Brian Connelly, Ph.D.

Brian S. Connelly is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough and Rotman School of Management. He earned his Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Minnesota in 2008, and he previously worked at the University of Connecticut’s Department of Psychology (2008 – 2010) and in the research divisions of Personnel Decisions International (2007 – 2008) and Human Resource Consultants, Inc. (2005). He teaches courses at graduate and undergraduate levels in organizational behaviour, human resources, personality, statistics, and research methods.

Prof. Connelly’s research examines how organizations can best use personality measures to solve workplace challenges. In particular, his research has used personality ratings from others (e.g., one’s peers, friends, or family) to study the limitations of self-knowledge, how first impressions are formed, the way people “fake” personality measures, and the structure of personality. His work has been published in Psychological Bulletin, American Psychologist, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and the Journal of Personality, among other outlets. His research has also been recognized with the Association for Research in Personality’s 2009 Tanaka Best Dissertation Award, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s 2010 S. Rains Wallace Best Dissertation Award, and the 2012 Hogan Award for the Best Paper in Personality and Work.