Steve Risavy, PhD

Professor Risavy has published several articles in leading scholarship of teaching and learning journals, and many of these publications have focused on the underlying theme of enhancing the student experience during their management education program. He is also an active case and textbook writer. Professor Risavy has also researched a variety of topics related to personnel selection especially pertaining to the ongoing research–practice gap that is evidenced by the selection practices commonly being used by organizations.

• Nominated for the Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award, Wilfrid Laurier University (2025)
• Top 5 Case Research Journal’s Best Selling Case in Human Resource Management ("2G Robotics: Designing a Compensation Plan that Pays Off") (2024)
• Finalist for the annual Curtis E. Tate Jr. Award from the North American Case Research Association for the best published case ("Doctors Divided: The Battle Over Relative Physician Compensation in Ontario") in the Case Research Journal (2021)
• Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2020)
• Top 10 Case Research Journal’s Best Selling Case ("2G Robotics: Designing a Compensation Plan that Pays Off") (2020)
• Paul R. Lawrence Fellowship from the Case Research Foundation (2019)
• Lazaridis Institute Seed Grant from Wilfrid Laurier University (2019)
• Nominated for the Early Career Teaching Excellence Award, Wilfrid Laurier University (2018)
• Nominated for the Early Career Teaching Excellence Award, Wilfrid Laurier University (2017)
• Nominated for the Service Excellence and Community Engagement Award, Wilfrid Laurier University (2017)
• Teaching Excellence Award: Full-Time from the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University (2016)
• Nominated for the Service Excellence and Community Engagement Award, Wilfrid Laurier University (2016)
• Certified Human Resources Leader Designation from the Human Resources Professionals Association (2014)
• Certificate of Academic Excellence: Doctoral Thesis from the Canadian Psychological Association (2011)
• Best Master’s Thesis Award from the Annual International Alliance for Human Resources Research (2010)
• RHR Kendall Award for best student paper presented at the annual Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology conference (2009)

• Risavy, S. D., Liang, L. H., Zhao, Y., & Zur, E. (2025). Five days per month? A remote/hybrid work policy. The CASE Journal, 21(2), 452–479. https://doi.org/10.1108/TCJ-05-2024-0163
• Risavy, S. D. (2024). There must be a better way: Presenting an alternative to the traditional group project. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 61(3), 30–37. https://www.siop.org/tip-article/there-must-be-a-better-way-presenting-an-alternative-to-the-traditional-group-project/  
• Risavy, S. D., & Deszca, D. (2023). Aging well in management education: An interview. Journal of Management Education, 47(2), 239–255. https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221150794
• Risavy, S. D., Robie, C., Fisher, P. A., & Rasheed, S. (2022). Resumes vs. application forms: Why the stubborn reliance on resumes? Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 884205. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.884205
• Risavy, S. D. (2021). Job offer negotiations: Helping students negotiate their job offers. Management Teaching Review, 6(4), 375–382. https://doi.org/10.1177/2379298120960486
• Risavy, S. D., & Woodwark, M. J. (2020). Mixing business and friendship: A complicated employee decision. Case Research Journal, 40(2), 1–12.
• Risavy, S. D., Fisher, P. A., Robie, C., & König, C. J. (2019). Selection tool use: A focus on personality testing in Canada, the United States, and Germany. Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 5(1), 62–72. https://doi.org/10.25035/pad.2019.01.004
• Risavy, S. D., & MacMillan, K. (2018). Bringing vision to life: Culture development at CEL. Ivey Publishing.
• Robie, C., Risavy, S. D., Holtrop, D., & Born, M. P. (2017). Fully contextualized, frequency-based personality measurement: A replication and extension. Journal of Research in Personality, 70, 56–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.05.005
• Robie, C., & Risavy, S. D. (2016). A comparison of frame-of-reference and frequency-based personality measurement. Personality and Individual Differences, 92, 16–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.005
• Hausdorf, P. A., & Risavy, S. D. (2015). Predicting training and job performance for transit operators. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 23(2), 191–195. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12107
• Kam, C. C. S, Risavy, S. D., Perunovic, W. Q. E., & Plant, L. M. (2014). Do subordinates formulate an impression of their manager's implicit person theory? Applied Psychology: An International Review, 63(2), 267–299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.017
• Risavy, S. D., & Hausdorf, P. A. (2011). Personality testing in personnel selection: Adverse impact and differential hiring rates. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 19(1), 18–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2389.2011.00531.x
• Risavy, S. D., Komar, S., & Brown, D. J. (2010). Spontaneous trait inferences and organisational actions: The formation of organisation personality perceptions. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 42(3), 139–149. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018039

• Human Resources Management (BU354)
• Organizational Behaviour II (BU398)
• Recruitment and Selection (BU408)
• Strategic Compensation in Canada (BU448)
• Organizational Behaviour (BU604)
• Applied Business Research (BU610)
• ​Negotiation and Conflict Management (BU614)
• Integrative Strategic Thinking and Action (BU640)
• Communication in a Managerial Context (BU648)
• Directed Studies (BU690)