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Arup Varma

Arup Varma
Title: Director, Area Coordinator, & Professor
Office #: 406, 1 East Pearson
Phone: 312-915-6664
E-mail: avarma@luc.edu


Personal Information

Degrees

  • Ph.D. - (Industrial Relations & Human Resources), RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NJ
  • M.S. - (Personnel Management & Industrial Relations), XAVIER LABOR RELATIONS INSTITUTE, Jamshedpur, India
  • B.S. - (Economics), ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE, Calcutta, India

Research Interests

  • Performance Appraisal/Leader-Member Exchange
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Expatriate Issues

Professional Associations

  • Academy of Management
  • American Psychological Association
  • Human Resource Management Association of Chicago
  • Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology
  • Southern Management Association
  • Society for Human Resource Management

Professional Activities

  • Human Resource Management Journal 
    • Book Review Editor (2001-2004)
    • Editorial Board (1994-)
  • Reviewer
    • Human Relations Journal
    • Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
    • International Journal of Organizational Analysis
    • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
    • MIT - Sloan Management Review
    • Human Resource Management Journal
    • Journal of Management
    • Journal of World Business
    • Personnel Review
    • Academy of Management Conference
    • Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference
    • Southern Management Association Conference
    • Eastern Academy of Management Conference
    • European Academy of Management
    • International Conference on Advances in Management
    • Midwest Academy of Management Conference
    • Asia Academy of Management Conference

Awards

* Graduate School of Business Faculty of the Year - 2002/3

* School of Business Administration Researcher of the Year - 2003/4

Courses Taught

  • Analytical Problem Solving in Organizations
  • Strategic Financial Analysis for HR/IR
  • Integrative Research Seminar in HR/IR
  • Staffing
  • Performance Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Change & Development

Research Listings


REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
"Ingratiation in applications: Impact on selection decisions," Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 21 (3), pp. 200-210 2006 , Co-Authors: S.M. Toh, & S. Pichler

"A new perspective on the female expatriate experience: The role of host country national categorization," Journal of World Business, Forthcoming 2006 , Co-Authors: S.M. Toh, P. Budhwar

"Distributive Justice Revisited: A Reconceptualization and Empirical Test," Journal of Labor Research, forthcoming 2006 , Co-Authors: P. Simpson

"Interpersonal affect: Does it really bias performance appraisals?," Journal of Labor Research, Forthcoming 2006 , Co-Authors: S. Pichler

"HRM Systems of Indian Call Centers in India: An Exploratory Study," International Journal of Human Resource Management, Forthcoming 2006 , Co-Authors: P. Budhwar, V. Singh, & R. Dhar

"The effects of employment arbitration and employee rights on organizational attraction," Human Resource Management Journal, 2005 , Co-Authors: D. Mahony, B. Klaas, J. McClendon

"The Role of Interpersonal Affect in Performance Appraisal: Evidence from Two samples - U.S. and India," International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2005 , Co-Authors: S. Pichler, E.S. Srinivas

"A Comparative Study of the Impact of Leader-Member Exchange Relationships in the U.S. and India," Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 2005 , Co-Authors: E.S. Srinivas, L.K. Stroh

"An Empirical Evaluation of the NLRB Unfair Labor Practice Settlement Program," Dispute Resolution Journal, 2004 , Co-Authors: L.E. Stallworth, J.T. Delaney

"A Comparative Study of the Impact of Leader-Member Exchange in Two Samples: U.S.A. and Poland," Labor Market in the Era of Globalization, December 2003 , Co-Authors: J. Grodzicki

"Participants' Satisfaction With EEO Mediation and the Issue of Legal Representation: An Empirical Inquiry," Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, 2002 , Co-Authors: L. E. Stallworth

"Women and International Assignments: The Impact of Supervisor-Subordinate Relationships," Journal of World Business, 2001 , Co-Authors: L.K. Stroh, L. Schmitt

"Different Perspectives on Selection for International Assignments: The Impact of LMX and Gender," Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 2001 , Co-Authors: L.K. Stroh

"The Impact of Same-Sex LMX Dyads on Performance Evaluations," Human Resource Management, 2001 , Co-Authors: L.Stroh

"The Impact of Subordinate Disability on the Leader Member Exchange Relationship," Academy of Management Journal, 2001 , Co-Authors: A. Colella

"The Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in the Workplace: An Empirical Study," Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2000 , Co-Authors: L. E. Stallworth

"Barriers to Mediation: A Look at the Impediments and Barriers to Voluntary Mediation Programs That Exist Within the EEO," Dispute Resolution Journal, 2000 , Co-Authors: L. E. Stallworth

"Integrating Job Characteristics, Sociotechnical Systems & Reengineering: Presenting A Unified Approach to Work and Organization Design," Organization Development Journal, 2000 , Co-Authors: Farias

"Why Are Women Left At Home - Are They Unwilling to Go on International Assignments?," Journal of World Business, 2000 , Co-Authors: L. Stroh, S. Valy

"High Performance Work Systems - Exciting Discovery or Passing Fad?," Human Resource Planning, 1999 , Co-Authors: R.W. Beatty., C.E. Scheneier., D. Ulrich

