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    Sean Lyons

    PhD

    Sean Lyons, AVP graduate and postdoctoral studies

    Asst. Vice-President (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)

    Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics

    slyons01@uoguelph.ca

    Research Areas

    • Organizational management
    Dr. Lyons’s main area of research concerns inter-generational differences and their impacts on workplace dynamics and managing people. His research on generational differences in work values and attitudes has been featured in a number of media outlets, including Time Magazine, the Globe & Mail, the National Post, Macleans magazine, as well as on CBC’s The National, CTV News Channel, the Business News Network and CBC Radio’s The Current. Dr. Lyons works frequently with private and public sector organizations to identify and address inter-generational issues.

    Education

    • PhD Management, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University (2004)
    • MA, Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University (1998)
    • BPA, University of Windsor (1995)

    Refereed Journal Articles

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    ORCID iD: orcid.org/0000-0001-5954-0077
    ResearcherID: I-2453-2014
    Scopus Author ID: 25221935000

    1. Schweitzer, Linda, * Smith, Chelsie J., Lyons, Sean, & * Kostuchuk, Jen (in press). Safer at Home? Associations between working from home, workplace mistreatment, inclusion, and well-being in a sample of Canadian hybrid workers, Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation (March 2026).

    1. Schweitzer, Linda, * Smith, Chelsie J., Lyons, Sean, * Henchey, Angel & * Kostuchuk, Jen. (2025, November). Working where we want: The role of work arrangement fit in work-related and personal wellbeing. Journal of Management & Organization, 31(6), 2660 - 2678. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2025.10024

    1. Schweitzer, Linda, Lyons, Sean, * Smith, Chelsie & * Lauch, Katarina. (2025, April). Exploring Work-Related Cosmology Events: Lessons from the COVID Pandemic. International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-07-2024-0127

    1. *Ameli, Fatemeh & Lyons, Sean. (2025, March). The Association Between Psychological Capital of Young Canadians and Their Intrinsic Work Values. Journal of Employment Counseling, 62(3), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1002/joec.12243

    1. Ng, Eddy S., Stanton, Pauline, Umeh, Chidozie, Bamber, Greg J., Stone, Dianna, Lukaszewski, Kimberly, Lyons, Sean,. . . Varma, Arup. (2025, March). Megatrends affecting the world of work implications for human resource management. Personnel Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2025-0100

    1. *Martow, J. H., *Thornton, E. M., Conlon, P., Jones-Bitton, A., Khosa, D, Hewson, J., Lyons, S., . . . Lumley, M. N. (2025). Time to act: Mental health and desired university supports among graduate students. Higher Education Research & Development, 44(3), 644-658. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2410271

    1. Ayoobzadeh, M., Schweitzer, L, Lyons, S. & Ng, E. (2024). A tale of two generations: a time-lag study of career expectations. Personnel Review, 53(7), 1649–1665. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2022-0101

    1. Schweitzer, Linda, Lyons, Sean, & *Smith, Chelsie. (2023, July). Career Sustainability: Framing the Past to Adapt in the Present for a Sustainable Future. Sustainability, 15(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511800

    1. Ayoobzadeh, M, Schweitzer, L & Lyons, S. (2023). Career Expectations of International and Domestic Students in Canada. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 23, 77–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09504-0

    1. Leblanc, J. E. & Lyons, S. (2022). Helicopter parenting during emerging adulthood: Consequences for career identity and adaptability (Brandilynn Villarreal, Ed.). Frontiers in Psychology, 13(886979), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.886979

    1. *Charbonneau, B D, Powell, D M, Spence, J R & Lyons, S T. (2021). Unintended Consequences of Interview Faking: Impact on Perceived Fit and Affective Outcomes. Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 7(1), Article 6. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/pad/vol7/iss1/6/ .

    1. *Goetz, M L, Jones-Bitton, A, Hewson, J, Khosa, D, Lyons, S & Dorothy J Bakker, Peter D Conlon. (2020). An Examination of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality, Gender, and Career Interests of Ontario Veterinary College Students. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 47(4), 430-444. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0418-044r .

