The Science of Leadership

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) and the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business (CCAL) present Julian Barling, PhD, Borden Professor of Leadership in the Queen’s School of Business, a Queen’s Research Chair, and author of a new book, “The Science of Leadership”. Academic and practitioner alike, we invite you to participate and learn from Dr. Barling’s psychological and behavioural explorations on the nature of organizational leadership. Based in two decades of his involvement in leadership, Dr. Barling responds to the question of whether leaders “matter”, and explains how leadership works. REGISTER NOW
Location:
Husky Oil Great Hall – Rozsa Centre
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Dr. Barling is the author of several books, including Employment, stress and family functioning (1990, Wiley & Sons), The union and its members: A psychological approach (with Clive Fullagar and Kevin Kelloway, 1992, Oxford University Press), and Changing employment relations: Behavioral and social perspectives (with Lois Tetrick, 1995, American Psychological Association), and Young workers (with Kevin Kelloway, 1999, American Psychological Association). Dr. Barling co-edited The psychology of workplace safety (2004; American Psychological Association), the Handbook of Work Stress (2005; Sage Publications), and the Handbook of Workplace Violence (2006; Sage Publications). Dr. Barling is senior editor of the Handbook of Organizational Behavior, which appeared in 2008. In addition, he is the author/editor of well over 125 research articles and book chapters.
More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/science-leadership