Guillaume
Pain

Publications

Articles

• Pain, G., Paquin, R. L., & Tilleman, S. G. (2024). Organizational sensemaking and environmental performance: A longitudinal study of publicly traded firms' sustainability reports. Business Strategy and Development, 7(4), e70014. DOI : 10.1002/bsd2.70014
• Mondou, M., Maguire, S., Tuihedur Rahman, H. M., Pain, G., & Hickey, G. M. (2022). Policy forums and learning in fields underpinned by regulatory science. Environmental Science and Policy, 137, 349-358. DOI : 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.09.007
• Soufan, O., Ewald, J., Zhou, G., Hacariz, O., Boulanger, E., Alcaraz, A. J., Hickey, G., Maguire, S., Pain, G., Hogan, N., Hecker, M., Crump, D., Head, J., Basu, N., & Xia, J. (2022). EcoToxXplorer: Leveraging Design Thinking to Develop a Standardized Web-Based Transcriptomics Analytics Platform for Diverse Users. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 41(1), 21-29. DOI : 10.1002/etc.5251
• Mondou, M., Maguire, S., Pain, G., Crump, D., Hecker, M., Basu, N., & Hickey, G. M. (2021). Envisioning an international validation process for New Approach Methodologies in chemical hazard and risk assessment. Environmental Advances, 4, 100061. DOI : 10.1016/j.envadv.2021.100061
• Pain, G., Hickey, G., Mondou, M., Crump, D., Hecker, M., Basu, N., & Maguire, S. (2020). Drivers of and Obstacles to the Adoption of Toxicogenomics for Chemical Risk Assessment: Insights from Social Science Perspectives. Environmental Health Perspectives, 128(10). DOI : 10.1289/EHP6500
• Mondou, M., Hickey, G. M., Tuihedur Rahman, H. M., Maguire, S., Pain, G., Crump, D., Hecker, M., & Basu, N. (2020). Factors Affecting the Perception of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in the Ecotoxicology Community. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 16(2), 269-281. DOI : 10.1002/ieam.4244
• Wassmer, U., Pain, G., & Paquin, R. L. (2017). Taking environmental partnerships seriously. Business Horizons, 60(1), 135-142. DOI : 10.1016/j.bushor.2016.09.009
• Wassmer, U., Pain, G., & Paquin, R. L. (2016). Créez un avantage concurrentiel grâce aux partenariats environnementaux. Gestion HEC Montréal, 41(2), 24-27. DOI : 10.3917/riges.412.0024

Chapters in Collective Works

• Pain, G. (2015). Sensemaking, Schema Interaction Dynamics, and Corporate Environmental Performance. In John Humphreys (Ed). Best Papers Proceedings of the Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (pp. 18587-18587). Academy of Management.
• Pain, G., & Amirkhany, A. (2014). Multinational enterprises as institutional entrepreneurs in emerging economies. In E. Chrysostome, R. Molz and L. Yan (Ed). Building Businesses in Emerging and Developing Countries. Routledge. https://www.worldcat.org/title/building-businesses-in-emerging-and-developing-countries-challenges-and-opportunities/oclc/863695401.

