Kevin Kelloway

E. Kevin Kelloway is the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology and Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from Queen’s University in 1991 and began his career in the Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph.

In 1999 he joined the Faculty of Commerce at Saint Mary’s University as Professor of Management and Psychology. In 2006 he was appointed as a Senior Research Fellow at the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Dr. Kelloway was the founding Ph.D. Program Director for the Saint Mary’s Faculty of Commerce (2000 – 2003), the founding Director of the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety and a founding principal of the Centre for Leadership Excellence. In 2009 he was appointed as the Tier I Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology.

Dr. Kelloway is a prolific researcher having published over 200 articles, book chapters, and technical reports in addition to 14 authored/edited books. Active in several professional societies he is Past-Chair of the Canadian Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology and in 2016 was President of the Canadian Psychological Association – Canada’s national association for psychology. As a consultant, Dr. Kelloway maintains an active practice consulting to private and public sector organizations on issues related to leadership, occupational health psychology and human resource management.

Research Interests

• Occupational health
• Mental health issues in the workplace
• Dignity in the workplace
• Leadership

Education

• University of King's College - Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Creative Nonfiction 2017 - 2019
• Queen's University - Ph.D, Organizational Psychology 1988 - 1991
• Saint Mary's University - Master of Science, Industrial/Organizational Psychology 1983 - 1987
• Dalhousie University - Bachelor of Science (Honours, Psychology 1977 - 1983

Honours and Awards

• 2007. SMU President’s Award for Excellence in Research
• 2009. Fellow, Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• 2009. Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
• 2010. Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association
• 2014. Fellow, International Association of Applied Psychology
• 2015. Distinguished contribution to I/O Psychology Award (CSIOP)
• 2016. Distinguished Psychologist in Management Award (SPIM)
• 2019. Presidential recognition as a Scientist-Practitioner (SIOP)
• 2019. SMU President’s Award for Exemplary Service

Scholarly Contributions

Book

• Kelloway E Kevin, Nielsen K, Dimoff J. "Leading to occupational health and safety" (Spring - 2017)
• Chiocchio François, Kelloway E Kevin, Hobbs Brian. "The Psychology and Management of Project Teams" (Spring - 2015)
• Day A, Kelloway E Kevin, Hurrell J. "Workplace Wellbeing: How to build a psychologically health workplace" (Spring - 2014)
• Kelloway E Kevin. "Using Mplus for Structural Equation Modeling: A Researcher’s Guide" (Spring - 2014)
• Crowell E., Kelloway E., Wilson , M. . "How to Grow a Business: Lessons from Leading Entrepreneurs" (Winter - 2009)
• Kelloway E., Francis , L . "Management of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th Edition" (Winter - 2007)
• Gottlieb B., Kelloway E., Barham , E . "Flexible work arrangements: Managing the work-family boundary" (Winter - 1998)
• Barling J., Fullagar C., Kelloway E.. "The Union and its Members: A Psychological Approach" (Winter - 1992)

