About

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David Hemsworth

Nipissing University Business Professor.

Summary

Total times work has been cited: 4393
Personal h-factor index: 29
Total works published: 150
Total journal articles: 45
Total research-related funding: approx. $1.5 million
Works submitted and under consideration: 1
Works under way: 2

Post Secondary Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Measurement, Evaluation and Computer Applications (2004)

  • University of Toronto
  • Department of Measurement, Evaluation and Computer Applications
  • Area of Concentration: Multivariate Statistics / Information Systems
  • Dissertation Title: Modelling Using Ordinal Data: The Use of Dual Scaling in Structural Equation Modelling.

Master of Business Administration

  • Wilfrid Laurier University, Faculty of Business, Waterloo, Ontario, (1990-1992)

Bachelor Business Administration, First Class Distinction

  • York University, Toronto Ontario, (1987-1990)

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

  • Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Psychology, Waterloo, Ontario, (1993-1996)

Electrical Engineering Technologist

  • RCC College of Technology, Toronto, Ontario
  • Area of concentration; computers, microprocessor and digital circuit design

Professional Experience / Employment History

School of Business and Economics, Nipissing University (2003-present)

  • Professor, (2007-present) Coordinator of the Management of Technology Department Area
  • Associate professor, Coordinator of the Management of Technology Department Area (2004, Tenure Track)
  • Assistant professor, Coordinator of the Management of Technology Department Area (2003)

School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, (1999 – 2003, while completing Ph.D.)

  • 4 year limited term contract (full time appointment)
  • Undergraduate courses taught: Management information systems (BU415), Operations Management (BU385), Statistics (BU255) & E-commerce/E-supply chain (BU445).

School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario (1999)

  • Sessional Instructor: Management information systems (BU415)

Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario (1990-1999)

  • Electronic Research Design Technologist
  • Designed computer programs (C++, Visual Basic, machine language) for research (e.g., designed human computer interface to study children’s ability to manipulate screen objects with a range of input devices (mouse, touch screen, trackball etc.); designed computer program / interface to cognitive study word association / recognition, etc.).
  • Designed electronic circuits for research (e.g., designed computer interface and device drivers to allow computers to control lights, sound, input devices for operant chambers).
  • Network administrator / web master: Administered servers (NT and Banyan Vines), hardware (switches, routers, network devices) as well as 100 personal computers.

Praxis Data Corporation, Waterloo, Ontario (1995 – 1999)

  • V.P. of Research and Development – Co-founder
  • Managed a series of programmers and operations for the successful development of and deployment of computerized multimedia kiosks for consumer market research.
  • Market research conducted for companies such as:
    • Dylex (Thrifties / XXXY)
    • Bank of Montreal
    • Home Hardware
    • Zurich Insurance
    • Blue Jays
    • Nortel

Awards and Honours

Nipissing University Lifetime Research Achievement Award (May 2022) – $5000.

Duke of Edinburgh Anniversary Award (2019) for continually supporting, volunteering their Costa Rica program.

Hemsworth, D. Muterera, J., Baregheh, A., (2016) Excellence in Research Award for “Examining Bass’s Transformational Leadership In Public Sector Executives: A Psychometric Properties Review” for being the article that has been downloaded the more times (5931) than any other manuscript from the Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR).

Bidgood, B., Hemsworth, D. and Kazanjian, A. Best Paper Award, (2016) “Assessing Cultural Dissonance and its Relationship to Compassion Fatigue in Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Workers: A Structural Model.” International Business and Education Conference, Venice, Italy. (June 5-9, 2016).

Best Paper Award, Hemsworth, D. Muterera, J., Baregheh, A., Garcia-Rivera, B., (June, 2015) Linking Leader and Follower Perceptions of Transformational Leadership and Its Impact on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Performance: Exploring the Leader-Follower Dyad. International Business & Education Conference, London UK.

Best Paper Award, Hemsworth, D. Baregheh, A., Brophey, G., (June, 2015) How Do You Capture Context, Breadth And Depth Using Survey Methods? Data Gathering And Analysis Of Non-Saturated ‘Natural Language Based’ Surveys: An Innovation Management Context. International Business & Education Conference, London UK.

