared historical narrative is one of new Canadians finding their footing through entrepreneurship in trade. But does that narrative still hold true today?

Dr. Howard Lin’s research examines the contemporary dynamics of enterprising immigrants in Western immigrant-receiving countries, in an era of deepened globalization in terms of human mobility, knowledge flow and economic exchange.

As an immigrant who lived and taught in Beijing and the United States before coming to Canada, Dr. Lin uses an action research approach to re-embed himself in immigrant communities to gain their perspective: “While some researchers study immigrants to get tenure, I feel obligated to tell their stories.”

His research spans several modes of immigrant entrepreneurship, including: the ethnic economy, which

is owned and managed within the boundary of immigrant communities but is without geographic boundary; returnee entrepreneurs, who play a key role in capacity building in their home countries; and how transnational entrepreneurship in tech-intensive sectors contributes to innovations and performance in countries that host immigrants.

Dr. Lin’s research also advocates diversity leadership by both corporate management and immigrant entrepreneurs in responding to industry and societal dynamics in multicultural societies like Canada. It suggests that current government policies anchored on integration should be expanded to take into account the emerging transnational practice as a new approach toward immigrant adaptation. Dr. Lin says his research “will help immigrants to capture unprecedented entrepreneurial opportunities while more effectively engaging their host country.”

Dr. Howard LinProfessor, Global Management StudiesTed Rogers School of Business ManagementCo-Director, Canada-China Institute for Business & Development

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Growing the Community Benefits of Tourism

Dr. Sonya GraciAssociate Professor, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management2015 Research Mentor

Tourism in the South Pacific island country of Fiji isn’t just about beaches, all-inclusive hotels, and swim-up bars; the industry also has to deal with waste and sewage management, funding for sustainability initiatives, and tourism planning and development.

As a frequent traveler and Associate Professor in the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Dr. Sonya Graci is more aware than most of the impacts – both positive and potentially negative – tourism can have on a local community. How can the tourism industry shrink its negative impacts on the environment while growing its potential community benefits?

Dr. Graci is currently working with communities in Fiji – the hotel industry, indigenous community members, expats, and the government – to develop a sustainability strategy and work together for positive change.

Closer to home, Dr. Graci is also working with an indigenous community in Ontario to increase tourism in a way that is culturally appropriate and economically viable.

“I believe communities should have a say in how tourism is developed and managed and what role they wish to play. I am very interested in working with communities on their sustainability challenges and especially interested in increasing the sustainable livelihoods of indigenous peoples.”

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Solving Business Problemsthrough Innovation

Dr. Ojelanki NgwenyamaProfessor, Global Management Studies, Ted Rogers School of Business Management Director, Institute for Innovation and Technology Management

While Canadians are eager to adopt new technologies for personal use, Canadian companies continue to operate as late adopters, which affects productivity, growth and sustainability. It’s a situation that Dr. Ojelanki Ngwenyama says leaves Canada consistently lagging behind, and near the bottom of OECD (the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) rankings for innovation. For Dr. Ngwenyama, the issue is ripe for investigation.

“I am fascinated by the potential for new technologies to transform the way we live and work and to improve the conditions of human life,” says Dr. Ngwenyama. “I have always wanted to help Canadian organizations grow and become stronger and more competitive by adopting new technologies. For decades, Canadian businesses have not been able to break out of the late adopter mind frame, and this has cost us in economic growth.”

Dr. Ngwenyama’s work as the director of the Institute for Innovation and Technology Management focuses on understanding and overcoming barriers to technology adoption from different industry perspectives, including health care, retail, transportation and manufacturing. The institute works to overcome these barriers by developing business analytics models that can assist managers in making better decisions about technology adoption and developing approaches for organizational learning and innovation with new technologies.

“Ryerson is at the forefront of building a new industry-academic collaboration that is much needed in a century already marked by constant technology development and change. To maintain the type of life we are accustomed to in Canada we will need to continually embrace new technologies to solve organizational, social and ecological problems.”

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Bringing Social Psychology into the Boardroom

Dr. Fei SongAssociate Professor, Human Resources Management and Organizational BehaviourTed Rogers School of Business Management 2015 Research Mentor

The separation of personal and professional interests is one of the fundamental tenets of good business, but is it possible to disconnect the two completely?

Dr. Fei Song’s research into executive compensation suggests perhaps not. Her study (with Chen-Bo Zhong, Rotman School of Management), entitled “You scratch his back, he scratches mine and I’ll scratch yours: Deception in simultaneous cyclic networks” suggests inflated executive pay may be the result of an “indirect reciprocity effect” wherein personal self-interest informs how executives and aspiring executives choose to compensate others at their level.

Dr. Song’s research isn’t limited to the boardroom, however. It also examines a range of eclectic organizational behaviour topics, from trust and reciprocity, fairness, cooperation and competition, individual and group decision-making, conflict management, to ethicality and morality of decision-making at both the individual and group level – all from

the point of view of how social psychology affects organizational behaviour.

Dr. Song also researches diversity factors such as gender and cultural norms in decision-making and socioeconomic behaviour. What are the differing leadership identities, preferences, propensities, and styles manifested by men and women, and how do they affect policy implications for management and society?

When discussing the persisting gender-gap in leadership phenomenon, Dr. Song quotes social psychologist Kurt Lewin: “Any movement toward genuine social change is bolstered by rigorous, empirical discovery.” In other words, “the more we understand the gender gap in leadership roles, the better equipped we will be to make better use of the leadership abilities of women and men. Thus this new line of research will make important contributions to both management theory and practice, and society at large.”

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Ensuring Inclusivity in New TechnologyNew products and applications are constantly being developed to change the ways we socialize, access, share, and experience information. As technology continues to advance and become further integrated into our daily lives, how can we ensure that all members of society are included in its design and implementation?

As director of the Inclusive Media & Design Centre (IMDC) at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Dr. Deborah Fels works to develop accessible technology for all, by addressing the ways in which inclusive media can be used to gain access to and participation in society, particularly with respect to entertainment, digital and Internet applications.

“There are many issues involving access to technology for people with disabilities that have been identified by people in the community,” says Dr. Fels. “As researchers with expertise in human-computer interaction, engineering and creative expression, we believe that we can make a contribution to studying and finding solutions to some of these issues.”

Dr. Fels’ research touches on many of the most relevant emerging technologies of our current age, with a specific focus on inclusive media. From ensuring traditional media

like television, film, music, and theatre are accessible for enjoyment and enrichment through vibration, to providing sign language access to the Internet and video blogging platforms, Dr. Fels’ research opens opportunities for participation in arts and communications. Developing accessible customer feedback technology ensures all users are able to be participatory consumers. Dr. Fels also researches mixed-reality gaming for older adults, gamification in education and accessible research methods. Dr. Fels works with graduate and undergraduate students with disabilities (as well as students and staff without identified disabilities), who act as developers, researchers and participants in the IMDC lab.

