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Biography

Dr. Elangovan has been a professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Gustavson School of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø since 1992.  He served as the Associate Dean from 2008-2011 and was the Director of Gustavson International from 2003 to 2022. He was the Special Advisor to the President for Strategic Planning from October 2021 till August 2022 and was appointed as Associate Vice President, Global Engagement for the university in September 2022.

The primary focus of Professor Elangovan’s current research is on “understanding why and how some people have deeply fulfilling and optimal work lives and what others can learn from their experiences”.  His objective is to develop an overarching framework to guide individuals and organizations in creating the conditions necessary for employees to flourish and have meaningful work lives.  As part of this program of research, his scholarly inquiries address the notions of authenticity, meaningfulness, callings, wisdom, and wellbeing at work. 

Dr. Elangovan’s research articles can be seen in top management journals such as the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, Organizational Dynamics, the Journal of Management Inquiry, the Journal of Social Psychology, the International Journal of Conflict Management, Small Group Research, the Journal of Managerial Psychology, and Applied Psychology: An International Review.

Professor Elangovan has been the recipient of numerous awards over the years including the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence (1999), the 3M National Teaching Fellowship (2012) (Canada’s most prestigious teaching award), and the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Distinguished Professor designation (2013) (the highest academic honour UVic can bestow on a faculty member). He was named the MBA Professor of the Year in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2004. He is also active in providing executive and management development training and consulting services for private and public sector organizations in Canada, Europe and Asia. 

Teaching

Courses taught

• Organizational Behaviour (PhD) 
• Managing People & Organizations: I (MBA; TELUS MBA)
• Essentials of Business & Leadership (TELUS MBA) 
• Strategic International Negotiations (MBA)
• Conflict Management & Negotiations (BCom)
• Organizational Behaviour & Design (BCom)
• Multiple executive program courses on leadership, structure, growth, trust, framing, dispute intervention

Selected publications

Journal publications

Elangovan, A. R., & Hoffman, A. J. (2019). The Pursuit of Success in Academia: Plato’s Ghost Asks "What Then?" Journal of Management Inquiry.  

Elangovan, A. R., & Suddaby, R. (2019). Solomons for Our Times: Wisdom in Decision-making in Organizations. Organizational Dynamics. 

Xie, J. L., Elangovan, A. R., Hu, J., & Hrabluik, C. (2019). Charting New Terrain in Work Design: A Study of Hybrid Work Characteristics. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 68(3), 479–512.

Karakowsky, L., Podolsky, M., & Elangovan, A. R. (2019). Signaling trustworthiness: The effect of leader humor on feedback-seeking behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 6, 1–20.

Elangovan, A.R., Pinder, C., & McLean, M. (2010). Callings and organizational behavior. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 76, 428-440. 

Elangovan, A.R., Auer-Rizzi, W., & Szabo, E. (2006). Why don’t I trust you now? An attribution approach to erosion of trust. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 22(1),  4-24. 

Elangovan, A.R. & Shapiro, D.I. (1998). Betrayal of trust in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 23(3), 547-566.

Elangovan, A.R. (1995). Managerial third-party dispute intervention: A prescriptive model of strategy selection. Academy of Management Review, 20(4), 800-830.

Awards & grants

Recognition & awards

• 2019 - Best Paper Award, Management Spirituality Religion (MSR) Division, Academy of Management (AOM)
• 2018 - Best Symposium Proposal, Management Spirituality Religion (MSR) Division, Academy of Management (AOM)
• 2016 - Honorable Mention, Health Care Management Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference
• 2013 - UVic Distinguished Professor, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 2012 - Excellence in Service Award, Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 2012 - 3M National Teaching Fellowship, 3M & SLTHE Canada
• 2011 - MBA Professor of the Year Award, MBA Students, Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 2010 - MBA Professor of the Year Award, MBA Students, Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 2010 - Excellence in Teaching Award, Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 2009 - MBA Professor-of-the-Year Award, Faculty of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 2008 - MBA Professor-of-the-Year Award, Faculty of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 2008 - Top Poster Award, Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, (April), San Francisco, CA
• 2004 - Excellence in Research Award, Faculty of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 2003 - Excellence in Teaching Award, Faculty of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 1999 - Nominated for CASE Canadian Professor of the Year Award from the ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 1999 - ³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 1995 - Distinguished Service Award, Board of Advisors, Faculty of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 1993 - Excellence Award for Research and Teaching, Board of Advisors, School of Business, ³Ô¹ÏÍø
• 1993 - Nominated for Rains Wallace Dissertation Award offered by the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology
• 1993 - Nominated for the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal by the Faculty of Management for the University of Toronto
• 1988 - Governor General of Canada Gold Medal, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax