Professor Vijay Pereira is Full Professor in International and Strategic Human Capital Management, NEOMA Business School, Reims, France. Previously he was an Associate Professor of Strategic and International HRM at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the Associate Dean of Research and at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. He is currently the Associate Editor (Strategic Management and Organisation Behaviour), Journal of Business Research. Prof. Pereira, is on the editorial boards for the International Journal of HRM and Asia Pacific Journal of Management. He is also an adjunct at Portsmouth University and a visiting scholar at Manchester University, UK. Prof. Pereira has to his credit over 100 publications including in top journals such as HRM (US); Journal of World Business; Journal of Business Ethics; International Journal of HRM; Journal of Business Research; Journal of International Management; Asia Pacific Journal of Management; International Journal of Production Research; Human Resource Management Review etc. Additionally, he has authored and edited over 10 books and 10 special issues. Overall, he has wide ranging exposure in industry, consultancy and academia, working in several countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and has been a consultant to the UK and Indian governments. Prof. Pereira’s efforts have been recognised by the United Nations recently.
Purpose Previous research provides adequate evidence on performance management (PM) for hospitals... more Purpose Previous research provides adequate evidence on performance management (PM) for hospitals and healthcare providers; however, less is known about their individual and PM appraisal process. Additionally, there is limited research exploring PM in the Middle Eastern context. This study investigates PM practices in the Middle Eastern healthcare industry.Design/methodology/approach This study adopts the qualitative research methodology through semi-structured interviews of healthcare professionals in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Thematic analysis was adopted for analyzing this qualitative data.Findings The main findings have uncovered different facets of appraisal challenges for both the appraiser (i.e. manager) and the appraisee (i.e. employee). These challenges include communication deficits, lack of goal setting standards and regular meeting updates in order to ensure employee satisfaction and motivation in the workplace.Research limitations/implication...
Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 2020
PurposeThe study aims to explore the factors that influence Emirati women's career choice in ... more PurposeThe study aims to explore the factors that influence Emirati women's career choice in the UAE. This study contributes to the influence of context in career choices by investigating how Emirati women chose information technology (IT) as a profession through the lens of the social cognitive career theory.Design/methodology/approachThis study undertook in-depth interviews with 21 Emirati women working in technology in the UAE. The study considers women's career choices at three levels, i.e. from an individual, organisational and national context perspective.FindingsThe key findings include identifying the importance of national context in influencing career choices among other factors such as family centrality, desire to be seen as a role model, company reputation and government policy.Practical implicationsThe study has wider implications for women's career choices in other contexts. The findings highlight the challenges women face, such as a lack of role models and...
The 21st century has witnessed India undergo sweeping economic changes. Riding on a host of facto... more The 21st century has witnessed India undergo sweeping economic changes. Riding on a host of factors, India today stands at the cusp of becoming one of the top four economies in the world. A growth rate of over 8%, prior to the slowdown, was despite the inadequacies of infrastructure. Yet, one organisation, which has shouldered the infrastructural burden of the transportation sector in India\\u27s growth story, is the 160 year old Indian Railways (IR). IRs profits - $5 billion over the last four years - are a far cry from its loss making days, which tempted the government of India to consider privatisation in 2001. The transformational turnaround would not have been possible but for IRs employees who are its true assets. The objective, therefore, was to understand the \\u27people side\\u27 of IR - the world\\u27s largest commercial employer. The study, while looking to increase awareness of contemporary HR challenges in India, is an attempt to first study the HR practices in the Indian R...
This paper provides a bibliometric analysis of the digital sustainability literature from four an... more This paper provides a bibliometric analysis of the digital sustainability literature from four angles: economics, management/business, information systems/IT, and sociology/communication. The core contribution is to map the development of the literature in digital sustainability over time and across various clusters. Through VOSviewer analysis, we identify the main keywords used by the literature; the countries from which most of the literature is emerging; the most influential authors working in the field; and, their impacts by observing their citations and networks. Moreover, through CitNetExplorer analysis, we track the development of the field over time, i.e., identify key publications and divide those into clusters. The analysis finds a much more developed coverage of digital sustainability in the scholarship of management/business and therefore reveals a clear need for greater exploration of the sociological and economic aspects of digital sustainability. We argue that more ro...
