Morris (Morrie) B. Mendelson, PhD

Associate Professor

Morrie MendelsonMorrie Mendelson joined the Faculty of Business of the University of New Brunswick in Saint John in 2001 and is a member of the Human Resources area.

He teaches courses in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management (i.e., introductory course, Compensation, and Occupational Health and Safety) at the undergraduate level and Human Behaviour and Leadership at the MBA level.

He received the UNB Saint John Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching in 2008. Before joining the University of New Brunswick, he taught at Queen’s and Wilfrid Laurier Universities.

Morrie has an extensive record of service with the Faculty, the University and with the community.

In addition to serving as Assistant Dean in during 2009 and 2010, he served on numerous committees including Saint John Senate, Level I and Interfaculty Assessment Committees, and the  Saint John Senate Teaching Awards Committee, just to name a few.

In the community, Morrie is currently serving on the board of Ties 2 Work and was a worker representative on the Board of Directors for WorkSafe NB from 2004 to 2010. In addition, he has been involved with the Saint John Animal Rescue League.

Morrie completed his dissertation at Queen’s University in 2005, where is research focused on testing various models of best practices (high involvement work practices) in organizations. In addition, Morrie has a strong interest in workplace wellness, transformational leadership, violence in the workplace, and ethics. He is currently working on a number of papers covering topics ranging from workplace violence and leadership, leadership and absenteeism, and whether we can ascertain other’s intentions to be moral.

Discipline-based scholarship

Peer-reviewed journal articles and proceedings

  • Mendelson, M., Turner, N. & Barling, J. (2011). Perception of the presence and effectiveness of high involvement work systems and their relationship to employee attitudes: A test of competing models. Personnel Review, 40, 45-69.
  • Fleet, G.J., Doiron, D., Williamson, M. and Mendelson, M. (2010). Evidence for Stalled ICT Adoption and the Facilitator eCommerce Adoption Model in SMEs. Presented at 33rd Annual Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (ISBE 2010) in London, UK
  • Frooman, J., Mendelson, M. B., & Moir, R. (2007). Translucency and morality: Can we tell whether someone is disposed to be moral? Published (May 2008) in the Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (Social Responsibility Division)
  • Gilbert, E., MacAuley, D., & Mendelson, M. B. (2006). Natural church development: Blending the spiritual and traditional approaches to understanding organizations. Published in the Proceedings of the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference (OB Division), Sackville, New Brunswick, September 29-30, 2006
  • Mendelson, M. B. (2006). The nature of high involvement work systems: A test of competing models. Abstract published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference (Human Resource Management Division), Atlanta Georgia, August 13-16, 2006
  • Mendelson, M. B., Frooman, J., & Murphy, K. (2006). Perceptions of leadership as a determinant of legitimate and illegitimate use of sick leave. Published (May 2007) in the Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (Organizational Behaviour Division)
  • Giannopoulos, C., Conway, M., & Mendelson, M. (2005). The gender of status: The laypersons' perception of status groups is gender-typed. Sex Roles, 11, 795-806
  • Mendelson, M.B. (2004). The development and test of a measure of employee perceptions of high involvement work systems. Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (Human Resource Management Division), 25(9), 1-25
  • Conway, M., Mendelson, M.B., Csank, P., & Holm, S. (2004). Childhood and adult sexual abuse, rumination on sadness, and dysphoria. Child Abuse and Neglect, 393-410
  • Mendelson, M.B. (2001, Best Paper Award). The effects of high performance work systems on service quality and customer loyalty. Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (Human Resource Management Division), 22(9), 65-75
  • Bansal, H., Mendelson, M.B., & Sharma, B. (2001). The impact of intemal marketing activities on external marketing outcomes. Journal of Quality Management, 6, 61-76
  • Mendelson, M.B., Catano, V.M., & Kelloway, K. (2000). The role of stress and social support in Sick Building Syndrome. Work and Stress, 14(2), 137-155
  • Barling, J., & Mendelson, M.B. (1999). Parents' job insecurity affects children's grade performance via the indirect effects of a belief in an unjust world and negative mood. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 4, 347-355
  • Conway, M., Giannopoulos, C., Csank, P., & Mendelson, M. (1993). Dysphoria and specificity in self focused attention. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 265-268

 

Contributions to practice

Non-refereed proceedings or presentations

  • Mendelson, M.B. (October, 2008). Generations Apart: The Challenges of Managing Employees in Different Age Groups. Presented at the annual Worksafe NB Conference, Moncton, NB, October 5-7, 2008
  • Mendelson, M.B. (October, 2007). Workplace violence: Causes, consequences and solutions. Presented at Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation Organizational Learning Symposium, Saint John, NB, October 28, 2007
  • Mendelson, M.B. (June, 2007). High involvement leads to healthy workplaces: But it’s the mindset that is the hard part. Presented at the Heart and Stroke Foundation Conference, Saint John, NB, June 13, 2007
  • Mendelson, M.B. (October, 2006). Workplace violence: Causes, consequences and solutions. Presented at Maritech (2006), Saint John, NB, October 26-28, 2006
  • Mendelson, M.B. (May, 2006). High involvement for workplace wellness. Presented at the MINERVA Summer Business Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, May 28-31, 2006
  • Mendelson, M.B. (January, 2006). High involvement work systems. Presented to the Human Resources Association of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, January 28, 2006