Michalina Niewiadomski (Woznowski)

Biography

My research interests include teams, star performers, and prosocial behaviour. My thesis combines these areas to address how team members’ perceptions of and behaviour toward star performers influence stars’ decisions to stay with or leave an organization. I further examine how stars’ prosocial and proself tendencies influence their team members’ reactions toward them.

Educational Background

• MSc in Management, Organizational Behaviour Specialization, Queen's University (2022)
• Honours B.Sc., McMaster University (2021)

Published Papers

• Spitzmuller, M., Xiao, C., & Woznowski, M. (2023). Managing team interdependence to address the Great Resignation. Personnel Review, 52(2), 425–433. https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-09-2022-0635

Conferences & Presentations

• Woznowski, M., & Spitzmuller, M. (2026). To serve or protect? Exploring the effects of accumulation- and conservation-based prosocial behaviour among stars and non-stars. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
• Woznowski, M., & Spitzmuller, M. (2025). What do you expect? Examining differences in expectancies among star and non-star performers in organizations. Refereed roundtable discussion presented at the American Sociological Association’s 120th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Maerz, A., Miners, C. T. H., Spitzmuller, M., & Woznowski, M. (2025). A self-verification perspective on manager-employee agreement on proactive competencies. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Mahapatra, M., Cameron, A. F., Addas, S., Spitzmuller, M., & Woznowski, M. (2025). Multicommunicating during team meetings and team performance: An experiment of multilevel effects. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Woznowski, M., & Spitzmuller, M. (2023). Examining the effects of task interdependence on ethical decision-making. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Boston, MA.

Awards & Honours

• SSHRC J.A. Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Award (2023-2026)
• SSHRC Storyteller's Challenge Top 25 Finalist (2023)