South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management
Human Resource Management
South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management (SAJHRM) is a peer-reviewed scholarly outlet for publications on HRM in and out of South Asia. It includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Before submission, please ensure that your paper is related to one of these eight countries.
SAJHRM is the only journal that focuses exclusively on HRM in South Asia. Human capital is at once the biggest asset and challenge for this region, and the journal is uniquely placed to address academic research and practice aspects in HRM. Accordingly, a key aim of the journal is to focus on HR issues, challenges and strategies in the region. We encourage potential authors to explore broader implications of their scholarly views and findings on the region as a whole.
The journal is published twice a year. With over 500 submissions/year, currently, our acceptance rate is about 10 per cent. To have a better chance of acceptance, your paper should address an innovative and contemporary HR topic, be contextualised within South Asia, professionally written and edited. Apart from theory, the journal pays significant attention to how HRM is practiced in and out of South Asia. More than statistically driven, purely organisational behaviour-focused topics, the journal prefers papers that directly address HR policy and practice. The journal features conceptual and empirical research papers, research notes, interviews, case studies and book reviews. We also welcome proposals for special issues. Typically, we complete the initial desk review within 3 weeks, and the first-round peer review within 3 months.
SAJHRM has a distinguished panel of advisory board members, reputed board of peer reviewers and a dedicated editorial team. Professor Dave Ulrich, a well-known HR academic, says ‘I have been privileged to serve on the editorial board of SAJHRM since its inception and I have been honoured to publish here. There are many high-quality academic outlets for innovative ideas, but this journal is clearly emerging as one of them’.
SAJHRM is listed in several journal rankings around the world, including SCOPUS, ABDC and ABS. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management (SAJHRM) is a peer-reviewed scholarly outlet for publications on HRM in and out of South Asia. It includes countries that are members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In terms of the discipline focus, all articles broadly focusing on the theory and practice of managing human resources for the benefit of individuals, firms and community at large will be acceptable.
In view of the contemporary focus on Strategic HRM, the journal coverage would also include comparative research and other related management disciplines as long as one of the key aims of the manuscript is on harnessing the potential of human capital. Considering the uneven economic development within the South Asian region, the journal encourages potential authors to explore broader implications of their scholarly views and findings on the region as a whole.
A distinguishing feature of the journal is its focus on “HR in Practice”. Apart from theory, it will pay significant attention on how HRM is practiced in and out of South Asia. The journal features conceptual and empirical research papers, research notes, interviews, case studies and book reviews. In short, to be considered for publication, a manuscript should broadly focus on managing people and contextualised within one or more South Asian countries at the firm, regional, national and international levels.
| Mohan Thite | Griffith University, Australia |
| Pavithra Kailasapathy | Professor, HRM, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Alka Gupta | Affiliate, Bernard M. and Ruth R. Bass Center for Leadership Studies, State University of New York, USA |
| Amlan Haque | School of Business and Law, CQUniversity, Sydney, Australia |
| Shamala Kumar | Professor, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| Monowar Mahmood | Bang College of Business, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Sudhir Saha | Professor HRM & OB, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| Richa Saxena | Associate Professor, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, India |
| Uthpala Senarathne Tennakoon | Associate Professor, Human Resources, Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University, Canada |
| Ilan Alon | Professor of Strategy and International Marketing, School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Norway |
| Jyotsna Bhatnagar | Chairperson - Post Graduate Program in HR, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India |
| Anthony P D'Costa | Eminent Scholar, Global Studies; Professor, College of Business, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama, US |
| Md Musharrof Hossain | Founder President, Federation of Bangladesh Human Resource Management (FBHRO) and Past President, Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resources Management (APFHRM) |
| Iyanatul Islam | Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Australia |
| Janaka Kumarasinghe | Director Kent Ridge HR Consultants, (Past President IPM), Sri Lanka |
| Santrupt Misra | CEO, Carbon Black Business and Director, Group Human Resources, Aditya Birla Group, India |
| Jamal Nasir | President, Pakistan Society for Human Resources Management & Head of Human and Organizational Development, Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Pakistan |
