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Principal Investigator

Annika is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of Waterloo. She received her MSc and PhD degrees in Management (Organizational Behaviour) from Wilfrid Laurier University and BA Honours degree in Psychology from McGill University. Prior to joining UW, she was a faculty member at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Annika is a passionate researcher whose work has been published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Business Ethics, and Human Relations. She also frequently reviews for academic journals and serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Business Ethics. She has received numerous academic awards, including top reviewer awards from the Academy of Management Journal (2022), Journal of Organizational Behavior (2023), and Journal of Business Ethics (2024).

Email: ahillebrandt@uwaterloo.ca 

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PhD student

Megan is a PhD student in Psychology. She holds a Master of Science in Management (MScM) degree from Toronto Metropolitan University and a BA Honours degree in Psychology from Queen's University.

Megan's Master's thesis, for which she received a Distinguished Thesis Award, examined employees' reactions to ethical transgressions committed by their organization. She has held several academic leadership positions, including President of the MScM Student Association at TRSM and President of the Psychology Department Student Council at Queen's University.

Awards: 

• SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (2023-2027)

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2022-2023)

• Ted Rogers Graduate Entrance Award (2020)

• Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) Distinguished Thesis Award (2021-22)

Refereed journal article:

• Norris, M. & Herrewynen, M. R. V (2023). Developing an Undergraduate Career Conference: Leveraging mentorship to promote career discovery. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 14. https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotlrcacea.2023.1.13529 

Conference presentations:

• Herrewynen, M.,Belfiore, C., Hillebrandt, A.,& Bobocel, R. (accepted for presentation, June 2024). Morality and misconduct: How employees respond to leader behaviour amidst organizational transgressions. Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Ottawa, ON.

• Herrewynen, M., &Hillebrandt, A. (2024, April). Moral restoration: Understanding employees’ reparative and retaliatory motivations in the aftermath of organizational transgressions. Poster presentation at the University of Waterloo Psychology Discovery Conference, Waterloo, ON.

• Kavaratzis, S., Choi, E., Herrewynen, M., & Bugra, T. (2023, August). Investigating the paradoxes of workplace well-being: A systematic literature review. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA. 

• Herrewynen, M. (2023, June). Ethical decision-making in organizations: A systematic review of the current literature. Paper presentation at the Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Toronto, ON. 

• Herrewynen, M., & Hillebrandt, A. (2022, August). How organizational transgressions can prompt prosocial and deviant behavior in employees via guilt. Paper presentation at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.

Email: megan.herrewynen@uwaterloo.ca

PhD student

Caitlin is a PhD student in Psychology. She holds a Master of Science in Management (MScM) degree from Toronto Metropolitan University and a BSc Honours degree from the University of Toronto, where she double-majored in Psychology and Sociology.

She has professional experience working as a corporate social analyst and is currently conducting research on (un)ethical behaviour and trust in the workplace.

Awards: 

• MScM Academic Excellence Award 

Conference presentations:

• Herrewynen, M., Belfiore, C., Hillebrandt, A.,& Bobocel, R. (accepted for presentation, June 2024). Morality and misconduct: How employees respond to leader behaviour amidst organizational transgressions. Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Ottawa, ON.
• Belfiore, C., & Hillebrandt, A. (accepted for presentation, June 2024). In the age of opinions: Understanding how signaled trust can mitigate unethical workplace behaviour via reputational concerns. Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Ottawa, ON.

• Belfiore, C., & Hillebrandt, A. (2024, April). Shining light on the dark: Exploring the associations between the dark triad traits and (un)ethical behaviour via self-presentation concerns. Poster presentation at the University of Waterloo Psychology Discovery Conference, Waterloo, ON.

• Belfiore, C. (2023, June). Beyond "I trust you to do what's right": Understanding when and how signaled trust mitigates dishonest behaviour in the workplace. Paper presentation at the Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Toronto, ON. 

Email: cbelfiore@uwaterloo.ca 

Undergraduate Honours student

Esosa is completing her undergraduate Honours Thesis in Psychology. Her research examines how organizational transgressions undermine employee well-being and how these harmful outcomes can be mitigated via empowerment and acceptance interventions.

Conference presentations:

• Omoregbee, E., Hillebrandt, A.,& Saldanha, M. F. (2024, April). Victim or perpetrator? How organizational transgressions affect employees and how these detrimental effects can be mitigated. Poster presentation at the University of Waterloo Psychology Discovery Conference, Waterloo, ON.

Yi Xu was a Directed Studies undergraduate student in the lab in Winter 2024. She has been accepted to the graduate program at the University of Windsor.

Diana obtained her Master of Science in Management degree from the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2023 and is currently working in industry.