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Winners

The Annual Graduate Research Exposition (AGRE) showcases the latest research findings of the John Molson School of Business's Doctoral (PhD) and Master of Science (MSc) students. Participating students will be presenting their work on posters mounted throughout the Atrium.

PhD Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster

Xiu Wu, Marketing  
Gender Difference in Emotional Responses to Model Body Size

Supervisor: Dr. Biance Grohmann

Runner-Up

Joe Leduc, Management
On Uncertainty: Meaninglessness and the Road to Burnout      

Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Boies
Popular Choice

Cynthia Melhem, Accountancy
HR Expertise in the Boardroom: Does It Prevent “Social Washing”? 

Supervisors: Dr. Michel Magnan

MSc Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster Dania Kyle, Marketing
Marketing of Comic Books: The Power Behind Visual Narratives     

Supervisor: Drs. Arsel / Paulin
Runner-Up

Leeza Di Paolo, Management
Artificial Intelligence versus Human Intelligence: Making Promotion Decisions

Supervisor: Dr. Linda Dyer
Popular Choice Bhushan Kadam, Marketing
Tipping Turmoil: Decoding the Tension in Server-Customer Interactions!

Supervisors: Dr. Zeynep Arsel
Best Poster in Entrepreneurship Kapil Saraf, Marketing
Impact of Using Generative AI for Studying

Supervisors: Dr. Yann Dolbec

PhD Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster

James Peters, Supply Chain Management   
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions: Effects on COVID-19 Health Outcomes

Supervisor: Mohsen Farhadloo

Runner-Up

Meiling Fong, Interdisciplinary Studies in Commerce
Resistance and Resignation in the Age of Coerced Digital Participation       

Supervisor: Dr. Zeynep Arsel
Popular Choice

Morteza Taghdisi Masabi, Management
From People’s School to Business School 

Supervisors: Bitekine / McDonald 

Best Poster in Entrepreneurship Abby Golub, Business Technology Management
Place-Making and Decolonization: Creating Digital Worlds of Opportunity

Supervisors: Ahuja / Sadreddin
MSc Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster Sara Shafiei, Marketing
Comeback of Books: How the BookTok Community Revitalized Self Publishing     

Supervisor: Dr. Zeynep Arsel
Runner-Up

Arthur Lachieze-Rey, Marketing
What Makes Firms Great at Digital Marketing?

Supervisor: Dr. Pierre Yann Dolbec
Popular Choice Veronica Marinoni, Marketing
Don't Be Afraid to Give! 

Supervisors: Roux / Sobol

PhD Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster

Xiu Wu, Marketing   
When Quantified Self Leads to Self-Objectification and Goal Disengagement

Supervisor: Bianca Grohmann

Runners-Up

Saeid Bazmohammadi & Debdeep Chatterjee, Management
Impact of ESG Shareholder Activism on Corporate Social Responsibility       

Supervisor: Young-Chul Jeong
Popular Choice

Hamzeh Rayej, Marketing
The Sentiment of the Unexpected Victory and Consumer’s Variety Seeking Behaviour 

Supervisor: Sunah Kim

MSc Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster James Peters, SCBTM   
Optimally Locating Search and Rescue Stations along Canada’s Northwest Passage     

Supervisor: Satyaveer Chauhan
Runners-Up

Gabryella Sondergaard, Management
Walking the Talk: Examining the Impact of Leader Motivating Language       

Supervisor: Alexandra Panaccio
Popular Choice Myra Bughio, SCBTM
Role of Exemplar Animal Welfare Charities in Food Supply Chains     

Supervisor: Anton Shevchenko

PhD Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster Tanya Singh, Marketing
The Deferral Momentum Effect – Consequences of Choice Deferral

Supervisor: Caroline Roux
Runner-Up Barbara Reda, Management      
Ready for business? How Families Influence Entrepreneurial Intention
      
Supervisor: Linda Dyer
Popular Choice Sarah Rahimi, Management       
Do Male and Female Dominated Industries Influence CEO Pay?        

