Kathleen Boies, PhD
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Concordia University Research Chair in Leadership Development (Tier 2)
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Biography
Dr. Boies (PhD The University of Western Ontario) holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Leadership Development. Her research focuses on leadership in educational institutions, non-governmental organizations, and the private industry. Through a variety of methodologies and research contexts, her research aims to understand how to identify and develop effective leadership practices. Her research has been published, among others, in the Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business and Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Journal of Personnel Psychology, in addition to book chapters and numerous academic conferences.
Dr. Boies’ leadership research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Fonds Québécois de Recherche sur la Société et la Culture. Dr. Boies received the Dean's Award for Distinguished Scholarship (Established Scholar) in 2023, and the Junior Researcher Award at the John Molson School of Business in 2006.
Courses she has taught (PhD, EMBA, MBA, MSc, BComm) include organizational behavior, human resource management, leadership & motivation, and organizational staffing.
Research areas: Leadership, Leadership Development, Organizational Trust, Life Transitions, Careers, Gender and Leadership, Diversity and Leadership
Teaching domains: Organizational Behaviour, Leadership, Human Resource Management
Intellectual contributions (last 10 years)
Peer-reviewed journal articles
GILL, H., VREEKER-WILLIAMSON, E., SON HING, L., CASSIDY, S., BOIES, K. (2024). Effects of Cognition-based and Affect-based Trust Attitudes on Trust Intentions. Journal of Business and Psychology. doi:10.1007/s10869-024-09986-z.LAVOIE-TREMBLAY, M., BOIES, K., CLAUSEN, C., FRÉCHETTE, J., MANNING, K., GELSOMINI, C., CYR, G., LAVIGNE, G., GOTTLIEB, B., GOTTLIEB, L. (2024). Evaluation of the effectiveness of a Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership program aimed at building leadership capacity: A concurrent mixed-methods study. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 6, 100184. doi:10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100184.
LAVOIE-TREMBLAY, M., BOIES, K., CLAUSEN, C., FRÉCHETTE, J., MANNING, K., GELSOMINI, C., CYR, G., LAVIGNE, G., GOTTLIEB, B., GOTTLIEB, L. (2024). Nursing leaders’ perceptions of the impact of the Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership program three months post training. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 6, 100190. doi:10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100190.
BARON, L., BOIES, K. (2023). Workplace coaching to develop leadership flexibility: The impact of after-event review. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 44 (3), 317-329. doi:10.1108/LODJ-06-2022-0263.
ROBINSON, M., BOIES, K. (2021). On the quest for quality self-report data: HEXACO and indicators of careless responding.. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue Canadienne des Sciences du Comportement, 53 (3), 377-380. doi:10.1037/cbs0000251.
AYOOBZADEH, M., BOIES, K. (2020). From mentors to leaders: Leader development outcomes for mentors. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 35 (6), 497-511. doi:10.1108/JMP-10-2019-0591.
AYOOBZADEH, M., BOIES, K. (2020). How mentoring improves the leadership skills of those doing the mentoring. The Conversation, Oct. 18, 2020.
BOIES, K., FISET, J. (2019). I do as I think: Exploring the alignment of principal cognitions and behaviors and its effects on teacher outcomes. Educational Administration Quarterly, 55 (2), 225-252. doi:10.1177/0013161X18785869.
FISET, J., BOIES, K. (2019). Positively vivid visions: Making followers feel capable and happy. Human Relations, 72 (10), 1651-1670. doi:10.1177/0018726718810105.
BOIES, K., FISET, J. (2018). Leadership and communication as antecedents of shared mental models emergence. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 31 (3), 293-316. doi:10.1002/piq.21267.
FISET, J., BOIES, K. (2018). Seeing the unseen: Ostracism interventionary behaviour and its impact on employees. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 27 (4), 403-417. doi:10.1080/1359432X.2018.1462159.
ZHANG, L., BOIES, K. (2018). Corporate university: A systems thinking situating senior leader assessment and development in context to enhance organizational viability. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science & Practice, 11 (4), 669-676. doi:10.1017/iop.2018.129.
ROBINSON, M., BOIES, K. (2016). Different ways to get the job done: Comparing the effects of intellectual stimulation and contingent reward leadership on task-related outcomes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 46 (6), 336-353. doi:10.1111/jasp.12367.
Conference presentations
HECHT, T., BOIES, K., ELEY, E. (2024). Who engages in leadership development activities? A three-wave study examining career-related and family-related factors. Work-Family Conference Network, Montréal, QC.LEDUC, J. G., BOIES, K. (2024). The primacy of why: How leader vision orients meaning and prevents burnout. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
AYOOBZADEH, M., BOIES, K., COULOMBE, P. (2023). The interaction between mentor motivation and protégé proactiveness in predicting high-quality mentoring. University Forum for Human Resource Development (UFHRD) Conference, Dublin.
BOIES, K., CLAUSEN, C., FRÉCHETTE, J., MANNING, K., LAVIGNE, G., CYR, G., GOTTLIEB, L., LAVOIE-TREMBLAY, M. (2023). Évaluation de l’efficacité d’un programme de formation en leadership en soins infirmiers et en soins de santé fondés sur les forces (SBNH-L). Association canadienne française pour l’avancement du savoir (ACFAS), Montreal, QC.
LAVOIE-TREMBLAY, M., BOIES, K., CLAUSEN, C., MANNING, K., FRÉCHETTE, J., GOTTLIEB, L. (2023). Strength-based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SBNH) training program to improve leadership capacity among nurses managers. International Congress of Nursing, Montreal, QC.
