About The Author
Monica Belcourt
Dr. Monica Belcourt served as the Director of the School of Human Resources Management at York University and holds the esteemed title of Past President of the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA). She has previously held the position of Director of the School of Administrative Studies and was the founding Director of the Graduate Program in Human Resources Management at York University. Her extensive research expertise is bolstered by her substantial experience as the Director of Personnel for CP Rail, the Director of Employee Development at the National Film Board, and as a functional HR specialist for the federal government.
Parbudyal Singh
Dr. Parbudyal Singh, Ph.D. from McMaster University, is a distinguished Professor of Human Resource Management at York University in Toronto. His research focuses on contemporary challenges in human resources management and labor relations, contributing significantly to the field with over 100 refereed publications. His work has appeared in prestigious journals such as Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management, Organizational Psychology Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Leadership Quarterly, British Journal of Industrial Relations, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Human Resource Management Review. Dr. Singh is the lead author of Canada’s foremost textbook on compensation, "Strategic Compensation in Canada" (7th edition), as well as a leading textbook on Human Resource Management, "Managing Human Resources" (11th Canadian edition, Nelson Canada, 2024).
Scott Snell
Dr. Scott Snell is the E. Thayer Bigelow Research Chair in Business Administration and former Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business. Professor Snell teaches courses in strategic management and leadership and has worked with companies such as Changan Motors (China), AstraZeneca, Heineken, Deutsche Telekom, and Shell to align strategy, capability, and investments in talent. Scott is an award-winning researcher and is listed among the top 100 most-cited authors in scholarly journals of management.
Prior to joining the Darden faculty, Dr. Snell was a professor of management in the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University and a professor and director of executive education at Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies. He got his B.A. from Miami University and his M.B.A. and Ph.D. in business from Michigan State University.
Shad Morris
Dr. Shad Morris, Ph.D. from Cornell University, serves as the Director of the Whitmore Global Business Center and holds the Leslie & Dorothy Stone Professorship in Management. His research is dedicated to assisting organizations in aligning their global talent with their strategic objectives. Dr. Morris has held visiting professor positions at prestigious institutions around the globe, including Bocconi University, Copenhagen Business School, Indian School of Business, CEIBS, and MIT. As a former Fulbright Scholar and Cambridge Research Fellow, he has also provided expertise to notable organizations such as the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in Washington D.C. and Serbia, Honeywell in China, and Samsung in Korea.
Stephen D. Risavy
