Gbola Gbadamosi

Professor Gbola Gbadamosi

  • Professor in Organisational Behaviour and HRM
  • Executive Business Centre EB409, Bournemouth University, 89 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8EB
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Biography

Gbola is a Professor in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (HRM) and brings international teaching and research experience. He leads on the Inclusivity in Organisations and Society research theme.

His background is diverse (from five countries and the UNDP), including collaborative research and consultancy work. He is interested in a multi-methods research approach, having used various quantitative and qualitative methods in his works, albeit more strongly aligned with the former. He is an active reviewer for over a dozen scholarly journals, book publishers and academic conferences. As an educator, his academic research informs his pedagogic approach. He also has management consulting experience in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Gbola is an established thought leader in his scholarly areas of academic engagement.

Research

Gbola's current research and supervision interest, as well as thought leadership, focus on four streams: (1) Diversity and Inclusion (2) Well-being and work-life balance; (3) Careers and Employability; (4) Unethical work practices.

In addition, he has previously worked and supervised work related to employee engagement and commitment.

Gbola has experience in research supervision at the PhD level and welcomes enquiries from keen and highly dedicated individuals on doctoral research supervision, especially in the above areas.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Quality education

"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"

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Gender equality

"Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls"

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Decent work and economic growth

"Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"

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Journal Articles

  • Dunnion, D., Gbadamosi, G. and Francis-Smythe, J., 2024. The Illusion of Competence: A Qualitative Deep Dive into Workplace False Performance. Behavioral Sciences, 14 (11), 985.
  • Jamin, A.B., Gbadamosi, G. and Stoyanova-Bozhkova, S., 2024. The ecosystem of disability inclusion in hospitality and tourism organisations An integrative review and research agenda. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 36 (13), 38-56.
  • Haffar, M., Al-Karaghouli, W., Djebarni, R., Al-Hyari, K., Gbadamosi, G., Oster, F., Alaya, A. and Ahmed, A., 2023. Organizational culture and affective commitment to e-learning’ changes during COVID-19 pandemic: The underlying effects of readiness for change. Journal of Business Research, 155.
  • Adisa, T.A., Gbadamosi, G. and Adekoya, O.D., 2021. Gender apartheid: The challenges of breaking into "man's world". GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION, 28 (6), 2216-2234.
  • Adisa, T.A., Baderin, M., Gbadamosi, G. and Mordi, C., 2019. Understanding the trajectory of the academic progress of international students in the UK. Education and Training, 61 (9), 1100-1122.
  • Adisa, T.A., Gbadamosi, G., Mordi, T. and Mordi, C., 2019. In search of perfect boundaries? Entrepreneurs’ work-life balance. Personnel Review, 48 (6), 1634-1651.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Jones, K., Hickman, M. and Rudley, H., 2019. The perceived value of work placements and part-time work and its diminution with time. Journal of Education and Work, 32 (2), 196-214.
  • Haffar, M., Al-Karaghouli, W., Irani, Z., Djebarni, R. and Gbadamosi, G., 2019. The influence of individual readiness for change dimensions on quality management implementation in Algerian manufacturing organisations. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS, 207, 247-260.
  • Haffar, M., Al-Karaghouli, W., Djebarni, R. and Gbadamosi, G., 2019. Organisational culture and TQM implementation: investigating the mediating influences of multidimensional employee readiness for change. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 30 (11-12), 1367-1388.
  • Adisa, T.A. and Gbadamosi, G., 2019. Regional crises and corruption: the eclipse of the quality of working life in Nigeria. EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, 41 (3), 571-591.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M. and Chanthana, Y., 2019. Understanding self-efficacy and the dynamics of part-time work and career aspiration. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 9 (3), 468-484.
  • Adisa, T.A., Gbadamosi, G. and Osabutey, E.L.C., 2017. What happened to the border? The role of mobile information technology devices on employees’ work-life balance. Personnel Review, 46 (8), 1651-1671.
  • Adisa, T.A., Osabutey, E.L.C. and Gbadamosi, G., 2017. The implications of work-family balance among dual-earner couples: The case of medical practitioners in Nigeria. Career Development International, 22 (4), 351-371.
