Dr. Agnes Zdaniuk

Biography

Agnes Zdaniuk completed graduate post-doctoral studies at the University of Waterloo and joined the Department of Business at the University of Guelph in July 2008. Prior to that, she was a self-employed organizational consultant. Her overarching research goals include understanding how to prevent and mitigate unfairness in the workplace, as well as personal and situational factors that enable employees to thrive in the face of injustice. Agnes is committed to effective teaching with a goal of exciting students about course content to aid in achieving learning objectives. Her teaching primarily focuses on human resource management and organizational behaviour, creating an engaging classroom environment for students. She has mentored both undergraduate and graduate students in research, and her consulting projects have primarily involved program evaluations in the non-profit sector. Agnes's research revolves around the study of fairness and unfairness in organizations, examining factors influencing aggression, conflict resolution, and perceptions of unfairness. Her current research addresses questions about the likelihood of vengeance versus forgiveness when faced with injustice and factors promoting forgiveness. She has presented her research at numerous peer-reviewed conferences and has co-authored book chapters on organizational justice.

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