Jeffrey J. McNally

JEFFREY J. MCNALLY, Assistant Professor, joined the Faculty of Business Administration in 2011 and is a member of the Human Resources area. He previously served the FBA as an instructor of human resources from 2005-2007. Jeff currently teaches Administration, Human Resources Selection Systems, Labour Relations, Motivation & Work Behaviour, and Training & Development at the undergraduate level, and Motivation & Job Design at the graduate level.

Dr. McNally’s research interests focus on examining employees’ psychological investments in their organizations in terms of their relationship with work-related attitudes and behaviours. He also has an interest in examining the outcomes of management education at the university level, particularly entrepreneurship education and training.

Jeff is a member of the Academy of Management, the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, and the Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He is an active ad hoc reviewer for such academic journals as Academy of Management Learning & Education, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and the Journal of Small Business Management, among others.

Jeff was awarded the FBA Annual Research Award in 2013 for his work in the 2012 calendar year. As a doctoral student, he was awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarships in 2009 and 2010 as well as the prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship in 2010.

Selection of Peer Reviewed Publications:

Examining the individual and organizational determinants of turnover intent, Personnel Review, forthcoming (with D.H. Flint & L. Haley).

Examining the formation of human capital in entrepreneurship: A meta-analysis of entrepreneurship education outcomes. Journal of Business Venturing, 28, 211-224, 2013 (with B. Martin & M. Kay).

The relationship between university student commitment profiles and behavior: Exploring the nature of context effects [Special issue]. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 17, 201-215, 2010 (with P.G. Irving).

Selection of Published Proceedings:

The role of self-evaluation in motivating task performance: A goal setting theory perspective. In James Mason (Ed.), Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (CD), Volume 31, 2010 (with B. Martin, S. Taggar, & P.H. Wong).
Examining the relationship between university student commitment profiles and behavior. In George T. Solomon (Ed.), Best Paper Proceedings of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643, 2009 (with P.G. Irving).

Selection of Recent Conference Presentations:

Principles or practice? Exploring the application of theory in entrepreneurship course syllabi. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, Florida, 2013 (with B. Honig & B. Martin).

Empirical foundation for modeling human capital formation impact on entrepreneurship outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio, Texas, 2011 (with B. Martin & M. Kay).

Education:

Ph.D., Business Administration, McMaster University
M.A., Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Western Ontario
B.A., Honours Psychology, Mount Allison University

Contact Information

Dr. Jeffrey J. McNally
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business Administration
Ph.D., McMaster University  
Office Phone: (506) 453-5129
Office Location: 356 Singer Hall