PhotoCarol Wong

MScN (Western), PhD (Alberta)

Associate Professor
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) Nursing Early Career Research Award Recipient

Office: Room H27 - Health Sciences Addition
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 88748

cwong2@uwo.ca



Research Interests

  • Impact of leadership (specifically authentic leadership) on staff/nurse and client outcomes
  • Study of the nature of clinical nursing leadership within interdisciplinary models of care
  • Systematic reviews of the literature
  • Theory-testing and structural equation modeling
  • Educational models that are most effective in preparing future leaders
  • Knowledge translation strategies of leaders and role in policy formation
  • Decisional involvement - leader structural and organizational characteristics linked to decisional involvement and policy formation within organizations
  • Organizational structure and governance features and role configurations that best support positive work environments for health care professionals

Research Affiliations

Teaching Areas

  • N9662 Post-Positivist Research Methodology
  • N9677 Leadership and Management in Nursing and Health Services
  • N9676 Organizational Theory and Design in Healthcare Systems

Graduate Student Supervision

  • Master's
  • PhD

Students Currently Under Supervision

Supervisor

  • Giallonardo, Lisa (PhD)
  • Peterson, Alexandra (MScN)

Thesis Advisory Committee Member

  • Anderson, Lindsay (PhD)
  • Ellis, Wendy (PhD)
  • Higgins, Elizabeth Ann (PhD)
  • Macdougall, Linda (PhD)
  • Read, Emily (PhD)
  • Rykhoff, Margot (PhD)
  • Aguilar, Ivonne (MScN)
  • Bushell, Pamela Mary (MScN)            
  • Leblanc, Nicole (MScN)
  • Stam, Lisa (MScN)
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