Sheldene Simola
Ph.D. (Queen's), M.A. (Queen's), M.B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), BA, B.S.W. (McMaster),
Professor
Office: DNA B108.6
Phone: 705-748-1011 ext. 7237
Email: ssimola@trentu.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Workplace Mental Health and Wellness
- Spirituality in the Workplace
- Work-Related Dignity
- Work-Related Moral Injury and Repair/Recovery
- Organizational crisis prevention and management
- Individual Ethical Decision-Making in Business and Organizations
- Care Ethics and Relational Cultural Theory
- Moral Courage
- Teaching and learning in higher education
Dr. Simola has worked at Trent since 2007. She teaches and researches in the above areas. Her research has been published in many scholarly journals, and throughout her career, Dr. Simola has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Elliot Jacques Memorial Prize from APA Division 13 for the outstanding article of the year, the Emerald Publishing Literati Network Outstanding Article Award, the Laurier School of Business and Economics Gold Medal awarded to the top graduating student from the M.B.A./M.A.E. programs, and numerous Outstanding or Best Reviewer Awards from Academy of Management Annual Meetings and/or scholarly journals.
Dr. Simola is also an award winning teacher, who is “recognized as an inspiring educator and role model” and “lauded for her ongoing innovation in course development and renewal” as well as “her care for the development, well-being and success of her students.”
She has previously served as the Associate Director of the School of Business.
Prior to transitioning into a full-time academic position, Dr. Simola worked for a number of years as a clinical psychologist with adjunct academic appointments. Her teaching and research were in the areas of developmental and clinical psychology; assessment and psychotherapy; and, clinical ethics. She taught in an undergraduate medical school curriculum and post graduate psychiatry program, as well as in undergraduate and graduate programs in psychology.
Selected publications:
Simola, S. (2024). Dignity-infused and trauma-informed, contemplative pedagogy for preventing moral injury and promoting wellbeing. Humanistic Management Journal. Early Cite/Online First: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41463-024-00179-7
Simola, S. (in press). Work-related spiritual mentoring in support of well-being. In B. Kutsyuruba & K. Walker (Eds.), Mentoring for wellbeing across the professions and disciplines (pp. tba), IAP.
Simola, S. (2024). Exploring agape in the prevention of work-related moral injury. Humanistic Management Journal, 8(3), 355-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41463-023-00161-9
Simola, S. (2024). Storytelling as pedagogical practice in support of transcendence and well-being. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 21(3), 327-350. https://doi.org/10.51327/XRQG5211
Simola, S. (2024). Use of coping-modeling, problem-solving videos for experiential learning of mental health-related HRM relational skills. Journal of Human Resource Management Education, 18(2), 1-27.
Simola, S. (2024). CSR-related values in workplace dignity and well-being. In S. Marcovic, A. Lindgreen, N. Koporcic, & M. Micevski (Eds.), Approaches to corporate social responsibility: Knowledge, values, and actions (pp. 314-339). New York, NY: Routledge
Simola, S. (2024). Disrupting whiteness in North American higher education: Seven processual considerations for white educators. In M.B. Rao, A. Singh, & P.M Rao (Eds.), Worldviews and values in higher education (global perspectives on higher education development (pp. 125-141). Leeds: Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-897-520241009
Simola, S. (2023). The role of dignity in workplace well-being: A relational cultural perspective. In J. Marques (Ed.). The Palgrave handbook of fulfillment, wellness, and personal growth at work. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-35494-6_6
Simola, S. (2023). Experiential learning in an asynchronous, online course in behavioral business ethics. In P. Kumar & J. Eisenberg (Eds.), Synchronous and asynchronous approaches to teaching: Higher education lessons in post-pandemic times. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17841-2_7
Simola, S. (2023). Book review. Of M. Walker (Author), When getting along is not enough: Reconstructing race in our lives and relationships. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2020. Academy of Management Learning and Education.
Simola, S. (2022). Ethics in Workplace Mental Health. In D. Poff & A. Michalos (Eds.), Encyclopedia on Business and Professional Ethics. New York, NY: Springer.
Simola, S. (2022). Humiliation and Dignity. In D. Poff & A. Michalos (Eds.), Encyclopedia on Business and Professional Ethics. New York, NY: Springer.
Simola, S. (2022). Conscience in Business and Organizations. In D. Poff & A. Michalos (Eds.), Encyclopedia on Business and Professional Ethics. New York, NY: Springer.
Simola, S. (2022). Corporate crisis management and business ethics. In D. Poff & A. Michalos (Eds.), Encyclopedia on Business and Professional Ethics. New York, NY: Springer.
Simola, S. (2021). Supporting business ethics and sustainability: A relational perspective on conscience. In J. Marques (Ed.), The Routledge Research Companion to Business with A Conscience. New York, NY: Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003139461-20/supporting-business-ethics-sustainability-sheldene-simola
Simola, S. (2021). Teaching for intersectionality: Insights from a relational cultural perspective. Journal for Multicultural Education, 15(1), 38-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/JME-11-2019-0082
Simola, S. (2020). Fostering engagement with human sustainability: The cultivation of care among business students. In E. Sengupta, P. Blessinger, & C. Mahoney (Eds.), Civil society and responsibility in higher education: International perspectives on curriculum and teaching developments (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 21) (pp. 195-208), UK: Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120200000021014
Simola, S. (2019). Educating business students to manage for mental health. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 14(5), 315-326. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-01-2019-0005
Simola, S. (2019). Exploring process recording in behavioural ethics education. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 12(3), 534-544. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-07-2019-0175
Simola, S.K (2018a). Informed consent. Encyclopedia Entry in R.W. Kolb (Ed.), The Sage encyclopedia of business ethics and society (2nd Ed) (New York, NY: Sage).