LAVOIE-TREMBLAY, M., BOIES, K., CLAUSEN, C., FRÉCHETTE, J., MANNING, K., MASTROBERARDINO, M. (2022). L’impact d’une formation en leadership auprès des gestionnaires infirmiers en contexte de pandémie. 8e congrès mondial du Secrétariat international des infirmières et infirmiers de l'espace francophone, Ottawa, ON.
MASTROBERARDINO, M., BOIES, K., FRÉCHETTE, J., LAVOIE-TREMBLAY, M., CLAUSEN, C., MANNING, K., GOTTLIEB, L. (2022). Strengths-based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership: An approach for the future of healthcare. International Leadership Association Healthcare Leadership Conference, Virtual.
FRÉCHETTE, J., BOIES, K., LAVOIE-TREMBLAY, M., CLAUSEN, C., MANNING, K., GOTTLIEB, L. (2021). Validation of the Strengths-based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SBNH-L) Scale. International Council of Nurses Congress, Virtual.
HECHT, T., ELEY, E., BOIES, K. (2021). Exploring the intersection of transitions to managerial and parenting roles. Work and Family Research Network, Virtual.
RAHIMI, S., BOIES, K., MANGEN, C., DYER, L. M. (2021). Does industry gender composition influence CEO compensation? Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, Virtual.
FRÉCHETTE, J., BOIES, K., LAVOIE-TREMBLAY, M., CLAUSEN, C., GOTTLIEB, L. (2020). Development of the Strengths-based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SBNH-L) Scale. Canadian Health Workforce Virtual Conference, Virtual.
AYOOBZADEH, M., BOIES, K. (2018). Leader development outcomes for mentors. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, Toronto, ON.
AYOOBZADEH, M., BOIES, K. (2018). Mentor autonomous motivation and the quality of mentoring relationship. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Auckland.
ROBINSON, M., BOIES, K. (2018). A lexical study of effective followers in two languages. Eastern Academy of Management, Providence, RI.
ROBINSON, M., BOIES, K. (2018). On the quest for quality self-report data: Examining the relationship between the HEXACO model of personality and both objective and self-report indicators of careless responding. International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), Montreal, QC.
AYOOBZADEH, M., BOIES, K. (2017). The impact of mentor motivation on the quality of mentoring relationship: A field study. 10th Biennial International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network, Nijimegen.
BOIES, K., MARTIN, F., AYOOBZADEH, M., PENG, Y., BRIAND, M. (2017). Using an instructional design framework to assess the leadership needs of PhD students. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, Montreal, QC.
FISET, J., BOIES, K. (2017). Positively vivid visions: The roles of vision emotional expressivity and follower well-being on group success. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, Montreal, QC.
GROGAN, A., BOIES, K. (2017). The Influence of CEO personality on engagement in corporate social responsibility: The mediating influence of servant leadership. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, Montreal, QC.
Research funding (last 10 years)
External research funding
Internal research funding
Internal funding for student research
Student supervision (last 10 years)
Theses supervised completed
PhD dissertations
2023: Lihui Zhang, Exploring the Strategizing of HRM Strategies under HR-Line Manager Partnership: A Stewardship Perspective
2018: Allan Grogan, The Influence of CEO Personality on Engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility: The Mediating Influence of Servant Leadership
2018: Mostafa Ayoobzadeh, Leader Development Outcomes of Relational Mentoring for Mentors
MSc theses
2022: Caroline Task, Women’s Leadership in the Sports Industry
2022: Meghan Mastroberardino, Strengths-based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership: An Approach for the Future of Healthcare
2022: James Thompson, Evaluating Error Management’s Impact on Job Anxiety, Psychosomatic Health, and Burnout
2021: Yivou Guo, Are We Under the Influence of What We See? The Power of Body Tattoo in a Job Interview
2020: Sarah Rahimi, Does Industry Gender Composition Influence CEO Compensation?
2018: Sahar Taher, Favourable Narcissistic Traits in CEOs across Cultures
2017: Tracy Rothwell, Is There a Time and Place for Transformational Leadership? The Daily Impact of Leader Behaviors on Follower Task Performance
Theses committee membership
PhD dissertations
2020: Sarah Flescher, Internal external examiner
2016: Tony Bongiorno, Supervisory committee member
2016: Maria Carolina Saffie Robertson, Supervisory committee member
2016: Ladan Mohebbinia, External Examiner
MSc theses
2021: Rebecca Vineberg, The Digital Age: Exploring Age and Technology amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020: Sam Sinz, The Role of Informal Social Interactions in Predicting Team Cohesion and Performance
2018: Lin Zhu, Waiting to Take the First Step? Procrastination Behaviors in the Role Transition from Worker to Manager
2017: Ashley Flesch, A study of teamwork among business undergraduate students
2016: Elvin Mustafayev, The impacts of work self-efficacy and person-organization fit on employee withdrawal behaviours and job embeddedness under the pay for performance system: An empirical study
Teaching experience (last 5 years)
John Molson School of Business
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Honours, awards, prizes, and distinctions (last 10 years)
Career
Research
Teaching
Work experience
John Molson School of Business
Since 2022: Concordia University Research Chair in Leadership Development (Tier 1)
Since 2016: Professor, Department of Management
Since 2008: Associate Professor, Department of Management
2017 - 2023: Associate Dean, Research and Research Programs
2012 - 2022: Concordia University Research Chair in Leadership Development (Tier 2)
2019: Interim Program Director, MSc and MSCM Programs
2017 - 2019: Graduate Program Director, PhD in Business Administration
2003 - 2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Management
External
Academic
2015: Faculty Affiliate to the School of Graduate StudiesMedia activities (Last 4 years)
John Molson Perspectives 2023 : Press citation
Concordia University Magazine
Education
Degrees
2003: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology© Concordia University