Dr. Robertson’s current research interests include work meaningfulness, occupational callings, workplace mistreatment, the integration of non-work passions into work and human-animal work.
Journal Articles
Samnani, A. and Robertson, K. More than a personal decision: A relational theory of quiet quitting, Human Resource Management, Volume 64, Number 5, 2025.
Hannah, D., Robertson, K., and Van Poorten, B. Telling fish tales: The role of narratives in the work of socio-ecological system intervention, Organization & Environment, 2025.
Robertson, K. "Tell Me About Your Job...": An Experiential and Relational Job Analysis Exercise, Management Teaching Review, 2024.
Robertson, K., Lautsch, B., and Hannah, D. Living life ‘to the core’: Enacting a calling through configurations of multiple jobs, Human Relations, 2024.
Robertson, K., Lautsch, B., and Hannah, D. Harm, Then Good? How Work Meaningfulness Emerges from Doing Harm, Journal of Management Studies, Volume 61, Number 6, 2023.
Robertson, K. Using a classroom-as-organization method to bridge the research-practice gap in human resource management, The International Journal of Management Education, Volume 21, Number 100871, 2023.
Robertson, K. and Hannah, D. “It’s not all Puppies and Sunshine”: Veterinary Workers’ Emotional Comfort Zones and Companion Animal Euthanasia, Academy of Management Discoveries, Volume 7, Number 1, 2021.
Robertson, K. and O'Reilly, J. “Killing them with kindness”? A study of service employees' responses to uncivil customers, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Volume 41, Number 8, 2020.
Robertson, K. and Hannah, D. Emotional regulation in veterinary work: Do you know your comfort zone?, Canadian Veterinary Journal, Volume 61, Number 2, 2020.
Robertson, K., Hannah, D., and O’Reilly, J. Finding Meaning in Relationships: The Impact of Network Ties and Structure on the Meaningfulness of Work, Academy of Management Review, Volume 45, Number 3, 2020.
Robertson, K., Chase, H., and Castonguay, A. Outfitting the Office: An Experiential Health and Safety Exercise, Management Teaching Review, Volume 4, Number 3, 2019.
Robertson, K., Lautsch, B., and Hannah, D. Role negotiation and systems-level work-life balance, Personnel Review, Volume 48, Number 2, 2019.
Robertson, K. and Hannah, D. Human-Animal Work: A Massive, Understudied Domain of Human Activity, Journal of Management Inquiry, Volume 26, Number 1, 2017.
Robertson, K. and Hannah, D. Jarvis Manufacturing: An Experiential Exercise for Teaching the Fundamentals of Teamwork, Management Teaching Review, Volume 1, Number 1, 2016.
Robertson, K., Hannah, D., and Lautsch, B. The secret to protecting trade secrets: How to create positive secrecy climates in organizations, Business Horizons, Volume 58, Number 6, 2015.
Robertson, K. and Hannah, D. Why and How Do Employees Break and Bend Confidential Information Protection Rules?, Journal of Management Studies, Volume 52, Number 3, 2015.