Dr. Fels’ innovative and interdisciplinary approach to research has led to numerous awards, including the 2015 Research Collaboration Award from the Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, at Ryerson University. Her research has also been supported extensively by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canada Council for the Arts and external industry partnerships, leading to over 50 grants for close to $5 million in funding.

Dr. Deborah FelsProfessor, Ted Rogers School of Information Technology ManagementDirector, Inclusive Media & Design Centre

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Reframing Age Discriminationin the WorkplaceTo what extent do employers have to accommodate the age-related needs of older workers? Is it lawful for an organization to dismiss a senior employee in the interest of cutting costs?

Dr. Pnina Alon-Shenker researches age discrimination in the workplace and the ways in which contemporary legal analyses apply to such situations.

Dr. Alon-Shenker notes that people are living and staying healthy longer than any time in history. This is a positive development, but has resulted in many new challenges related to an aging workforce. Meanwhile, Dr. Alon-Shenker’s research shows that ageism and implicit bias continue to be widespread in the workplace. Though studies have shown age is a poor proxy of job performance, stereotypes continue to have a potent impact on workplace decision-making.

Dr. Alon-Shenker’s research seeks to reframe the notion of age discrimination to provide a better framework for identifying illegal instances of age discrimination in

the workplace. Once the wrongs associated with age discrimination are better understood, workers, employers, unions, adjudicators and policymakers will be better equipped to tackle the challenges of the aging workforce.

Dr. Alon-Shenker also examines other issues, such as whether workplace decisions should be subject to proportionality, and whether employers should be free to express opposition to unions during the organizing drive. “Work is a major component in every person’s life,” Dr. Alon-Shenker says. “The laws that govern work have substantial impact on our society, the business world, labour market, and economy. We have witnessed significant transformations in the modes of work and production under the new economy. My research explores how labour laws have evolved and how they should continue to develop in response to these changes.”

Dr. Pnina Alon-ShenkerAssociate Professor, Law & Business, Ted Rogers School of Business ManagementFounding Academic Director, Ryerson Law & Business Clinic

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TRSM Research Centres, Institutes, and LabsCanada-China Institute for Business & Development (CCIBD)Directors: The Honourable David C. Dingwall, P.C., Q.C., ICD.D and Dr. Howard (Xiaohua) Lin

2014/15 Highlight: From August 20–21, 2015, the CCIBD and the Ted Rogers School of Management, in conjunction with Tsinghua and Oxford Universities, were proud to host the 8th Annual Conference for the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship on the topic of “Building an Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem,” which was attended by 200 individuals from 26 countries.

Centre for Labour Management Relations (CLMR)Directors: Buzz Hargrove, External Director, Dr. Gerald Hunt, Director

2014/15 Highlight: In September 2015, the CLMR held a one-day conference called “The Case for Pay Equity: Exploring the Benefits and Models that Work.” The conference was co-hosted by the Pay Equity Commission of Ontario, with the Minister of Labour as a keynote speaker, and focused on strategies for implementing equitable pay models.

Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA)Director: Dr. Tony Hernandez, Eaton Chair in Retailing

2014/15 Highlight: The CSCA held its annual Canadian Retail Research Seminar in partnership with the International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC). The daylong event saw record attendance and included informative panels on Canada’s Retail Leasing and Investment Market, Trends in Business Intelligence, Digital Retail: From Traffic Counts to Tracking Consumers and the Future of Mixed-Use Retail.

Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies (CVSS)Director: Dr. Agnes Meinhard

2014/15 Highlight: In June 2014, CVSS, funded by the Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies, partnered with the Centre for the Study of Philanthropy in Israel, to organize a workshop in Jerusalem for Israeli and Canadian scholars,

investigating the role of cross-sector partnerships in strengthening civil society in Canada and Israel.

Diversity InstituteDirector: Dr. Wendy Cukier

2014/15 Highlight: The Diversity Institute’s flagship project, DiversityLeads, is a five-year Community University Research Alliance (CURA) Project that aims to measure the representation of women and visible minorities in senior leadership positions in the Greater Toronto and Montreal Areas. The project successfully completed the data collection phase in 2015. The Institute published results that showed significant differences in the representation of women and racialized minorities between sectors (private, government, elected, non-profit, education, agencies boards and commissions) as well as within sectors.

Entrepreneurship Research Institute (ERI)Director: Dr. Dave Valliere

2014/15 Highlight: The ERI led an eight-country investigation of the influence that different cultures have on who decides to become an entrepreneur and how society helps or impedes them.

Global Diversity Exchange (GDX)Director: Ratna Omidvar

2014/15 Highlight: The 2015 GDX Annual Lecture on May 5th, 2015, featured keynote speaker Pico Iyer, who spoke about “Our New Migrant Reality.” The lecture was a tremendously successful and well-attended event.

Inclusive Media and Design Centre (IMDC)Director: Dr. Deborah Fels

2014/15 Highlight: Ellen Hibbard, a member of the IMDC lab, was Ryerson’s first Deaf PhD graduate to deliver her defence entirely in American Sign Language (ASL)! She graduated with a PhD in communication and culture this fall with her dissertation titled “Impact of Vlogging on Deaf Culture, Communication, and Identity” prepared using both ASL video and English text.

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Institute for Innovation and Technology Management (IITM)Director: Dr. Ojelanki Ngwenyama

2014/15 Highlight: The IITM was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Development Grant in support of IITM’S premier project Accelerating Digital Technology Adoption in Canadian Companies (Adopt-IT), which aims to better understand the barriers to technology adoption in order to overcome these obstacles by developing methods that utilize emerging technologies creatively in various Canadian businesses.

Institute for the Study of Corporate Social ResponsibilityDirector: Dr. Kernaghan Webb

2014/15 Highlight: The CSR Institute co-hosted both the International Symposium on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development from June 7–11, 2015, and the International Conference “Where to from Here: A Canadian Strategy for the UN Principles on Business and Human Rights” on May 8th, 2014.

Pension Innovation & Research Centre (PIRC)Directors: Stephanie Woodward, Executive Director, Dr. Allen Goss, Academic Director

2014/15 Highlight: The PIRC held Pensions 2035, an event that brought together industry thought leaders to discuss trends and the future of pension plan design.

Privacy and Cyber Crime Institute (PCCI)Director: Dr. Avner Levin

2014/15 Highlight: Dr. Avner Levin testified in front of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology about the implications of Bill S-4, the Digital Privacy Act.

Social Media LabDirector: Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd

2014/15 Highlight: 2015 was a momentous year for the TRSM Social Media Lab. The Lab officially launched in September 2015, offering Ryerson researchers and students access to a state-of-the-art facility and cutting-edge data analytics tools for social media research. In 2015, the Lab also organized a successful three-day International Conference on Social Media and Society at Ryerson, which featured research by over 400 scholars from 22 different countries.