Supervisor: Kathleen Boies
MSc Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster Chirag Khullar, DSMIS   
Faster Order Picking: How to Arrange Products in Warehouse?     

Supervisors: Satyaveer Chauhan, Ahmet Satir
Runner-Up Aimee Hall, Management           
Crafting Remotely: Job Crafting from Home
Popular Choice Mariam Gabra, Finance
COVID-19: The World's Loss is the Biotech Sector’s Gain     

Supervisors: Saif Ullah, Ravi Mateti
Special Merit Award Naomi Aboud, Management
Economies of Sail     

Supervisors: Joel Bothello

PhD Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster

Nura Jabagi, SC/BTM
Supporting Gig-Workers: Time to Build Better Algorithms

Supervisor: Anne-Marie Croteau

Runner-Up

Hamid Shirdastian, Marketing
How Can Uber Alter the Destinations?

Supervisor: Michel Laroche

Popular Choice

Karen Naaman, Accountancy
Say-on-Pay?! Is it Promoting Unethical Non-GAAP Reporting?

Supervisor: Michel Magnan

MSc Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster

Philippe Wodnicki, Marketing
Can I? Will I? Depletion, Self-Efficacy, and Health-Related Behaviours

Supervisor: Darlene Walsh

Runner-Up

Jie Yang, Marketing
Can You Resist Temptation? The Potential of One-Stop Online Purchasing

Supervisor: Lea P. Katsanis

Popular Choice

Arash Heshmati, Management
Brighten Up the Darks: Dealing With Dark Personalities in the Organization

Supervisor: Robert Nason

Popular Choice

Sarah Rahimi, Management
How the Gender Composition of Industries Influences the CEO Compensation Gap

Supervisor: Kathleen Boies

PhD Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster

Aya Aboelenien, Marketing
A Vegan Walks Into a Restaurant: Moralized Consumption & Market Relations

Supervisor: Zeynep Arsel

Runner-Up

(Samie) Li Shang Ly, SC/BTM
Immersive Learning Environments in the Context of Knowledge Creation

Supervisor: Rafaat Saade

Honourable Mention (TIE)

Barbara Reda, Management
The Business of Wearing Crowns: A Study of Family Communication

Supervisor: Linda Dyer

Honourable Mention (TIE)

Cagdas Tahaoglu, Finance 
Effects of Single Stock Circuit Breakers on Market Quality

Supervisor: Lorne Switzer

Popular Choice

Allan Grogan, Management, presented by Sarah Rahimi, MSc
CEO Risk Taking, Servant Leadership and Organizational Performance

Supervisor: Kathleen Boies

MSc Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster

Celine Nehme, Management
Social Networks: Your Catalyst for Success

Supervisor: Mehdi Farashahi

Runner-Up

Ghalia Shamayleh, Marketing
Man’s Best Social Media Proxy: Instagram Pet Micro-Celebrities

Supervisor: Zeynep Arsel

Honourable Mention

Xinxuan Wang, Finance
Forecasting Fama-French Risk Factors: AI versus Old School

Supervisor: David Newton

Popular Choice

Chunxiang Huang, Marketing
The Effects of Depletion and Slogans on Consumer Behaviour

Supervisor: Darlene Walsh

Luc Beauregard Award 

Anna Conides, Management
The Effects of Leadership on Employee Attitudes, Behaviors, and Well-Being