Communications in a Conference with Proceedings

• Pain, G. (2025). Transition circulaire. ACFAS 2025, Montréal, Canada.
• Pain, G. (2025). Économie circulaire. ACFAS 2025, Montréal, Canada.
• Pain, G. (2024). Knowledge orchestration. ASAC, Montréal, Canada.
• Pain, G. (2024). Transition circulaire. ACFAS, Ottawa, Canada.
• Pain, G. (2023). Environmental sensemaking and performance in large companies. ASAC, Louisville, United States of America.
• Pain, G. (2023). Corporate environmental disclosure and sensemaking: A quantitative measurement instrument. ASAC, Louisville, United States of America.
• Pain, G., Paquin, R., & Tilleman, S. (2022). Capturing organizations’ environmental interpretation through text: Methodology for the development and validation of word lists for use with computer-aided text analysis of corporate documents. Conférence annuelle de l’Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge, Séville, Spain.
• Pain, G., Paquin, R., & Tilleman, S. (2021). Organizations as interpretation systems: A study of the relationship between environmental interpretation and environmental performance. Conférence annuelle de l’Association des Sciences Administratives du Canada, en ligne, Canada.
• Pain, G., Paquin, R., & Tilleman, S. (2021). Dictionaries of environmental terms to capture the three steps of ecological interpretation: Scanning, understanding, and responding; and methodology for their development. Conférence annuelle de l’Association des Sciences Administratives du Canada, en ligne, Canada.
• Pain, G. (2019). Different Yet The Same: The Evolution of Disclosed Strategic Schemas on Sustainability in an Industry Association. Procès-verbal de la conférence annuelle de l’Academy of Management, Boston, United States of America.
• Pain, G. (2017). Disclosed Schemas and Corporate Environmental Performance: Do Communicative Firms Pollute Less?. Procès-verbal de la conférence annuelle de l’Academy of Management, Atlanta, United States of America.
• Pain, G. (2016). Why change toward corporate sustainability is so challenging: A strategic schema framework. Procès-verbal de la conférence annuelle de l’Association Canadienne des Sciences Administratives, Edmonton, Canada.
• Pain, G. (2015). Sensemaking, Schema Interaction Dynamics, and Corporate Environmental Performance. Best Papers Proceedings of the Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.
• Pain, G. (2014). Why Organizations Fail at Sustainability: An Integrative Sensemaking View. Procès-verbal de la conférence annuelle de l’Academy of Management, Philadelphie, United States of America.
• Pain, G. (2013). Making Sense of Sustainability: Underlying Perspectives and their Impacts. Présentation à la conférence annuelle de la Southern Management Association, Nouvelle-Orléans, United States of America.
• Pain, G. (2012). Toward a Resolution of the Embedded Agency Paradox: Agentic Predominance. Présentation à la conférence annuelle de la Southern Management Association, Ft. Lauderdale, United States of America.
• Pain, G. (2011). Organizational Learning: An Institutional Perspective. Présentation à la conférence annuelle de la Southern Management Association, Savannah, United States of America.

Communications in a Conference Without Proceedings

• Pain, G. (2025). Universités et action climatique. Ouranos, Montréal, Canada.
• Pain, G., & Paquin, R. (2022). Different Yet the Same: The Evolution of Disclosed Strategic Schemas on Sustainability in Industry Association Partnerships. Conférence annuelle du groupe Cross-Sector Social Interactions, en ligne.
• Pain, G. (2022). Sustainability reporting and communication. Conférence annuelle de l'Association des Sciences Administratives du Canada (ASAC).
• Pain, G., Paquin, R., & Tilleman, S. (2021). Organizations as interpretation systems: A study of the relationship between environmental interpretation and environmental performance. Université de Saint-Gall, En ligne, Switzerland.
• Pain, G., Paquin, R., & Tilleman, S. (2021). Organizations as interpretation systems: A study of the relationship between environmental interpretation and environmental performance. Journal of Management Studies Paper Development Workshop, En ligne.

Research Reports

• Pain, G., Paquin, R. L., & Tilleman, S. G. (2024). Capturing organizations’ environmental interpretation through text: Methodology for the development and validation of word lists for use with computer-aided text analysis of corporate documents. Business Strategy and Development https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bsd2.70014.

Current Research Activities

Activity Title	Researcher(s)	Granting Body	Program	Dates
Mieux comprendre la performance environnementale des entreprises	Main Guillaume Pain	Université Laval - Fonds internes	Soutien à la recherche (SAR) FSA - Volet 15 : Subvention facultaire d'amorçage de projets de recherche	2025-05-30 to 2026-05-29

Current Research Affiliations

• Member, Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (LIRSE) (2022 - ...)
• Member, Canada Research Chair in Internalization of Sustainability Practices and Organizational Accountability (2022 - ...)
• Member, Réseau de recherche en économie circulaire du Québec (RRECQ) (2022 - ...)
• Member, Institut en Environnement, Développement et Société (IEDS) (2025 - ...)

