The goal of the PhD specialization in Organizational Behaviour is to train world-class researchers in this field. The term "organizational behaviour" refers to a collection of theory and research that focuses on individual and group attitudes, cognitions, and behaviours in organizations.
The Faculty in the Area represent a mix of researchers from a variety of backgrounds. They strive to advance understanding of the individual, interpersonal, and organizational processes that influence the management of people in complex and evolving organizations.
Current Area Research Topics
- Human resource management, recruitment and retention dynamics
- Labour relations and labour-management relations
- Mechanisms of inequality in labour markets and organizations
- Social norms, social networks
- Organizational misconduct, business ethics
- Organizational design
- Job structure and design of work
- Occupations, professions, and careers
- Workplace conflict and negotiation
- Entrepreneurship
Typical Course Structure
First Year
Fall semester
ORGB 705 Seminar in Behavioural Science
MGPO 704 Organizational Theory Seminar: Management Policy
ORGB 706 Meso Organizational Behaviour
Winter semester
ORGB 708 Social Network Analysis for Social Science Research
ORGB 707 The Use and Abuse of Power
Elective
Second Year
Fall semester
MGMT 709 Designing for Causal Inference
MGSC 706 Research Statistics
Elective
Winter semester
EDPH 689 Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
MGPO 701 Seminar in Qualitative Methods
Elective
Electives
MPHE 746 HEC80 463 Job Attitudes & Behaviours
MPHE 742 HEC8074411 Theory Building
SOCI 620 Quantitative Methods 2
MPHE 740 HEC80459A Qualitative Research Methods in Management
MPQM 761 ADM9944 Travail, vie et carri猫re : identit茅s contemporaines
POLI 666 Causal Inference for Political Science
Typical Support Fields
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Anthropology
