Amanda Hancock

Memorial University of Newfoundland · Grenfell Campus

Purpose We investigate how mindfulness can help women leaders manage the work–home conflict using boundary theory. In this daily diary study, we examine daily levels of mindfulness as an antecedent to daily self-control and perceptions of work–home conflict. We propose that higher levels of daily mindfulness act as a personal resource that fosters...

This chapter investigates the association between frontline manager behaviour and employee psychological and physical well-being. Based on the results of a comprehensive literature review of empirical research, we summarize the links between leadership and employee well-being using two broad categories - constructive (e.g., transformational, leader...

Purpose The purpose of this paper were to investigate whether gendered social media images reduce women’s leadership aspirations (via reduced leadership self-efficacy) and whether state mindfulness buffers the effect of stereotype threat on women’s leadership self-efficacy, and in turn, leadership aspirations. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 (...

This research responds to calls for a more integrative approach to leadership theory by identifying subpopulations of followers who share a common set of perceptions with respect to their leader's behaviors. Six commonly researched styles were investigated: abusive supervision, transformational leadership (TFL), contingent reward (CR), passive and...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine female leaders' attitudes toward demand-side strategies to close the gender-leadership gap and discuss implications for organizations. Design/methodology/approach This article describes the process of knowledge co-creation that took place using an engaged scholarship epistemology over 23 interviews w...

Analyses of objective data from census and nationally representative samples illustrate that numerical occupational segregation by sexual orientation has existed for decades. The purpose of this study was to evaluate subjective perceptions of these and other occupations to determine the statistical validity of sexual orientation occupational stereo...

The Cambridge Handbook of Technology and Employee Behavior - edited by Richard N. Landers February 2019

Cyber-deviance is a large umbrella capturing a wide range of behaviors from web surfing, time, and productivity theft to more serious forms of cyberbullying, virtual harassment, and disclosure of proprietary or sensitive information. Organizations are financially, legally, operationally, and morally motivated to mitigate workplace cyber-deviance, e...

HIV infection is not a legally notifiable disease at the national level in Canada; however, provincial and territorial officials voluntarily undertake notification to the Public Health Agency of Canada. A case study involving four community-based sites in Newfoundland and Labrador found that the absence of clear legislation concerning HIV testing p...