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EDI Catalyst Grant Winners Announced

Dhillon EDI Catalyst grant
Posted 2024-02-23
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The Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics is pleased to announce the 2024 awardees of the EDI Catalyst Grant.

Congratulations to:

  • Sima Sajjadiani, Assistant Professor in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, Danielle van Jaarsveld, Professor in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, David Walker, Assistant Professor in Management, & Gabrielle Voiseux, PhD student in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources: “Can AI-Human Collaboration Decrease Demographic Biases in Performance Evaluations?”
  • Hsuan-Che (Brad) Huang, PhD student in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, & Daniel Skarlicki, Professor in Marketing and Behavioural Science: “Understanding Minority Employees’ Moral Responses to Managers’ Superficial Support for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion”
  • Chelsea (Chunxue) Yang, PhD student, & Kai Li, Professor, both in Finance: “Gender Diversity and Corporate Environmental and Social Performance”
  • Angéle Beausoleil, Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation: “Exploring the Gender Variables of Innovation and Entrepreneurship”
  • Nicolas Wesseler, PhD student, & Keith Head, Professor, both in Strategy and Business Economics: “The Role of Diversity for Group Performance: Evidence from the Top of the World”
  • Lingtao Yu, Assistant Professor in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources: “Gender Matters…or Not? Supervisor’s Emotional and Behavioral Responses to an Influential Subordinate”

The EDI Catalyst Grant encourages and supports UBC Sauder research related to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) by providing seed funding. The call for the next round of EDI Catalyst grant funding applications will be released in late fall 2024. Learn more at https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/event/ubc-sauder-edi-research-catalyst-funding

 

EDI Catalyst Research Showcase

On May 10, 2024, the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and the UBC Sauder Dean’s Office are hosting a short virtual research symposium to showcase past research funded by the EDI Catalyst Research grant. Visit here for more details and to register.