  • Adisa, T.A., Osabutey, E.L.C., Gbadamosi, G. and Mordi, C., 2017. The challenges of employee resourcing: the perceptions of managers in Nigeria. Career Development International, 22 (6), 703-723.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C. and Obalola, M.A., 2016. Multitasking, but for what benefit? The dilemma facing Nigerian university students regarding part-time working. Journal of Education and Work, 29 (8), 956-979.
  • Adisa, T.A., Osabutey, E. and Gbadamosi, G., 2016. Understanding the causes and consequences of work-family conflict: An exploratory study of Nigerian employees. Employee Relations, 38 (5), 770-788.
  • Adisa, T.A., Gbadamosi, G. and Osabutey, E.L.C., 2016. Work-family balance: A case analysis of coping strategies adopted by Nigerian and British working mothers. Gender in Management, 31 (7), 414-433.
  • Evans, C., Maxfield, T. and Gbadamosi, G., 2015. Using Part-Time Working to Support Graduate Employment: Needs and Perceptions of Employers. Industry and Higher Education, 29 (4), 305-314.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M. and Ridolfo, M., 2015. Employability and students' part-time work in the UK: does self-efficacy and career aspiration matter? BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, 41 (6), 1086-1107.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2015. Should we bother improving students’ attendance at seminars. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 52 (2), 196-206.
  • Richardson, M., Evans, C. and Gbadamosi, G., 2014. The work–study nexus: the challenges of balancing full-time business degree study with a part-time job. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 19 (3), 302-309.
  • Evans, C., Gbadamosi, G. and Richardson, M., 2014. Flexibility, compromise and opportunity: students’ perceptions of balancing part-time work with a full-time business degree. The International Journal of Management Education, 12 (2), 80-90.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2013. Should we bother improving students’ attendance at seminars? Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 50 (3), 1-11.
  • de Jager, J. and Gbadamosi, G., 2013. Predicting students' satisfaction through service quality in Higher Education. The International Journal of Management Education, 11 (3), 107-118.
  • Evans, C., Gbadamosi, G., Wells, J. and Scott, I., 2012. Balancing the Yin and Yang: A discussion on the role of universities in developing softer skills in accountancy. Industry and Higher Education, 26, 1-8.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Ross, C., 2012. Perceived stress and performance appraisal discomfort: the moderating effects of core self-evaluations and gender. Public Personnel Management, 41 (4), 637-659.
  • De Jager, J. and Gbadamosi, G., 2010. Specific remedy for specific problem: measuring service quality in South African Higher Education. Higher Education, 60, 251-267.
  • Omoteso, K. and Gbadamosi, G., 2010. Decision Models, Decision Aids and Strategic Decision Making. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 11 (1), 1-103.
  • Richardson, M., Evans, C. and Gbadamosi, G., 2009. Funding full-time study through part-time work. Journal of Education and Work, 22, 319-334.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Evans, C., 2009. CPD as a hyperbole: why don’t employers mention it in managerial job adverts. Journal of Management Development, 28, 414-424.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and De Jager, J., 2009. "What You See Is What You Get": Service quality, students' perceptions and satisfaction at South African universities. South African Journal of Higher Education, 23, 877-893.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Ndaba, J. and Oni, F., 2007. Predicting charlatan behaviour in a non-Western setting: lack of trust or absence of commitment? Journal of Management Development, 26, 753-769.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Iyanda, O., 2007. IAABD five years after: Looking back to the future. Journal of African Business, 8, 131-144.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2006. Corruption perception and sustainable development: Sharing Bostwana's anti-graft agency experiences. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 9, 262-276.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2006. Predictors and correlates of charlatan behaviour in a non-western context. Journal of Global Business and Technology, 2, 23-32.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2005. Ritualism, symbolism and magic in consultancy practice: an exploratory investigation. Management Decision, 43, 1129-1146.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Joubert, P., 2005. Money ethic, moral conduct and work related attitudes: field study from the public sector in Swaziland. Journal of Management Development, 24, 754-763.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2004. Academic ethics: what has morality, culture and administration got to do with its measurement? Management Decision, 42, 1145-1161.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2003. HRM and the commitment rhetoric: challenges for Africa. Management Decision, 41, 274-280.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2001. Another look at organizational commitment: Some lessons for research and the management of human resources. Psychology and Education, 38 (1), 12-29.

