Gbola Gbadamosi

Professor Gbola Gbadamosi

  • u_ggbadamosi at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Professor in Organisational Behaviour and HRM
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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

  • Ajibade Adisa, T., Gbadamosi, G., Chang, K., 2025. Unequal Academy: The Struggle and Challenges of Token Black Academics in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Management, 36 (3), 1274-1289.
  • Adisa, T.A., Gbadamosi, G., Lashmore, T., Roy-Mukherjee, S., 2025. Tokenism and the Concrete Ceiling: Navigating Racial and Gender Disparities in the Experiences of Black Female Police Officers. Gender Work and Organization, 32 (4), 1654-1667.
  • Dunnion, M.F., Gbadamosi, G., Francis-Smythe, J., 2024. The Illusion of Competence: A Qualitative Deep Dive into Workplace False Performance. Behavioral Sciences, 14 (11).
  • Jamin, A.B., Gbadamosi, G., 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., 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., 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., 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., 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., 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., Djebarni, R., 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.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M., 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.
  • Haffar, M., Al-Karaghouli, W., Irani, Z., Djebarni, R., 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.
  • Adisa, T.A., Gbadamosi, G., 2019. Regional crises and corruption: the eclipse of the quality of working life in Nigeria. EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, 41 (3), 571-591.
  • Adisa, T.A., Gbadamosi, G., 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., 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., 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., 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., 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., 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.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M., 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.
  • Evans, C., Maxfield, T., 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., 2015. Should we bother improving students’ attendance at seminars. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 52 (2), 196-206.
  • Richardson, M., Evans, C., 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).
  • Evans, C., Gbadamosi, G., 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., Gbadamosi, G.. Predicting students' satisfaction through service quality in Higher Education. The International Journal of Management Education, 11 (3).
  • Evans, C., Gbadamosi, G., Wells, J., Scott, I.. Balancing the Yin and Yang: A discussion on the role of universities in developing softer skills in accountancy. Industry and Higher Education, 26.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 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., Gbadamosi, G., 2010. Specific remedy for specific problem: measuring service quality in South African Higher Education. Higher Education, 60, 251-267.
  • Omoteso, K., Gbadamosi, G.. Decision Models, Decision Aids and Strategic Decision Making. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 11 (1).
  • Richardson, M., Evans, C., Gbadamosi, G., 2009. Funding full-time study through part-time work. Journal of Education and Work, 22.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C.. CPD as a hyperbole: why don’t employers mention it in managerial job adverts. Journal of Management Development, 28.
  • Gbadamosi, G., De Jager, J.. "What You See Is What You Get": Service quality, students' perceptions and satisfaction at South African universities. South African Journal of Higher Education, 23.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Ndaba, J., Oni, F.. Predicting charlatan behaviour in a non-Western setting: lack of trust or absence of commitment? Journal of Management Development, 26.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Iyanda, O.. IAABD five years after: Looking back to the future. Journal of African Business, 8.
  • 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.. Predictors and correlates of charlatan behaviour in a non-western context. Journal of Global Business and Technology, 2.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Ritualism, symbolism and magic in consultancy practice: an exploratory investigation. Management Decision, 43.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Joubert, P.. Money ethic, moral conduct and work related attitudes: field study from the public sector in Swaziland. Journal of Management Development, 24.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Academic ethics: what has morality, culture and administration got to do with its measurement? Management Decision, 42.
  • Moffat, A.C., Osselton, M.D., Widdop, B., Clarke, E.G.C.. Clarke's analysis of drugs and poisons. Pharmaceutical Pr.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. HRM and the commitment rhetoric: challenges for Africa. Management Decision, 41.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 2001. Another look at organizational commitment: Some lessons for research and the management of human resources. Psychology and Education, 38 (1).