Purpose This paper aims to analyse the impact of dynamic capability (DC) of emerging market multi... more Purpose This paper aims to analyse the impact of dynamic capability (DC) of emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) on their firm technological performance by teasing out the concepts of agility and knowledge management (KM) through DC. Design/methodology/approach Evidence from this study is contextualised on EMNEs that operate in the UK, Germany and France. This study examines the investment in intangible assets which EMNEs use to develop their DC over the period 2005-2016 and how this leads to increased firm technological performance. Findings Results show that higher investments in DC allow EMNEs to be more agile and gain competencies through KM and thereby sustain competitiveness in the three leading European countries. This research also identifies which EMNE groupings show greater technological performance and how such EMNE groupings are able to translate dynamic capabilities into greater technological performance compared to others over time. In summary, the role of DC during ...
Globalization has transformed the way business and work is conducted. The resultant increase in c... more Globalization has transformed the way business and work is conducted. The resultant increase in cross-border transfer of people, ideas, capital, technology etc. has meant stakeholders are affected by work being carried out in geographically different global destinations. This trend has changed global employment patterns and has led to management implications and consequences. China and India have led the way here. China, leading in manufacturing work and India, a major destination for 'Business Process Outsourcing' (BPO) and 'information technology enabled services' (Its) work.
Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility, 2014
This chapter concerns an Indian perspective of implementing CSR in the retail sector. We argue th... more This chapter concerns an Indian perspective of implementing CSR in the retail sector. We argue that CSR is pervasive and hence the newly expanding Indian retail sector is not excluded when it comes to CSR practices. In fact we argue that there is a greater need for CSR practices in this sector when compared to other sectors, with multiple stakeholders being involved. We make a case that these stakeholders would be affected with the entry of large foreign players. However, we also provide current evidence that the traditional domestic retailers, mostly part of large Indian conglomerates in India, are practicing unique, traditional and indigenous CSR, but also state that these practices could either converge or diverge with the new foreign entrants in the sector.
Purpose Previous research provides adequate evidence on performance management (PM) for hospitals... more Purpose Previous research provides adequate evidence on performance management (PM) for hospitals and healthcare providers; however, less is known about their individual and PM appraisal process. Additionally, there is limited research exploring PM in the Middle Eastern context. This study investigates PM practices in the Middle Eastern healthcare industry.Design/methodology/approach This study adopts the qualitative research methodology through semi-structured interviews of healthcare professionals in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Thematic analysis was adopted for analyzing this qualitative data.Findings The main findings have uncovered different facets of appraisal challenges for both the appraiser (i.e. manager) and the appraisee (i.e. employee). These challenges include communication deficits, lack of goal setting standards and regular meeting updates in order to ensure employee satisfaction and motivation in the workplace.Research limitations/implication...
Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 2020
PurposeThe study aims to explore the factors that influence Emirati women's career choice in ... more PurposeThe study aims to explore the factors that influence Emirati women's career choice in the UAE. This study contributes to the influence of context in career choices by investigating how Emirati women chose information technology (IT) as a profession through the lens of the social cognitive career theory.Design/methodology/approachThis study undertook in-depth interviews with 21 Emirati women working in technology in the UAE. The study considers women's career choices at three levels, i.e. from an individual, organisational and national context perspective.FindingsThe key findings include identifying the importance of national context in influencing career choices among other factors such as family centrality, desire to be seen as a role model, company reputation and government policy.Practical implicationsThe study has wider implications for women's career choices in other contexts. The findings highlight the challenges women face, such as a lack of role models and...
The 21st century has witnessed India undergo sweeping economic changes. Riding on a host of facto... more The 21st century has witnessed India undergo sweeping economic changes. Riding on a host of factors, India today stands at the cusp of becoming one of the top four economies in the world. A growth rate of over 8%, prior to the slowdown, was despite the inadequacies of infrastructure. Yet, one organisation, which has shouldered the infrastructural burden of the transportation sector in India\\u27s growth story, is the 160 year old Indian Railways (IR). IRs profits - $5 billion over the last four years - are a far cry from its loss making days, which tempted the government of India to consider privatisation in 2001. The transformational turnaround would not have been possible but for IRs employees who are its true assets. The objective, therefore, was to understand the \\u27people side\\u27 of IR - the world\\u27s largest commercial employer. The study, while looking to increase awareness of contemporary HR challenges in India, is an attempt to first study the HR practices in the Indian R...
