Peggy Wallace has worked at Trent since 2006, with teaching assignments in the areas of financial accounting, organization theory and human resources management. She has presented at numerous international academic conferences including: Academy of Management, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Atlantic Business Schools, Critical Management Studies, International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, Qualitative Research and the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism. Her research has been published in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies and Qualitative Research in Management and Organizations, An International Journal. Peggy has also contributed a chapter on Personality & Identity to an Organizational Behaviour textbook.
Peggy draws on her financial accounting expertise and experience to review accounting textbooks for the major textbook publishers. She is currently revising two chapters in an financial accounting textbook.
Peggy’s feminist research was recognized when she was awarded the Outstanding Paper, Emerald Literati 2010 Network Awards for Excellence for “Career Stories of Women Professional Accountants. Examining the personal narratives of career using Simone de Beauvoir’s feminist existentialist philosophy as a theoretical framework”
In 2007, she was one of ten North American doctoral students invited to participate in the Sociology/ Organization Studies Conference, Philadelphia, PA. The purpose of this conference was to review and provide critique on contributions from leading critical management and organization scholars slated for The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies (2009).
Prior to joining Trent University Dr. Peggy Wallace worked for 20+ years in public accounting firms and accounting roles in industry. She consulted with Canadian and international clients n matters related to risk identification and management. She performed external audits and provided risk management services to companies in the financial services sector, regional and municipal governments, retail and automotive sectors.
Wallace, P. (2010), Anonymity and Confidentiality. In Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, A.J. Mills, G. Durepos & E. Wiebe (Eds). pp. 22-24. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Wallace, P. (2010), Case Study Research in Feminism. In Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, A.J. Mills, G. Durepos & E. Wiebe (Eds). pp. 103-106. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Wallace, P. (2009a), Career Stories of Women Professional Accountants: Examining the personal narratives of career using Simone de Beauvoir’s feminist existentialist philosophy as a theoretical framework, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, An International Journal,4,1, 62-84.
Wallace, P. (2009b), Reasons Women Chartered Accountants Leave Public Accounting Firms Prior to Achieving Partnership Status: A Qualitative Analysis, Canadian Journal of Administrative Science, 26, 3, 179- 196.
Wallace, P. (2008). “The promotable WOMAN”, a book review, Equal Opportunities International, 27, 6, 575-576.
Wallace, P. (2007), Personality and Identity. In Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context. A.J. Mills, J.C. Helms Mills, C. Forshaw & J. Bratton (Eds.). pp.91-121. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press.
Wallace, P. & Mills, A.J. (2005). Space: The Last Frontier or Endangered Species? A Critical Look at the Diminishing Personal Space in the Lives of Workers. SCOS XXIII Proceedings, Stockholm, Sweden. July 8-10, 2005.
Wallace, M. & Mills, A.J. (2004). Don Quixote & Windmills: Self-Confrontation, the Male Mid-Life Crisis & Organizational Change – A Feminist Tale. SCOS XXII Proceedings Saint Mary's University, Halifax, July 7-10, 2004. Jean Helms Mills and Albert J. Mills, Eds.
Wallace, P. (2004). Work-Family: Balance, Conflict, Harmony, Passé? Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, Gender Diversity Division, Quebec, June 2004.
Wallace, P. & Thurlow, A. (2003). Work Family Research – Current Research Designs. Proceedings of the Atlantic Schools of Business, Halifax, NS, 2003.
Wallace, M. (2002). Ontario – Downsized and Privatized, A Gendered Analysis of the Common Sense Revolution. Proceedings of the Canadian Association of Studies in Adult Education, Toronto, May 2002.
Wallace, M. (2002). Challenges & Barriers Faced by Women in Educational Leadership Roles – Insights and Lessons for Other Organizations. Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2002.