Best Paper Award, Hemsworth, D. Baregheh, A., Cristobal Sanchez, Muterera, J.,  , (June, 2015) An Empirical Assessment Of The EFQM Excellence Model In Purchasing.  International Business & Education Conference, London UK.

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research (2014). Nipissing University ($1500).

Best Paper Award, Hersemeyer, H., Hemsworth, D. (May, 2014) Determining the Impact of Relations on the Unity and Diversity Paradox Within Interorganizational Networks: A Structural Model. ASAC, Canada

Best Poster Award (Research) Cadell, S., Smit Quosai, T., Hemsworth, D., Davies, B., Steele, R., Straatman, L., Liben, S., & Siden, H. (2013, March). How making positive meaning can lead to posttraumatic growth when caring for a dying child: A structural equation model. Poster presented at the Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care (SWHPN) General Assembly / Conference, New Orleans, LA. SWHPN

Nipissing University Lifetime Research Achievement Award (2013), Nipissing University ON, Canada, $5000.

Best Conference Paper Award, Hemsworth D., Muterera, J., Baregheh, A. (2012, September) Transformational leadership behaviour and employee job satisfaction: How do they contribute to organizational performance? International Conference on Business Performance Measurement and Management, Lima, Peru.

Best Paper Award,  Hemsworth, D., Sánchez-Rodríguez, C., Baregheh, A., Brophey, G., Muterera, J., (2012, June). The effect of Quality management on internal customer satisfaction and business performance:  A mediation model.  International Business & Economics Conference,  Rome Italy.

Best Paper Award,  Hemsworth, D., Kazanjian, A., Cadell, S., Slocum-Gori, S., Chan W., (2011, June) Understanding and improving quality of work-life for palliative healthcare professionals: A structural equation model of workgroup culture differentials on Burnout, Compassion Fatigue and Compassion satisfaction.
What can we do to help? European Health Sciences Conference, Barcelona Spain.

Voted one of the top papers at the International Palliative Care Conference, Singapore (2011) for his paper titled, “Using Science to Understand the Art of Compassion

Nipissing University Lifetime Research Achievement Award (2007), Nipissing University ON, Canada

Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence: Outstanding paper 2006. Determining the impact of quality management practices and purchasing-related information systems on purchasing performance: A structural model. Published in Journal of Enterprise Information Management. Emerald Publishing, Bradford, United Kingdom.

Winner of ASAC case writing competition Hemsworth, D., Roberts, K. & Broycheski, C. (June 2003). Ethical and legal issues surrounding Internet file-sharing: Friend or foe. Proceedings of the annual ASAC conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia. (34 pages).

School of Business and Economics (SBE) “Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award”. Wilfrid Laurier University.  Awarded at the School of Business and Economics annual awards ceremony, January, 2001. This award is presented only once to a faculty member at WLU.

Elected from the WLU faculty, “Honorary Class President of the 2002 Graduating Class”.  This award is presented to a Laurier faculty member, having been elected by the students of the graduating year, who is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the quality of student education.

Winner, ASAC 2002 Conference: Best Management Information Systems Case, “Information Systems Project Evaluation at Canadian Financial Services: Selecting an E-Procurement System.” Awarded at the ASAC conference awards ceremony, by Laurier Institute, May 2002.

Elected from the WLU faculty, “Honorary Class President of the 2001 Graduating Class”.  This award is presented to a Laurier faculty member, having been elected by the students of the graduating year, who is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the quality of student life.

Thirteen Outstanding Teaching Citations from the School of Business and Economics at Laurier University for excellent course evaluations and commendable performance in the classroom.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) ($16,000/yr.) A critical analysis of the correlation techniques used for the quantification of ordinal variables as used in structural equation modeling. Doctoral Scholarship (1999-2000).

Ontario Graduate Scholarship for doctoral research (1999)  $12,000. Declined for SSHRC doctoral scholarship.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship for doctoral research (1998)  $12,000.

Winner of the International Strategies and Solutions Award for best technical innovation (1997): Computerised market research.

Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Scholarship (1990-1991), $2000. Declined for full time technical research position in the Department of Psychology.