Simola, S.K (2018b). Moral muteness. Encyclopedia Entry in R.W. Kolb (Ed.), The Sage encyclopedia of business ethics and society (2nd Ed). New York, NY: Sage.
Simola, S. (2017). Managing for academic integrity in higher education: Insights from behavioral ethics. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 31(1), 43-57. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000076
Simola, S. (2016). Mentoring the morally courageous: A relational cultural perspective. Career Development International, 21(4), 340-354. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-01-2016-0010
Simola, S. (2016). Fostering collective growth and vitality following acts of moral courage: A general system, relational psychodynamic perspective. Journal of Business Ethics. Online first http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-016-3014-0
Simola, S. (2016). Current themes in behavioral business ethics: Implications for HR training and development. In D. Blackman, M. O’Donnell, and S. Teo (Eds.), Human capital management research: Influencing practice and process (pp. 117-130). Charlotte, NC: IAP.
Simola, S. (2016). Fostering high quality relationships across difference: Exploring a care ethics approach to life story-telling and life story-receiving. In L.M. Roberts, L.P. Wooten, & M. Davidson (Eds.) Positive organizing in a global society: Understanding and engaging differences for capacity -building and inclusion (pp. 117-121). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315794648-20/fostering-high-quality-relationships-across-difference-sheldene-simola
Simola, S. (2016). Realizing the promise of experiential learning in poverty-related management education. In M. Gudic, C. Parkes, & A. Rosenbloom (Eds.) 21st Century management education: The challenge of poverty (pp. 1-9). Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781351285445-2/realizing-promise-experiential-learning-poverty-related-management-education-sheldene-simola
Simola, S. (2015). Understanding moral courage through a feminist and developmental ethic of care. Journal of Business Ethics, 130, 29-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2203-y
Simola, S. (2014). Teaching corporate crisis management through business ethics education. European Journal of Training & Development, 38(5), 483-503. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-05-2013-0055
Simola, S. (2014). Facilitating embodied learning in business ethics education: The use of relational sculpting. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 6(1), 75-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-07-2012-0019
Simola, S.K (2012). Enhancing the care-based resolution of CSR-related firm-stakeholder conflict: Invoking the counsel of Mary Parker Follett. In A. Lindgreen, P. Kotler, F. Maon, and J. Vanhamme (Eds.), A stakeholder approach to corporate social responsibility: Pressures, conflicts, reconciliation (pp. 347-370). (London, UK: Gower Publishing). https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315565255-24/enhancing-care-based-resolution-csr-related-firm%E2%80%93stakeholder-conflict-invoking-counsel-mary-parker-follett-sheldene-simola
Simola, S.K, Barling, J., & Turner, N. (2012). Transformational leadership and leader mode of care reasoning. Journal of Business Ethics, 108, 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-1080-x
Simola, S.K (2012). Exploring “embodied care” in relation to social sustainability. Journal of Business Ethics, 107(4), 473-484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-1059-7
Simola, S.K (2011). Elucidating the role of care in ethical decision-making and action. In M. Hamington and M. Sander-Staudt (Eds.), Applying care ethics to business (pp. 127-140). (New York: Springer-Dordrecht). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-9307-3_7
Simola, S.K (2011). Anti-corporate anger as a form of care-based moral agency. Journal of Business Ethics, 94, 255-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0755-7
Simola, S.K (2011). Occupational commitment and ascribed importance of organizational characteristics. Education + Training, 53(1), 67 – 81. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911111102379
Simola, S.K (2010). Use of a “coping-modeling, problem-solving program” in business ethics education. Journal of Business Ethics, 96(3), 383-401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0473-6
Simola, S. K, Barling, J., & Turner, N. (2010). Transformational leadership and leader moral orientation: Contrasting an ethic of justice and an ethic of care. The Leadership Quarterly, 21, 179-188. https://do.iorg/10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.10.013
Simola, S.K (2009). A service-learning initiative in a community-based small business. Education + Training, 51(7), 567-586. https://doi.org/10.1108/dlo.2010.08124bad.008
Simola, S.K (2009). Anti-corporate activist anger: Inappropriate irrationality or social change essential? Society and Business Review, 4(3), 215-230.(Outstanding Article Award Winner, Emerald Publishing Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010). https://doi.org/10.1108/17465680910994218
Simola, S.K (2007). Pragmatics of care in sustainable global enterprise. Journal of Business Ethics, 74(2), 131-147. https://doi/org/10.1007/s10551-006-9225-z
Simola, S. K, Taggar, S., &, Smith, G. (2007). The employment selection interview: Disparity among research-based recommendations, current practices and, what matters to Human Rights Tribunals. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 24(1), 30-44.https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.4
Simola, S. K (2005). Concepts of care in organizational crisis prevention. Journal of Business Ethics, 62, 341-353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-005-3069-9
Simola, S.K (2005). Organizational crisis management: Overview and opportunities. Consulting Psychology: Practice and Research, 57(3), 180-195. (Awarded “Outstanding Article of the Year” by Division 13 of the American Psychological Association). https://doi.org/10.1037/1065-9293.57.3.180
Simola, S.K (2003). Ethics of justice and care in corporate crisis management. Journal of Business Ethics, 46, 351-361. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025607928196
Courses taught:
IDSR6050H - Topics in Critical Social Justice - Ph.D. Program in Interdisciplinary Social Research
MSMG5290H - Crisis Management – Master of Management Program
MSMG5250H - Ethics for Organizations – Master of Management Program
ADMN4460H - Managing for Workplace Psychological Health and Wellness
ADMN4458H – Spirituality in Humanistic Management
ADMN 3300H - Individual Ethical Decision-Making in Business
ADMN 4250H - Ethics and Corporations
