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Al-Karim Samnani CV

Al-Karim Samnani, Ph.D.
Associate Professor 
asamnani@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 3115
Office: OB 320B

Education 

  • Ph.D.  York University, Toronto, Human Resources Management, 2013.
  • M.A.  The London School of Economics, London, UK, Industrial Relations (Research Stream), 2006.
  • B.A.  York University, Toronto, Human Resource Management (Specialized Honours), 2005.

Employment Experience 

  • Associate Professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July 2018-Present)
  • Assistant Professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (September 2014-June 2018)
  • Assistant Professor (Limited Term), Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July 2013-August 2014)
  • Assistant Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto (January 2012-June 2013)
  • HR Consultant, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Toronto (January 2010-June 2010)
  • Consultant, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (June 2009-September 2009)
  • Employment Advisor, National Business Services Alliance (NBSA) (April 2007-August 2008)
  • Recruitment Consultant, HR Factor, Inc. (December 2006-March 2007)

Honours and Awards 

  • Best Paper Award, OB Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) 2023 Annual Conference.
  • Best Paper Award, HR Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ADAC) 2022 Annual Conference.
  • 2016:  Odette New Researcher Award (ONRA), Odette School of Business.
  • 2014:  Odette New Researcher Award (ONRA), Odette School of Business.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Chapters, Cases, Readings, Supplements 

  • Samnani, A. (2019). The Role and Impact of Leaders on Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse and Harassment. In D'Cruz, P. & Noronha, E. [Eds] Pathways of Job-Related Negative Behaviour: Handbooks of Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse and Harassment, Vol. 2, 361-383.  Springer Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-13-0935-9.
  • Samnani, A. (2018). Aggression in the Workplace (Chapter 10). In Jane, L. Ireland, Philip Birch Carol A. Ireland (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Human Aggression: Current Issues and Perspectives. UK/USA: Routledge: Taylor & Francis. 
  • Samnani, A. (2016). Pragmatic and Methodological Approaches. In Edwards, R. & Walker, S. (Eds.), Workplace Abuse, Incivility and Bullying: Methodological and Cultural Perspectives. London UK: Routledge. 
  • Samnani, A., & Singh, P. (2011). Antecedents and consequences of workplace bullying: A multi-level analysis. In Craig, W.; Pepler, D., & Cummings, J. (Eds.), Creating a World Without Bullying, Vol. 3, 177-196. Ottawa, Canada: National Printers. 

