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 Sheldene Simola, Office: Room 365 Gzowski College Areas of expertise:
Sheldene Simola has worked at Trent since 2007, with teaching assignments in the areas of Strategic Management, Business Ethics, and Human Resources Management. Her research has been published in many scholarly journals including The Leadership Quarterly, Society and Business Review, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Consulting Psychology: Research and Practice, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Personality Assessment, and, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Throughout her career, Sheldene has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Elliot Jacques Memorial Prize from APA Division 13 for the outstanding article of the year, the Emerald Publishing Literati Network Outstanding Article Award (2010), and the Laurier School of Business and Economics Gold Medal awarded to the top graduating student from the M.B.A./M.A.E. programs. Sheldene has received a major, multi-year research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Her research in the area of human resources management has been discussed through many popular media outlets and professional magazines in both Canada and the United States, including the Globe & Mail Report on Business, Canada A.M., CityTV, Exchange Morning Post, the Canadian Human Resources Reporter, and the prestigious U.S. Society for Human Resources Management. She is the past Editor/Rédactrice of the bilingual magazine of the Ethics Practitioners' Association of Canada and a Referee or reviewer for a number of scholarly management journals. She has consulted to multiple private and public sector businesses and/or associations. Selected publications: Simola, S.K. (in press). Anti-corporate anger as a form of care-based moral agency. Simola, S.K. (2010). Occupational commitment and perceived importance of organizational characteristics. Education + Training, 53(1), 67-81. Simola, S.K (2010). Use of a coping-modeling, problem-solving program in business ethics education. Journal of Business Ethics, 96(3), 383-401. Simola, S. K, Barling, J., & Turner, N. (2010). Transformational leadership and leader moral orientation: Contrasting an ethic of justice and an ethic of care. The Leadership Quarterly, 21, 179-188. Simola, S.K (2009). Anti-corporate activist anger: Inappropriate irrationality or social change
essential? Society and Business Review, 4(3), 215-230. Simola, S.K (2009). A service-learning initiative in a community-based small business. Education + Training, 51(7), 567-586. Simola, S. K, Taggar, S., &, Smith, G. (2007). The employment selection interview: Disparity among, research-based recommendations, current practices and, what matters to Human Rights Tribunals. Canadian Journal of Public Administration, 24(1), 30-44. Simola, S.K (2007). Pragmatics of care in sustainable global enterprise. Journal of Business Ethics, 74(2), 131-147. Simola, S. K. (2005). Concepts of care in organizational crisis prevention. Journal of Business Ethics, 62, 341-353. Simola, S.K. (2005). Organizational crisis management: Overview and opportunities. Consulting Psychology: Practice and Research, 57(3), 180-195. Simola, S.K. (2003). Ethics of justice and care in corporate crisis management. Journal of Business Ethics, 46, 351-361. Practitioner-Oriented Articles: Simola, S.K. (2008). Implicit stereotypes as potential impediments to ethical awareness and recognition. Ethics Practitioners Association of Canada Magazine, 8(1), 19-22. (Simola, S.K. (2008). Les stereotypes implicates en tant qu'obstacles possible à la prise de conscience et à la reconnaissance de situations liées à l'éthique. L’Association de practiciens en éthique du Canada Magazine, 8(1), 22-24.) Simola, S. K. (2007). Counteracting potentially negative consequences of group dialogue. Ethics Practitioners Association of Canada Magazine, 7(2), 21-23. (Simola, S. K. (2007). Contrer les effets potentiellement négatifs du dialogue de groupe. L’Association de practiciens en éthique du Canada Magazine, 7(2), 23-25.) Courses taught: ADMN 400 – Strategic Management |