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BSc (St. Francis Xavier), MSc (University of Calgary), PhD (University of Akron).
Lisa Keeping is Vice Dean, and a professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (OB/HRM) in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Prior to joining Laurier, Keeping worked as a management consultant in Cleveland and Toronto where she assisted clients with employee selection, assessment and development. In this capacity, Keeping has worked with both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations in many industry sectors including pharmaceutical, financial services, airline, manufacturing and transportation. She continues to provide consulting expertise to organizations and specializes in executive coaching and employee selection and development. In her spare time, Keeping sits on the Board of Directors of a not-for-profit arts organization and enjoys spending time with her husband and two children.
Her research examines the process and outcomes of performance evaluations from the perspectives of the managers conducting the evaluations and employees being evaluated. Secondary research interests include leadership and employee selection. Her research has appeared in a number of top-tier outlets, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Personnel Psychology.
- 2002/2003/2004/2007/2008/2009/2010/2011: Dean’s Commendation for Teaching Excellence (Wilfrid Laurier University).
- 2005: Standard Research Grant (Sole Investigator). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
- 2005: Best Paper Award, Leadership Quarterly.
- Spence, J.R., and Keeping, L.M. (2011). “Conscious rating distortion in performance appraisal: A review, commentary, and proposed framework for research.” Human Resource Management Review. 21, 85-95.
- Ferris, D.L., Lian, H., Pang, F.X.J., Brown, D.J., and Keeping, L.M. (2010). “Self-esteem level and job performance: The moderating role of self-esteem contingencies.” Personnel Psychology, 63,562-593.
- Spence, J.R., and Keeping, L.M. (2010). “The consideration of non-performance information on ratings of job performance: A policy-capturing approach.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31, 587-608.
- Ferris, D.L., Brown, D.J., Lian, H., and Keeping, L.M. (2009). “When does self-esteem relate to deviant behavior? The role of contingencies of self-worth.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 94,1345-1353.
- Brown, D. J., Heller, D., Ferris, L.D., and Keeping, L.M. (2007). “The antecedents and consequences of upward and downward social comparisons at work.” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 102, 59-75.
- Brown, D. J., Cober, R. T., Keeping, L. M., and Levy, P. E. (2006). “Racial tolerance and reactions to diversity information in job advertisements.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 2048-2071.
- Brown, D.J. and Keeping, L.M. (2005). “Elaborating the construct of transformational leadership: The role of affect.” Leadership Quarterly, 16, 245-272. (Both authors contributed equally).
- Cober, R.T., Brown, D.J., Keeping, L.M., and Levy, P.E. (2004). “Recruitment on the net: How do organizational web site characteristics influence applicant attraction?” Journal of Management, 30, 623-646. (First 3 authors contributed equally).
- Cober, R.T., Brown, D.J., Levy, P.E., Keeping, L.M., and Cober A.B. (2003). “Organizational websites: Website content and style as determinants of organizational attraction.” International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 11, 158-169.
- Keeping, L. M. and Levy, P. E. (2000). “Performance appraisal reactions: Measurement, modeling, and method bias.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 708-723.
- Cawley, B. D., Keeping, L. M. and Levy, P. E. (1998). “Participation in the performance appraisal process and employee reactions: A meta-analytic review of field investigations.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 615-633. (All authors contributed equally).
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