Ted Rogers Institute for Hospitality and Tourism ResearchDirector: Dr. Rachel Dodds

2014/15 Highlight: In May 2015, the Institute hosted a panel discussion on visiting friends and relatives (VFR) tourism entitled “Hosts and Guests: Engaging Residents and Their Visitors in Tourism” that resulted in the Institute entering into an agreement with Tourism Toronto and the City of Toronto to collaborate on VFR research.

Ted Rogers Leadership Centre (TRLC)Director: Dr. Chris MacDonald

2014/15 Highlight: In the fall of 2014, the TRLC commissioned Canada’s first-ever national survey of Public Perceptions of the Ethics of Canada’s Political Leadership, a survey that was partially replicated in fall of 2015 and which produced some striking results.

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TRSM Research Extends Global Reach to Hong Kong

Research at the Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) has extended its global reach by partnering with the Faculty of Business at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (FB PolyU). The TRSM–FB PolyU Joint Research Grant Program was initiated in February 2014 to facilitate and promote collaborative research projects between the two universities and create opportunities for teaching and student exchanges.

The collaborative research projects between faculty members at TRSM and FB PolyU aim to advance internationalization and further scholarship in business and management. Three seed grants were awarded to assist in launching joint research projects and one project grant was awarded to support a larger scale, well-developed research project.

In January 2016, a mini-conference was held at FB PolyU in Hong Kong to showcase the results and relationships developed via the Joint Research Program.

Joint Research ProjectsBuilding Intermodal Capability in the Shipping Industry: An Organizational Ambidexterity PerspectiveDespite being perceived as an old, seemingly mature and stable industry, the shipping industry has constantly been under turbulence. To survive and respond to the ups and downs of economic cycles, shipping firms have made numerous revolutionary changes such as divestiture/upscaling, efficiency/flexibility, and oscillating between long-/short-term strategic renewals. This project extends the strategic ambidexterity perspective to explain this phenomenon and demonstrates how emerging market firms, and new digital based industries, may learn some lessons from an industry that has survived generations and turbulent times.

Principal Investigators: Dr. Mary Han (Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship & Strategy, TRSM) and Dr. Mike Lai (Associate Professor, Logistics and Maritime Studies, FB PolyU)

Co-Investigators: Dr. Venus Lun (Associate Head, Logistics and Maritime Studies, FB PolyU) and Prof. Edwin Cheng (Logistics and Maritime Studies, FB PolyU)

Renewable Energy, Emission Trading and Capital Asset Pricing In November 2014, Canada and China announced several economic cooperation plans, including two strategic economic development agreements involving the energy industry. Both sides agreed to study new approaches to

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enhance energy trade and they also signed an expanded Memorandum of Understanding on Nuclear Cooperation. The Renewable Energy, Emission Trading and Capital Asset Pricing project aims to develop analytical models and provide empirical results to assist policymakers and government contractors in negotiating and advancing the aforementioned agreements. The analytical models have the potential to inform decision-making with respect to optimal investment timing and demand forecasting.

Principal Investigators: Dr. Yuanshun Li (Associate Professor, Finance, TRSM) and Dr. Mike King‐fai Fung (Associate Professor, Accounting & Finance, FB PolyU)

Co-Investigator: Dr. KC Kenneth Chu (Postdoctoral Fellow, Accounting & Finance, FB PolyU)

CSR and the Law: A Comparative Case Study of Canada and Hong KongWhat are the similarities and differences in terms of how the law is used to address CSR issues in Canada and Hong Kong? Are there similarities and differences in terms of the role of governments, the private sector and civil society in addressing CSR issues? If so, in what ways? Are there gaps? Are there particular law/CSR challenges in the two jurisdictions? The major research objective of the project is to better understand the interplay of CSR and the law in Canada and Hong Kong. Ultimately, the objective is to contribute to a better understanding of different styles and approach to CSR and the law in the two jurisdictions, with a view to understanding upcoming trends of relevance and making

recommendations for reform, and examining the broader regional CSR and law variations.

Principal Investigators: Dr. Kernaghan Webb (Associate Professor, Law, TRSM) and Dr. Haitian Lu (Associate Professor, Law, FB-PolyU)

Collective Use of Social Media, Group Dynamics and Group Performance: A Cross-Culture Longitudinal InvestigationGiven the proliferation of social media and its penetration into the workplace, this research project aims to investigate the impacts of the collective use of social media features on group dynamics that in turn impact group outcomes. In particular, the moderating roles of temporal and cultural contexts (i.e., the group developmental stage and Western vs. Eastern culture) in influencing the impacts described above are examined. A theoretical model of the impacts of the collective use of social media on group dynamics and outcomes will be developed and then tested using a cross-cultural longitudinal dataset. A social media platform will then be utilized to track and examine the role of social media in group development. Project outputs will have implications for both academia and practitioners, allowing for a better understanding of group development and outcomes enabled by social media in different contexts.

Principal Investigators: Dr. Linying Dong (Associate Professor, Information Technology Management, TRSM) and Dr. Xin Xu (Associate Professor, Management & Marketing, FB PolyU)

Investigating the Business Effects of Sustainable ChoicesWith the causes and effects of climate change continuing to be a growing concern for businesses in all industries, many companies are now using carbon emission trading to ensure their operations align with a newfound focus on sustainability. Dr. Yuanshun Li’s research explores what effects this carbon emission trading has on participating companies. What are the implications for the stock returns of companies that make strategic decisions with an environmental focus? How does the enactment of environmentally driven constituency statutes affect

business decisions and stock returns? What are the impacts on the companies’ choices between traditional energy and sustainable energy?

As one of four Principal Investigators engaged in the Ted Rogers School of Management’s Joint Research Grant Project with the Faculty of Business at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (FB PolyU), Dr. Li is excited about the international collaboration’s successes and potential. He says the partnership has already resulted in access to more extensive information, including proprietary hand-collected carbon emission trading data, which allows investigators to perform cross-disciplinary research and do a more complex analysis on carbon emission trading, its impact on stock market performance and the strategic decision of choosing different types of energy.

For Dr. Li, his research is closely related to TRSM’s goal of expanding community engagement and city building, for students and faculty. “Our academic plan indicates that our institution wants to engage in city building and subscribe to higher business ethics. It’s quite interesting for us, and for many industries, to understand the impact (cost and benefit analysis) of being environmentally friendly, either by trading carbon emissions or switching to sustainable energy.”

Dr. Yuanshun LiAssociate Professor, School of Accounting and Finance, Ted Rogers School of Management

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Research AccomplishmentsJOURNAL ARTICLESLangille, B. & Alon-Shenker, P. (2015). Law Firm Partners and the Scope of Labour Law. Canadian Journal of Human Rights, 2(4), 211-235.

Ariaeinejad, R. & Archer, N. (2014). Importance of Mobile Technology in Successful Adoption and Sustainability of a Chronic Disease Support System. International Journal of Social, Human Science and Engineering, 4(8), 903-908.

