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Dr Gbolahan Gbadamosi
Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
Worcester Business School
Gbola brings international teaching and research experience in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management. His background is diverse, inclusive of work and academic experiences from five countries and the UNDP. He is currently a member of the editorial board of Journal of African Business and serves as reviewer for over a dozen other scholarly journals. Many of his empirical publications have used data from a variety managerial samples from Africa.
Qualifications
PG Cert. in Teaching & Learning in HE
PhD Organisational Behaviour & HRM
MSc Industrial Relations & Personnel Management
BSc Psychology
Teaching & Research
Teaching
Organisational Behaviour
Managing People
Human Resource Management
International Human Resource Management
Research
Unethical Behaviour
Organisational Commitment
Work Stress
Student’s adjustment in Higher Education
Management in Developing Countries
Professional Bodies and External Roles
Professional Bodies
Chartered Management Institute (CMI) – MCMI
Academy of International Business (AIB)
International Management Development Association (IMDA)
Higher Education Academy (HEA)
External Roles
Track Chair for World Business Congress, International Management Development Association (IMDA), since 2003 www.imda.cc
Track Chair for International Academy for African Business & Development (IAABD), since 2003 www.iaabd.org
External Examiner for Business Management Programme, Faculty of Commerce, University of Swaziland, Swaziland, 2006 - 2010
External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis for the School of Management, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India, since 2002
Publications
Gbadamosi, G. & Ross, C. (2011) “Perceived stress and performance appraisal discomfort: the moderating effects of core self-evaluations and gender”, Public Personnel Management, (forthcoming).
Omoteso, K. & Gbadamosi, G. (2010) – Guest Editors of a special issue of the ‘International Journal of Management and Decision Making (IJMDM)’ on “Decision Models, Decision Aids and Strategic Decision Making”, Vol. 11, No. 1, 103 pages.
De Jager, G. & Gbadamosi, G. (2010) "Specific remedy for specific problem: measuring service quality in South African Higher Education”, Higher Education, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 251-267.
Gbadamosi, G. & de Jager, J. (2009) “What you see is what you get: service quality, students’ perceptions and satisfaction at South African universities”, South Africa Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 877-893.
Richardson, M., Evans, C. and Gbadamosi, G. (2009) “Funding full-time study through part-time work”, Journal of Education and Work, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 319-334
Gbadamosi, G. & Evans, C. (2009) “CPD as a hyperbole: why don’t employers mention it in managerial job adverts”, Journal of Management Development, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 414-424.
Gbadamosi, G.; Ndaba, J. & Oni, F.O. (2007) “Predicting Charlatan Behaviour in a non-Western setting: lack of trust or absence of commitment?” Journal of Management Development, Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 753-769.
Gbadamosi, G. & Iyanda, O. (2007) “IAABD Five Years After: Looking Back to the Future” Journal of African Business, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 131-144
Gbadamosi, G. (2006) “Corruption Perception and Sustainable Development: Sharing Botswana’s Anti-Graft Agency Experiences” South Africa Journal of Economics and Management Studies (SAJEMS), Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 262-276
Gbadamosi, G. (2006) “Predictors and correlates of charlatan behaviour in a non-western context” Journal of Global Business and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 23-32
Gbadamosi, G. (2005), “Ritualism, Symbolism and Magic in Consultancy Practice: An Exploratory Investigation”, Management Decision, Vol. 43, No. 9, pp. 1129-1146.
Gbadamosi, G. & Joubert, P. (2005) “Money ethic, moral conduct and work related attitudes: field study from the public sector in Swaziland”, Journal of Management Development, Vol. 24, No. 8, pp. 754-763.
Gbadamosi, G. (2004) “Academic ethics: what has morality, culture and administration got to do with its measurement?” Management Decision, Vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 1145-1161.
Gbadamosi, G. (2003) “HRM and the commitment rhetoric: challenges for Africa”, Management Decision, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 274-280.
Gbadamosi, G. (2001) “Another Look at organisational commitment: Some lessons for research and the management of human resources”, Psychology and Education: an Interdisciplinary journal, Vol.38, No. 1, pp. 12-29.