Books

Chapters

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

Conferences

  • Haffar, M., Djebarni, R., Farquharson, L., 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 15/08/2015 Barcelona.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Employees are not always what we think they are: can we predict false performance? In: European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 17/06/2015 Warsaw, Poland.
  • Evans, C., Maxfield, T., Gbadamosi, G., 2014. “Using part-time work to support graduate employment aspirations: perceptions of employers and their implications for HEIs”. In: HEA Annual Conference 02/07/2014 Birmingham, UK.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Secchi, D., 2014. “Attitudes towards corruption: A behavioural study of Nigerian workers”,. In: European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 04/06/2014 Valencia, Spain.
  • Evans, C., Richardson, M., 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) 14/09/2012 Southampton, UK.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G., 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 11/09/2012 Cardiff, UK.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G., 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, 11/07/2012 Warsaw, Poland.
  • Evans, C., Richardson, M., 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, 19/06/2012 Worcester, UK.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M., Ridolfo, M., 2012. ‘Employability and part-time work: motives, career aspiration and self-efficacy’. In: ABS / HEA Learning & Teaching Conference 24/04/2012 Manchester, UK.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G., 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, 18/04/2012 London, UK.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G., 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 11/07/2011 Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Adebayo, A.. 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., Rivera-Solis, L.E., eds. Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) 12/07/2011 Istanbul, Turkey. Fulfilling the worldwide sustainability challenge: strategies, innovations, and perspectives for forward momentum in turbulent times Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA).
  • Gbadamosi, G., 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., Harcar, T.D., eds. 18th World Business Congress, International Management Development Association (IMDA) 01/07/2009 Tbilisi, Georgia. , 73-78 IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M., Ridolfo, M.. Employability and part-time work: motives, career aspiration and self-efficacy. In: The ABS / HEA Learning & Teaching Conference 24/04/2012 Manchester.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Evans, C., Richardson, M., Ridolfo, M.. Employability and part-time work: motives, career aspiration and self-efficacy. In: Learning and Teaching Conference - ‘Innovation in challenging times’ 24/04/2012 Manchester, UK. Association of Business Schools/Higher Education Academy/British Academy of Management.
  • Dunnion, M., Gbadamosi, G., 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 11/07/2012 Poland.
  • De Jager, J.W., Gbadamosi, G.. Customer satisfaction in higher education in selected African countries. In: International Conference on Higher Education Marketing (ICHEM 2011) 18/04/2011 Cairo, Egypt. Academy of Marketing.
  • Gbadamosi, G., 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., Rivera-Solis, L.E., eds. Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) 07/07/2009 Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Wellness at work: profile of employees in Botswana. In: Kaynak, E., Harcar, T.D., eds. 18th World Business Congress, International Management Development Association (IMDA) 01/07/2009 Tbilisi, Georgia. , 496-505 IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Identifying behavioural correlates and predictors of false performance in Botswana. In: Cantwell, J., Kiyak, T., eds. Academy of International Business (AIB) 30/06/2008 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., De Jager, J.W.. Measuring Service Quality in South Africa Higher Education: Developing a Multidimensional Scale. In: Fuxman, L., Delener, N., Lu, F.V., Rivera-Solis, L.E., eds. Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) 08/07/2008 Madrid, Spain. GBATA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Stress at Work: Any Potential Redirection From an African Sample? In: Signe, S., eds. Global and Local Dynamics in African Business and Development, IAABD 2008 Proceedings 20/05/2008 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
  • De Jager, J.W., Gbadamosi, G.. Why Select and Remain in my University: Re-examining Higher Education in South Africa. In: Signe, S., eds. Global and Local Dynamics in African Business and Development, IAABD 2008 Proceedings 20/05/2008 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Osuagwu, L.. False performance as unethical behaviour: re-examining the organisational charlatan scale. In: Ayadi, F., eds. Building new strategic partnerships for Africa’s economic development, IAABD 2007 Proceedings 29/05/2007 London, UK. IAABD.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Money profile and related ethical conduct in a non-Western context. In: Kaynak, E., Harcar, T.D., eds. Fifteen World Business Congress, (IMDA) 18/06/2006 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Perceived Stress, Performance Appraisal Discomfort and Core Self-evaluation in a Non-Western Context. In: Sinkovics, R.R., Yamin, M., eds. International Business in the Age of Anxiety, 2006 Proceedings of AIB-UK 07/04/2006 Manchester. AIB.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Ndaba, J.. Corporate wellness programme: of what value are gender differences? In: Delener, N., Chao, C., eds. Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) 12/07/2005 Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. What if I don’t trust management, can I pretend? In: Kaynak, E., Harcar, T.D., eds. International Management Development Research Yearbook, Vol. XIV, Proceedings of the Fourteenth World Business Congress, (IMDA) 10/07/2005 Granada, Spain. IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Would employee performance evaluation influence their commitment? An exploratory investigation. In: Kaynak, E., Harcar, T.D., eds. Global Business: Coping with Uncertainty, International Management Development Research Yearbook, Vol. XIII, Proceedings of the Thirteenth World Business Congress, (IMDA) 14/07/2004 Maastricht, The Netherlands. IMDA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Measuring ethics and corruption perception in Botswana. In: Boyacigiller, N., Kiyak, T., eds. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB) 10/07/2004 Stockholm, Sweden. East Lansing MI: Academy of International Business.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Oni, F.O., Ndaba, J.. Employee commitment and trust in management as correlates of charlatan behaviour and performance in Swaziland. In: Delener, N., Chao, C., eds. Global Business and Technology Association – GBATA 08/06/2004 Cape Town, South Africa. GBATA.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Joubert, P.. Money ethic and moral conduct in the public sector: A preliminary investigation in Swaziland. In: Muuka, G.N., eds. Building Bridges for African Business and Development, IAABD 2004 Proceedings 07/04/2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  • Gbadamosi, G., Iyanda, O.. IAABD five years after: Looking backwards to the future. In: Muuka, G.N., eds. Building Bridges for African Business and Development, IAABD 2004 Proceedings 07/04/2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  • Gbadamosi, G.. Ethics, corruption and economic prosperity in Africa: Botswana experiences. In: Muuka, G.N., eds. Building Bridges for African Business and Development, IAABD 2004 Proceedings 07/04/2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. IAABD.
  • Dunnion, M.F., Gbadamosi, G., 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 11/09/2012 Cardiff, UK.

PhD Students

  • 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)
  • Aziean B. Jamin, 2024. Are we there yet? A perspective from people without disabilities to support disability inclusion practices in a workplace, (In progress)
  • Mahdi Abdulhussein Kareem Khafaji, 2027. Impact of organisational DNA on sustainable performance: mediating role of strategic balance, (In progress)
  • Nanret Dawuk. Corporate social responsibility and consumer behavior in the context of developing countries: case study of Nigerian consumers, (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)

Memberships

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