    1. Lyons, S, Schweitzer, L, Urick, M & *Kuron, L. (2019). A Dynamic Social-Ecological Model of Generational Identity in the Workplace. Journal of Intergenerational Relations. https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2018.1500332

    1. Bakker, D., Lyons, S. & Conlon, P. (2017, January). An Exploration of the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Depression in First-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 44(1), 50-62. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0116-006r

    1. Urick, M, Hollensbe, E, Masterson, S. & Lyons, S. (2017). Understanding and Managing Intergenerational Conflicts: An Examination of Influences and Strategies. Work, Aging and Retirement, 3(2), 166-185. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waw009

    1. Lyons, S. T. & Schweitzer, L. (2017). A Qualitative Exploration of Generational Identity: Making Sense of Young and Old in the Context of Today's Workplace. Work, Aging and Retirement, 3(2), 209-224. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waw024

    1. Papavasileiou, E, Lyons, S. & Shaw, G. (2017). Work values in Tourism: Past, present and future. Annals of Tourism Research, 64, 150-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.03.007

    1. Kuron, L, Schweitzer, L, Lyons, S. & Ng, E S. (2016). Career Profiles in the 'New Career:' Evidence of their Prevalence and Correlates. Career Development International, 21(4). https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-05-2015-0066

    1. Papavasileiou, E F & Lyons, S. (2015). A comparative analysis of the work values of Greece's 'Millennial' generation. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(17), 2166-2186. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.985325

    1. Lyons, S., Schweitzer, L. & Ng, E S. (2015). Resilience in the modern career. Career Development International, 20(4), 363-383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CDI-02-2015-0024.

    1. Lyons, S., Urick, M., Kuron, L. & Schweitzer, L. (2015). Generational Differences in the Workplace: There is Complexity beyond the Stereotypes. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: perspectives on science and practice, 8(3), 346-356. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2015.48 .

    1. Lyons, S., Schweitzer, L. & Ng, E. S. (2015). How Have Careers Changed? An Investigation of Changing Career Patterns Across Four Generations. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30(1), 8-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-07-2014-0210
      *Winner of Journal of Managerial Psychology's 2016 Outstanding Paper Award Journal Quality:

    1. Kuron, L., Lyons, S., Schweitzer, L. & Ng, E. S. (2015). Millennials' Work Values: Differences Across the School to Work Transition. Personnel Review, 44(6), 991-1009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/PR-01-2014-0024.

    1. Lyons, S. & Kuron, L. (2014). Generational differences in the workplace: A review of the evidence and directions for future research. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35(S1), S139-S157. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.1913 .

    1. Lyons, S., Ng, E. S. & Schweitzer, L. (2014). Changing Demographics and the Shifting Nature of Careers: Implications for Research and Human Resource Development. Human Resource Development Review, 13(2), 180-205. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484314524201 .

    1. Schweitzer, L, Lyons, S T, Kuron, L & Ng, E S. (2014). The Gender Gap in Pre-Career Salary Expectations: A Test of Five Explanations. Career Development International, 19(4), 404-425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CDI-12-2013-0161.

    1. Ng, E S, Schweitzer, L & Lyons, S. (2012). Anticipated Discrimination and a Career Choice in Nonprofit A Study of Early Career Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered (LGBT) Job Seekers. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 32(4), 332-352. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X12453055

    1. Lyons, S, Schweitzer, L, Ng, E S & Kuron, L K. (2012). Comparing apples to apples: A qualitative investigation of career mobility patterns across four generations. Career Development International, 17(4), 333-357. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620431211255824

    1. Schweitzer, L, Ng, E S, Lyons, S & Kuron, L. (2011). Exploring the career pipeline: Generational differences in pre-career expectations. Relations Industrielles, 66, 422-444. https://doi.org/10.7202/1006346ar

    1. Lyons, S, Higgins, C & Duxbury, L. (2010). Work values: Development of a new 3-dimensional structure based on confirmatory smallest space analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31, 969-1002. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.658

    1. Duxbury, L, Higgins, C & Lyons, S. (2010). Coping with Overload and Stress: A Comparison of professional men and women. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72(4), 847-859. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00734.x

    1. Ng, E S, Schweitzer, L & Lyons, S. (2010). New generation, great expectations: A field study of the millennial generation. Journal of Business and Psychology, 28(2), 281-292. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1007/s10869-010-9159-4

    1. Schweitzer, L & Lyons, S. (2008). The market within: A marketing approach to creating and developing high-value employment relationships. Business Horizons, 51, 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2008.03.004

    1. Duxbury, L, Lyons, S & Higgins, C. (2007). Dual-income families in the new millennium: Re-conceptualizing family type. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 9(4), 472-486. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422307305488

    1. Lyons, S, Duxbury, L & Higgins, C. (2007). An empirical assessment of generational differences in basic human values. Psychological Reports, 101, 339-352. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.101.2.339-352

    1. Lyons, S, Duxbury, L E & Higgins, C A. (2006). A comparison of the values and commitment of private-sector, public-sector, and para-public-sector employees. Public Administration Review, 66(4), 605-618. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00620.x

    1. Lyons, S, Duxbury, L E & Higgins, C A. (2005). Are gender differences in basic human values a generational phenomenon? Sex Roles, 53, 763-778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-005-7740-4

    Research Interests

    • Generational identity in the workplace
    • Career sustainability
    • Career development in the early career
    • Work-from-home arrangements