- Assistant Professor of Management, University of South Florida
Dr. Kay is Assistant Professor of Management at the University of South Florida. His research interests include mindfulness at work, justice, trust, virtue ethics, and corporate social responsibility. Dr. Kay's research has been published in numerous academic journals such as Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Human Resource Management, Journal of Management Studies, The Leadership Quarterly, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Academy of Management Perspectives, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, as well as in books by Routledge and Oxford University Press. His research has been reported in many popular press and industry publications such as The Conversation, The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Vancouver Sun, and Times Higher Education. Dr. Kay currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and he is Associate Editor at the Journal of Business Research.
Experience
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2024–presentAssistant Professsor, University of South Florida
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2018–2024Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
Education
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2018University of British Columbia, Ph.D.
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2007York University, LL.M.
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2005University of Victoria, J.D.
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1996University of Victoria, B.Com.
Publications
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2025Human Resource Management, Fraught expectations: A fairness heuristic process model of the pros and cons of CSR for talent acquisition
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2024Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Family intergenerational stress: Concept exploration and development via coping and identity management
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2023Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Mindfully outraged: Mindfulness increases deontic retribution for third-party injustice
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2023Journal of Management & Organization, Mindfulness and emotion: A five-level analysis
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2022Journal of Management Studies, Stigma as moral insurance: How stigma buffers firms from the market consequences of greenwashing
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2022Academy of Management Learning & Education, Distanced from others, connected to self: Online mindfulness training fosters psychological well-being by cultivating authenticity
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2021The Leadership Quarterly, Knowing me, knowing us: Personal and collective self-awareness enhances authentic leadership and leader endorsement
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2020Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Cultivating a conflict-positive workplace: How mindfulness facilitates constructive conflict management
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2019Oxford Bibliographies in Management, Mindfulness at work
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2018The Routledge Companion to Trust, Trust and distrust: Their interplay with forgiveness in organizations
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2018Atlas of Moral Psychology, A social cognitive model of moral identity
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2017Academy of Management Perspectives, Must heads roll? A critique of and alternative approaches to swift blame
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2016Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, I don’t want the money, I just want your time: How moral identity overcomes the aversion to giving time to prosocial causes
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- Location: Tampa, USA
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