Connelly Laboratory for Organizational Behaviour Research

At the Connelly Laboratory for Organizational Behaviour Research, we study how workplaces are changing and how employees are reacting to these changes. We focus on workers who are often overlooked: part-time workers, independent contractors, temporary employees (“temps”), mobile workers, temporary foreign workers and workers with disabilities.

By providing a space dedicated to organizational behaviour research, our lab fills an important need. Even though workplace dynamics play a huge role in people’s lives, they aren’t always well understood. We develop hypotheses and test them by running experiments or by analyzing data from workplaces. This helps us answer questions like:

• What best encourages collaboration with colleagues, and sharing knowledge and skills? What discourages collaboration and knowledge sharing?

• How can people who occupy leadership positions sustain their own focus and health while still fulfilling their responsibilities towards colleagues, employees, and mentees?

• What are the true costs and benefits of hiring non-permanent workers?

• How can employees with disabilities thrive in the workplace?

Understanding these dynamics helps create workplaces that foster and make use of employees’ strengths, and that become healthier, happier, and more fulfilling for people to work in.