Articles 

  • McPhee, D., Schlosser, F., & Samnani, A. (2019).  A moderated-mediated model of youth safety.   Personnel Review, 48 (7), 1866-1885, http://doi.org/10.1108/PR-10-2018-0394.
  • Walsh, B., Lee, J., Jensen, J., McGonagle, A., & Samnani, A. (2017).  Positive leader behaviors and workplace incivility: The mediating role of perceived norms for respect.   Journal of Business and Psychology, 33 (4), 495-508, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-017-9505-x.
  • Pandher, G., Mutlu, S., & Samnani, A. (2017).  Employee-based innovation in organizations: Overcoming strategic risks from opportunism and governance.   Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 11 (4), http://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1252.
  • Samnani, A., & Singh, P. (2016).  Workplace Bullying: Considering the interaction between individual and work environment.   Journal of Business Ethics, 139 (3), 537-549, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2653-X.
  • Samnani, A., Boekhorst, J. A., & Harrison, J. A. (2015).  Institutional-level bullying: Exploring workplace bullying during union organizing drives.   Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 89 (2), 377-395, http://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12129.
  • Samnani, A., Boekhorst, J. A., & Harrison, J. A. (2013).  The acculturation process: Antecedents, strategies, and outcomes.   Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 86 (2), 166-183, http://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12012.
  • Samnani, A., & Singh, P. (2013).  Exploring the fit perspective: An ethnographic approach.   Human Resource Management (US), 52 (1), 123-144, http://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21516.
  • Fang, T., Samnani, A., Novicevic, M., & Bing, M. (2013).  Liability-of-foreignness effects on job success of immigrant job seekers.   Journal of World Business (Columbia), 48 (1), 98-109, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2012.06.010.
  • Samnani, A., Singh, P., & Ezzedeen, S. (2013).  Workplace Bullying and Employee Performance: An attributional model.   Organizational Psychology Review, 3 (4), 337-359, http://doi.org/10.1177/2041386613475370.
  • Samnani, A. (2013).  Is this bullying?: Understanding target and witness reactions.   Journal of Managerial Psychology, 28 (3), 290-305, http://doi.org/10.1108/02683941311321196.
  • Samnani, A., & Singh, P. (2013).  Performance-enhancing compensation practices and productivity: The role of workplace bullying.   Human Resource Management Review, 24 (1), 5-16, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2013.08.013.
  • Samnani, A., & Singh, P. (2013).  When leaders victimize: The role of charismatic leaders in facilitating group pressures.   Leadership Quarterly, The, 24 (1), 189-202, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.10.006.
  • Samnani, A. (2013).  Embracing new directions in workplace bullying research: A paradigmatic approach.   Journal of Management Inquiry, 22 (1), 26-36, http://doi.org/10.1177/1056492612451653.
  • Samnani, A., Salamon, S. D., & Singh, P. (2013).  Negative affect and counterproductive workplace behaviour: The moderating role of moral disengagement and gender.   Journal of Business Ethics, 119 (2), 235-244, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1635-0.
  • Samnani, A. (2013).  The early stages of workplace bullying and how it becomes prolonged: The role of culture in predicting target responses.   Journal of Business Ethics, 113 (1), 119-132, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1286-6.
  • Samnani, A., Boekhorst, J. A., & Harrison, J. A. (2012).  Acculturation strategy and individual outcomes: Cultural diversity implications for human resource management.   Human Resource Management Review, 22 (4), 323-335, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2012.04.001.
  • Samnani, A., & Singh, P. (2012).  20 Years of Workplace Bullying Research: a review of antecedents and consequences of bullying in the workplace.   Aggression and Violent Behavior, 17 (6), 581-589, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2012.08.004.

Conference Proceedings 

  • Samnani, A., Jensen, J. M., & Lee, J. H. (2013).  The effects of socialized charismatic leadership on climate, mistreatment, and work attitudes.   Academy of Management: Best Paper Proceedings.

