Peter Fisher

Peter Fisher is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management. His research specializes in bias reduction in hiring, workplace diversity, and evidence-based recruitment practices. He also serves as webmaster for the Canadian Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology.

Research Focus

Fisher investigates personnel selection methodologies, cross-cultural personality differences, and HR decision-making. Key areas include:

• Gender and cultural bias mitigation in employment references
• Personality assessment validity (e.g., forced-choice testing)
• Technology's role in modern recruitment

Publications

His 9 most recent articles (2017–2021) emphasize industrial-organizational psychology, with recurring themes of psychometrics, cross-national comparisons, and HR analytics. Work frequently appears in journals like Personality and Individual Differences and the International Journal of Selection and Assessment.

Awards & Grants

• SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2020–2021): $50,574 for tech startup hiring research
• Lazaridis Seed Grant (2019–2020): $10,000
• 2017 Best Master’s Thesis Award (HR Research Institute)
• 2017 Best Student Poster, Second Prize (Canadian Society for I/O Psychology)

Teaching & Service

He teaches MHR 623: Recruitment and Selection and contributes to academic societies, enhancing industry-academia collaboration in HR practices.