Current Research Projects
I currently am working on several research projects related to corporate environmental responsibility. I also have a couple of studies underway that examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employees. Moving forward, my lab is beginning to investigate mindfulness in the workplace and how it relates to enhanced corporate environmental responsibility. I also will be starting a project that seeks to examine the impact of long COVID on employees.
Current Projects:
Current Projects:
- Why Firms Hide Their Light: Brownwash, Silence and Variegated Stakeholder Non-Communication
- Organizational Response to Disease Outbreak: Healthcare Study
- Environmental leadership reconceptualized: The role of employee voice in the emergence of environmental leadership
- Career Empowerment and Leadership: Maintaining Sustainable Careers in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Effects of Greenwashing on Job Seekers
- Turning Green Through Mindfulness Practice
- The Effects of Long COVID on one's Ability to Work
Refereed Journal Articles
Robertson, J.L., Montgomery, A.W., & Ozbilir, T. (2023). Employees’ response to corporate greenwashing. Business, Strategy and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3351
Baird, N.A., Robertson, J.L., & McLarnon, M (2022). Looking in the mirror: Including the reflected best self exercise in management curricula to increase students’ interview self-efficacy. Academy of Management Learning and Education. DOI: 10.5465/amle.2021.0347
Cleveland, M., Robertson, J.L. & Volk, V (2020). Environmental locus of control, pro-environmental behaviors, and mediating enablers and constraints. Journal of Cleaner Production, 249, 119394.
Simpson, B., Robertson, J.L., & White, K. (2020). How co-creation increases employee corporate social responsibility and organizational engagement: The moderating role of self-construal. Journal of Business Ethics, 166, 331-350.
Tian, Q., & Robertson, J.L. (2019). How and when does perceived CSR affect employees’ engagement in voluntary pro-environmental behavior? Journal of Business Ethics, 155, 399-412.
Robertson, J.L. (2018). The nature, measurement and nomological network of environmentally specific transformational leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 151, 961-975.
Robertson, J.L., Dionisi, A.M., & Barling, J. (2018). Linking attachment theory to abusive supervision. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 33, 214-228. (Selected as a highly commendable paper in the 2019 Emerald Literati Awards).
Robertson, J.L., & Carleton, E. (2018). Uncovering how and when environmental leadership affects employees’ voluntary pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 25, 197-210.
Robertson, J.L., & Barling, J. (2017). Toward a new measure of organizational environmental citizenship behavior. Journal of Business Research, 75, 57-66.
Robertson, J.L., & Barling, J. (2017). Contrasting the nature and effects of environmentally specific and general transformational leadership. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 38, 22-41.
Byrne, A., Dionisi, A., Barling, J., Akers, A., Robertson, J.L., Lys, R., Dupre, K.E., & Wylie, J. (2014). The depleted leader: The influence of leaders’ diminished psychological resources on leadership behaviors. The Leadership Quarterly, 25, 344-357. (Finalist for best paper award in The Leadership Quarterly for 2014).
Robertson, J.L., & Barling, J. (2013). Greening organizations through leaders’ influence on employees’ pro-environmental behaviors. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34, 176-194. (Winning paper in the prestigious Emerald Citations of Excellence for 2016).
Baird, N.A., Robertson, J.L., & McLarnon, M (2022). Looking in the mirror: Including the reflected best self exercise in management curricula to increase students’ interview self-efficacy. Academy of Management Learning and Education. DOI: 10.5465/amle.2021.0347
Cleveland, M., Robertson, J.L. & Volk, V (2020). Environmental locus of control, pro-environmental behaviors, and mediating enablers and constraints. Journal of Cleaner Production, 249, 119394.
Simpson, B., Robertson, J.L., & White, K. (2020). How co-creation increases employee corporate social responsibility and organizational engagement: The moderating role of self-construal. Journal of Business Ethics, 166, 331-350.
Tian, Q., & Robertson, J.L. (2019). How and when does perceived CSR affect employees’ engagement in voluntary pro-environmental behavior? Journal of Business Ethics, 155, 399-412.
Robertson, J.L. (2018). The nature, measurement and nomological network of environmentally specific transformational leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 151, 961-975.
Robertson, J.L., Dionisi, A.M., & Barling, J. (2018). Linking attachment theory to abusive supervision. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 33, 214-228. (Selected as a highly commendable paper in the 2019 Emerald Literati Awards).
Robertson, J.L., & Carleton, E. (2018). Uncovering how and when environmental leadership affects employees’ voluntary pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 25, 197-210.
Robertson, J.L., & Barling, J. (2017). Toward a new measure of organizational environmental citizenship behavior. Journal of Business Research, 75, 57-66.
Robertson, J.L., & Barling, J. (2017). Contrasting the nature and effects of environmentally specific and general transformational leadership. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 38, 22-41.
Byrne, A., Dionisi, A., Barling, J., Akers, A., Robertson, J.L., Lys, R., Dupre, K.E., & Wylie, J. (2014). The depleted leader: The influence of leaders’ diminished psychological resources on leadership behaviors. The Leadership Quarterly, 25, 344-357. (Finalist for best paper award in The Leadership Quarterly for 2014).
