Debra Gilin, Saint Mary's University

Research

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Latest papers

Development and validation of the belonging at work scale: Association with mistreatment and leaves.
PloS one · 2026
Sink or Swim: Developing an Alternative Measure of Employee Socialization.
Employee responsibilities and rights journal · 2023 · senior author
When to use your head and when to use your heart: the differential value of perspective-taking versus empathy in competitive interactions.
Personality & social psychology bulletin · 2013 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Attracting and Retaining Trauma Professionals: Empathy Profiles that Thrive (versus Drop-out)
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$104,984
Enhancing the Quality of Worklife- Final Conference
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
$39,923

All 2 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Development and validation of the belonging at work scale: Association with mistreatment and leaves.

Lee-Baggley D, Bakour H, Howatt B, Gilin D, Etezad E

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0346786 PMID: 41961799

02

Sink or Swim: Developing an Alternative Measure of Employee Socialization.

Blazer M, Chung-Yan G, Gilin D

Employee responsibilities and rights journal2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10672-023-09457-2 PMID: 40479014

03

When to use your head and when to use your heart: the differential value of perspective-taking versus empathy in competitive interactions.

Gilin D, Maddux WW, Carpenter J, Galinsky AD

Personality & social psychology bulletin2013First author

DOI: 10.1177/0146167212465320 PMID: 23150199

Attracting and Retaining Trauma Professionals: Empathy Profiles that Thrive (versus Drop-out)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gilin, Debra A.

$104,984

Enhancing the Quality of Worklife- Final Conference

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Knowledge Translation Supplement

Principal investigators: Leiter, Michael

Keywords: Burnout/ Work Engagement; Healthcare; Nurses; Worklife

$39,923

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Dayna Lee-Baggley

Department of Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Gilin, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Development and validation of the belonging at work scale: Association with mistreatment and leaves." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Attracting and Retaining Trauma Professionals: Empathy Profiles that Thrive (versus Drop-out)" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]