Supervised Students

Master's with thesis

• Research Co-Director
  • Hadja Mariama Dalanda Barry (Summer 2025 - ...)

Contributions to the Advancement of the Discipline

Participation in Scientific Symposia or Conferences

• Président de session, Association des sciences administratives du Canada - Conférence annuelle (2021)
• Program Coordinator, Strategy Division, Administrative Science Association of Canada (2016 - 2017)
• Panel member, New PhD student orientation session, JMSB, Concordia University (2015)
• Panel member, Management Research Conversations, JMSB, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Topic: Academic writing habits (2015)
• Panel member, New PhD student orientation session, JMSB (2014)
• Panel member, New PhD student orientation session, JMSB (2013)
• Session Chair, Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Track: Strategic Management/Organizational Theory. Session: Knowledge Diffusion (2012)
• Participant, Journal of Management Studies qualitative research manuscript development workshop (2012)
• Session Chair, International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas, Montreal, Canada. Sessions: 1. Elements of Measurements for Degrowth; 2. Resilient Communities & Degrowth; 3. Achieving Progressive redistribution & Reducing Inequalities without Growth; 4. Challenges of Degrowth in Latin America (2012)
• Rapporteur, International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas, Montreal, Canada. Sessions: Trajectories of Degrowth Thought; Social & Political Evolution & Degrowth; Selective Degrowth, Population & Natural Rights (2012)
• Discussant, Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA. Strategic management and organization theory division (2011)

Conference Organization

• Coordinator, events for interdisciplinary research on sustainable materials, McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI). Sustainable materials (2018 - 2019)
• Co-organizer, Research Conversations Series (invited presentations), John Molson School of Business (JMSB) (2016)
• Organizer, Management brownbag series, John Molson School of Business. Topic: Research collaborations and networking (2013)
• Meeting Organizer, JMSB. Topic: PhD students meeting on business and society with visiting scholar Prof. Tai-Young Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea (2013)
• Organizer, Management brownbag series, JMSB, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Topic: Faculty-student collaborations (2012)
• Organizing Committee Member, and Fundraising Committee Leader, International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas (2011 - 2012)

Evaluation Committee Membership(s)

• Business Strategy and Developpement (2024 - 2025)
• Association des Sciences de l’Administration du Canada (ASAC) (2024 - 2025)
• Guest co-editor of a special issue, Organisations et Territoires (2024 - 2025)
• Editor of the Social Responsibility Division for the 2024 Congress of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canadan des Sciences Administratives du Canada (2023 - 2024)
• Revue The Extractive Industries and Society (2023 - 2024)
• Membre du comité scientifique du Projet Climat, une initiative pour la littératie climatique. (2023 - ...)

Editorial Responsibilities

• Président de la Division Responsabilité Sociale pour l’Association des Sciences Administratives du Canada (2023 - 2024)
• Réviseur, Congrès annuel de l'Association des Sciences Administratives du Canada, Division Responsabilité Sociale (2022 - 2023)
• Réviseur, Journal of Management Studies (2022 - 2023)
• Réviseur, Revue de l'Entrepreunariat (2022 - 2023)
• Éditeur de la Division Responsabilité Sociale pour l’Association des Sciences Administratives du Canada (2022 - 2023)
• Reviewer, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Social Responsibility Division (2021)
• Réviseur, Journal of Management Studies (2020 - 2021)
• Reviewer, Strategy Division, Administrative Science Association of Canada (2018)
• Reviewer, Academy of Management 2016 Annual Meeting. Organization and the Natural Environment Division (2016)
• Reviewer, Academy of Management 2015 Annual Meeting. Organization and the Natural Environment Division (2015)
• Reviewer, Academy of Management 2014 Annual Meeting. Organization and the Natural Environment Division (2014)
• Reviewer, Southern Management Association 2013 Annual Meeting. Ethical, Social & Diversity Issues (2013)
• Reviewer, “M@n@gement”, a journal of the International Association for Strategic Management (AIMS) (2011 - 2012)
• Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Organization and the Natural Environment Division (2011)