Nicholson, B., Babin, R., & Briggs, S. (2015). Exploring the Effects of Liminality on Corporate Social Responsibility in Inter-firm Outsourcing Relationships. Journal of Information Technology, doi:10.1057/jit.2015.24.

Banerjee, R. & Lee, B.Y. (2015). Decreasing the Recent Immigrant Earnings Gap: The Impact of Canadian Credential Attainment. International Migration, 53(2), 205-218.

Phan, M.B., Banerjee, R., Deacon, L., & Taraky, H. (2015). Family Dynamics and the Integration of Professional Immigrants in Canada. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41(13), 2061-2080.

Reitz, J.G., Phan, M., & Banerjee, R. (2015). Gender Equity in Canada’s Newly Growing Religious Minorities. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(5), 681-699.

Tungohan, E., Banerjee, R., Cleto, P., De Leon, C., Garcia, M., Kelly, P., Luciano, M., Palmaria, C., & Sorio, C. (2015). Impediments to Belonging: Economic Precariousness During and After the Live-in Caregiver Program. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 47(1), 87-105.

Bartkiw, T.J. (2015). Regulatory Differentials and Triangular Employment Growth in the U.S. and Canada. Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, 19(1).

Bartkiw, T.J. (2014). Labour Law and Triangular Employment Growth: A Theory of Regulatory Differentials. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 30(4), 413-434.

O’Reilly, N., Berger, I. E., Hernandez, T., Parent, M., & Seguin, B. (2015). Urban Sportscapes: An Environmental Deterministic Perspective on the Management of Youth Sport. Sport Management Review, 18(2), 291-307.

Bertolini, D. (2015). Taking the Costs of Consent Seriously: An Alternative Understanding of Efficiency as a Legal Concern. The Journal Jurisprudence, 28, 375-430.

Bertolini D. (2015). The Theory of Law ‘As Claim’ and the Inquiry Into the Sources of Law: Bruno Leoni In Prospect. Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, 24(3), 561-606.

Chan, A. (2015). Accounting Regulation Research and Structuration Theory. Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, 11(3), 131-137. de Lange, D. (2015). Reverse Innovation Networks: Connecting Emerging Economies to the Developed World. Journal of Business & Management, 4(3), 1-15.

de Lange, D., Armanios, D., Delgado-Ceballos, J., & Sandhu, S. (2015). From Foe to Friend: Complex Mutual Adaptation of MNCs and International Civil Society Organizations. Business & Society, 19, doi:10.1177/0007650314568537.

Potvin, C., de Lange, D., Kemper, A. et al. (2015). An Excerpt from Acting on Climate Change: Solutions by Canadian Scholars. Journal of Environmental Investing, 6(1), 97-103.

Derbal, Y. (2014). Experimental Profile Modeling of Metabolism. International Journal of Computational Bioscience, 1(4), doi:10.2316/J.2014.210-1072.

Dimanche, F. (2014). Performance Measurement and Management in Tourism – An Introduction. Tourism Analysis, 19(4), 397-399.

Dimanche, F., Prayag, G., & Keup, M. (2014, December). Le Service Design dans le Tourisme: Une Approche Ethnographique Mobile [Service Design in Tourism: A Mobile Ethnographic Approach]. Mondes du Tourisme Hors-Série [Special Issue], 32-42.

Neville, R., Gorman, C., Flanagan, S., & Dimanche, F. (2015). Negotiating Fitness: From Consumption to Virtuous Production. Sociology of Sports Journal, 32(3), 284-311.

Roe, P., Dimanche, F., & Hrymak, V. (2014). Environmental Sustainability at Tourism and Recreation Areas: A Risk Assessment-Based Model. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 22(2), 319-338.

Aall, C., Dodds, R., Sælensminde, I., & Brendehaug, B. (2015). Introducing the Concept of Environmental Policy Integration Into the Discourse on Sustainable Tourism: A Way to Improve Policymaking? Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 23(7), 977–989.

Farrar, J. (2015). An Empirical Analysis of Taxpayers’ Fairness Preferences from Canada’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Journal of Accounting and Taxation, 7(5), 71-79.

Farrar, J., Libby, T., & Thorne, L. (2015). Groupcentric Budget Goals, Budget-Based Incentive Contracts, and Additive Group Tasks. Review of Accounting and Finance, 14(2), 189-206.

Branje, C.J., Nespoli, G., Russo, F., & Fels, D.I. (2014). The Effect of Vibrotactile Stimulation on the Emotional Response to Horror Films. ACM Computers and Entertainment, 11(1), 5-18.

Hibbard, E. & Fels, D.I. (2014). Answering a PhD Qualifying Exam in ASL: One Person’s Experience. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 28(3), 23-35.

Seaborn, K. & Fels, D.I. (2014). Gamification in Theory and Action: A Survey. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 74, 14-31.

Feng, Y., Debarshi, N., & Tian, Y. (2015). Executive Compensation and the Corporate Spin-Off Decision. Journal of Economics and Business, 77, 94-117.

Feng, Y. & Kwan, C.C.Y. (2015). Interest Rate Conversion. Spreadsheets in Education, 8(1), 1-26.

Foster, M.K. & Michon, R. (2014). Insights into Motivation to Participate in Online Surveys. MIS Review, 20(1), 1-30.

Gandomi, A. & Haider, M. (2015). Beyond the Hype: Big Data Concepts, Methods, and Analytics. International Journal of Information Management, 35(2), 137-144.

Gedeon, S.A. (2015). How to Measure and Build Intra- and Inter-Organizational Trust. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 14(1), 122-142.

Gibbs, C., Macdonald, F., & MacKay, K. (2015). Social Media Usage in Hotel Human Resources: Recruitment, Hiring and Communications. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 27(2), 170-184.

Graben, S. (2014). Lessons for Indigenous Land Reform: From Membership to Ownership on Nisga’a Lands. University of British Columbia Law Review, 47(2), 399-442.

Graben, S. & Harrison, P. (2015). Arctic Networks and Legal Interpretations of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. Leiden Journal of International Law, 28(4), 771-797.

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Graben, S. & Sinclair, A. (2015). Tribunal Administration and the Duty to Consult: A Study of the National Energy Board. University of Toronto Law Journal, 65(4), doi:10.3138/ UTLJ.2817.

Griffin, T. (2014). A Paradigmatic Discussion for the Study of Immigrant Hosts. Current Issues in Tourism, 17(6), 487-498.

Gruzd, A. & Roy, J. (2014). Investigating Political Polarization on Twitter: A Canadian Perspective. Policy & Internet, 6(1), 28-45.

Gruzd, A. & Tsyganova, K. (2015). Information Wars and Online Activism During The 2013/2014 Crisis in Ukraine: Examining the Social Structures of Pro- and Anti-Maidan Groups. Policy & Internet, 7(2), 121-158.

White, B., Castleden, H., & Gruzd, A. (2015). Talking to Twitter Users: Motivations Behind Twitter Use on the Alberta Oil Sands and the Northern Gateway Pipeline. First Monday, 20(1), doi:10.5210/fm.v20i1.5404.