"Disability-Job Fit Stereotypes and the Evaluation of Persons with Disabilities at Work," Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 1999 , Co-Authors: A. Colella

"High Performance Work Systems--What We Know and What We Need to Know," Human Resource Planning, 1998 , Co-Authors: Farisa

"The Impact of Ratee�s Disability on Performance Judgments and Choice as Partner: The Role of Disability- Job Fit Stereotypes and Interdependence of Rewards," Journal of Applied Psychology, 1998 , Co-Authors: A.S. DeNisi, A. Colella


PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
"A quasi-experimental field study of Chinese HCNs� willingness to help expatriates," Academy of Management Conference, August 2006 , Co-presenting: P. Budhwar, S. Biswas, & S.M. Toh

"An investigation of individual difference and job-related factors in hiring discrimination of LGBTs," Academy of Management Conference, August 2006 , Co-presenting: S. Pichler., & T. Bruce

"Different perspectives on LMX: An investigation in U.S. and India," Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, May 2006 , Co-presenting: S. Pichler

"An empirical investigation of host country national categorization of expatriates in the U.K.," European Academy of Management, Munich, Germany, June 2005 , Co-presenting: P. Budhwar., S. Biswas., & S.M. Toh

"A two-nation study of host country national categorization of expatriates: U.K. and India," 8th Conference of International Human Resource Management, Cairns, Australia, June 2005 , Co-presenting: P. Budhwar & S.M. Toh

"A quasi-experimental field study of host worker perceptions of expatriate adjustment," Academy of Management Conference, Honolulu, HI, August 2005 , Co-presenting: P. Budhwar, S.M. Toh., & S. Biswas

"A Field Test of Interpersonal Affect: Does It Bias Appraisals?," Southern Management Association Conference, November 2004 , Co-presenting: S. Pichler

"The Influence of Salience of Expatriates on the Reactions of Host Country Nationals," Academy of Management Conference, August 2004 , Co-presenting: S.M. Toh, A. DeNisi

"ATwo-Nation Study of the Effects of Interpersonal Affect on Performance Appraisal: United States and India," Asia Academy of Management Conference, December 2004 , Co-presenting: S. Pichler, E.S. Srinivas

"Employee Perceptions of Organization During Downsizing: A Field Study," Asia Academy of Management Conference, December 2004 , Co-presenting: J.B. Lal, E.S. Srinivas

"A Two-Nation Study of Host Country National Categorization of Female Expatriates: United States and India," Asia Academy of Management Conference, December 2004 , Co-presenting: S.M. Toh, P. Budhwar

"Host Country National Helping on the Adjustment of Expatriates," Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL, 2004 , Co-presenting: Toh, S.M., DeNisi, A.S.

"Predicting Expatriate Success: A Look at Some New Variables," Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL, 2004 , Co-presenting: Nelson, F., Pichler, S.

"Selection of Individuals with Disabilities for Expatriate Assignments: The Impact of Stereotypical Fit and Clear Standards," Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL, 2004 , Co-presenting: Mahony. D., Albarillo, M.

"High Performance Work Systems: The Impact of Human Resource Activities," International Human Resource Management Conference, Limerick, Ireland., 2003 , Co-presenting: Simpson, P., & Toh, S.M.

"A Comparative Study of the Impact of Leader-Member Exchange in Two Samples: USA and Poland," International Human Resource Management Conference, 2003 , Co-presenting: Grodzicki, J

"Sending Impressions: The Impact of Ingratiation in Job ," Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL, 2003 , Co-presenting: Toh, S.M.

"The relationship between cultural values and the importance of contextual performance: A two-country comparison," Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Denver, CO, 2002 , Co-presenting: Toh, S.M., Shin, S.J., Srinivas, E.S.

"Understanding the influence of raters on ratings of contextual performance," Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada, 2002 , Co-presenting: Toh, S.M., Shin, S.J.

"Organizational Justice Perceptions and Settlements in NLRB Unfair Labor Practice Cases," Academy of Management Conference, Washington, DC., 2001 , Co-presenting: Delaney, J.T., Stallworth, L.E.

"Justice Revisited: A New Dimension?," 16th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA., 2001 , Co-presenting: Simpson, P.

"The Relationship Between Leader-Member Exchange and Subordinate Satisfaction With Supervisors: A Comparative Study of U.S. and Indian Employees," Second Asia Academy of Management, Singapore, 2000 , Co-presenting: Srinivas, E. S.

"Women As Global Leaders: The Role of Leader - Member Exchange," Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada, 2000 , Co-presenting: Stroh, L. K.

"Does the NLRB�s Unfair Labor Practice Settlement Program Work?," Tenth National Labor-Management Conference of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Chicago, IL., 2000 , Co-presenting: Delaney, J. T., Stallworth, L. E.

"LMX Revisited: International Assignments and the Female Expatriate," 15th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA., 2000 , Co-presenting: L. K., Valy-Durbin, S. J.

