Gloria González-Morales (she, her/s, ella), is a professor of psychology and director of the Worker Wellbeing (WW) Lab at CGU. The WW Lab is a feminist research lab that welcomes scholars interested in employee health, flourishing, and belonging through the disciplines of occupational health psychology and positive organizational psychology.
González-Morales is the President of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology and the Co-Chair of the Work, Stress & Health Conference. She also serves as associate editor of Journal of Business and Psychology, and member of the editorial boards of Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Stress & Health, and Occupational Health Science.
Her research, funded with international scholarships and grants (including a prestigious Fulbright scholarship and funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation), has been published in some of the world’s top-ranked psychology outlets such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Journal of Organizational Behavior.
González-Morales’s research was awarded the 2017 best paper award from the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology for her research on respite workplace interventions to foster employee well-being. She was also awarded the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology Best Paper Award (2017 and 2018) for her intervention study to reduce abusive supervision.
González-Morales has more than 15 years of experience consulting for organizations from Canada, Europe, and the U.S. in different sectors (i.e. government, healthcare, hospitality, non-for-profit, energy, and manufacturing). As executive director of Organization & Management Solutions (2013-2020), she led more than 20 consulting projects in diverse areas of practice. These included competency modeling and recruitment and selection systems; organizational development and change; needs analysis; performance management systems; engagement surveys; as well as leadership and team development and training.
González-Morales was born in Tenerife (Canary Islands) and obtained her psychology degree at Universidad de La Laguna (Canary Islands). She completed her dissertation and was awarded with the European PhD (Doctor Europaea) in 2006 from the University of Valencia (Spain) in the Work and Organizational Psychology Interuniversity Doctoral Program. She was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at George Mason University and postdoctoral fellow at University of Delaware (funded through the Army Research Institute) before joining the faculty at University of Guelph on May 2010. She has been with Claremont Graduate University since January 2020.
“From Toxic to Brave Organizations: Transforming Power Cultures into Relational Cultures.” Organizational Dynamics 55, no. 1 (2026): 101203.
Co-authored with C. Corson and C. Castro. “Job Crafting for Inclusion: Allyship Tools to Create Authentic Belonging in Organizations.” In Advances in Positive Psychology Research in the Workplace, edited by S. Donald and J. Gaffaney, 183-210. 2026.
Co-authored with C. Dotzler. “A Gendered Multi-level Model of STEM Entrepreneurship.” In Gender, Diversity and Innovation: Concepts, Policies and Practice, edited by B. Owalla, et al. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, Forthcoming.
Co-authored with J. Garant, et al. “Understanding Workplace Incivility Dynamics from the Perspective of Conflict Mediators: A Qualitative Study.” Frontiers in Psychology (2025): 1683369.
Co-authored with C. Corson. “Exploring Women’s and Men’s Belonging in STEM.” Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 44, no. 8 (2025): 1164-80.
Co-authored with A. Molina, et al. “Mindfulness for the Mindful? Examining How Trait Mindfulness Impacts Daily Energetic Wellbeing and Cognitive Resources.” Occupational Health Science 9 (2025): 495-523.
Co-authored with G.C. Banks, et al. “Women’s and Men’s Authorship Experiences: A Prospective Meta-Analysis.” Journal of Management 51, no. 4 (2025): 1273-87.
Co-authored with N. Argote and J. Feitosa. “The Development of an Integrative Team Belonging Training.” In Case Studies in I-O Psychology, edited by R. Jacobs and D.H. Reynolds. SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series. Oxford University Press, 2025.
Co-authored with N. Argote and A. Bonilla. “Cultural Stress among Immigrants in the Workforce.” Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 30, no. 4 (2024): 740-51.
Co-authored with Y. Provencher and A. Day. “Unmasking Leadership Incivility: Creating a Research Agenda for Employee Health.” In Research Handbook on Destructive Leadership: Forms, Context, and Boundary Conditions, edited by B. Schyns, P. Neves, and K. Breevaart, 70-94. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
Co-authored with A. Birnbaum. “A Social Network Perspective of Work Engagement on Teams.” In Stress and Well-Being in Teams, edited by P. Harms and C.H. Chang, 99-120. Emerald Publishing, 2024.