Wilson, L. & Gruzd, A. (2014). MOOCs – International Information and Education Phenomenon? Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 40(5), 35-40.

Mahmood, S., Shahbaz, M., & Guergachi, A. (2014). Negative and Positive Association Rules Mining from Text Using Frequent and Infrequent Itemsets. The Scientific World Journal, Article ID 973750, doi:/10.1155/2014/973750.

Park, J.K., Chung, T., Gunn, F., & Rutherford, B. (2015). The Role of Listening in e-Contact Center Customer Relationship Management. Journal of Services Marketing, 29(1), 49-58.

Park, J.K., Gunn, F., Lee, Y.H., Shim, S., & Lee, S. (2015). Consumer Acceptance of a Revolutionary Technology-driven Product: The Role of Adoption in the Industrial Design Development. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 26, 115-124.

Vaz, E., Cusimano, M., & Hernandez, T. (2015). Land Use and Health Perception: A Spatial Analysis of Land Use Phenotypes. Land Use Policy, 46, 232-240.

Martin, R. & Kemper, A. (2015, December). The Overvaluation Trap. Harvard Business Review.

Lamb, D. (2015). The Economic Impact of the Great Recession on Aboriginal People Living Off Reserve in Canada. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, 70(3), 457-485.

Lan, G. (2015). Benefit Corporations: A Persisting and Heightened Conflict for Directors. Journal of Law, Business and Ethics, 21, 113-117.

Bhardwaj, A., Qureshi, I., Konrad, A., & Lee, S.H.M. (2015). A Two-Wave Study of Self-Monitoring Personality, Social Network Churn, and In-Degree Centrality in Close Friendship and General Socializing Networks. Group & Organization Management, doi:10.1177/1059601115608027.

Hoffman, K.D. & Lee, S.H.M. (2015). A CIT Investigation of Disruptive Faculty Behaviors: The Students’ Perspective. Marketing Education Review, 25(2), 129-139.

Hoffman, K.D. & Lee, S.H.M. (2014). A CIT Investigation of Disruptive Student Behaviors: The Students’ Perspective. Marketing Education Review, 24(2), 115-126.

Lee, S.H.M. (2014). The Role of Consumers’ Network Position on Information-Seeking Behavior of Experts and Novices: A Power Perspective. Journal of Business Research, 67(1), 2853-2859.

Lee, S.H.M. & Hoffman, K.D. (2015). Learning the ShamWOW: Using Infomercials to Teach the AIDA Model. Marketing Education Review, 25(1), 9-14.

Lee, S.H.M. & Hoffman, K.D. (2014). The Iron Inventor: Utilizing Creative Problem Solving to Spur Student Creativity. Marketing Education Review, 24(1), 69-74.

Lee, S.H.M., Leizerovici, G., & Zhang, S. (2015). The Satisfaction and Stress of Being a Market Maven: A Social Networks Perspective. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 14(5), 325-334.

Lee, S.H.M. & Luster, S. (2015). The Social Network Implications of Prestigious Goods among Young Adults: Evaluating the Self vs. Others. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 32(3), 199-208.

Lee, S.H.M., Qureshi, I., Konrad, A., & Bhardwaj, A. (2014). Proactive Personality Heterophily and the Moderating Role of Proactive Personality on Network Centrality and Psychological Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Business & Psychology, 29(3), 381-395.

Lee, S.H.M., Rotman, J.D., & Perkins, A.W. (2014). Embodied Cognition and Social Consumption: Self-Regulating Temperature through Social Products and Behaviors. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 24(2), 234-240.

Xiao, N. & Lee, S.H.M. (2014). The Role of Brand Identity Fit, C-B Identification, and Coping on Co-Branding Decisions. European Journal of Marketing, 48(7/8), 1239-1254.

Lin, X. & Guan, J. (2015). Determinants of Influence Strategies in International Strategic Alliances. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 9(3), 273-288.

Malhotra, S., Lin, X., & Farrell, C. (2015). Cross-national Uncertainty and Level of Control in Cross-Border Acquisitions: A Comparison of Latin American and U.S. Multinationals. Journal of Business Research, doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.145.

Malhotra, S., Zhu, P., & Reus, T. (2015). Anchoring on the Acquisition Premium Decisions of Others. Strategic Management Journal, 36(12), 1866-1876.

McNeish, J. (2015). Consumer Trust and Distrust: Retaining Paper Bills in Online Banking. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 33(1), 5-22.

McNeish, J., Foster, M., Francescucci, A., & West, B. (2014). Exploring e-Book Adopters’ Resistance to Giving Up Paper. The International Journal of the Book, 11(4), 23-35.

McNeish, J. & Hazra, U. (2014). Interpreting Simultaneous Use of an Existing Technology and its Replacement Innovation. International Journal of Technology Marketing, 9(4), 376-391.

Meyer, J. & Paré, G. (2015). Impacts of a Large and Decentralized Telepathology Network in Canada. Telemedicine and e-Health, 139(12), 1550-1557.

Meyer, J. & Paré, G. (2015). Telepathology Impacts and Implementation Challenges: A Scoping Review. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 139(12), 1550-7.

Têtu, B., Paré, G., Trudel, M.C., Meyer, J., Gould, P., Saikali, P., Orain, M., Nadeau, L., & Nguyen, B. (2014). Whole-Slide Imaging-Based Telepathology in Geographically Dispersed Healthcare Networks: The Eastern Québec Telepathology Project. Diagnostic Histopathology, 20(12), 462–469.

Têtu, B., Perron, É., Louahlia, S., Paré, G., Trudel, M.C., & Meyer, J. (2014). The Eastern Québec Telepathology Network: A Three-Year Experience of Clinical Diagnostic Services. Diagnostic Pathology, (9:Suppl 1), S1.

Chebat, J.-C., Michon, R., Haj-Salem N., & Oliveira, S. (2014). The Effects of Mall Renovation on Shopping Values, Satisfaction and Spending Behaviour. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 21(4), 610-618.

Haj-Salem, N., Chebat, J.-C., Michon, R., & Oliveira, S. (2015). Why Male and Female Shoppers Do Not See Mall Loyalty through the Same Lens? The Mediating Role of Self-congruity. Journal of Business Research, 69(3), 1219-1227.

Michon, R., Chebat, J.-C., Yu, H., & Lemarié, L. (2015). Fashion Orientation, Shopping Mall Environment, and Patronage Intentions: A Study of Female Fashion Shoppers. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 19(1), 3-21.

Allen, M., Park, S., Middleton, C., & Thompson, P. (2014). Broadband Futures: Content, Connectivity and Control. Media International Australia, 151, 113-116.

Middleton. C., Scheepers, R., & Tuunainen, V. K. (2014). When Mobile is the Norm: Researching Mobile Information Systems and Mobility as Post-Adoption Phenomena. European Journal of Information Systems, 23(5), 503-512.

