Management of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources (MOBHR)
About MOBHR
The DeGroote PhD in MOBHR offers you the opportunity to explore the future of work from a variety of different perspectives, including organizational behaviour, human resource management, leadership, labour relations and entrepreneurship. A major strength of this specialization is that students can draw on the diverse range of faculty interests at DeGroote to develop a research program that suits their own objectives.
Successful applicants typically have a master’s degree in business administration, psychology, economics, sociology or industrial relations/labour studies.
Required Courses
- B790 – Theory Building in Management
Eight PhD MOBHR Courses:
- B780 – Organizational Behaviour: Field Research and Issues
- B781 – Organizational Theory: Field Research and Issues
- B782 – Human Resources: Field Surveys and Issues
- B783 – Special Topics
- B784 – Research Methods & Design: Quantitative
- B785 – Research Methods & Design: Qualitative
- B797 – Research Course I
- B798 – Research Course II
Students may also be required to take additional courses depending on the strength of their background in the field. The maximum of 12 required courses still applies.
Dr. Erin Reid studies the connections between careers, diversity, inequality and the design of contemporary knowledge work. One line of research focuses on the reasons for the persistence of gender inequality in time-greedy professions and organizations, such as consulting. Another series of projects explores how professionals working in the gig economy build careers, in fields such as science, journalism, and graphic design. Throughout her work, Dr. Reid pays careful attention to mechanisms of inequality, and people’s strategies for success. The goals of her research are two-fold: to help people build satisfying careers, and to help employers build inclusive workplaces.
Erin Reid
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Work, Careers and Organizations (Tier 2), Management of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources (MOBHR)
Dr. Sean O’Brady is an associate member of McMaster’s School of Labour Studies, a researcher at Cornell University’s Ithaca Co-Lab and a co-researcher with the Inter-University Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT). His interests span the fields of comparative employment relations and human resource management. He is currently working on projects investigating the effects of technological change on job quality in call centres and employer responses to minimum wage increases.
Sean O’ Brady
Assistant Professor, Management of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources (MOBHR)
Dr. Catherine Connelly is a Professor and Business Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour, in the Human Resources and Management department of the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. Her research focuses on the attitudes, behaviors, and experiences of workers with non-traditional employment contracts (e.g., temporary agency workers, independent contractors, temporary foreign workers, part-time workers, gig workers), middle managers, workers with disabilities, and workers who engage in or experience knowledge hiding in their organizations.
Catherine Connelly
Professor, Management of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources (MOBHR)
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