When
April 23, 2026
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Where
Online
Cost
Free, however, registration is required.
Event Details
Join Dr. Catherine Connelly, Professor and Business Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour at McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business, as she shares insights from her latest research on why organizations and employees make different choices about where work happens.
Learn what managers consider when approving remote work — and how employees can navigate return‑to‑office decisions in 2026.
About the speaker:
Dr. Catherine Connelly is a Professor and Business Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour, in the Human Resources and Management department of the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. She is the director of the McMaster Centre for Research on Employment and Work (MCREW) and the director of the McMaster Organizational Behaviour Laboratory. Her research focuses on the attitudes, behaviors, and experiences of workers with non-traditional employment contracts (e.g., temporary agency workers, independent contractors, temporary foreign workers, part-time workers, gig workers), middle managers, workers with disabilities, and workers who engage in or experience knowledge hiding in their organizations. She is the author of Enduring Work, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Contact
Christine Kennedy ( ckenned@mcmaster.ca )