The University of Western Ontario, Social Science Centre
Room 8404
London, Ontario, N6A 5C2
kmcinni3@uwo.ca
http://publish.uwo.ca/~kmcinni3

Doctor of Philosophy, Industrial/Organizational Psychology (September 2007- present)
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

• Dissertation entitled: Grounding psychological contract research: Examining current assumptions from the perspective of the employee. (Supervisor: Dr. John Meyer)
• Anticipate graduating this summer

Masters of Science, Industrial/Organizational Psychology
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (September 2005- June 2007)

• Thesis entitled: Beyond the Dotted Line: Psychological Contracts and their Relations with Organizational Commitment.
• Relevant courses: Motivation and Leadership, Performance Appraisals, Recruitment and Selection, and Research Methods in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Bachelor of Arts, Honours Arts Psychology (September 2000- June 2005)
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

• Specialization in Management Sciences, Co-operative Education Program, Dean’s List
• Honours Thesis entitled: Stability of Personality of Bicultural Individuals.
• Relevant courses: Business Communications, Training and Development, Human Resources Management, and Professional and Business Ethics.

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Stanley, D. J., Meyer, J. P., Jackson, T. A., McInnis, K. J., Maltin, E. R., & Sheppard, L. (2011). Affective, normative, and continuance commitment across cultures: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Chicago, IL.

McInnis, K. J., Meyer, J. P., & Feldman, S. (2009). Psychological Contracts and their Implications for Commitment: A Feature-Based Approach. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 74, 165-180.

McInnis, K. J., Meyer, J. P., & Feldman, S. (June, 2009). A comparison of commitment profiles across psychological contract perceptions. Poster presented at the annual convention of Canadian Psychology Association (CPA), Montreal, Quebec.

McInnis, K. J., & Meyer, J. P. (June, 2008). Psychological contracts and organizational commitment profiles: An examination of the employer-employee relationship. Poster presented at the annual convention of Canadian Psychology Association (CPA). Halifax, Nova Scotia.

McInnis, K. J., & Meyer, J. P. (April, 2008). Beyond the Dotted Line: Psychological Contracts and Organizational Commitment. Poster presented at Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Satav, L., McInnis, K. J., & Meyer, J. P. (April, 2008). Resistance to organizational change: Toward a multidimensional conceptualization. Poster presented at Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Maltin, E. R., Kumsar, A., McInnis, K. J., Jackson, T. A., & Meyer, J. P. (2007, June). Commitment profiles and well-being in an educational context. Poster presented at the annual convention of Canadian Psychology Association (CPA), Ottawa, Ontario.

Stanley, D. J., Meyer, J. P., Jackson, T. A., Maltin, E. R., McInnis, K. J., Kumsar, Y., & Sheppard, L. (2007, April). Cross-cultural generalizability of the Three-Component Model of Commitment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP), New York, NY.

Maltin, E. R., Meyer, J. P., Jackson, T. A., & McInnis, K. J. (2006, June). Commitment and motivation: Test of an Integration Model. Paper presented in a symposium entitled Work motivation and commitment: A multidimensial and multifoci perspective, at Administration Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Banff, Alberta.

Maltin, E. R., Meyer, J. P., Jackson, T. J., & McInnis, K. J. (2006, June). Commitment and Motivation: Test of an Integration Model. Poster presented at the annual convention of CPA, Calgary, Alberta.

Lee, W. B., Heller, D., & McInnis, K. J. (2005, January) Bicultural individuals: Frame-switching and the stability of personality.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

RELEVANT TEACHING ASSISTANT POSITIONS

University of Western Ontario
Organizational Behaviour (January- April 2007; September 2007-present)
Leadership in Organizations (January- April 2007; September- December 2007)
Introductory Psychology (September 2005- April 2006; September- December 2007)
The Psychology of People, Work, and Organizations (September 2006- April 2007)

University of Waterloo
Career Development and Decision Making (January- April 2005)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Organizational Behaviour Lab (September 2005-present)
Dr. John Meyer
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Industrial/Organizational Psychology Research Lab (October 2004- April 2005)
Dr. Daniel Heller
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Research projects include the following research areas: leadership, organizational commitment, motivation and well-being (both in workplace and educational settings), and cross-cultural work attitude comparisons.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canadian Graduate Scholarship Master’s (2006-2007).
Value: $17, 500.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship. (2006-2007).
Value: $15,000. (declined)

St. Jerome's Upper Year Scholarship (2004-2005) for academic achievement, University of Waterloo.

St. Jerome's Upper Year Scholarship (2003-2004) for academic achievement, University of Waterloo.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/COMMITTEES
(University of Western Ontario)

Department of Psychology’s Appointments Committee (2010-2011)
I/O Psychology Southwestern Ontario Student Conference (2006; 2009)
Douglas Jackson I/O Psychology Library (2007-2009)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Canadian Psychology Association
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Updated May 2011