A/Prof Shruti Sardeshmukh focuses on enabling innovation and entrepreneurship for high growth in an inclusive manner - for women entrepreneurs, SMEs and start-ups.
Shruti has collaborated internationally with researchers from the US, Australia and India. Her research has been published in Organizational Research Methods, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Small Business Management. She is a member of the Academy of Management ENT, RM, and HR divisions. She also serves on the editorial review board of Family Business Review (A) and The International Journal of Human Resource Management (A).
Shruti was born and raised in Mumbai, India. After doing an MBA... Read more
About me
A/Prof Shruti Sardeshmukh focuses on enabling innovation and entrepreneurship for high growth in an inclusive manner - for women entrepreneurs, SMEs and start-ups.
Shruti has collaborated internationally with researchers from the US, Australia and India. Her research has been published in Organizational Research Methods, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Small Business Management. She is a member of the Academy of Management ENT, RM, and HR divisions. She also serves on the editorial review board of Family Business Review (A) and The International Journal of Human Resource Management (A).
Shruti was born and raised in Mumbai, India. After doing an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (India), she worked in India, and later, during the dot com era in IT start-ups, in the USA. She then went on to complete her PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in the USA. She worked as an Assistant Professor (equivalent to a lecturer in Australian universities) at the Ball State University’s (Indiana, USA) Entrepreneurship Department.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Rensselaer Poly Institute - Troy NY USA
Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Bachelor of Arts (Science & Commerce) University of Bombay
Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia Business School 2009–present
Assistant Professor, Ball State University 2008–2009
2021: UniSA Business Achievement in Industry Collaboration award (With Ms Belinda Rae, Dr Sanjeewa Perera and Prof Carol Kulik)
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Looking back to see forward: The impact of Polaris mentoring on the Northern Adelaide Economy, City of Salisbury, 19/05/2025 - 30/08/2025
Building Resilient and Secure Local Manufacturing Supply Chains for the South Australian Defence Industry, Defence SA, 08/05/2020 - 31/08/2020
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, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
1
|
| 2020 |
3
|
| 2016 |
1
|
| 2013 |
1
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
1
51
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
2
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
1
32
|
| 2023 |
Open access
4
3
63
|
| 2023 |
Open access
14
12
1
|
| 2021 |
Open access
13
6
|
| 2021 |
44
36
7
|
| 2019 |
Open access
79
59
|
| 2019 |
32
24
1
|
| 2019 |
Open access
17
15
|
| 2019 |
Open access
3
|
| 2018 |
16
15
1
|
| 2018 |
90
85
181
|
| 2017 |
Open access
8
|
| 2017 |
225
172
6
|
| 2016 |
Open access
33
26
|
| 2016 |
206
166
1
|
| 2016 |
Open access
18
10
|
| 2016 |
75
19
|
| 2015 |
17
15
47
|
| 2015 |
17
17
21
|
| 2014 |
37
25
|
| 2014 |
6
2
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2013 |
35
|
| 2013 |
23
|
| 2012 |
347
295
|
| 2011 |
116
92
|
| 2011 |
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
|
| 2013 |
Open access
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2013 |
Open access
|
| 2012 |
Open access
|
| 2011 |
Open access
|
| 2010 |
Open access
|
| 2010 |
Open access
|
| 2009 |
Open access
|
| 2008 |
6
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
|
| 2020 |
|
Research
2021: UniSA Business Achievement in Industry Collaboration award (With Ms Belinda Rae, Dr Sanjeewa Perera and Prof Carol Kulik)
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Arizona State University | UNITED STATES |
| Atkinson College | AUSTRALIA |
| Ball State University | UNITED STATES |
| Bryant University | UNITED STATES |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Florida Institute of Technology | UNITED STATES |
| Indian Institute Of Management Bangalore | INDIA |
| Louisiana Tech University | UNITED STATES |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Otago Business School | NEW ZEALAND |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | UNITED STATES |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY | UNITED STATES |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Saint Vincent College | UNITED STATES |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Georgia | UNITED STATES |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | UNITED STATES |
| University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Washburn University | UNITED STATES |
| West Virginia University | UNITED STATES |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | CANADA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
SA Defence Industry Leadership ProgramDefence Teaming Centre |
2019 |
Editorial Board Member (Asia-Pacific Region)The International Journal of Human Resource Management |
2018 |
Editorial Review BoardFamily Business Review |
2018 |
Editorial Review BoardFamily Business Review |
2017 |
Editorial Review BoardThe International Journal of Human Resource Management |
2017 |
MemberAcademy of Management (AOM) |
2017 |
Membership Committee of the Entrepreneurship (ENT) DivisionAcademy of Management (AOM) |
2017 |
Membership Committee of the Entrepreneurship (ENT) DivisionAcademy of Management (AOM) |
2016 |
Membership Committee of the Entrepreneurship (ENT) DivisionAcademy of Management (AOM) |
2015 |
Membership Committee of the Entrepreneurship (ENT) DivisionAcademy of Management (AOM) |
2014 |
Membership Committee of the Entrepreneurship (ENT) DivisionAcademy of Management (AOM) |
2013 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Investigating Supplier Diversity Programs Within Australian Supply Chains | Current |
| Comparative study between monocultural and bicultural entrepreneurs operating art and cultural start-ups in the Republic of Korea | Completed |
| Does ethnic diversity matter in Australian hotels? understanding the relationship between organisational culture, diversity management and organisational effectiveness | Completed |
| Effectiveness of knowledge transfer in repatriate utilization and retention | Completed |
| Effects of perceptual gaps about high-performance work systems between supervisors and subordinates on subordinate outcomes and factors to reduce them | Completed |
| Innovation, entrepreneurship, and business performance: a mixed methods study of the Australian restaurant sector | Completed |
| Intrafamily family firm successors' perceptions of and actions towards post-succession legitimacy | Completed |
| Trickle-down effect: the impact of senior women on organisational gender diversity | Completed |