Alexandra Panaccio

PhD Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster Nura Jabagi, SC/BTM
Connecting with Workers in the Gig Economy: an Organizational Identification Perspective
Supervisor: Anne-Marie Croteau
Runner-Up Reem Ayouby, SC/BTM
Examining Twitter Follower Engagement Using Implicit Motives
Supervisor: Anne-Marie Croteau
Honourable Mention (TIE) Aya Abo El Enien, Marketing
Boundary-making in Moralized Consumption Domains: The Case of Veganism
Supervisor: Zeynep Arsel
Honourable Mention (TIE) Samie Li Shang Ly, SC/BTM
A Knowledge Management IT Tool in Marketing 101
Supervisor: Rafaat Saade
Popular Choice Yasaman Gorji, Management
Female Networking Behavior and Career Success: The Debatable Role of Nepotism
Supervisor: Mick Carney
Awarded
The Luc Beauregard Award
Megan Pepe, Management
The Use of Life Cycle Analysis to Inform Business Strategy
Supervisor: Shannon Lloyd
MSc Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best Poster Javier Hernandez, Management
New Immigrants’ Perceptions of Ethnic Small Businesses
Supervisor: Linda Dyer
Runner-Up Shivaang Sharma, Management
Social Innovation: A Literature Review and Typology of Models
Supervisor: Rajshree Prakash
Honourable Mention Francis Jarry, Marketing
The Interplay Between Scarcity Appeals and Hyperopia
Supervisor: Caroline Roux
Popular Choice Celine Nehme, Management
How Can Your Social Ties Become Your Key to Success
Supervisor: Mehdi Farashahi

PhD Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best poster Nura Jabagi, SC/BTM
Boon or Bane? Understanding the Impacts of Bring-Your-Own-Device on Work-Life-Conflict
Supervisor: Anne-Marie Croteau
Runner up Yves Dupuis, Marketing
Approach Aversion in Marketing Contexts
Supervisor: Gad Saad
Most popular Karen Naaman, Accountancy
Volkswagen Dieselgate: What's at Risk?
Supervisor: Michel Magnan
Honorable mention Samie Li Ly Shang, SC/BTM
Evidence Based Management for Learning: An Experiment
Supervisor: Rafaat Saade
MSc Track Best Poster Prizes  Winner
Best poster Mengchan Gao, Management
A Self-Determination Approach to Understand Employees' Innovation Work Behavior
Supervisor: Alexandra Panaccio
Runner up Xiaoyang Sha, Finance
The Impact of Takeover Rumours on Rival Firms
Supervisor: Thomas Walker
Honorable mention Laura Goodyear, Marketing
Compensating for Something? When Not Having Enough Prompts Consumers to Show Off
Supervisor: Caroline Roux
Most popular Sahar Taher, Management
Favourable Narcissistic Personality Traits in Leaders (CEOs) Across Cultures
Supervisor: Kathleen Boies

PhD Track "Best Poster" Prizes

Best Poster

  • $500 prize
  • $500 conference presentation funding
  • $1,000 research funding for academic supervisor of “Best Poster”

Gillian Leithman, Management
What Motivates Mature Workers to Share Their Knowledge and Experience?

Supervisor: Linda Dyer

Runner-up

  • $300 prize

Brad Aeon, Management
Time Management that Really Works

Supervisor: Alexandra Panaccio

Honourable Mention (tie)

  • $150 prize

Mostafa Ayoobzadeh, Management
Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence and Followers’ Creativity

Supervisor: Kathleen Boies

Honourable Mention (tie)

  • $150 prize

Samuel Tang, Management
Team Efficacy and Emotional Exhaustion in Intra-team Conflict and Performance

Supervisor: Gary Johns

Popular Choice

  • $150 prize

Derek Theriault, Marketing
Liberal or Conservative: Political Ideology and Consumer Brand Preference

Supervisor: Gad Saad

MSc Track "Best Poster" Prizes

Best Poster

  • $500 prize
  • $1,000 research funding for academic supervisor of “Best Poster”

Sarine Karajian, Finance
Cooking the Books: The Consequences of Corporate Fraud

Supervisor: Saif Ullah

Runner-up

  • $300 prize

Ali Chraim, Management
Servant Leadership Behaviors, Trust and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Supervisor: Linda Dyer

Honourable Mention

  • $150 prize

Sahar Taher, Management
Identity and Dysfunctional Behaviour: The Case of Shisha Smoking

Supervisor: Kathleen Boies

PhD Track "Best Poster" Prizes

Best Poster

  • $500 prize
  • $500 conference presentation funding
  • $1,000 research funding for academic supervisor of “Best Poster”

