Scott Walsworth
Associate Professor
Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Biography
Dr. Walsworth is an Associate Professor in the Human Resource and Organizational Behaviour Department. He joined the Edwards School of Business in July 2007. Before this he completed a Ph.D. (2007) and Master’s degree (2003) in Industrial Relations at the University of Toronto. A sucker for punishment, he recently returned to school to complete a Master’s of Law (LLM) in employment and labour law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. He has served as the Director of the Labour Management Relations Certificate Program and the Chair of the department. In 2011 he was named the Principal Investigator on a prestigious three year Standard Research Grant from SSHRC. With these funds he investigated how, and under what circumstances, unions affect management decisions and firm outcomes, such as innovation, profits and employment growth. A secondary stream of research interest has brought him to India to gather data and further investigate the immigration decisions and labour market integration issues of skilled workers. His work has been published in a number of top journals including Industrial Relations (Berkeley), Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations and the International Journal of Human Resource Management. Dr. Walsworth teaches courses on human resources, industrial relations, and labour and employment law. He has a lovely wife and four impossible sons.
Research Interest
A secondary stream of research interest has brought him to India to gather data and further investigate the immigration decisions and labour market integration issues of skilled workers.