Karen Korabik leads the research agenda Gender and Organizations at the Centre for Families Work and Wellbeing. Dr. Korabik is Professor in the Department of Psychology, and a core faculty member in the Industrial/Organizational and Applied Social Psychology Programs. Karen has recently retired from her faculty role at the University.
Karen works with the Master's in Leadership Program, was a founding member of the University of Guelph's Women's Studies Program and is a consultant to the Guelph Centre for Occupational Research.
Karen teaches graduate level courses in program evaluation, research methods, and gender dynamics in organizations. Her research includes work in public and private sector organizational settings in Canada and abroad, with many book chapters and scientific articles on topics such as leadership and conflict management; stress, coping, and social support; job change; work-family balance; gender issues; acculturation; and program evaluation.
Dr. Korabik is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She has served as the coordinator and secretary/treasurer of the Canadian Psychological Association's Section on Program Evaluation, has been a member of the Board of Directors and the Conference Planning Committee of the Canadian Evaluation Society (Toronto Chapter). Karen's publications can be found on her personal website.
Personal website:
www.uoguelph.ca/~kkorabik
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Wednesday, March 10
A new article from Statistics Canada looks at long-distance caregivers - adults who care for an aging parent who lives far away. read more...
Tuesday, February 23
New study published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews links flexible work arrangements with modest improvements in health status. read more...
Sunday, January 31
A new Canadian qualitative study provides insight into the strategies home-based workers use to create boundaries between their home and work lives. read more...
This study examined challenges to financial security faced by self-employed women when their earnings are interrupted after childbirth/adoption or for personal or family health reasons. Policy mechanisms that could promote greater economic security for… read more...
The project, funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada, undertaken with an advisory committee of seniors from five Ontario communities, sought to identify and raise awareness about issues, services and supports related to elderabuse.… read more...