Conferences
Gbadamosi, G. & Bello, M. (2009) ‘Profiling corruption perception in Africa: the role of religion, gender, education and age’, in Delener, N. et al. (eds.) Business strategies and technological innovations for sustainable development: creating global prosperity for humanity, 2009 Proceedings of Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA), July 7 – 11, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 440-447
Gbadamosi, G. & Bello, M (2009) ‘The King’s new clothes in the eyes of the beholder: developing a measurement scale for attitude towards corruption’ in Kaynak, E. & Harcar, T.D. (eds.) Management challenges in an environment of increasing regional and global concerns, 2009 Proceedings of the 18th World Business Congress, (IMDA), 1 – 5 July, 2009, Tbilisi, Georgia, pp. 73-78
Gbadamosi, G. (2009) ‘Wellness at work: profile of employees in Botswana’ in Kaynak, E. & Harcar, T.D. (eds.) Management challenges in an environment of increasing regional and global concerns, 2009 Proceedings of the 18th World Business Congress, (IMDA), 1 – 5 July, 2009, Tbilisi, Georgia, pp. 496-505.
Gbadamosi, G. (2008) “Identifying behavioural correlates and predictors of false performance in Botswana”, in Cantwell, J. & Kiyak, T. (eds.) Knowledge Development and Exchange in International Business Networks, Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, East Lansing MI: Academy of International Business, [June 30 – July 3, Milan, Italy].
Gbadamosi, G. & De Jager, J. (2008) “Measuring service quality in South Africa higher education: developing a multidimensional scale” in Fuxman, L, Delener, N., Lu, F.V. & Rivera-Solis, L.E. (eds.) Evolution and Revolution in the Global Knowledge Economy: Enhancing Innovation and Competitiveness Worldwide, 2008 Proceedings of Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA), Madrid, Spain July 8 – 12, 2008, pp. 375-384.
Gbadamosi, G. (2008) “Stress at work: any potential redirection from an African sample?”, in Signe, S. (ed.) Global and Local Dynamics in African Business and Development, IAABD 2008 Proceedings, Volume 9, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, May 20 – 24, 2008, pp. 503-510.
De Jager, J. & Gbadamosi, G. (2008) “Why select and remain in my University: Re-examining higher education in South Africa”, in Signe, S. (ed.) Global and Local Dynamics in African Business and Development, IAABD 2008 Proceedings, Vol. 9, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, May 20 – 24, 2008, pp. 189-196.
Gbadamosi, G. & Osuagwu, L. (2007) “False performance as unethical behaviour: re-examining the organisational charlatan scale”, in Ayadi, F. (ed.) Building new strategic partnerships for Africa’s economic development, IAABD 2007 Proceedings, London Metropolitan University, London, May 29 – June 2, 2007, pages 572-578.
Gbadamosi, G. (2006) “Predictors and correlates of charlatan behaviour in a non-Western context” in Delener, N. & Chao, C. (eds.) Management and Technology in the Global Economy: Nurturing Innovations and National Heritage, 2005 Proceedings of Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA), Moscow, June 27 – July 1, pp. 283-291.
Gbadamosi, G. (2006) “Money profile and related ethical conduct in a non-Western context” in Kaynak, E. & Harcar, T.D. (eds.) Technology, Structure, Environment and Strategy Interfaces in a Changing Global Arena, Advances in Global Management Development, Vol. XV, Proceedings of the Fifteen World Business Congress, (IMDA) June 18 – 21, 2006, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, pp 375 - 382.
Gbadamosi, G. (2006) “Perceived stress, performance appraisal discomfort and core self-evaluation in a non-Western context” in Sinkovics, R.R. & Yamin, M. (eds.) International Business in the Age of Anxiety, 2006 Proceedings of AIB-UK, 7-8 April Manchester.
Gbadamosi, G. & Osuagwu, L. (2005) “Charlatan behaviour, commitment and perception of business ethics: a correlational study” ”, in Delener, N. & Chao, C. (eds.) Global Markets in Dynamic Environments: Making Positive Connections through Strategy, Technology and Knowledge”, 2005 Proceedings of Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA), Lisbon/Leiria, Portugal, July 12-16, 2005, pp. 445-451.
Gbadamosi, G. & Ndaba, J. (2005) “Corporate wellness programme: of what value are gender differences?” ”, in Delener, N. & Chao, C. (eds.) Global Markets in Dynamic Environments: Making Positive Connections through Strategy, Technology and Knowledge”, 2005 Proceedings of Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA), Lisbon/Leiria, Portugal, July 12-16, 2005, pp. 437-444.
Gbadamosi, G. (2005) “What if I don’t trust management, can I pretend?” in Kaynak, E. & Harcar, T.D. (eds.) Global Business: The Challenges and Responsibilities in a World of Shifting Alliances, International Management Development Research Yearbook, Vol. XIV, Proceedings of the Fourteenth World Business Congress, (IMDA) July 10-14, 2005, Granada, Spain, pp. 17-23.