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Rajabiun, R. & Middleton, C. (2015). Lemons on the Edge of the Internet: The Importance of Transparency for Broadband Network Quality. Communications & Strategies, 98, 119-136.

Rajabiun, R. & Middleton, C. (2015). Public Interest in the Regulation of Competition: Evidence from Wholesale Internet Access Consultations in Canada. Journal of Information Policy, 5, 32-66.

Rajabiun, R. & Middleton, C. (2014). Regulation, Investment and Efficiency in the Transition to Next Generation Broadband Networks: Evidence from the European Union. Telematics & Informatics, 32(2), 230-244.

Morgan, H.M. & Ngwenyama, O. (2015). Real Options, Learning Cost and Timing Software Upgrades: Towards an Integrative Model for Enterprise Software Upgrade Decision Analysis. International Journal of Production Economics, 168, 211-223. McIntyre, M., Murphy, S.A., & Tetrault-Sirsly, C.A. (2015). Do Firms Seek Social License to Operate When Stakeholders are Poor? Evidence from Africa. Corporate Governance, 15(3), 306-314.

Murphy, S.A., Hine, M.J., & Kiffin-Petersen, S. (2014). The Role of Motivational Systems and Emotions in Virtual Work. Communications of the IIMA, 14(3), Article 6.

Nickerson, D. & Husted, T. (2014). Political Economy of Presidential Disaster Declarations and Federal Disaster Assistance. Public Finance Review, 42(1), 35-57.

Nippak, P., Isaac, W.W., Geertsen, A., & Ikeda-Douglas, C.J. (2015). Family Attitudes Toward a Personal Health Record (PHR) in a Long Term Care Facility. Journal of Hospital Administration, 4(3), 9-19.

Nippak, P., Pritchard, J., Horodyski, R., Ikeda-Douglas, C.J., & Isaac, W.W. (2014). Evaluation of a Regional ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Program at The Rouge Valley Health System. BMC Health Services Research, 14, 449-553.

Nippak, P., Veracion, J., Muia, M., Ikeda-Douglas, C.J., & Isaac, W.W. (2014). Designing and Evaluating a Balanced Scorecard for a Health Information Management Department in a Canadian Urban Non-Teaching Hospital. Health Informatics Journal, 20(2), 87-95.

Zebala, W. & Plaza, M. (2014). Comparative Study of 3- and 5-axis CNC Centers for Free-Form Machining of Difficult-to-cut Material. International Journal of Production Economics, 158, 345-358.

Baskaran, V., Prescod, F., & Dong, L. (2015). A Smart Phone-Based Cloud Computing Tool for Managing Type I Diabetes for Ontarians. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 39(3), 200-203.

Mashayekhi, M., Prescod, F., Shah, B., Dong, L., Keshavjee, K., & Guergachi, A. (2014). Evaluating the Performance of the Framingham Diabetes Risk Scoring Model in Canadian Electronic Medical Records. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 39(2), 152-156.

Iglesias, O. & Saleem, F.Z. (2015). How to Support Consumer-Brand Relationship: The Role of Corporate Culture and Human Resource Policies and Practices. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 3(2), 216-234.

Schneider, T. & Na, S. (2014). The Use Of ‘Lucky’ Numbers in Chinese A-Share Initial Public Offerings. International Research Journal of Applied Finance, 5(7), 927-958.

Devaney, S. & Scofield, D. (2015). Liquidity and the Drivers of Search, Due Diligence and Transaction Times for UK Commercial Real Estate Investments. Journal of Property Research, 32(4), 362-383.

Gentry, R. & Shirazi, F. (2015). A Knowledge Management Analysis of an In-House Manual Software Testing. International Journal of Computer Application, 5(1), 13-37.

Smith, D., Hair, J.F., & Ferguson, K. (2014). An Investigation of the Effect of Family Influence on Commitment-Trust in Retailer-Vendor Strategic Partnerships. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 5(3), 252-263.

Cadsby, C.B., Dub, N., Song, F., & Yao, L. (2015). Promise Keeping, Relational Closeness, and Identifiability: An Experimental Investigation in China. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 57, 120-133.

Song, F. & Zhong, C. (2015). You Scratch His Back, He Scratches Mine, and I’ll Scratch Yours: Moral Hazard in Direct and Indirect Reciprocal Agency. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 112, 98-111.

Sui, S., Morgan, H.M., & Baum, M. (2015). Internationalization of Immigrant-Owned SMEs: The Role of Language. Journal of World Business, 50(4), 804-814. Arpaci, I., Cetin, Y., & Turetken, O. (2015). A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Smartphone Adoption by Canadian and Turkish Organizations. Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 18(3), 214-238.

Arpaci, I., Cetin, Y., & Turetken, O. (2015). The Impact of Perceived Security on Organizational Adoption of Smartphones. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18(10), 602-608.

Valliere, D. (2015). The Comparative State of Entrepreneurial Intent in Cameroon. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 7(3), 241-255.

Valliere, D. (2015). Entrepreneurial Sensegiving and the Attention Contract. International Entrepreneurial Management Journal, 11(1), 77-94.

Valliere, D. & Gedeon, S.A. (2014). Entrepreneurial Desirability and Intent Among Youth in Bhutan. Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 8(1), 65-78.

Valliere, D., Gedeon, S., & Wise, S. (2014). A Comprehensive Framework for Entrepreneurship Education. Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, 26(1), 89-120.

Hiep, V., Nguyen, H.V., Law, Y.L., Alavy, M., Walsh, P., Leong, W.H., & Dworkin, S.B. (2014). An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Hybrid Ground-Source Heat Pump Installation Potential in North America. Applied Energy, 125, 28-38.

Jami, A.A.N. & Walsh, P. (2014). The Role of Public Participation in Identifying Stakeholder Synergies in Wind Power Project Development: The Case Study of Ontario, Canada. Renewable Energy, 68, 194-202.

Walsh, P. (2014). A License to Operate? An Empirical Examination of the Influence of Environmental and Social Performance on the Financial Performance of Mining Sector Firms. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 8(2), 190-206.

Helms, W. & Webb, K. (2014). Perceived Voluntary Code Legitimacy: Towards ATheoretical Framework and Research Agenda. Journal of Management & Organization, 20, 287-312.

Webb, K. (2015). ISO 26000 Social Responsibility Standard as ‘Proto Law’ and a New Form of Global Custom: Positioning ISO 26000 in the Emerging Transnational Regulatory Governance Rule Instrument Architecture. Transnational Legal Theory Journal, 6(2), 1-35.

West, B., Foster, M., Levin, A., Edmison, J., & Robibero, D. (2014). Cyberbullying at Work: In Search of Effective Guidance. Laws, 3(3), 598-617.

West, B., Hillenbrand, C., & Money, K. (2015). Building Employee Relationships through CSR: The Moderating Role of Social Cynicism and Reward for Application. Group & Organization Management, 40(3), 295-322.

