Educated at McGill University (BA 1969) and the Ohio State University (MA 1970, PhD 1973), Robert R. Haccoun is Professor of Psychology at the Université de Montréal. Prior to returning to academia in 1978, Professor Haccoun was a research scientist for Bell Canada in Montreal. He is a founding member and past president of the Industrial-Organizational Psychology section of the Canadian Psychological Association.
He has led a number of research studies, mainly focused on training, absenteeism, and research methodology, and delivered papers at scientific conferences. His research articles are published in Canada in journals that include Canadian Psychologist, Canadian Journal of Behavioural Sciences, and the Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies. Internationally, his research is published in Personnel Psychology, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, the Journal of Organizational Behaviour, and Applied Psychology: An International Review. He has contributed chapters to several books, and his co-authored research book, Comprendre l’organisation: Approches de recherches, has been translated into Spanish. His statistics textbook, published in 2007, is in its second edition (2010). He is a reviewer for many scientific journals and has served on scientific advisory boards for provincial, national, and international research funding agencies.
He has received the Prize of Professional Excellence from Quebec’s Society of Work Psychology and the Teaching Excellence prize from his university. Active in the transfer of knowledge from academia to applied settings, he has written many non-technical articles and delivered conferences aimed at professional audiences. His consulting services have been called upon by organizations in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
