Investigating Cultural Aspects in Indian Organizations Empirical Evidence

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)
.