Melanie Robinson, Management
Leader Transgression and Follower Forgiveness

Supervisor: Kathleen Boies

Runner-up

  • $300 prize

Weigang Tang, Management
Managing Conflict at Work

Supervisor: G. Johns

Honourable Mention

  • $150 prize

Louis Thwaites, Management
Air Passenger Choice of an Indirect Itinerary: Asia to Europe

Supervisor: Tak Mak

Best Entrepreneurship/SME poster

  • $150 prize

Derek Theriault, Marketing
I Love Cozy Places: Restaurant Design Preferences

Supervisor: Gad Saad

Popular Choice/Best Communicator

  • $150 prize

Samie Li Shang Ly, Marketing
Coffee Shop Atmospherics

Supervisor: Bianca Grohmann

MSc Track "Best Poster" Prizes

Best Poster

  • $500 prize
  • $1,000 research funding for academic supervisor of “Best Poster”

Brad Aeon, Management
How Employees Perceive Company History

Supervisor: Kai Lamertz

Runner-up

  • $300 prize

Aela Salman, Marketing
Millennial Women and Social Cause: A Case in Fashion

Supervisor: Michèle Paulin & Ronald Ferguson

Honourable Mention

  • $150 prize

Sindy Li, Finance
Hockey and the Canadian Stock Market

Supervisor: Lawrence Kryzanowski

PhD Track "Best Poster" Prizes
Best PhD Poster
  • $1000 prize
  • $500 conference presentation funding
  • $1,000 research funding for academic supervisor of “Best Poster”
Mark Bajramovic, Management
Finding the Value in Group Diversity Using Attachment Theory

Supervisor: T. Hecht
1st Runner-up
  • $300 prize
Gillian Leithman, Management
Images of Knowledge Sharing in Organizations

Supervisor: L. Dyer
Honourable Mention
  • $150 prize
Reem Ayouby, SCBTM
Unconscious Motives, Stress and Misuse of Social Media

Supervisor: A.-M. Croteau
Popular Choice
  • $150 prize
Raghid Al Hajj and J. Vongas, Management
Born to Empathize? Women Leaders on the Brink of Failure
Best Quantitative /
Technology-based Poster
  • $150 prize
Jieun Chung, Accountancy
Does Geographical Location Matter for Managerial Compensation Design?

Supervisor: M. Magnan
 
MSc Track for “Best Poster” Prizes
Best MSc Poster
  • $500 prize
  • $1,000 research funding for academic supervisor of “Best Poster”
Michael Farrell, Finance
Institutional Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence From Canada

Supervisor: H. Bhabra
1st Runner-up
  • $300 prize

Gohar Tajik, Management
Numbers vs. Letters: Narrative comments vs. numeric ratings in performance evaluation

Supervisor: S. Brutus
Honourable Mention
  • $150 prize
Irina Susan-Resiga, Marketing
"Frightfully Funny": Incorporating Humour into the Extended Parallel Process Model of Fear Appeal

Supervisor: M. Laroche

PhD Track "Best Poster" Prizes

Best PhD Poster
Guillaume Pain - Management
Ecological Economics and Sensemaking
1st Runner-up
Raghid Al Hajj, Management
Too Intelligent for Your Own Good!
Honourable Mention
John Fiset, Management
Toxic Teammates: Dark Traits, Ostracism Perceptions and Deviance
Popular Choice
John Fiset, Management
Toxic Teammates: Dark Traits, Ostracism Perceptions and Deviance
 

MSc Track for “Best Poster” Prizes

Best MSc Poster Erica Leonard, Marketing
Prescription Drug Brand Personalities as Perceived by Consumers
1st Runner-up
Jacqueline De Stefano, Management
The Generational Divide at Work
Honourable Mention
Sean Ship, Management
Multipartner Alliances in the Airline Industry
Popular Choice
Tina Poon, Marketing
It Smells Crowded: The Influence of Scent on Spatial Perception
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