Books

Chapters

  • Adisa, T.A., Mordi, C. and Gbadamosi, G., 2022. Introduction: Context Matters in Human Resource Management. HRM in the Global South: A Critical Perspective. 3-14.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Adisa, T.A., 2022. Human Resource Management in Nigeria: A Review and Conceptual Model. HRM in the Global South: A Critical Perspective. 17-52.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Adisa, T., 2021. Work-life Interface: Definition, Theory and Measurement. Work-Life Interface Non-Western Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, 3-23.
  • Adisa, T. and Gbadamosi, G., 2021. Work-life Border Control Model: A Re-think of Border Theory. Work-Life Interface Non-Western Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, 25-53.
  • Adisa, T., Gbadamosi, G. and Adekoya, O., 2021. The Myth and the Reality of Work-life Balance in Nigeria. In: Adisa, T. and Gbadamosi, G., eds. Work-Life Interface Non-Western Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, 127-153.

Conferences

  • Haffar, M., Djebarni, R., Farquharson, L. and Gbadamosi, G., 2015. The Mediating Effect of Individual Readiness for Change in the Relationship between Organisational Culture and Individual Commitment to Change. In: International Conference on Management, Business, Economics and Finance 15-17 August 2015 Barcelona.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2015. Employees are not always what we think they are: can we predict false performance? In: European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 17-20 June 2015 Warsaw, Poland.
  • Evans, C., Maxfield, T. and Gbadamosi, G., 2014. “Using part-time work to support graduate employment aspirations: perceptions of employers and their implications for HEIs”. In: HEA Annual Conference 2-3 July 2014 Birmingham, UK.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Secchi, D., 2014. “Attitudes towards corruption: A behavioural study of Nigerian workers”,. In: European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 4-7 June 2014 Valencia, Spain.
  • Evans, C., Richardson, M. and Gbadamosi, G., 2012. ‘Issues of Engagement due to Students’ Part-Time Working: Time for a Change of Approach’. In: RAISE Conference on ‘Student Engagement as a shared agenda: people, places, practices’, 14th September 2102, Southampton (University of Southampton, UK) 14 September 2012 Southampton, UK.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G. and Francis-Smythe, J., 2012. The Masked Employee: A qualitative investigation of the false performer’s unethical behaviour in the workplace. In: British Academy of Management Conference 11-13 September 2012 Cardiff, UK.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G. and Francis-Smythe, J., 2012. On the Trail of the False Performer: A qualitative investigation into how to detect unethical workplace behaviour. In: Fifth ISBEE World Congress, 11-14 July 2012 Warsaw, Poland.
  • Evans, C., Richardson, M. and Gbadamosi, G., 2012. “Compromises, opportunities and connections: balancing part-time work with a full-time business degree”,. In: 12th Annual University of Worcester Supporting Learning and Teaching Conference, 19 June 2012 Worcester, UK.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M. and Ridolfo, M., 2012. ‘Employability and part-time work: motives, career aspiration and self-efficacy’. In: ABS / HEA Learning & Teaching Conference 24-25 April 2012 Manchester, UK.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G. and Francis-Smythe, J., 2012. Detecting the ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ Employee: Management and non-management perceptions of the false performer in the workplace. In: British Psychological Society Annual Conference, 18-20 April 2012 London, UK.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G. and Francis-Smythe, J., 2011. Detecting the “Jekyll and Hyde” Employee: Management and non-management perceptions of the false performer in the workplace. In: European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) Conference 11-15 July 2011 Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Adebayo, A., 2011. Employability in higher education in a non-western context: the impact of gender, age and job status. In: Delener, N., Fuxman, L., Lu, F.V. and Rivera-Solis, L.E., eds. Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) 12-16 July 2011 Istanbul, Turkey. Fulfilling the worldwide sustainability challenge: strategies, innovations, and perspectives for forward momentum in turbulent times, 298-306 Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA).
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Bello, M., 2009. The King’s new clothes in the eyes of the beholder: developing a measurement scale for attitude towards corruption. In: Kaynak, E. and Harcar, T.D., eds. 18th World Business Congress, International Management Development Association (IMDA) 1-5 July 2009 Tbilisi, Georgia. , 73-78 IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M. and Ridolfo, M.. Employability and part-time work: motives, career aspiration and self-efficacy. In: The ABS / HEA Learning & Teaching Conference 24-25 April 2012 Manchester.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M. and Ridolfo, M.. Employability and part-time work: motives, career aspiration and self-efficacy. In: Learning and Teaching Conference - ‘Innovation in challenging times’ 24-25 April 2012 Manchester, UK. Association of Business Schools/Higher Education Academy/British Academy of Management.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G. and Francis-Smythe, J.. On the Trail of the False Performer: A qualitative investigation into how to detect unethical workplace behaviour. In: The Fifth ISBEE World Congress 2012 11-14 July 2012 Poland.
