When the family moved to Montreal, she learned French and worked in the health care sector while earning her own PhD in management from HEC Montréal.
In 2007, she was awarded the Medal for Teaching Excellence by the International Conference of Heads of Higher Education Institutions and French- Language Management Research.
[7] Two years later, Langley was nominated by Howard Thomas and eventually elected a Fellow of the Academy of Management.
[9] In 2019, Langley was named an Honorary Member of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)[10] and sat on the Scientific Committee of the Alphonse and Dorimène Desjardins International Institute for Cooperatives.
[12] She sits on board of the European Group for Organizational Studies as chair of the EGOS Organizing Committee.