Nick Turner

Biography

Nick Turner is the Future Fund Chair in Leadership and Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. He also holds an appointment in the Department of Psychology. Educated at Queen’s University (Canada) and the University of Sheffield, he has taught at the University of Sheffield, Queen’s University, University of Manitoba, and the University of Calgary.

Dr. Turner is an expert in work design, transformational leadership, and occupational health psychology, with a particular focus on workplace safety. He has co-authored over 100 articles and book chapters in the fields of psychology and management and has received several research innovation awards. His research focuses on enhancing workplace safety through work design and transformational leadership, understanding the psychological mechanisms driving employee well-being and performance, and promoting proactive behaviour in organizations. He has conducted research with petrochemical plants, railways, steel producers, small- and medium-sized organizations in Alberta, the Royal Marine Commandos, and Canadian youth. Between 2017 and 2020, he served as Editor-in-Chief of Human Relations.

Dr. Turner currently chairs the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources area group and works with doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, and undergraduate students on these topics. He teaches a doctoral seminar on occupational health psychology in the Haskayne PhD program.

A UK-Canadian dual citizen, Dr. Turner was born in Toronto and spent time in Germany and the UK before moving across Canada and settling in Calgary, Alberta, to take up his position at the University of Calgary.

Please see the link above for a recent CV and the link below for an up-to-date list of research publications.