  • De Jager, J.W. and Gbadamosi, G.. Customer satisfaction in higher education in selected African countries. In: International Conference on Higher Education Marketing (ICHEM 2011) 18-20 April 2011 Cairo, Egypt. Academy of Marketing.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Bello, M.. Profiling corruption perception in Africa: the role of religion, gender, education and age. In: Delener, N., Fuxman, L., Lu, V.F., Putnova, A. and Rivera-Solis, L.E., eds. Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) 7-11 July 2009 Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Wellness at work: profile of employees in Botswana. In: Kaynak, E. and Harcar, T.D., eds. 18th World Business Congress, International Management Development Association (IMDA) 1-5 July 2009 Tbilisi, Georgia. , 496-505 IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Identifying behavioural correlates and predictors of false performance in Botswana. In: Cantwell, J. and Kiyak, T., eds. Academy of International Business (AIB) 30 June-3 July 2008 Milan, Italy. Knowledge Development and Exchange in International Business Networks, Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business East Lansing MI: Academy of International Business.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and De Jager, J.W.. Measuring Service Quality in South Africa Higher Education: Developing a Multidimensional Scale. In: Fuxman, L., Delener, N., Lu, F.V. and Rivera-Solis, L.E., eds. Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) 8-12 July 2008 Madrid, Spain. , 375-384 GBATA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Stress at Work: Any Potential Redirection From an African Sample? In: Signe, S., ed. Global and Local Dynamics in African Business and Development, IAABD 2008 Proceedings 20-24 May 2008 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. , 503-510.
  • De Jager, J.W. and Gbadamosi, G.. Why Select and Remain in my University: Re-examining Higher Education in South Africa. In: Signe, S., ed. Global and Local Dynamics in African Business and Development, IAABD 2008 Proceedings 20-24 May 2008 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. , 189-196.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Osuagwu, L.. False performance as unethical behaviour: re-examining the organisational charlatan scale. In: Ayadi, F., ed. Building new strategic partnerships for Africa’s economic development, IAABD 2007 Proceedings 29 May-2 June 2007 London, UK. , 572-578 IAABD.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Money profile and related ethical conduct in a non-Western context. In: Kaynak, E. and Harcar, T.D., eds. Fifteen World Business Congress, (IMDA) 18-21 June 2006 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. , 375-382 IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Perceived Stress, Performance Appraisal Discomfort and Core Self-evaluation in a Non-Western Context. In: Sinkovics, R.R. and Yamin, M., eds. International Business in the Age of Anxiety, 2006 Proceedings of AIB-UK 7-8 April 2006 Manchester. AIB.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Ndaba, J.. Corporate wellness programme: of what value are gender differences? In: Delener, N. and Chao, C., eds. Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) 12-16 July 2005 Lisbon, Portugal. , 437-444.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. What if I don’t trust management, can I pretend? In: Kaynak, E. and Harcar, T.D., eds. International Management Development Research Yearbook, Vol. XIV, Proceedings of the Fourteenth World Business Congress, (IMDA) 10-14 July 2005 Granada, Spain. , 17-23 IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Would employee performance evaluation influence their commitment? An exploratory investigation. In: Kaynak, E. and Harcar, T.D., eds. Global Business: Coping with Uncertainty, International Management Development Research Yearbook, Vol. XIII, Proceedings of the Thirteenth World Business Congress, (IMDA) 14-18 July 2004 Maastricht, The Netherlands. , 140-144 IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Measuring ethics and corruption perception in Botswana. In: Boyacigiller, N. and Kiyak, T., eds. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB) 10-13 July 2004 Stockholm, Sweden. East Lansing MI: Academy of International Business.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Oni, F.O. and Ndaba, J.. Employee commitment and trust in management as correlates of charlatan behaviour and performance in Swaziland. In: Delener, N. and Chao, C., eds. Global Business and Technology Association – GBATA 8-12 June 2004 Cape Town, South Africa. , 293-299 GBATA.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Joubert, P.. Money ethic and moral conduct in the public sector: A preliminary investigation in Swaziland. In: Muuka, G.N., ed. Building Bridges for African Business and Development, IAABD 2004 Proceedings 7-10 April 2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. , 197-203.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Iyanda, O.. IAABD five years after: Looking backwards to the future. In: Muuka, G.N., ed. Building Bridges for African Business and Development, IAABD 2004 Proceedings 7-10 April 2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. , 17-22.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Ethics, corruption and economic prosperity in Africa: Botswana experiences. In: Muuka, G.N., ed. Building Bridges for African Business and Development, IAABD 2004 Proceedings 7-10 April 2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. IAABD.
  • Dunnion, M.F., Gbadamosi, G. and Francis-Smythe, J.. The Masked Employee: A qualitative investigation of the false performer’s unethical behaviour in the workplace. In: British Academy of Management (BAM)2012 Conference 11-13 September 2012 Cardiff, UK.

