Our lab group investigates fairness (justice) in the workplace. What makes people feel that their workplace is unfair, and how can workplaces be more fair? What makes some people better able to cope with unfairness? How can we rebuild relationships following conflict? Why are some leaders fairer than others?
We conduct both in-lab and field studies to examine questions such as these. We adopt a social-cognitive psychological approach to our research, investigating both situational and individual factors that interact to affect fairness-related processes in the workplace. Overall, our lab’s research aims to better understand how and why fairness affects people, with the ultimate goal of helping to create more effective and functional workplaces.
News
Award winners - Congratulations!
Our I-O psychology graduate students took the Canadian Psychological Association Conference (June 2024) by storm. They won all three best poster awards (Amy Barron, 1st place; Allister Grapes, 2nd place; Iris Xing, 3rd place), and the best EDI poster award (Pearlyn Ng)!
New graduate students!
Two new graduate students joined the FAW Lab: Olha Mendelenko and Iris Xing. Welcome!
Conferences
- Amy Barron presented her research at the annual meeting of the Society for I/O Psychology in April 2024 (Chicago).
- Taylor Carrol, Amy Barron, and Iris Xing will each present their research projects at the annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association in June 2024 (Ottawa).