Investigating Cultural Aspects in Indian Organizations

Dr. Vijay Pereira, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer of International and Strategic HRM and holds the position of Leader in Knowledge Services (Human Capital Development) in the Organisation Studies and HRM group at the Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, UK. He holds six academic qualifications, and has published in several leading journals such as HRM, the Journal of World Business, International Studies of Management & Organization, Culture & Organisation, International Journal of Indian Culture & Business Administration, etc. He has also contributed to several book chapters and is currently co-editing three books. He is the Area/Associate Editor (OB/HRM) of the Journal of Asia Business Studies (JABS). He is also guest editing three special issues, including one on Indian Culture in the Journal Culture and Organization. His previous experiences have been in consulting and industry, both in India and the UK. Dr. Ashish Malik, PhD is a lecturer in the ER&HRM group at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Ashish completed his PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and holds a MA (PM&IR) from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. Ashish's thesis examined skills and capability development issues in the Indian IT industry. Ashish has published and presented more than 40 research papers with an India focus at numerous national and international conferences. His works have appeared in numerous academic journals including the Asia-Pacific Business Review and Industrial Marketing Management. Ashish is currently co-editing two books (with Routledge and Springer) on business models in the Indian IT industry and culture, respectively, and co-authoring another book on Human capital management in the Indian IT/BPO sector with Palgrave Macmillan. Ashish is also co-editing three journal special issues focusing on employment relations in India, Indian culture and National Business Systems in Asian countries for the International Journal of Employment Studies, Culture & Organisation and Journal of Asia Business Studies journals. Ashish currently serves on the editorial board of Journal of Asia Business Studies and Jindal Journal of Business Research (Sage Publishing).