West, B., Moore, H., & Barry, B. (2015). Beyond the Tweet: Using Twitter to Enhance Engagement, Learning and Success among First-year Students. Journal of Marketing Education, 37(3), 160-170.

Wise, S. (2014). Can a Team Have Too Much Cohesion? The Dark Side to Network Density. European Management Journal, 32(5), 703-711.

Wise, S. & Crothers, M. (2014). Debbie Travis, Reigning Queen of Renovations: An Entrepreneurial Case Study on Finding Your Hedgehog. The Journal of Business Case Studies, 10(4), 363-370.

Wise, S. & Valliere, D. (2014). The Impact on Management Experience on the Performance of Startups within Accelerators. Journal of Private Equity, 18(1), 1-11.

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Yao, Y. H., Jamal, M., & Demerouti, E. (2015). Relationship of Challenge and Hindrance Stressors with Burnout and its Three Dimensions. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 14, 203-212.

Yu, H., Tullio-Pow, S., & Akhtar, A. (2015). Retail Design and the Visually Impaired: A Needs Assessment. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 24, 121-129.

Zolfagharinia, H., Hafezi, M., Zanjirani Farahani, R., & Fahimnia, B. (2014). A Hybrid Two-Stock Inventory Control Model for a Reverse Supply Chain. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 67, 141-161.

Zolfagharinia, H. & Haughton, M. (2014). The Benefit of Advance Load Information for Truckload Carriers. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 70, 34-54.

EXTERNAL GRANTSBabin, R. (PI). Mitacs Accelerate & International Data Corporation Ltd., “Evaluation Framework for Cloud Computing,” $15,000.

Babin, R. (PI). Hydro One, “CSR in Outsourcing,” $15,000.

Babin, R. (PI). Ontario Centres of Excellence & International Data Corporation Ltd., “Practical Uses of the Internet of Things & Assessing the Impact of Offshore Outsourcing In Canada,” $45,000.

Babin, R. (PI). International Data Corporation, “Vendor and Sourcing Management,” $20,000 (USD).

Bradish, C. (PI). Mitacs Elevate, “Management Strategy in the Digital Age: Exploring the Implications of Digital Media on Sport Marketing,” $20,000.

Bradish, C. (PI). Mitacs Accelerate & Rogers Communications Inc., “Rogers ‘Innovation Pitch,’” $31,463.36.

Cukier, W. (PI), Banerjee, R. (Co-I), & Omidvar, R. (Co-I). Region of Peel, “Academic Research and Study of Social Mobility in Peel,” $164,450.

Cukier, W. (PI). Ontario Government: Youth Skills Connections-Industry, “Advanced Digital and Professional Training (ADaPT) and Internship for Social Sciences and Humanities Graduates,” $1,500,000.

Cukier, W. (PI). Accenture Inc., “ADaPT-Enterprise Program,” $25,000.

Cukier, W. (PI). Mitacs Accelerate & Brightlane, “Brightlane: Feasibility Study of Co-Working Space,” $15,000.

Cukier, W. (PI), Evans, E. (Co-I), Middleton, C. (Co-I), Ngwenyama, O. (Co-I), & Shaw, N. (Co-I). Rogers Communications Inc., “Connected Workplace - A Study in the Adoption of Mobile Technology and Internet of Things,” $80,000.

Cukier, W. (PI). Mitacs Accelerate & Rogers Communications Inc., “Connected Workplace Project: Factors Affecting the Uptake of Wireless Technology in Canadian Business,” $15,000. Cukier, W. (PI). Maytree Foundation, “Global Diversity Exchange - Inclusion of Immigrants and Racialized Minorities, in Toronto and Worldwide,” $1,860,143.

Cukier, W. (PI). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Knowledge Synthesis Grant, “Soft Skills are Hard: The Skills Gap and the Importance of Soft Skills,” $24,868.

Cukier, W. (PI). Trico Charitable Foundation Social EnterPrize Award, “Evaluation of a Social Organization,” $10,000.

Cobigo, V. (Co-PI), Jutai, J. (Co-PI), Cukier, W. (Co-I), et al. Age-Well Network of Centres of Excellence, “PRIV-SENSE: Privacy, Security, and Ethics of the Use of Emerging Technologies: Development and Validation of a Framework for Research and Policy,” $140,500.

Dodds, R. (PI). Ministry of the Environment, Ontario, “Increasing Consumer Awareness at Festivals: Bike Powered Cellular Phone Charge Stations,” $5,000.

Dodds, R. (PI). Ministry of the Environment, Ontario, “Determining the Visitor Spend and Preferences of Visitors to Lake Simcoe Watershed,” $17,144.

Dodds, R. (PI). Ministry of the Environment, Ontario, “Developing a Sustainability Toolkit for Greening Events,” $67,743.

Dong, L. (PI). Ontario Centres of Excellence & International Data Corporation, “3D Printing in Canada,” $15,000.

Farrar, J. (PI). University of Waterloo Centre for Accounting Ethics, $10,000.

Fels, D. (PI). Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network of Centres of Excellence - Health Technology Innovation Grant, “Development of Tecla Shield 3 Interface for Frail Elderly Users,” $20,000.

Fels, D. (PI). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Discovery Grant, “Inclusive Media and Design,” $140,000.

Fels, D. (PI). Google Inc., “Research Day,” $2,500.

Fels, D. (Co-PI), Middleton, C. (Co-I), et al. Hospital for Sick Children, “Taking SickKids Mobile Initiative,” $18,000.

Astell, A. (Co-I) & Fels, D. (Co-I). Age-Well Network of Centres of Excellence, “Tools for User Needs Gathering to Support Technology Engagement,” $50,750.

Quigley, K. (PI), Gruzd, A. (Co-I), et al. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Insight Grant, “Adapting to Vulnerabilities in the Transportation System’s Critical Infrastructure,” $144,000.

MacDonald, B. (PI), Gruzd, A. (Co-I), et al. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Insight Grant, “Elucidating Information Use at the Science-Policy Interface in Marine Environmental Decision-Making,” $371,575.

Grant, K. (PI) & Noor, P. (Co-I). Mitacs Accelerate & Tulkita Technologies Inc., “Identifying Areas of Assessment for Strategic Asset Development Tool,” $15,000.

Gruzd, A. (PI) & Milios, E. (Co-I). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Digging into Data Challenge, “Sharing Biodiversity Heritage through Social Media,” $250,000.

Guergachi, A. (PI). Mitacs Accelerate & Bombardier Aerospace, “Designing New Business Models to Transform Bombardier’s Customer Services & Support Department Into a Profit Centre,” $80,000.

Guergachi, A. (PI). AUT021 Inc. Network of Centres of Excellence - Connect Canada & Toronto Hydro Ltd., “Optimization of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations’ Network in Toronto City,” $10,000.

Gunn, F. Open University Business School International Fellowship, $6,700.

Levin, A. (PI). World Vision International, “Know Your Customer Standards and Beneficiary Identity Management,” $17,000.

