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Research Area: Telework/Work from home, Work-Nonwork interface, Crafting at work and nonwork, Gender in management and organization

Journal Papers:
Tabassum, A., & Karakowsky, L. (2022). Knowing When You’re the Punchline: Gender and the Evaluation of Disparaging Humor. Gender in Management. [conditionally accepted]

Rahman, T., Tabassum, A., & Sultana, N. (2018). Exploring Hard HRM and Soft HRM practices: A study on the Banking Sector of Bangladesh. ABAC Journal, 37(2), 105-118.

Rahman, T., Tabassum, A., & Jahan, K. (2015). Test of work to family and family to work models of conflict and satisfaction in the changing global business environment. Canadian Journal of Family and Youth, 7(1), 87-113.

Sultana, N., Tabassum, A., & Abdullah, A.M. (2014). Dual-Career Couples in Bangladesh: Exploring the challenges. Canadian Journal of Family and Youth, 6(1), 29-57.

Tabassum, A., Rahman, T., & Jahan, K. (2012). An Evaluation of the quality of work life: a study of the faculty members of private universities in Bangladesh. ABAC Journal, 32(3), 36-57.

Conference Papers:
Tabassum, A. & Sharifi, T. (2021, October 14-16). The Emotional Burden of Work-Life Balance: An Intersectional Exploration of BIPOC Women’s Division of Domestic Labour. 6^th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, The Global Labour Research Center (GLRC), York University, Virtual event.

Tabassum, A. (2021, July 29-August 4). Sexism and Well-being of Women: A Moderated Mediation Model of Job Crafting and Person-Organization Misfit. Academy of Management 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual event.

Research Area: Resilience and creativity in the workplace; labour mobility and impact on Identity

PhD Candidate (HRM), York University
Master of Public Administration (non-profit management and organizational leadership), University of Delaware, Newark
BBA (management of organizations), International Christian University, Kyiv, Ukraine

Research Interests: trust, perceptions and attributions, organizational learning, role of HRM.

Presentations: Kalynychenko, I. (2020, June). Sharing and learning in organizations: The role of HRM. Presented at the annual conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada – ASAC 2020 Virtual.

Conference Papers:
Mercer, M., Kizilenis Ulusman, G., & Ashfaq, M. (2022). Exploring the Hidden Meaning of Work Intensification: COVID-19 and Academia. Presented at Conference for the Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA). Kingston, Ontario: May 26 to May 28

Masood, H., Mercer, M., & Karakowsky, L. (2022). Future Past Tense and Storytelling: Can Victims of Past Supervisory Abuse Envision Brighter Futures? Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Conference. Seattle, Washington: August 4 to August 10

Mercer, M. & Karakowsky, L. (2021). Bad Behavior and Blind Spots: Group-Level Impediments to Perceiving Abusive Leadership. Presented at the Midwest Academy of Management (MWAOM) Annual Conference. Davenport, Iowa: October 14 to October 16.

Hsieh, J., Mirza, R., McDonald, L., Abetkoff, S., Chaffey, S., Mercer, M., Underwood, Q., Wong, S., & Klinger, C. (2018). The Efficacy of Palliative Care Education and Training Programs in Primary Care Settings: A Scoping Review of the Literature [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 10th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)

Research Area: Virtual Work and its Long-term Effects on HRM in the Post Pandemic Era, Gender Studies in Leadership, Artificial Intelligence and interference with diversity and inclusion, and Knowledge management

Journal Papers:
Fard, H. D., & Selseleh, M. (2010). Measuring knowledge management cycle: Evidence from Iran. European Journal of Scientific Research, 41(2), 297-309.

Conference Papers:
Selseleh, M. (2022). Assistive Technology Application Towards a More Accessible Organizational Learning. Presented at Canadian Psychological Association Conference (CPA 83^rd Annual National). Calgary, Alberta: June 17 to June 19

Research Area: Women in Leadership with a focus on intersectionality, Presence of Calling, Animal Companions

Conference Papers:
Abdel Rahman, A., Mathew T. K., Luksic-Milardovic, D., Mohamed, A., Sharifi, T. & Tabassum, A. (2021). Humans and their resources: How COVID-19 impacts work-related outcomes for faculty and staff in universities, Canadian Industrial Relations Association Conference, Virtual Meeting.

Sharifi, T. & Karakowsky, L. (2021). Is humor a double-edged sword for female Leaders? A conceptual exploration based on signaling theory. Western Academy of Management Conference, Virtual Meeting.

Sharifi, T. & Karakowsky, L. (2021). Gender and Humor: A Qualitative Exploration. Canadian Psychological Association, Virtual Meeting.

Tabassum, A. & Sharifi, T. (2021). The Emotional Burden of Work-Life Balance: An Intersectional Exploration of BIPOC Women’s Division of Domestic Labor. Global Labor Research Center (York University), Virtual Meeting.

Vucina, N., Sharifi, T., Karakowsky, L. (2021). Gender and Creativity: A Conceptual Exploration. Academy of Business Research, Virtual Meeting.

Research Area: Research interests include the complex issues around undefined employer-worker relationships (supply chain workers, migrant workers, informal workers etc.), precarity of work, policies and programs for workers and their effectiveness, future of employment and its impact on workers (telework, gig work), Industrial relations, Covid-19 and the world of work.

Conference Papers:
Mathew, T. K., Milardovic, D. L., Mohamed, A., Rahman, A. A., Sharifi, T., & Tabassum, A. (2021, May 26-28). Humans and their Resources: How COVID-19 impacts work-related outcomes for faculty and staff in universities? The 58^th Annual Conference of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA), Virtual event. [Author names are listed alphabetically and all authors contributed equally].

Mathew, T.K., (2021, June 21-24), The Future of HRM in the Context of ‘Worker Voice’ in a Digital Platform Economy. The 19^th ILERA World Congress in Lund, Sweden. Virtual event.

PhD Candidate (HRM), York University
Masters of Industrial relations and Human Resources Management, University of Toronto
BHRM (Honours), Cum Laude, York University

Supervisor: Dr. Jelena Zikic

Publications:
Zikic, V. & Voloshyna, V.. (in press, December, 2020). Skilled Migrant Careers: From Identity Struggle to Organizational Integration. In Bonache J., Brewster C., & Froese F. J. (Eds.) Global Mobility and the Management of Expatriates. Cambridge University Press.

Zikic. J. & Voloshyna, V. (in press). Mixed Methods in Careers Research: Contradictory Paradigms or Desired Approach? Handbook Research Methods in Career.

Selected Conference Presentations:
Zikic, J., Reitz, J., Voloshyna V., & Rashidi, R. Exploring individual level resilience: The role of individual, institutional and social forces in achieving career success post migration. Paper presented at the LAEMOS March 2018 Conference, Buenos-Aires, Argentina.

Zikic, J., Voloshyna V. & Mansoori S. Feels like home’: Crafting New Pathways to Migrant Career Success. Paper presented Symposium “Career and Cities” at the AOM, August, 2018, Chicago, USA.

Voloshyna V., & Zikic J. (2019). Being Resilient in a new City: Skilled migrant narratives of belongingness and integration. Paper presented At the International Convention of Psychological Science, ICPS, March, 2019, Paris, France.

Voloshyna, V., & Zikic, J. Rediscovering Cities: The Role of Boundary Objects in Crafting Migrants’ Careers. Presented at the CARCON, International Conference, (AOM Career Management Division Conference), February, 2020, Vienna, Austria.