Co-authored with G. Rubin Rojas and J. Feitosa. “Mindfulness in Teams.” In Stress and Well-Being in Teams, edited by P. Harms and C.H. Chang, 73-97. Emerald Publishing, 2024.
Co-authored with A.K. Elms and H. Gill. “Confidence Is Key: Collective Efficacy, Team Processes, and Team Effectiveness.” Small Group Research 54, no. 2 (2023): 191-218.
Co-authored with N. Sakr and L.S. Son Hing. “Development and Validation of the Marginalized-Group-Focused Diversity Climate Scale: Group Differences and Outcomes.” Journal of Business and Psychology 38, no. 3 (2023): 689-722.
Co-authored with F. Stinglhamber, P. Neves, and T.E. Becker. “Comment on van Knippenberg and Lee (2023): SOE Is Walking the Talk of the Organization.” Journal of Management Scientific Reports 1, no. 2 (2023): 94-105.
Co-authored with E. Pogrebtsova and L. Son Hing. “Effectiveness of an Emotion Regulation Intervention versus an Active Control on Daily Well-Being and Cognitive Reappraisal: An Experience Sampling Randomized Controlled Trial.” International Journal of Stress Management 29, no. 4 (2022): 400.
Co-authored with A. Chris, et al. “A Meta-Analysis of Experienced Incivility and Its Correlates: Exploring the Dual Path Model of Experienced Workplace Incivility.” Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 27, no. 3 (2022): 317-38.
Co-authored with D. O’Shea, et al. “Positive Psychology Interventions and Employee Wellbeing: When and for Whom Are They Effective?” In Occupational Health and Wellbeing, edited by A. Kinder, R. Hughes, and C. Cooper, 150-65. Current Issues in Work & Organizational Psychology. Taylor and Francis, 2022.
Co-authored with A. Lopez and P. Neves. “What Does It Take to Start a Business? Constraint Appraisal as Predictor of Taking Entrepreneurial Action among Nascent Entrepreneurs.” Applied Psychology (2021): 1-29.
Co-authored with A. Michel, et al. “Mindfulness and Positive Activities at Work: Intervention Effects on Motivation-Related Constructs, Sleep Quality and Fatigue.” Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (2021).
Co-authored with A.S. Davis, et al. “Team Belonging: Integrating Teamwork and Diversity Training Through Emotions.” Small Group Research (2021).
Co-authored with T. Köhler, et al. “Supporting Robust, Rigorous, and Reliable Reviewing as the Cornerstone of Our Profession: Introducing a Competency Framework for Peer Review.” Industrial and Organizational Psychology 13, no. 1 (2020): 1-27.
Co-authored with R. Schenk Martin and T. Sasso. “LGBTQ+ Students in Higher Education: An Evaluation of Website Data and Accessible, Ongoing Resources in Ontario Universities.” Psychology & Sexuality (2019): 1-13.
“A More Feminine Scholarship: Relational Practice for Setting a Good Example.” Academy of Management Learning & Education, Special Issue: Rhythms of Academic Life: Frost and Taylor 20 Years On 18, no. 2 (2019): 302-05.
Co-authored with M.C. Kernan, et al. “Defeating Abusive Supervision: Training Supervisors to Support Subordinates.” Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 23, no. 2 (2018): 151.
Co-authored with J.A. Gruman and M.N. Lumley. “Incorporating Balance: Challenges and Opportunities for Positive Psychology.” Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne 59, no. 1 (2018): 54.
Co-authored with A. Steidle, et al. “Energizing Respites from Work: A Randomized Controlled Study on Respite Interventions.” European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 26, no. 5 (2017): 650-62.
Co-authored with P. Neves. “When Stressors Make You Work: Mechanisms Linking Challenge Stressors to Performance.” Work & Stress 29 (2015): 213-29.