Presentations 

  • Samnani, A. (2024, August). A relational approach to HRM and cultivating social capital: Developing an integrative theory.  Academy of Management Annual Conference, Boston.
  • Samnani, A., Garvey, A., & Geesin, B. (2024, July). A Gramscian approach to workplace bullying.  European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) conference, Milan, Italy.
  • Samnani, A. (2024, June). Human resource management and social capital: Exploring how social capital emerges.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Montreal.
  • Samnani, A., Harrison, J., & Petrovski, D. (2024, June). Is she working or picking up the kids? A managerial perspective between day disparities in hybrid work.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Montreal.
  • Samnani, A. (2023, June). Human resource management as a deterrent of counterproductive work behaviour: Toward a cultivation-relational resource-motivation theory.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference, Toronto.
  • Samnani, A. (2023, June). Can play at work foster harassment-based norms? Exploring the dark side of social play.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference, Toronto.
  • Samnani, A. (2022, June). Socioeconomic status and work outcomes.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference, Halifax.
  • Samnani, A. (2022, June). The potential dark side of organizational measures for COVID-19: A risk-hazard model.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference, Halifax.
  • Samnani, A., Stone, T. H., Jawahar, I. M., & Cooper-Thomas, H. (2019, May). Exploring the performance-abusive supervision relationship: Contextual factors that increase performance.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference, St. Catherines, Canada.
  • Samnani, A. (2018). Understanding the potential for transformations in network dynamics through power and victimization: An application of French and Ravens (1959) Bases of Social Power.  European Academy of Management conference, Reykjavic, Iceland.
  • McPhee, D., Schlosser, F., & Samnani, A. (2018, September). Workplace injuries of youth: A moderated mediated model of transformational leadership, safety behaviour and training.  British Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Bristol, United Kingdom.
  • Samnani, A. (2017, August). Acculturation patterns and creativity in the workplace: Unlocking newcomers' untapped potential.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, Atlanta.
  • McPhee, D., Schlosser, F., & Samnani, A. (2016). Making a Difference: Post-secondary health and safety training as a neutralizer of negative safety factors on young workers.  European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) conference, Segovia, Spain.
  • Lee, J., Walsh, B., Jensen, J. M., McGongale, A. K., & Samnani, A. (2016, August). Charismatic and ethical leadership, norms for respect, and workplace incivility.  Academy of Management (AoM) annual conference, Anaheim.
  • Power, J., Samnani, A., & Wech, B. (2016, August). Ethical leadership, ethical climate, and negative affect on the deviance of coworkers.  Academy of Management (AoM) annual conference, Anaheim, California.
  • Samnani, A. (2016, June). Workplace bullying: The role of HRM practices.  European Academy of Management - EURAM conference, Paris.
  • Samnani, A. (2015, August). Workplace Victimization and General Health: A mediated-moderation model.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, Vancouver.
  • Samnani, A. & Power, J. (2014, August). Reducing Thoughts of Revenge and Mistreatment: The role of HRM practices.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, Philadelphia.
  • Samnani, A. & Boekhorst, J. (2014, August). Strategic Decision-making for Human Capital Needs.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, Philadelphia.
  • Samnani, A. & Boekhorst, J. (2014, May). Working Hard and Sick Days Taken: A moderated mediation model.  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Honolulu.
  • Samnani, A. (2014, May). Workplace Victimization and Target Health: A job demands-resources approach.  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Honolulu.
  • Samnani, A., Lee, J., & Jensen, J. (2013). The effects of socialized charismatic leadership on climate, mistreatment and work attitudes.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, Orlando.
  • Samnani, A., Harrison, J., & Boekhorst, J. (2013, November). Expressing emotions through victimization to achieve performance outcomes: An EASI theory perspective.  Southern Management Association Conference, New Orleans.
  • Samnani, A., Boekhorst, J., & Harrison, J. (2013, August). Bullying the Union: Exploring workplace bullying within the context of Union organizing drive.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, Orlando.
  • Samnani, A. (2013, June). HRM system-personal system fit: A process-based approach.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference, Calgary.
  • Samnani, A. (2012, August). The early stages of workplace bullying and how it becomes prolonged: The role of culture.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, Boston.
  • Samnani, A., Salamon, S. D., & Singh, P. (2012, August). Negative affect and CWB: The moderating role of moral disengagement and gender.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, Boston.
  • Samnani, A., Harrison, J., & Boekhorst, J. (2012, June). The acculturation process: Antecedents, strategies, and outcomes.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference, St. John's, Newfoundland.
  • Samnani, A. & Singh, P. (2012, June). Transformational leaders who victimize: How transformational leaders trigger social cues that facilitate conformity.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference, St. John's, Newfoundland.
  • Samnani, A. (2011). Embracing new directions in workplace bullying research: A paradigmatic approach.  Critical Human Resource Management Symposium, St. Mary's University, Halifax.
  • Samnani, A., Boekhorst, J., & Harrison, J. (2011, November). Fitting in or standing out? Understanding minority patterns of assimilation or distinctiveness.  Southern Management Association Conference, Savannah.
  • Samnani, A. & Singh, P. (2011, August). Practicing a coherent HRM strategy: Exploring the fit perspective.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Samnani, A. & Singh, P. (2011, August). Workplace bullying: Calling for an interactionist approach.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Samnani, A., Singh, P., & Ezzedeen, S. (2010, November). Workplace bullying and employee performance: The role of employee attributions.  Southern Management Association Conference, St. Petes Beach, Florida.
  • Samnani, A., Fang, T., Novicevic, M., & Bing, M. (2010, August). Liability-of-foreignness effects on job success of immigrant job seekers.  Academy of Management (AoM) conference, Montreal.
  • Samnani, A. & Singh, P. (2009). Workplace bullying and organizational outcomes.  PrevNet Conference, Toronto.