Business Management

Ph.D. University of Waterloo, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
MA University of Waterloo, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Honours B.A. University of Calgary, Department of Psychology 

PUBLICATIONS:

Scott, K.A., Heathcote, J., & Gruman, J. (2011) The diverse organization: Finding gold at the end of the rainbow. Human Resource Management, 50, 735-755.  

Zweig, D., Webster, J., & Scott, K.A. (2008). Making the decision to monitor in the workplace: Cybernetic models and the illusion of control. In Hodgkinson, G. P. & Starbuck, W. H. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Decision Making (pp. 116-133), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

Zweig, D., & Scott, K.A. (2007). When unfairness matters most: Supervisory violations of electronic monitoring practices. Human Resource Management Journal, 17, 227-247.

Scott, K.A. & Brown, D.J. (2006). Female first, leader second? Gender bias in the activation of prototypical leadership traits. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 101, 230-242.

Brown, D.J., Scott, K.A., & Lewis, H. (2004). Information processing and leadership. In R. Sternberg, A. Cianciolo, and J. Antonakis (Eds.) The Nature of Leadership (pp. 125-147). London: Sage Publications.

PAPERS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

Scott, K.A., & Zweig, D. (2008). Dispositional predictors of organizational cynicism. Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, Halifax, NS.

Scott, K.A., Heathcote, J., & Gruman, J. (2007). Diversity management practices: Comparing Cox and Blake’s recommendations to current research and practice. Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Ottawa, ON.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Scott, K.A., & Zweig, D. (2009). Predicting and mitigating the effects of organizational cynicism on work outcomes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.

Scott, K.A., Montes, S.D., & Irving, P.G. Socialization through trust: A longitudinal analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Scott, K.A., & Zweig, D. (2008). Dispositional predictors of organizational cynicism. Paper presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, Halifax, NS.

Scott, K.A., & Zweig. D. (2008). Organizational cynicism, voice, and job satisfaction: Exploring relationships. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Gruman, J., Heathcote, J., and Scott, K.A. (2007). Cox and Blake revisited: Empirical evidence of  the advantages of diversity in organizations. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Scott, K.A., Heathcote, J., and Gruman, J. (2007). Diversity management practices: Comparing Cox and Blake’s recommendations to current research and practice. Paper presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, Ottawa, ON.

Scott, K.A., & Brown, D.J. (April, 2004). Do you see what I see? Gender bias in leadership perceptions. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Scott, K.A., Brown, D.J. & Mattison, C.A. (June, 2003). Inferring leadership traits from behaviours: Is there a bias against females? Poster presented at the 64th Annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Zweig, D., & Scott, K.A. (June, 2003). Reactions to electronic monitoring: More than just voice. Poster presented at the 64th Annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Keeping, L. M., Brown, D. J., Scott, K., & Levy, P. E. (April, 2003). The antecedents of performance appraisal reactions: The interactive relationship between uncertainty and voice. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Zweig, D., & Scott, K.A. (April, 2003). Blaming the messenger: Supervisory violations of electronic monitoring practices. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Scott, K.A., & Brown, D.J. (May, 2002). Leaders in crisis: The impact of emotion on perceptions of effectiveness. Poster presented at the 63rd annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Scott, K.A., & Rowe, P.M. (April, 2002). Impression management tactics in the resume: Are they effective? Poster presented at the 17th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Ontario.

Scott, K.A., & Ellard, J.H. (2001). Correlates of immanent justice reactions in adults. Paper presented at the 62nd annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, Quebec.

Scott, K.A., & Ellard, J.H. (2000). Just world antecedents of immanent justice responses to morally significant events. Poster presented at the 61st annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Ontario.

INVITED TALKS:

Scott, K.A. (2008, December). Keynote address given at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Leadership Symposium, Chicago, Illinois.

Scott, K.A. (2007, March). Women in business: How stereotypes impede their rise to the top. Invited lecture presented to the Canadian Federation of University Women.

Scott, K.A. (2005, March). Female first, leader second? Examining the role of leader gender in the categorization of leadership behaviour.  Invited research talk presented to the Division of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough.

Scott, K.A. (2005, March). Leadership, Implicit Theories, and Gender. Invited lecture presented to The Women in Management Group, University of Toronto Scarborough.

SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2011-2012 – TRSM Internal Grant
Embodying the leader prototype

2011-2012 - Social Sciences and Humanities Institutional Research Grant
Antecedents of organizational cynicism
Sole Investigator

2009-2011 - Social Sciences and Humanities Institutional Research Grant
Leadership and gender: Understanding the impact of embodied cognition
Sole Investigator

2008-2010 – Social Sciences and Humanities Institutional Research Grant
Mental representations and perceptions of past leaders: Implications for female leaders
Sole Investigator

2010 Ryerson University New Faculty Grant

2007 University of Toronto Start-up Grant

2007 Honourable Mention Award – Administrative Science Association of Canada, HR Division