Current Graduate Team Members

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Alexandria Elms

Alex is an Ph.D. student in the Industrial-Organizational psychology program at the University of Guelph. She joined the Guelph Organizational Trust Lab during her undergraduate degree in the B.A. Honours psychology program. Since joining in 2015, she has worked on projects pertaining to trust and virtual team dynamics as well as the impact of leadership behaviour and subordinate personality on felt trust. Alex has also gained research experience with projects focused on incivility in the workplace and impression management in employment interviews. Alex completed her master’s thesis in 2019, which focused on collective efficacy in teams and its impacts on team processes and outcomes. Currently, Alex is exploring the outcomes of felt trust within the leader-employee dyad for her Ph.D. dissertation. In her spare time, Alex enjoys engaging in community volunteer initiatives, reading, and spending time with friends and family.


Emma Williamson

Emma is a PhD candidate in the I-O psychology program at the University of Guelph, working under the supervision of Dr. Gill. She joined the GOT lab to complete her MA in 2018. Her recently published MA thesis examined workplace perfectionism as a risk factor for experiencing abusive supervision. Currently, Emma is completing her PhD dissertation, which examines the topic of perfectionism and job performance. Outside of the lab, she has completed several internships within HR, organizational design, and behavioural science roles. 


Halah Abu-Omar

Halah is an M.A. student in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology program at the University of Guelph. She joined the GOT Lab in the fall of 2022 after graduating from the University of Toronto Mississauga with a B.Sc. Honours in Psychology and Political Science in 2022.

Currently, she is researching how leader self-disclosure impacts employees’ trust and felt trust under the supervision of Dr. Gill. Halah enjoys providing guidance and fostering collaboration among her fellow GOT Lab members in her role as the lab’s co-director.

Outside of the GOT Lab, Halah has been involved in organizational projects related to competency modelling, recruitment, and selection. She seeks to acquire more consulting experience to help organizations in addressing their unique challenges. During her spare time, Halah enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to the gym, and reading.


Simran Dhatt

Simran is an M.A. student in the Industrial-Organizational psychology program at the University of Guelph. She joined the GOT Lab in Fall 2022 after completing her undergraduate degree in Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Guelph. Throughout her research career, Simran has worked in various labs in Guelph’s psychology department, leading projects involving game-theory, pro-environmental social norms, cooperation, and childhood acculturation.

Currently, Simran is working on her Master’s thesis on organizational crisis and felt trust with the aim of helping organizations maintain resiliency by navigating crises in a way that values employee concerns and voices. She is also working as an I/O consultant with organizations, improving recruitment and selection practices, designing competency models, and reducing employee turnover.


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