Robertson, J.L., & Barling, J. (2013). Greening organizations through leaders’ influence on employees’ pro-environmental behaviors. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34, 176-194. (Winning paper in the prestigious Emerald Citations of Excellence for 2016).
Edited Book
Robertson, J.L., & Barling, J. (Eds.). (2015). The Psychology of Green Organizations. New York: Oxford University Press. (Nominated for the Organizations and The Natural Environment Division of The Academy of Management Book Award in 2016, 2017 and 2018).
Chapters in Edited Books
Karamally, T., & Robertson, J.L. (2023). Green Leadership. In D. McKenzie (Ed.). Handbook of Climate Change Leadership in Organizations. London: Rutledge.
Bratton, A., Paulet, R., & Robertson, J.L. (2022). Leading Pro-Environmental Change. In J. Bratton (Ed.), Organizational Leadership. London: Sage.
Robertson, J.L., & Barling J. (2015). The role of leadership in promoting workplace pro-environmental behaviors. In J.L. Robertson & J. Barling (Eds.), The Psychology of Green Organizations. New York: Oxford University Press.
Robertson, J.L., & Barling J. (2015). Introduction. In J.L. Robertson & J. Barling (Eds.), The Psychology of Green Organizations. New York: Oxford University Press.
Robertson, J.L., & Barling, J. (2014). Lead well, be well: Leadership behaviors influence employee well-being. In P. Chen & C.L. Cooper (Eds.), Well-being: A Complete Reference Guide. London: Wiley-Blackwell.
Robertson, J.L., & Barling J. (2014). Corporate social responsibility and psychologically healthy workplaces. In A. Day, E.K. Kelloway & J. Hurrell (Eds.), Workplace Well-Being: Building Positive & Psychologically Healthy Workplaces. London: Wiley-Blackwell.
Refereed Conference Presentations (Last Five Years)
Montgomery, A.W. & Robertson, J. L. Why Firms Hide Their Light: Brownwash, Silence, and Variegated Stakeholder Non-Communication. Paper presented at Academy of Management Conference. Seattle, WA. August 2022.
- Best Paper Proceedings of the 2022 Academy of Management Meeting
Montgomery, A.W. & Robertson, J. L. Why Firms Hide Their Light: Brownwash, Silence, and Variegated Stakeholder Non-Communication. Paper presented at The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability Conference. Bocconi U., Milan, Italy. June 2022.
Bratton, A.J.,Robertson, J.L., & Paulet, R. Environmental Leadership Reconceptualised: The Role of Employee Voice In The Emergence Of Environmental Leadership. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management (BAM) HRM International Symposium, Monash University Prato Centre, Tuscany, Italy. June 2022.
Robertson, J.L., Montgomery, A.W., & Lyon, T.P. Employees’ Response to Corporate Greenwashing. Paper presented The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability Virtual Conference. June 2021.
Robertson, J.L., Montgomery, A.W., & Lyon, T.P. Employees’ Response to Corporate Greenwashing. Paper presented The Academy of Management Virtual Conference. August 2021.
Baird, N.A., Robertson, J.L., & McLarnon, M. Effects of the Reflected Best Self Exercise on Interview Self-Efficacy. Poster Presentation at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Virtual Conference. April 2021.
Robertson, J.L., Montgomery, A.W., & Lyon, T.P. The Deleterious Effects of Greenwashing on Employees. Poster Presentation at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Virtual Conference. April 2020.
Montgomery, A.W., Lyon, T. P. & Robertson, J.L. Substainability: Integrated Strategy and the Design of Industry Sustainability Standards. Paper presented The Academy of Management Virtual Conference. August 2020.
Montgomery, A.W., Lyon, T. P. & Robertson, J.L. Substainability: Integrated Strategy and the Design of Industry Sustainability Standards. Paper presented The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability Virtual Seminar Series. April 2020.
Baird, N. A., Benson, A. J., Robertson, J.L., & Moosavi, S. Leadership on the Ropes: How Hostile Followership Affects Leadership Behaviour. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia. June 2019.
Cleveland, M., & Robertson, J.L. Powerful Others and Chance or Fate: How Perceptions of Enablers and Constraints Mediate the External Environmental Locus-Of-Control and Proenvironmental Behavior Relationship. Paper presented and published in conference proceedings at the 22nd Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland. June 2019.
Baird, N., Robertson, J.L., & Simpson, B. Co-creating Corporate Social Responsibility as a Means of Positively Impacting Employees. Poster Presentation at the International Congress of Applied Psychology Conference, Montreal, QC. June 2018.
Cleveland, M., Robertson, J.L., & Volk, V. Abetting or Thwarting: The Mediating Role of Subjective Enablers and Constraints in the Pro-environmental Attitude-Behavior Relationship. Paper presented at Symposium, “Green Marketing/Sustainability and Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Marketing,” at The 21st Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Congress, Porto, Portugal. June 2018.
Robertson, J.L., Dionisi, A.M., & Barling, J. Linking Attachment Theory to Abusive Supervision. Poster Presentation at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. April 2018.
