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Prof Tamer Darwish

I am a Professor with expertise on international and comparative HRM, and the Head of HRM Research Centre in the Business School, University of Gloucestershire.

Biography

I am a Professor in Human Resource Management (HRM), and the Head of HRM Research Centre in the Business School, University of Gloucestershire. I am also an Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

My research interests lie in the areas of strategic HRM, international and comparative HRM, and measurement of organisational performance, with a particular focus on emerging markets. My research has appeared in leading management and HRM journals such as Human Resource Management, British Journal of Management, Management International Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, European Management Review, and the International Journal of Human Resource Management.

I am also an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Manpower and serve on the Editorial Boards of a number of academic journals, including the International Journal of Human Resource Management and Management Decision.

Qualifications

  • PhD: Human Resource Management, Brunel University London, *

Awards

  • 2013 – Brunel University London – Vice-Chancellor’s’ Award for Research Excellence
  • 2017 – The most cited paper award for my British Journal of Management article titled ‘Measuring organizational performance: A case for subjective measures’
  • 2023 – The most cited paper award for my European Management Review article titled “Human resource management and organisational performance: The mediating role of social exchange”
  • Best paper award multiple times in international conferences.

Membership of professional bodies

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
  • Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (AFCIPD)
  • British Academy of Management
  • Academic Conferences International (ACI).

Teaching & Research

Research

HRM, Institutions, and Performance in Emerging Markets: This research centres on the relationship between Human Resource Management, institutional setting, and organisational performance in emerging markets, where institutional arrangements remain fragile and fluid. It aims to examine whether specific combinations of HR practices coalesce together in emerging economies in order to enhance organisational effectiveness, and draw out the broader theoretical and applied implications of this in terms of understanding the nature of institutional coverage and complementarity in developing-world settings. Examples of countries in this study are the UAE, KSA, Jordan, India, Pakistan, China, Brunei, among others.

Publications

More publications from Prof Tamer Darwish can be found in the Research Repository.