Samir Shrivastava

Dr Samir Shrivastava

Senior Lecturer

School of Management

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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.

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.

Year Citation
2024 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, 72(12), 1844-1870.
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2022 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.
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2022 Shrivastava, S., Bardoel, E. A., Djurkovic, N., Rajendran, D., & Plueckhahn, T. (2022). Co-creating curricula with industry partners: a case study. International Journal of Management Education, 20(2, article no. 100646), 1-14.
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2021 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.
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2016 Shrivastava, S., Jones, R., Selvarajah, C., & Van Gramberg, B. (2016). Organisational Justice: A Senian Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 135(1), 99-116.
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2016 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.
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2014 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.
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2009 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), 1357-1390.
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2009 Shrivastava, S., Sonpar, K., & Pazzaglia, F. (2009). Reconciliation can lead to better application: A rejoinder to Perrow (2009). Human Relations, 62(9), 1395-1398.
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2009 Shrivastava, S., & Gregory, J. (2009). Exploring the antecedents of perceived diversity. Journal of Management and Organization, 15(4), 526-542.
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2003 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, 11(3), 61-71.
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2003 Kale, S. H., & Shrivastava, S. (2003). The enneagram system for enhancing workplace spirituality. Journal of Management Development, 22(4), 308-328.
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2003 Shrivastava, S., & Shaw, J. B. (2003). Liberating HR through technology. Human Resource Management, 42(3), 201-222.
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Year Citation
2015 Jones, R., Shrivastava, S., Selvarajah, C., & Van Gramberg, B. (2015). Lean production as a tool of global capitalism in Asia: The transnational capitalist class in action. In Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania (pp. 73-87).
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Courses I teach

  • BUSS 3023 Strategic Management (2025)
  • BUSS 5424 Strategic Thinking: Concepts and Tools (2025)
  • BUSS 3023 Strategic Management (2024)
  • BUSS 5424 Strategic Thinking: Concepts and Tools (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Competition, Innovation and Business Power: A post-deregulation principal-agent model Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Jessica Flood

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