Joanna Heathcote Coordinator, Graduate Studies and Instructor, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources Lecturer, Division of Management, University of Toronto at Scarborough E-mail: heathcote@utsc.utoronto.ca Click here for a full CV (in pdf), including all publications. Brief CV Current Research Interests Recent Publications Courses Taught at the CIRHR

Brief CV

Current Research Interests

Joanna currently conducts research in the areas of organizational justice and the pedagogy of using experiential teaching methods to develop leadership skills.  Specifically, she is interested in the personality and situational factors that influence why a leader might treat his or her employees with fairness.  With respect to pedagogy, she
is currently involved in studies related to how computer simulations can be used in leadership development.  She is also involved in assessing the different methods used across disciplines to teach leadership.

Recent Publications

Scott, K., Heathcote, J.M., & Gruman, J. The diverse organization: Is there always gold at the end of the rainbow: Paper under review (R & R) at Human Resource Management.  

Heathcote, J.M. Debating Two Sides: Learning about Ethics in I /O Psychology, Paper accepted for presentation at the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists, April, 2008.  

Scott, K., Heathcote, J.M., & Gruman, J. Diversity Management Practices: Comparing Cox And Blake's Recommendations To Current Research And Practice: Paper accepted for publication of the proceedings of the ASAC conference, June, 2007.  

Gruman, J., Scott, K., & Heathcote, J.M. Cox and Blake Revisited: Empirical Evidence of the Advantages of Diversity in Organizations. Paper accepted for presentation at Academy of Management , August 2007  

Heathcote, J.M. & Meyer, J. Justice for Employees: Using Empathy to Predict Fair Treatment . Paper accepted for presentation at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting , Atlanta , Georgia , August 2006.  

Heathcote, J.M., Radhakrishnan, P. & Yang, Y. Teaching Public Speaking in a Diverse Population . Paper submitted for presentation at the STHLE conference, Toronto , June 2006.

Heathcote, J.M. & Radhakrishnan, P. Extraversion and Public Speaking Performance. Paper submitted for presentation to the Association for Psychological Science Society for the Teaching Institute of the Society for Teaching Psychology, New York , New York , May 2006.

Heathcote, J.M. & Meyer, J. Predicting procedural justice with dispositional empathy: A scenario study. Poster accepted to the Canadian Psychological Association, for the annual conference, Calgary , Alberta , June 2006.

Stanley , D.J., Meyer, J.P., Heathcote, J.M., & Powell, D.M., Gill, H. & Jackson, T.A. Cross-Cultural Generalizability of Affective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment: A Meta-Analysis . Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Las Angeles, CA, April 2005.

Stanley , D.J., Meyer, J.P., Heathcote, J.M., & Powell, D.M., Gill, H. Generalizability of the Three-component Model of Commitment: A Meta-analysis . Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, St John's , Newfoundland , June 2004.

Meyer, J.P., Stanley , D.J., Heathcote, J.M., & Powell, D.M. (2003, May). Cross-cultural generalizability of the three-component model of commitment: Methodological issues and preliminary findings . Paper presented at the Franqui Foundation Symposium on Organizational Behavior, the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium . (invited).

Heathcote, J.M., Harloff, L. & Pepper, S. Influence and justice in the restaurant . Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver , British Columbia , June 2002.

Heathcote, J. M., Carswell, J. & Pepper, S. Influence tactics and incentives in the context of justice: How leaders affect employees . Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City , Quebec , June 2001.

Heathcote, J.M. & Pepper, S. When Voice Doesn't Enhance Justice: Expectations Versus Consistency Information . Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego , CA , April 2001.

Dewitt, D., Ellis, K., Rye , B.J., Steep, B., Braun, K., Heathcote, J., Silverman, G., Smythe, C., Stevents-Lavigne, A. & Wilde, C. (1998). Evaluations of “Opening Doors”, a drug prevention program for at risk youth: Three reports. ARF Research Document Series, 43 , London , Ontario :

ARF. Vernon , P.A., Janzen, L., Vivona, C., Brooks, A., McCarthy, J.M., Puhlik, P., Snyder, A., & Heathcote, J. (1997). The Western Ontario Twin Project: An Overview , Poster presented at the 27 th annual meeting of the Behaviour Genetics Association, Toronto , Canada , July.

Courses Taught at the CIRHR

IRE 1362H Organizational Behaviour

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