PhD Students

  • Aziean B. Jamin, 2024. Are we there yet? A perspective from people without disabilities to support disability inclusion practices in a workplace, (In progress)
  • Oredola (Dola) Akinniranye, 2024. The influence of culture on work-related ethical values, decision-making, and behaviour: A cross-national/ethnic study of Nigeria and the UK, (In progress)
  • Mahdi Abdulhussein Kareem Khafaji, 2027. Impact of organisational DNA on sustainable performance: mediating role of strategic balance, (In progress)

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Research Methods - MSc
  • People Resourcing and Development - MSc
  • Dissertation Supervision - PG [MSc & MBA]
  • Managing People

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Dissertation Supervision - UG
  • Research Methods (UG)

Invited Lectures

  • New research directions in social sciences and ..., University of Lagos, 25 Nov 2015 more

Grants

  • Customer marketing orientation in Higher education (Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration Fund [National Research Foundation, South Africa], 01 May 2019). Completed
  • Extending the frontiers of job fit through matching aspirations and widening participation: employers’ desires, graduate skills and raising aspirations (British Academy, 28 Mar 2016). Completed
  • Service quality in higher educa-tion: Students’ perceptions and satisfaction at South African universities (2008-2010 (Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration Fund [National Research Foundation, South Africa], 01 Sep 2008). Completed

External Responsibilities

  • Abertay University, UK, External Examiner BA Business Management Programme (2019-)
  • University of Sheffield, UK, External Examiner, MSc HRM Programme (2018-2023)
  • University of Sunderland, UK, External Examiner, UG Business & Management (2014-2019)
  • Plymouth Marjon University, UK, External Examiner, MBA in the UK & MBA Joint award (2014-2019)
  • Coventry University, UK, External Advisor, External Panel Member (2014-)

Qualifications

  • PG Cert in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (2010)
  • PhD in Organisational Behaviour & HRM (1996)
  • MSc in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management (1986)
  • BSc (Hons) in Psychology (1984)

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