Gregory Anderson, Lecturer

Email address: greg.anderson@acadiau.ca

Pronouns: he/him

Office Location: Horton Hall 310

Classes: Introductory Psychology 1; Social Psychology; I/O Psychology

PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Candidate) – Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Saint Mary’s University

M.Sc. – Applied Psychology, Saint Mary’s University

B.A. (Hons) – Psychology, Mount Saint Vincent University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research activities focus primarily on how individual differences in empathy, motivation and personality relate to work outcomes such as occupational burnout, work effort, employee commitment, person-job fit, job performance and turnover intentions. I also have significant expertise in latent profile analysis, a statistical procedure that allows workers to be grouped into psychological profiles/types based on their pattern of responding to specific indicator variables. Recently, I have begun examining how toxic positivity in leaders is related to employee stress, anxiety and intentions to quit.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Anderson, G. G., & Gilin, D. A. (2024). Examining the empathy profiles and work outcomes of trauma workers. Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727241296859

Anderson, G. G., & Gilin, D. A. (2024). Examining the motivational profiles and work outcomes of nonprofit workers and volunteers. Current Psychology, 43(42), 33077–33088. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06827-3

Gilin, D. A., Anderson, G. G., Etezad, S., Lee-Baggley, D., Cooper, A. M., & Preston, R. J. (2023). Impact of a wellness leadership intervention on the empathy, burnout, and resting heart rate of medical faculty. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 7(6), 545-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2023.09.005