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Alison M. Konrad serves as Professor of Organizational Behavior and holds the Corus Entertainment Chair in Women in Management at Western University's Ivey Business School. Her academic career spans over two decades at this institution with continuous employment since July 2003.
Her research focuses on critical organizational dynamics including gender and diversity in organizations, strategic human resource management, work-life flexibility systems, and women's leadership pathways. She examines how diversity initiatives intersect with meritocratic principles, investigates representation cascades across organizational hierarchies, and analyzes contextual contingencies affecting age and racial diversity outcomes. Her work frequently employs multi-level methodologies and cross-cultural comparisons, particularly examining Japanese corporate contexts.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on resolving diversity paradoxes through organizational ambidexterity, understanding trickle-down effects of leadership representation, and developing frameworks for inclusive excellence that balance identity-conscious and identity-blind approaches. Her scholarship demonstrates consistent methodological rigor across qualitative, quantitative, and meta-analytic approaches.
- Corus Entertainment Chair in Women in Management
Professor Konrad actively contributes to diversity advancement through leadership roles including DIG (Diversity in Global Management) initiatives and extensive peer review activities across top management journals. Her scholarly impact extends to practical applications through workshops on classroom diversity implementation and executive education on senior leadership diversity in multiple international contexts.
