Dr.

Jana Raver
E. Marie Shantz Professor of Organizational Behaviour
Smith School of Business
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario

Dr. Jana L. Raver is the E. Marie Shantz Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Smith School of
Business, Queen's University, and is also cross-appointed to the Department of Psychology. She is
an authority on interpersonal relations and team dynamics at work, with a specific emphasis upon
the ways in which employees build and sustain high-performance teams (e.g. helping, promoting
learning) versus undermining each other (e.g. harassment, bullying, relationship conflicts). Her
research is motivated by an interest in social issues, and aims to equip people and organizations
with resources to prevent adversity when possible, and to empower them to overcome it when it is
inevitable. Her recent work has focused on ways for organizations to overcome adversity, including
building resilience, bolstering teamwork, encouraging employees to voice concerns, and building
positive environments for learning and prosocial action that enable employees to thrive. She has
also led an active program of research focused on uncovering the detrimental effects of exposure to
interpersonal mistreatment and other stressors in organizations. Ultimately, her goal is to seek to
improve people's well-being - especially in work organizations - by finding ways that they can
thrive despite the challenges they face. Her research is international in its scope, addresses social
problems, and carries implications across levels and disciplines (individuals, teams, organizations,
societies). She has been awarded honours for her research, her work has been published in top-tier
management journals, and it has been disseminated widely through media outlets such as the
National Post, The Globe and Mail, and the Chicago Tribune. She has also consulted and
conducted applied research in both the public and private sectors. She teaches courses in
organizational behaviour, leadership, and team processes that span academic programs (MBA,
EMBA, MIB, PhD). She holds a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the
University of Maryland.