This paper provides a bibliometric analysis of the digital sustainability literature from four an... more This paper provides a bibliometric analysis of the digital sustainability literature from four angles: economics, management/business, information systems/IT, and sociology/communication. The core contribution is to map the development of the literature in digital sustainability over time and across various clusters. Through VOSviewer analysis, we identify the main keywords used by the literature; the countries from which most of the literature is emerging; the most influential authors working in the field; and, their impacts by observing their citations and networks. Moreover, through CitNetExplorer analysis, we track the development of the field over time, i.e., identify key publications and divide those into clusters. The analysis finds a much more developed coverage of digital sustainability in the scholarship of management/business and therefore reveals a clear need for greater exploration of the sociological and economic aspects of digital sustainability. We argue that more ro...
Purpose This paper aims to analyse the impact of dynamic capability (DC) of emerging market multi... more Purpose This paper aims to analyse the impact of dynamic capability (DC) of emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) on their firm technological performance by teasing out the concepts of agility and knowledge management (KM) through DC. Design/methodology/approach Evidence from this study is contextualised on EMNEs that operate in the UK, Germany and France. This study examines the investment in intangible assets which EMNEs use to develop their DC over the period 2005-2016 and how this leads to increased firm technological performance. Findings Results show that higher investments in DC allow EMNEs to be more agile and gain competencies through KM and thereby sustain competitiveness in the three leading European countries. This research also identifies which EMNE groupings show greater technological performance and how such EMNE groupings are able to translate dynamic capabilities into greater technological performance compared to others over time. In summary, the role of DC during ...
Globalization has transformed the way business and work is conducted. The resultant increase in c... more Globalization has transformed the way business and work is conducted. The resultant increase in cross-border transfer of people, ideas, capital, technology etc. has meant stakeholders are affected by work being carried out in geographically different global destinations. This trend has changed global employment patterns and has led to management implications and consequences. China and India have led the way here. China, leading in manufacturing work and India, a major destination for 'Business Process Outsourcing' (BPO) and 'information technology enabled services' (Its) work.
Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility, 2014
This chapter concerns an Indian perspective of implementing CSR in the retail sector. We argue th... more This chapter concerns an Indian perspective of implementing CSR in the retail sector. We argue that CSR is pervasive and hence the newly expanding Indian retail sector is not excluded when it comes to CSR practices. In fact we argue that there is a greater need for CSR practices in this sector when compared to other sectors, with multiple stakeholders being involved. We make a case that these stakeholders would be affected with the entry of large foreign players. However, we also provide current evidence that the traditional domestic retailers, mostly part of large Indian conglomerates in India, are practicing unique, traditional and indigenous CSR, but also state that these practices could either converge or diverge with the new foreign entrants in the sector.
The principal aim of this article is to highlight the evolving concepts and ideas of Corporate Hu... more The principal aim of this article is to highlight the evolving concepts and ideas of Corporate Human Rights Responsibility (CHRR) under international law and how it relates to other concepts of corporate responsibility. The point of departure is the observation that there is the need to close an existing impunity gap of Western and emerging market MNCs’ complicity in Human Rights violations committed in the developing world. Two case studies from India and China highlight the present accountability gap. This article understands that the key issue with CHRR is the absence of a binding regime of binding norms, paired with the observation that implementation and enforcement issues seriously hamper any such development. Based on related initiatives such as CSR and Good Corporate Practice this article calls for an approach which is borne by a multitude of stakeholders, from consumers, employees to executive directors. Thus, its main research objective of this paper is to examine the concept of ‘Corporate Human Rights Responsibility’ in the context of Multinationality in emerging markets such as China and India and thereby to assess this notion through the prism of the legal dimension.
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