Dr. Alison Konrad

Biography

Alison Konrad is a Professor Emerita in Organizational Behaviour at Ivey Business School, having previously held the Corus Entertainment Chair in Women in Management from 2003 to 2023. She earned her Ph.D. in Applied Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University and has been recognized as a Fellow of the Eastern Academy of Management and a member of the Women's Executive Network's Advisory Board for Canada's Top 100 Powerful Women. With leadership roles such as President of the Eastern Academy of Management and the International Society for the Study of Work and Organizational Values, she has made significant contributions to the field. Her research focuses on gender diversity within organizations and has led to substantial grants aimed at studying strategic diversity initiatives and the impact of HRM practices in diverse workplaces. Dr. Konrad has published over 50 research articles in prominent journals, including the Academy of Management Journal and the Administrative Science Quarterly. Her work has received distinguished paper awards and she has served on editorial boards of leading academic journals. She is actively engaged in the academic community and continues to influence the discourse on equity, diversity, and inclusion in organizational contexts.

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