Janet Boekhorst

Janet Boekhorst, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Conrad Research Excellence Chair at the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business. Janet received her PhD from York University and her Master of Industrial Relations from Queen's University.

• Leader and employee well-being
• Employee inclusion and diversity
• Star performers
• Workplace fun

• 2020 European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, Best Poster presentation Award
• 2018 Dean’s Recognition for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo
• 2015 Best PhD Dissertation, Human Resources Research Institute (HRRI) - $4,000
• 2015 Best Reviewer Award, Career Development International
• 2013 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship - $20,000

• BE 600 - Management and Leadership
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• BET 340 - Essentials of Entrepreneurial Planning and Execution
  • Taught in 2019, 2020
• BET 450 - Leadership
  • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Boekhorst, J. A., & Frawley, S. (in press).The pragmatic side of workplace heroics: A self-interest perspective on responding to mistreatment in work teams. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. Advance online publication. (IF: 6.026)
• Boekhorst, J. A., Basir, N., & Malhotra, S. (in press).Star light, but why not so bright? A process model of how incumbents influence star newcomer performance. Academy of Management Review. Advance online publication.(IF: 13.865)
• Boekhorst, J. A., & Halinski, M. (2023). Do sick coworkers make us help others?: Investigating the critical roles of citizenship pressure and psychological detachment. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(6), 888-901. (IF: 10.079)
• Good, J. R. L.,*† Halinski, M.,† & Boekhorst, J. A.† (2023). Organizational social activities and knowledge management behaviors: An affective events perspective. Human Resource Management, 62(4), 413-427. (IF: 6.235) Featured in the Editor Spotlight
• Ali, A.,* Wang, H., & Boekhorst, J. A. (2023).A moderated mediation examination of shared leadership and team creativity: A social information processing perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 40(1), 295-327. (IF: 4.500)
• Stephan, U.,† Zbierowski, P.,† Pérez-Luño, A., Wach, D., Wiklund, J., Alba Cabañas, M., Barki, E., Benzari, A., Bernhard-Oettel, C., Boekhorst, J. A., Dash, A., Efendic, A., Eib, C., Hanard, P. -J., Iakovleva, T., Kawakatsu, S., Khalid, S., Leatherbee, M., Li, J., Parker, S. K., Qu, J., Rosati, F., Sahasranamam, S., Salusse, M. A. Y., Sekiguchi, T., Thomas, N., Torrès, O., Tran, M. H., Ward, M. K., Williamson, A. J., & Zahid, M. M. (2022). Act or wait-and-see? Adversity, agility, and entrepreneur wellbeing across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47(3), 682-723. (IF: 9.993)
• Boekhorst, J. A., Hewett, R., Shantz, A. D., & Good, J. R. L.* (2021). The double-edged sword of manager caring behavior: Implications for employee wellbeing. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 26(6), 507-521. (IF: 7.707)
• Samnani, A. -K.*†, Boekhorst, J. A.*†, & Harrison, J. A.*† (2016). Institutional-level bullying: Exploring workplace bullying during union organizing drives. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 89(2), 377-395.(IF: 5.119)
• Boekhorst, J. A.* (2015). The role of authentic leadership in fostering workplace inclusion: A social information processing perspective. Human Resource Management, 54(2), 241-264.(IF: 6.235)
• † denotes equal authorship. * denotes research during doctoral studies.

• More than $1.1 million awarded to researchers