Journal Articles

• Kelloway E., Francis L., Prosser M., Cameron , J.E. . "(in press) Counterproductive behavior as protest", Human Resource Management Review na (Winter - 2009)
• Fullagar C., Kelloway , E.K . , Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 82 (Winter - 2009), 595-615
• Mullen J., Kelloway , E.K. . "Safety leadership: A longitudinal study of the effects transformational leadership on safety outcomes", Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 20 (Winter - 2009), 253-272.
• Kelloway E., Day , A.L. . "Building healthy organizations: What we know so far", Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science 37 (Winter - 2009), 223-236
• Kelloway E., Day , A.L. . "Building healthy organizations. Where we need to be.", Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science 37 (Winter - 2009), 309-312
• Kelloway E., Francis L., Catano. V.M.,, Dupre , K. . "Third party support for strike action", Journal of Applied Psychology 93 (Winter - 2008), 806-817
• Arnold K., Turner N., Barling J., Kelloway E., McKee , M. . "Transformational leadership and psychological well-being: The mediating role of meaningful work", Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 12 (Winter - 2007), 193-203
• Kelloway E., Francis L., V.M. Catano., Teed M. "Predicting Protest", Basic and Applied Social Psychology 29 (Winter - 2007), 13-22
• Day A., Stinson V., Catano V., Kelloway E.. "Third party reactions to the threat of a labor strike", Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 11 (Winter - 2006), 3-12
• Kelloway E., Mullen J., Francis L. "Divergent effects of passive and transformational leadership on safety outcomes", Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 11 (Winter - 2006), 76-86
• Schat A., Kelloway E., Desmarais , S . "The Physical Health Questionnaire (PHQ): Construct Validation of a Self-Report Scale of Somatic Symptoms", Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 10 (Winter - 2005), 363-381
• Chawla A., Kelloway , E.K . "Predicting Openness and Commitment to Change", The Leadership and Organizational Development Journal 25 (Winter - 2004), 485-498
• Kelloway E., Stinson V., MacLean C. "Can eyewitness research improve occupational health and safety? Towards a research agenda", Law and Human Behavior 28 (Winter - 2004), 115
• Connelly C., Kelloway , E.K . , The Leadership and Organizational Development Journal 24 (Winter - 2003), 294
• Kelloway E., Barling J., Kelley E., Comtois J., Gatien , B . "Remote transformational leadership", The Leadership and Organizational Development Journal 24 (Winter - 2003), 163-171
• Barling J., Kelloway E., Iverson , R . "Accidental Outcomes: Attitudinal Consequences of Workplace Injuries", Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 8 (Winter - 2003), 74-85
• Barling J., Iverson R. "High quality work, job satisfaction and occupational injuries", Journal of Applied Psychology 88 (Winter - 2003), 276-283
• Schat A., Kelloway , E.K . "Reducing the adverse consequences of workplace aggression and violence: The buffering effects of organizational support", Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 8 (Winter - 2003), 110-122
• Kelloway E., Loughlin C., Barling J., Nault A. "Self-reported counterproductive and organizational citizenship behaviors: Separate but related constructs", International Journal of Selection and Assessment 10 (Winter - 2002), 143-151
• McManus K., Korabik K., Kelloway E., Rozin H. "Employed mothers and the work-family interface: Does family structure matter?", Human Relations 55 (Winter - 2002), 1295-1324
• Barling J., Loughlin C., Kelloway E.K. "Development and test of a model linking safety-specific transformational leadership and occupational safety", Journal of Applied Psychology 87 (Winter - 2002), 488-496
• LeBlanc M., Kelloway , E.K . "Predictors and outcomes of workplace violence and aggression", Journal of Applied Psychology 87 (Winter - 2002), 444-453
• Arnold K., Barling J., Kelloway , E.K. . "Transformational leadership or the iron cage: Which predicts trust, commitment, and team efficacy?", The Leadership and Organization Development Journal 22 (Winter - 2001), 315-320
• Catano V., Pond M., Kelloway E.. "Exploring commitment and leadership in volunteer organizations", The Leadership and Organization Development Journal 22 (Winter - 2001), 256-263
• Charbonneau D., Barling J., Kelloway , E.K. . "Transformational leadership and sports performance: The mediating role of intrinsic motivation", Journal of Applied Social Psychology 31 (Winter - 2001), 1521-1534
• Barling J., Rogers G., Kelloway , E.K. . , Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 6 (Winter - 2001), 255-269
• Schalm R., Kelloway , E.K. . "Response rate and effect sizes in occupational health psychology research", Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 6 (Winter - 2001), 160-163
• Mendelsohn M., Catano V., Kelloway , E.K. . "Environmental illness, stress and social support: A review and empirical test", Work&Stress 14 (Winter - 2000), 156-170

Other Publications

• Kelloway E., Francis L., Catano V., Cameron J., Day , A . "Psychological disorders in the Canadian Forces: Legal and Social Issues" (Winter - 2004)
• Mullen J., Francis L., Kelloway , E.K . "Executive Coaching in the Canadian Forces"
  Kingston, ON: Canadian Forces Leadership Institute (Winter - 2004)
• Kelloway E.K. "Work and Mental Health: From Research to Strategy"
  Report to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Ottawa, ON (Winter - 2003)
• Francis L., Kelloway , E.K . "Stress and Leadership"
  Kingston, ON: Canadian Forces Leadership Institute (Winter - 2003)
• Kelley E., Weatherbee T., Kelloway , E.K . "Remote leadership"
  Kingston, ON: Canadian Forces Leadership Institute (Winter - 2003)
• Kelloway E., Catano , V.M . "Contemporary perspectives on performance appraisal: Towards resolving the paradox" (Winter - 2003)