Samir's primary research interest revolves around organisational learning and responses during accidents and disasters. Anchoring his ideas to systems thinking, he focuses on areas that lie at the cusp of strategy, OB, and HR. His secondary interests lie in the areas of diversity and organisational justice. Samir has published in journals such as Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Business Research. His undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience includes teaching courses on strategic management, industry-based consulting projects, and strategy-based Capstone units. He has also taught courses on Knowledge Management, Change Management, Leadership,... Read more
About me
Samir's primary research interest revolves around organisational learning and responses during accidents and disasters. Anchoring his ideas to systems thinking, he focuses on areas that lie at the cusp of strategy, OB, and HR. His secondary interests lie in the areas of diversity and organisational justice. Samir has published in journals such as Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Business Research. His undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience includes teaching courses on strategic management, industry-based consulting projects, and strategy-based Capstone units. He has also taught courses on Knowledge Management, Change Management, Leadership, Strategic HRM, and Organizational Behaviour. Before becoming an academic, Samir was a Major in the Indian army.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Swinburne University of Technology
Master of Business Administration Bond University
Bachelor of Arts Jawaharlal Nehru University
Shrivastava, S., Pazzaglia, F., Sonpar, K., & Djurkovic, N. (2025). When organizations act as bullies. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2025, No. 1, p. 20208). Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Book Chapter
Jones, R., Shrivastava, S., Christopher, S., & Van Gramberg, B. (2015). Lean production as a tool of global capitalism in Asia: The transnational capitalist class in action. In J. Sprague (ed.), Global Capitalism in Asia and Oceania. London, UK: Routledge.
Peer-reviewed conference papers
Shrivastava, S., Pazzaglia, F., Sonpar, K., & Djurkovic, N. (2025). When organizations act as bullies. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2025, No. 1, p. 20208). Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Sonpar, K., Pazzaglia, F., Shrivastava, S., & Garg, Y. (2021). Identity maintenance in elite professions. The 37th EGOS Colloquium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Shrivastava, S., Jones, R., & Djurkovic, N. (2020). Lean as Mean: When values converge to produce depersonalized bullying. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 18094). Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Shrivastava, S., Bardoel, A., Djurkovic, N., Plueckhahn, T., & Rajendran, D. (2020). Co-Creating curricula with industry partners: A case study. Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 18132).Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Jones, R., Shrivastava, S., Christopher, S., & Van Gramberg, B. (2013). Critical analysis of lean production as a tool of Asian global capitalism: (In)justice effects on workers on an Indian automobile assembly line. The 2nd Annual Conference, Network for Critical Studies of Global Capitalism, Brisbane, Australia.
Shrivastava, S. (2011). The 4E framework: Understanding outsourcing opportunities. The 2nd Indian Academy of Management Conference, Bangalore, India.
Shrivastava, S. (2010). Reframing human capital: An open systems perspective. The 30th Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Rome, Italy.
Shrivastava, S. & Pazzaglia, F. (2009). Hotspot location and R&D expense effects during different types of environmental uncertainty. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Shrivastava, S., Jones, R., & Latham, J. (2008). Reinterpreting systemic properties: Giving labor its due and shareholders their comeuppance. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
Shrivastava, S., Sonpar, K., & Pazzaglia, F. (2006). Towards a general theory of systems accidents. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Sonpar, K., & Pazzaglia, F., & Shrivastava, S. (2006). Effects of knowledge-based resources on firm performance in two environments: The information technology sector pre and post dotcom bubble. Southern Management Association Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Shrivastava, S., Jones, R., & Pillay, S. (2005). Conceptualizing competence as a value creating fractal. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
Shrivastava, S., & Shaw, J.B. Liberating HR through automation. (2003). Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Shrivastava, S. & Shaw, J.B. (2003). Towards a new taxonomy of managerial competence: An open systems perspective. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Shrivastava, S., Shaw, J.B., & Barrett-Power, E. (2002). Exploring perceived diversity, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Shaw, J.B., Shrivastava, S., & Velde, C. (2001). An exploratory analysis of the factors underlying the Managerial and Leadership Competency Questionnaire (MLCQ). SIOP Conference, San Diego, CA.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
2
2
2
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| 2022 |
16
14
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| 2022 |
7
2
|
| 2021 |
28
24
|
| 2020 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
2
2
2
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| 2022 |
16
14
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| 2022 |
7
2
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| 2021 |
28
24
|
Journal articles
Sonpar, K., Pazzaglia, F., Shrivastava, S. & Garg, Y. (2024). 'Into the danger-zone': How intersubjective processes rooted in social identities shape responses to existential threats. Human Relations, online, pp. 1-27.
Shrivastava, S., Pazzaglia, F., & Sonpar, K. & McLoughlin, D. (2022). Effective communication during organizational change: A cross-cultural perspective. Cross Cultural and Strategic Management, 29(3): .675-697.
Shrivastava, S., Bardoel, A., Djurkovic, N., Rajendran, D., & Plueckhahn, T. (2022). Co-creating curricula with industry partners: A case study. The International Journal of Management Education. 20(2), article no. 100646, pp. 1-14.
Shrivastava, S., Pazzaglia, F., & Sonpar, K. (2021). The role of nature of knowledge and knowledge creating processes in knowledge hiding: Reframing knowledge hiding. Journal of Business Research, 136, 644-651.
Shrivastava, S., Jones, R., Christopher, S., & Van Gramberg, B. (2016). Organisational justice: A Senian perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 135(1): 99-116.
Shrivastava, S., Pazzaglia, F., Sonpar, K., & McNamara, P. (2016). Unpacking the effect of exploration during environmental uncertainty: Evidence from the information technology sector. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 33(1): 36–49 (2016).
Shrivastava, S., Selvarajah, C., Meyer, D., & Dorasamy, N. (2014). Exploring Excellence in Leadership perceptions amongst South African managers. Human Resource Development International, 17(1): 47-66.
Shrivastava, S., Sonpar, K. & Pazzaglia, F. (2009). Normal accident theory versus High reliability theory: A resolution and call for an open systems view of accidents. Human Relations, 62(9): 1357-90.
Shrivastava, S., Sonpar, K. & Pazzaglia, F. (2009). Reconciliation can lead to better application: A rejoinder to Perrow (2009). Human Relations, 62(9): 1395-98.
Shrivastava, S. & Gregory, J. (2009). Exploring the antecedents of perceived diversity. Journal of Management & Organization, 15(4): 526 – 542.
Kumar, K., Rajaguru, G., & Shrivastava, S. (2009). Modelling the glitter in gold. Advances and Applications in Statistics, 13(2): 225-239.
Shrivastava, S. & Shaw, J.B. (2003). Liberating HR through technology. Human Resource Management, Vol. 42(3): 201-222.
Shrivastava, S. & Kale, S.H. (2003). Philosophising on the elusiveness of relationship marketing theory in consumer markets: A case for reassessing ontological and epistemological assumptions. Australasian Marketing Journal, Vol. 11(3): 61-71.
Kale, S.H. & Shrivastava, S. (2003). The Enneagram system for enhancing workplace spirituality. Journal of Management Development, 22(4): 308-328.
Research
Shrivastava, S., Pazzaglia, F., Sonpar, K., & Djurkovic, N. (2025). When organizations act as bullies. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2025, No. 1, p. 20208). Briarcliff Manor, NY.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Indian Institute of Technology | INDIA |
| Swinburne University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| University College Dublin | IRELAND |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Competition, Innovation and Business Power: A post-deregulation principal-agent model | Current |
