KAUFMAN, LORNA L.

Lorna.Kaufman@viu.ca
Ph.D. - Management (University of Calgary)
M.I.R. – Industrial Relations (Queen’s University at Kingston)
B.Comm. – HR, Organizational Behaviour, Industrial Relations (University of Alberta)
Teaching Area: Organizational Behaviour and Theory, Human Resources Management
Areas of Special Interest: Spirituality in the workplace, management education, human rights and diversity issues, employment and pay equity, business ethics, critical management studies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

University College Professor
Faculty of Management, Vancouver Island University, Canada

Lecturer     
Faculty of Business Administration, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Instructor    
Faculty of Management, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Assistant Professor     
Business Administration Faculty,  Faculty of Arts, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba

Instructor     
School for Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Labour Relations Officer    
Alberta Labour Relations Board, Alberta Labour, Calgary, Alberta

Human Rights Consultant    
Alberta Human Rights Commission, Alberta Labour, Calgary, Alberta

Consultant and Researcher    
National Union of Provincial Government Employees; Mediation Services, Alberta Labour; Calgary Research and Development Authority

Research Associate    
Industrial Relations Centre, Queen’s University at Kingston, Kingston, Ontario

PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 Spirituality at Work in the Management Academy   Accepted for presentation at ASAC (Administrative Sciences Association of Canada) 2003, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 14-16, 2003.

How Well Do We Teach Business Ethics?: Assessing University Business and Management Curricula   With S. Quinn.   Accepted for presentation at the International Institute for Public Ethics, Ottawa, Ontario, September 24-27, 2000.

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (But Maybe Not Far Enough): Arguments for Maintaining Gender-Specific Research in Management Studies   With C. Sharp.  Accepted for presentation as poster session at ASAC-IFSAM 2000, Montreal, Quebec, July 8-11, 2000.

Radical Transformations: Implications of New Age Organizational Transformation and Critical Theory for Second-Order Organizational Change     With P. Prasad.  Accepted for presentation at ASAC (Administrative Sciences Association of Canada) 98: Managing in Concert, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 30-June 2, 1998.

The Sound of Silence: Representing Diversity in Organizational Discourse--An Empirical Study of a Canadian Community College.     Proceedings, Gender Research Symposium 1998, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, March 19-20, 1998.

Worker Influence in Decisions Regarding Technological Change: A Case Study of Norway  The School of Industrial Relations Series, No. 5.  Kingston: Industrial Relations Centre, Queen’s University at Kingston, 1986.

Job Evaluation Systems: Concepts and Issues     Research and Current Issues Series No. 45.  Kingston: Industrial Relations Centre, Queen’s University at Kingston, 1986.

Job Evaluation Systems in Ontario Public Sector Organizations: A Survey Report     With M.L. Coates and J.D. Arrowsmith.  Research and Current Issues Series No. 45.  Kingston: Industrial Relations Centre, Queen’s University at Kingston, 1986.