Li, Y. (Co-PI) & Yuan, A. (Co-PI). PPP Canada, “Understanding the Residual Value Risks in Public-Private Partnerships,” $83,020.

Middleton, C. (PI). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Insight Grant, “Digital Canada: Understanding Canadians’ Infrastructure and Literacy Needs for Engagement in Digital Society,” $210,139.

Ngwenyama, O. (PI). Mitacs Accelerate & Rogers Communications Inc., “Connected Workplace Project: Private Industry,” $15,000.

Ngwenyama, O.K., (PI). Mitacs Ontario Technology Innovation, “IT and the Transformation of Work in Canada,” $30,000.

Ngwenyama, O.K. (PI). National Research Foundation - South Africa, “Developing Dynamic Capabilities for ICT Services,” $550,000.

Omidvar, R. (PI). Barrow Cadbury Trust, “Global Diversity Exchange - Cities of Migration,” £14,000.

Omidvar, R. (PI). Bertelsmann Stiftung, “Global Diversity Exchange - Cities of Migration,” $46,275.

Omidvar, R. (PI). Maytree Foundation, “Global Diversity Exchange - DiverseCity on Board,” $294,336.

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Omidvar, R. (PI). J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, “Global Diversity Exchange - DiverseCity onBoard National Dissemination,” $275,000.

Omidvar, R. (PI). Maytree Foundation, “Global Diversity Exchange - DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project,” $130,000.

Omidvar, R. (PI). Royal Bank of Canada, “Global Diversity Exchange - First Annual Global Diversity Exchange Lecture,” $25,000.

Omidvar, R. (PI). Royal Bank of Canada, “Global Diversity Exchange - Hireimmigrants Website,” $116,000.

Omidvar, R. (PI). J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, “Global Diversity Exchange - hireimmigrants.ca,” $150,000.

Omidvar, R. (PI). Citizenship and Immigration Canada, “Global Diversity Exchange - Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Study to Scan Policy and Programs for Encouraging Immigrant Entrepreneurs,” $4,945.

Omidvar, R. (PI). The Toronto Dominion Bank, “Global Diversity Exchange - National Replication of DiverseCity onBoard,” $250,000.

Omidvar, R. (PI). The World Bank, “Global Diversity Exchange - Research on Labour Integration,” $7,720.

Rosenberg-Yunger, Z. (PI), Tiessen, J. (Co-I), et al. Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Operating Grant, “Development and Assessment of an Instrument for Evaluating Public and Patient Involvement in Resource Allocation Decisions,” $161,980.

Schneider, T. (PI) & Bewley, K. (Co-I). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Insight Development Grant, “Decoupling and Accountability in the Social-Housing Sector,” $17,604.

Schneider, T. (PI), Andreaus M. (Co-I), & Shirazi, F. (Co-I). Canadian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, “Inter-temporal and International Comparative Institutionalism - A Case Study on Hydro-Electric Dams in the Italian Alps and the Canadian Coastal Mountains,” $10,000.

Shaw, N. (PI). Mitacs Accelerate & Rogers Communications Inc., “The Connected Workplace: Public Sector,” $15,000.

Bitektine, A. (PI) & Song, F. (Co-I). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Insight Development Grant, “Bringing the Audience onto the Stage: Experimental Exploration of Social Judgments Formation at the Micro-Organizational Level,” $65,868.

Sui, S. (PI) & Morgan, H. (Co-I). Royal Bank of Canada Immigrant, Diversity & Inclusion Research Grant, “Internationalization of Immigrant-Owned SMEs: The Role of Language,” $3,000.

Tiessen, J. (PI). Japan Foundation, “Hosting 2014 Japan Studies Association of Canada Conference,” $20,000.

Valliere, D. (PI). Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, “Social Drivers of Entrepreneurial Intent,” $1,000.

Walsh, P. (PI). AUTO21 Inc. Network of Centres of Excellence - Connect Canada & Toronto Hydro Ltd., “Understanding the Potential Role of Energy Co-Operatives in Smart Energy Design,” $10,000.

Kerton, R. (PI), Webb, K. (Co-I), Berger, I. (CL), et al. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Partnership Development Grant, “Canadian Partnership on Public Policy-Oriented Consumer Interest Research,” $200,000.

Webb, K. (PI). Mitacs Accelerate & Public Inc., “Making the Extraordinary – Ordinary: What is Stopping Organizations from Unlocking the Power of ‘Good’ in Everything They Do,” $15,000.

Wise, S. (PI). Ontario Provincial Government – Content Grant, “Develop Ten Hours of Naked Entrepreneur Interviews,” $75,000.

Zolfagharinia, H. (PI) & Haughton, M. (Co-I). Ontario Centres of Excellence Research Award, “Optimizing Transportation Capacity Utilization,” $60,000.

AWARDS & HONOURSAria, R. Degroote Graduation Scholarship (PhD), McMaster University.

Babin, R. Member of the Year, International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.

Bates, K. & Kwok, C. Best Paper Award - Healthcare Division, 2015 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference.

de Lange, D. 2014 Best Reviewer Award - Organizations and the Natural Environment Division, 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

Dimanche, F. Admitted to Membership of the Academy as Fellow, International Academy for the Study of Tourism.

Dodds, R. Best Paper Award, 5th Advances in Hospitality & Tourism Marketing and Management Conference.

Dodds, R. Deans’ Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award, Ryerson University.

Fels, D. Collaborative Research Award, Ryerson University.

Gedeon, S. Named Docent of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Strascheg Center, Munich University of Applied Sciences.

Gedeon, S. Named Docent of Entrepreneurship at Fakultät Recht, Brunswick European Law School (BELS) – Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences.

Graben, S. Deans’ Scholarly Research and Creative Activity Award, Ryerson University. Griffin, T. Peter W. Williams (PhD) Award for the Advancement of Multi-Disciplinary Tourism Research, Travel and Tourism Research Association Canada.

Gruzd, A. Best Paper Award, 2014 The Internet, Policy & Politics Conference - University of Oxford.

Haider, M. Visiting Scholar - 2014/15, Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance - Munk School of Global Affairs - University of Toronto.

Lan, G. Hoeber Memorial Award for Outstanding Article, Academy of Legal Studies in Business & the American Business Law Journal.

Lee, S.H.M. Best Reviewer of the Year Award, Marketing Education Review.

Lee, S.H.M. Best Paper Award, Marketing Education Review.

MacKay, K. Best Paper Award, 45th Travel and Tourism Research Association International Conference.

Malhotra, S. Best Paper Proceedings, 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

Malhotra, S. Distinguished Paper Award, 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

Middleton, C. Named to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada.

Scofield, D. Highly Commended Paper Award, Emerald Publishing.

Sui, S. Best Reviewer Award - Strategic Management and International Business Area, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.

Sui, S. Best Paper Award - International Management Division, 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

Webb, K. Visiting Scholar - 2015/16, Massey College - University of Toronto. Zhang, L. Best PhD Student Paper Award, Midwest Finance Association.

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