| Sasmita Palo | Tata Institute of Social Sciences,(TISS), Mumbai, India |
| Sumita Raghuram | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| T V Rao | Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad (IIMA) & Chairman, TV Rao Learning Systems P/L, India |
| E S Srinivas | Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India |
| Vasanthi Srinivasan | Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India |
| Phil Taylor | Professor of Work and Employment Studies, Associate Dean International, University of Strathclyde, UK |
| Dave Ulrich | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan & Partner, RBL Group, USA |
| Adrian Wilkinson | Griffith University, Australia & University of Sheffield, UK |
| Arosha Adikaram | University of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Upasna A Agarwal | National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, India |
| Tanuja Agarwala | University of Delhi, India |
| Ekundayo Akinlade | Saint Xavier University, USA |
| Munira Amidkhonova | University of Central Asia, Khorog, Tajikistan |
| Amitabh Anand | SKEMA Business School, France |
| Sandip Anand | XIMB, India |
| Mayuri Atapattu | University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Mohammad Azim | King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia |
| Gary Chaison | Clark University, United States |
| Lakshman Chandrashekhar | Florida Atlantic University, USA |
| Tamgid Chowdhury | Associate Professor School of Business and Economics, North South University, Bangladesh |
| Yunhyung Chung | University of Idaho, USA |
| Gordon Cooke | Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sangita De | Department Employment Relations & Human Resources, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia |
| Sulakshana De Alwis | NSBM Green University, Homagama, Sri Lanka |
| Rohit Dwivedi | Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, India |
| Tehreem Fatima | Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Dianne P Ford | Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| Neha Gangwar | (GGSIPU) Periyar Management and Computer College, India |
| Vishal Gupta | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Sami Jabarkhail | Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA |
| Aman Jain | Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur, India |
| Lalatendu Kesari Jena | Xavier University Bhubaneswar, India |
| Rotumba Arachchige Ishanka Chathurani Karunarathne | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany |
| Navaneethakrishnan Kengatharan | University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Md Asaduzzaman Khan | Buckinghamshire New University, Buckinghamshire, UK |
| Muhammad Burdbar Khan | Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, England |
| Saroj Koul | O P Jindal Global University, India |
| Payal Kumar | Professor (OB/HR), BML Munjal University, India |
| Djamel Eddine Laouisset | Nottingham Business School, UK |
| Monowar Mahmood | Bang College of Business, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Ashish Malik | University of Newcastle, Australia |
| Laxmikant Manroop | Eastern Michigan University, USA |
| Khasro Miah | North South University, Bangladesh |
| Daisy Mui Hung Mui Hung Kee | Universiti Saind Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia |
| Zubair Nawaz | Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China |
| Mousumi Padhi | Xavier University, India |
| Dinithi Padmasiri | University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka |
| Harold Andrew Patrick | Jain (Deemed-To-Be University), Bangalore, India |
| Snigdha Pattnaik | Xavier University Bhubaneswar, India |
| Subhra Pattnaik | Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, India |
| Murugan Pattusamy | University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India |
| J K S Chrisangika Perera | Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Balangoda, Sri Lanka |
| Tracy Porter | Cleveland State University, United States |
| Sunil Kumar Ramdas | Jain University, Bangalore, India |
| Sunita Rani | Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, India |
| Srinivasa Rao | Professor, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad |
| Mohamed Razi | University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka |
| Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano | University of Valencia, Spain |
| T T Rajan Selvarajan | California State University, East Bay, United States |
| Aloysius Sequeira | National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India |
| Mohamed M Shamil | University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka |
| Taimur Sharif | ALHOSN University, UAE |
| Sonal Shree | Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India |
| Samir Shrivastava | University of South Australia, Australia |
| Anupam Singh | National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India |
| Satvir Singh | Angelo State University, USA |
| Shruti Tewari | Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India |
| Nachiketa Tripathi | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India |
| George Tsogas | University of Buckingham, UK |
| Lhawang Ugyel | ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
| Prajya R Vidyarthi | University of Texas at El Paso, USA |
| Veena Vohra | Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, (NMIMS), Mumbai, India |
| Chung-Jen Wang | National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan |
| Lin Xiu | University of Minnesota Duluth, United States |
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