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
Conference Presentations Summer 2025
- Alison Stephens presented a paper based on her 4th year Directed Studies Course at the annual meeting of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada held in Waterloo.
- Taylor Carroll made two presentations on PhD research projects at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) in Saint John’s.
- Iris Xing presented her MA research at CPA.
- Amy Barron presented a PhD research project at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Copenhagen.
Award Winner - Congratulations!
Congratulations to our I-O graduate student, Taylor Carroll, who won the Award for Best EDI poster at the Canadian Psychological Association conference awarded by the Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (CSIOP)!
New Graduate Students!
We are excited to welcome two new students to the lab, starting MASc degrees in September 2025!
Alison Stephens, who completed her Honours BA at the University of Waterloo.
Abigail Pew, who completed her Honours BA at Western University.