Mary Dean Lee
PhD, Organizational Behaviour, Yale University, USA
MA, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, University of South Florida, USA
MEd, Social & Group Processes, Temple University, USA
BA, Literature & Theatre, Eckerd College, USA
Dr. Mary Dean Lee joined 捆绑SM社区's Faculty of Management after completing her doctorate in Organizational Behavior at Yale University and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Business School. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1991 and Full Professor in 2004. She also served a term as Associate Dean and Director of the Undergraduate Program from 1995 to 1997 and was Area Coordinator of the Organizational Behavior group from 1998 to 2006 and 2012 to 2015. Prior to assuming her first administrative post, she was invited to attend the Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration at Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Lee teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Managerial Skill Development, Qualitative Research Methods, and Career Development. She received two awards for the design of innovative courses, one in 2000 and another in 2001.
Professional and managerial careers, the changing nature of work and retirement, work and family, and alternative work arrangements are Dr. Lee's current research interests. In Spring 2008, she was awarded a three-year SSHRC grant to research the reinvention of retirement by Baby Boomer professionals and managers in Canada and Australia. She recently served as an Associate Editor on a Special Issue of Human Relations on Reinventing Retirement. Prior to focusing on retirement trends, Dr. Lee completed a research project funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on Managing Professionals in the 21st Century: The Evolution and Institutionalization of New Work Forms. This follow-up study (2002-04) was based on research carried out from 1996 to 1999 on reduced-load work arrangements among professionals and managers in 43 corporations across a variety of industries. This earlier study was also supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York, as well as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Results from thesestudies have been reported in chapters in a number of edited books, such as The New World of Work, Work-Life Integration and Gender, Work Stress & Health, as well as in articles published in Academy of Management Journal, Human Relations, Human Resource Management, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Management Development, and Organization Studies. In addition, the findings from the original study on reduced-load work 听received a great deal of attention in the popular press and media, including American, Canadian and European newspapers. Dr. Lee was interviewed live on two national television networks in Canada and had an interview taped for a special program on NBC in New York. She was also featured on PBS radio and CBC radio across North America. She won the award at 捆绑SM社区 for the Professor most quoted in the media in 1999. Dr. Lee has also studied part-time work among doctors, lawyers, and accountants, and how women professionals combine career and family over the life span.
At conferences convened by organizations such as the Conference Boards of Canada and the U.S., Dr. Lee has been invited to address a variety of constituencies in the business community. She has also participated in a number of professional networks that bring academics and practitioners together, for example, the Wharton Work/Life Roundtable and the Boston College Roundtable on Work and Family. She also regularly organizes symposia and presents papers in the Careers Division of the Academy of Management. In 1990 she organized a symposium at the International Congress of Applied Psychology in Kyoto, Japan on the topic of international perspectives on work-family linkages.
Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Books and Edited Volumes
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Chapters in Books
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Awards
2003: Finalist for the Women of Distinction in Business Award, Montreal YWCA.
2001: Royal Bank Teaching and Learning Improvement Award for Innovative听Teaching Proposal, "Professors Partnering with Practicing Professionals &听Managers."
2000: Royal Bank Faculty Associate in University Teaching Award, with Steve听Maguire, for Teaching Development Proposal: Re-engineering for Pedagogy听Excellence.
2000: Recognized as the 捆绑SM社区 professor most cited in 1999, with coverage by over 70 different media, including NBC Nightly News, CTV National News, Financial Times, and Los Angeles Times.听 捆绑SM社区 Reporter, January 13, 2000.
1995: Nominated for the Women of Distinction in Business Award, Montreal听YWCA.
1994: Nominated for the Women of Distinction in Business Award, Montreal听YWCA.
Fellowships
1980 - 1981: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Grants
2008: Awarded a 3-Year SSHRC Grant for research on: The Reinvention of听Retirement: A Study of Baby Boomer Professionals in Two Nations
2002: Awarded research grant by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for project: "Managing Professionals in the 21st Century: The Evolution and Institutionalization of New Work Forms.鈥
1996: Awarded research grant: 鈥淩econceptualizing Managerial听Careers in Organizations.鈥 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of New York.
1996: Awarded research grant: 鈥淲omen as Forerunners of Change:听Reconceptualizing Professional and Managerial Careers in Organizations,鈥澨齏omen and Change Theme in Strategic Research Initiative, Social听Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
1990: Awarded research grant to study professional women鈥檚 patterns of听combining career and family over the life span. National Centre for听Management Research & Development, University of Western Ontario.
1988: Awarded research grant to study the career patterns of MBA听graduates. Graduate Management Admissions Council of California.
1985: Awarded research grant to study the career patterns of MBA听graduates. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.