RESEARCH

Scholarship & Areas of Focus

Culture, Leadership & High Performance

Examining how organizational cultures, leadership practices, and group dynamics shape performance, learning, and well-being within high stakes environments.

Gender, Identity & Power
Exploring how gendered norms, identity, and power dynamics shape leadership, belonging, interpersonal behavior, and experiences within high-stakes environments.

Systems Psychodynamics & Group Dynamics
Investigating the emotional, relational, and systemic dynamics that operate beneath the surface of organizational life, particularly within high-pressure cultures and teams.

Selected Publications

Monton, K., Muhlstein, H., & Noumair, D. (2026). Undoing masculinity contest culture: Lessons from practice. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886326147053

Monton, K., & Noumair, D. (2026). Beneath the Surface: What Sport Reveals about High-Performance Systems. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Essays & Provocations. https://doi.org/10.1177/00218863261433641

Monton, K., Venier, N., & Brazaitis, S. (2026). Organizational practices that champion people and performance: A case study of Speed Skating Canada. Frontiers in Organizational Psychology, 3, Article 1673007.

https://doi.org/10.3389/forgp.2025.1673007

Monton, K. & Block, C. (2025). No pain, no gain? Masculinity contest culture in elite sport contexts. Career Development International, 1-16. Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-07-2024-0329

Monton, K+., Monton, O+., Ervin, A. M., Frank, A. L., Seal, S. M., Block, C. J., & Johnston, F. M. (2025). An Exploration of Culture in General Surgery Training Programs: A Scoping Review. Annals of Surgery, 10-1097.

DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006932

Monton, K. (2025). Athlete maltreatment: A systems perspective on human rights and social justice in sport. In J. Zajda & Y. Vissing (Eds.), Globalisation and human rights for democracy and social justice. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80297-3_9

Vissing, Y., & Monton, K. (2025). The Symbolic Importance of Athlete Attire: What it states about gender equality and justice. In J. Zajda & Y. Vissing (Eds.), Human rights and education globally. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88615-7_4

Monton, K. (2025). White coats, hidden costs: Masculinity contest culture in medicine and its impact on physician outcomes [Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University]. Academic Commons, Columbia University.https://doi.org/10.7916/zjfn-5y96

Scholarship & Areas of Focus

Culture, Leadership & High Performance

Gender, Identity & Power Exploring how gendered norms, identity, and power dynamics shape leadership, belonging, interpersonal behavior, and experiences within high-stakes environments.

Systems Psychodynamics & Group Dynamics Investigating the emotional, relational, and systemic dynamics that operate beneath the surface of organizational life, particularly within high-pressure cultures and teams.

Gender, Identity & Power
Exploring how gendered norms, identity, and power dynamics shape leadership, belonging, interpersonal behavior, and experiences within high-stakes environments.

Systems Psychodynamics & Group Dynamics
Investigating the emotional, relational, and systemic dynamics that operate beneath the surface of organizational life, particularly within high-pressure cultures and teams.