Association Membership(s)

• Membre du comité exécutif de la division Responsabilité Sociale (RS) et Coordinateur du programme RS pour le congrès 2022 (2021 - 2022)
• Advisory Board Member, David O’Brien Center for Sustainable Enterprise, Concordia University (2012 - 2017)

Participation à des jurys d'organismes de subvention

• Ouranos, Leadership climatique (2024 - 2025)
• RRECQ (FQRSC) (2023 - 2024)

University and Faculty Involvement

Faculty

• Member, Comité d’accueil de l’équipe de revue par les pairs (PRT) de la FSA par l’AACSB (2025)
• Consultation on the coordination of multi-section courses (2024)
• Co-organisation de la conférence des Professeures Lea Stadtler et Adriane MacDonald à la FSA en septembre (2022)
• Membre, Comité de travail sur la santé psychologique au département de Management, Faculté des sciences de l'administration, Université Laval (2022)
• Organisation de la conférence du Professeur Steve Maguire à la FSA en juin (2022)
• Participation à la collation des grades FSA du 29 novembre (2021)
• Member, Department of Management Committee on the revision of tenure criteria. Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Laval University (2020 - 2022)
• Member, Faculty Council. Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Laval University (2020 - 2022)
• Membre UER Management (2020 - ...)

University

• Support for UL's SD team in setting up SD governance tools for projects submitted to the Board and CUdes projets soumis au CA et au CU (2023)
• Alternate delegate for the MNG department at SPUL (2023 - 2024)
• Member of the scientific committee of the Climate Project, a climate literacy initiativetique (2023 - ...)
• Délégué du département de management au Conseil syndical du SPUL (2022 - 2023)
• Membre du comité de pilotage du Chantier d’Avenir UL en Action Climatique (2022 - ...)
• Création et co-administration du groupe Teams des Nouvelles et Nouveaux Professeures et Professeurs de l'UL (NNPPUL) (2021 - 2022)
• Participation à l'atelier en engagement social du 13 octobre. Remue-méninges d'initiatives en engagement social pour l'ULaval (2021)
• Formation - MOOC sur Le management responsable (2020)

Knowledge Popularization

Webinar

• Webinar "Une communication efficace en changement : les aspects souvent oubliés, mais essentiels", ACMP Québec (2025)

Prizes and Awards

Scholarships

• Recipient, McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) research grant (2018)
• McGill University Postdoctoral Fellowship. (2017 - 2018)
• Research grant, David O’Brien Center for Sustainable Enterprise
  • (2017)
  • (2015)

Prizes and Awards

• Socrate Award (2023 - 2024)
• Best reviewer. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Social Responsibility division (2021)
• Nominee, Stanley G. French Medal for outstanding contributions to Concordia University student life (2018)
• Best reviewer. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Organization and the Natural Environment division
  • (2016)
  • (2015)
• Honorable mention. “Why change toward corporate sustainability is so challenging and how firms may achieve it: A strategic schema framework”. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Strategy division (2016)
• Best Papers Proceedings. “Sensemaking, Schema Interaction Dynamics, and Corporate Environmental Performance”. Academy of Management Meeting (2015)
• Nomination, William H. Newman Award (best paper from a thesis). “Sensemaking, Schema Interaction Dynamics, and Corporate Environmental Performance”. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Organization and the Natural Environment division (2015)
• Founders’ Award and Emerging Scholar designation. “Sensemaking, Schema Interaction Dynamics, & Corporate Environmental Performance”. Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting (2015)
• Outstanding reviewer. Southern Management Association Annual Meeting. Ethical, Social & Diversity Issues track (2013)