"International Careers and the Female Expatriate: Revisiting the Myths," Midwest Academy of Management meeting. Chicago, IL., 2000 , Co-presenting: Stroh, L.K., Brendell, C., & Mahony, D.

"An International Perspective on Women in Management," 52nd Annual meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association, Boston, MA., 2000 , Co-presenting: Stroh, L. K.

"Human Resource Departments and the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms: An Empirical Study," 52nd Annual meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association, Boston, MA., 2000 , Co-presenting: Stallworth, L. E., Mahony, D.

"High Performance Work Systems: A Blue Print for the New HR Agenda," 2nd National HR Conference on Transformations in HR: The Benchmarks, Xavier Labor Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, India, 1999

"The Female Expatriate Experience: Challenging the Myths," Academy of Management, Chicago, Il., 1999 , Co-presenting: Stroh, L. K., Valy-Durbin, S.

"Inter-Cultural and Cross Cultural Perceptions of Equity: A 20-Year Longitudinal Study," Annual Conference of the American Compensation Association, Boston, MA., 1999 , Co-presenting: Beatty, J. R., Beatty, R. W.

"The Impact of Same-Sex LMX Dyads on Performance Evaluations," 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA., 1999 , Co-presenting: Stroh, L. K.

"Communication Between Supervisors and their Female Subordinates in Multinational Corporations: The Impact on Female Careers and Organizational Productivity," 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA., 1999 , Co-presenting: Stroh, L. K.

"Thrashing, Bashing, and Hashing it out in EEO Disputes: An Empirical Examination of Mediation Styles," Annual Meeting of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Portland, OR., 1998 , Co-presenting: Delaney, J., Stallworth, L. E.

"Ingratiation by Individuals with Disabilities: Does Type of Ingratiation Matter?," Southern Management Association, New Orleans, LA., 1998 , Co-presenting: Colella, A., DeNisi, A. S.

"Shooting for Mediocrity: The Impact of Supervisor Competence on the Performance Evaluation of High-Performing Subordinates," 5th Annual International Conference on Advances in Management, Lincoln, U.K., 1998 , Co-presenting: Farias, G. F., & Stroh, L. K.

"Job Characteristics, Sociotechnical Systems Reengineering: Old Wine in A New Bottle?," 5th Annual International Conference on Advances in Management, Lincoln, U.K., 1998 , Co-presenting: Farias, G. F.

"Succession Planning in Today's Organizations: Are Individuals with Disabilities Out of the Loop?," 5th Annual International Conference on Advances in Management, Lincoln, U.K., 1998 , Co-presenting: Mahony, D.

"Impact of the Gender Composition of Supervisor-Subordinate Dyads on Performance Evaluations," 5th Annual International Conference on Advances in Management, Lincoln, U.K., 1998 , Co-presenting: Stroh, L. K.

"An Examination of the ADR Initiatives of the EEOC: EEO Mediation and Negotiated Rulemaking," 51st Annual Conference of the National Academy of Arbitrators, San Diego, CA., 1998 , Co-presenting: Stallworth, L. E.


CONTRIBUTIONS OR CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
"Relationship between a low-performing supervisor and a high-performing subordinate: Does supervisor performance level impact subordinate ratings?," Rahim, M.A., Golembiewski, R.T., Lundberg, C.G eds., Current Topics in Management, Vol 4, pp. 101-111 2006 , Co-Authors: G.F. Farias, & L.K. Stroh. ,

"A comparative study of the impact of leader-member exchange in two samples: U.S.A. and Poland," J. Grodzicki eds., Labor Market in the Era of Globalization, (Polish-American Center for Resolution of Labor Management Disputes), 2003 , Co-Authors: J. Grodzicki,

"Women and expatriation: Revisiting Adler�s findings," Marilyn J. Davidson & Ronald J. Burke eds., Women in Management: Current Research Issues, (Sage: London, U.K.), Vol 2: pp. 104-119 2000 , Co-Authors: L.K. Stroh and S. Valy,

"EEO mediation at the EEOC: Challenges and promise.," Proceedings of the 51st Annual Conference of the National Academy of Arbitrators, 1999 , Co-Authors: L.E. Stallworth,


BOOK REVIEWS
Mark A. Huselid, Brian E. Becker, and Richard W. Beatty, "The workforce scorecard: Managing human capital to execute strategy," Human Resource Management Journal, Vol. 44(3), pp. 359-361 2005


OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITY
"An empirical evaluation of the NLRB Unfair Labor Practice Settlement program," Dispute Resolution Journal, pp. 22-29 2004 , Co-Authors: L.E. Stallworth and J.T. Delaney

"The use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in the workplace: An empirical study," Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Vol 2(3); pp. 71-79 2000 , Co-Authors: L.E. Stallworth

"Barriers to mediation: A look at the impediments and barriers to voluntary mediation programs that exist within the EEO," Dispute Resolution Journal, pp. 32-43 2000 , Co-Authors: L.E. Stallworth

"Why companies aren�t sending women abroad: Separating myths from reality," Mobility, pp. 99-104 1999 , Co-Authors: L.K.Stroh and S. Valy