Prof Tamer Darwish

Biography

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

My research focuses on international and comparative HRM, strategic HRM, and the measurement of organisational performance, with a particular emphasis on emerging markets. My work has been published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Management International Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, European Management Review, and International Journal of Human Resource Management, among others.

I currently serve as an Associate Editor for European Management Journal and International Journal of Manpower. In addition, I serve on the editorial boards of a number of academic journals, including International Journal of Human Resource Management, European Management Journal, and Management Decision, among others.

Qualifications

• PhD: Human Resource Management, Brunel University London

Awards

• 2025 – The most cited paper award for my British Journal of Management article titled ‘Cross‐country analysis of HRM parameters in emerging markets: an assessment of measurement invariance’
  
• 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’
  
• 2019 – The most cited paper award for my British Journal of Management article titled ‘Corporate Governance and Tobin’s Q as a Measure of Organizational Performance’
  
• 2017 – The most cited paper award for my British Journal of Management article titled ‘Measuring organizational performance: A case for subjective measures’
  
• 2013 – Brunel University London – Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence
  
• 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)

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

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