Dr. Maria Carmen GalangPhD Program Director; Associate Professor; Human Resource Management and International Business | BSc in Psychology, University of the Philippines (1975); Master in Industrial Relations, University of the Philippines (1986); PhD in Labour and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1994) |
| Office: BEC 218 Phone: 250-721-6111 Email: cgalang@uvic.ca |
Background
PhD Program Director; Associate Professor; Human Resource Management and International Business
Selected
publications
Teo, S., LeClerc, M. & Galang, M.C. (2011). Human capital enhancing HRM systems and frontline employees in Australian manufacturing SMEs. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(12), 522-2538.
Osman, I., Ho, T.C.F. & Galang, M.C. (2011). The relationship between human resource practices and firm performance: an empirical assessment of firms in Malaysia. Business Strategy Series, 12(1):41-48.
Osman, I., Ho, T.C.F. & Galang, M.C. (2011). Are human resource departments really important? An empirical study on Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the service sector. International Journal of Business and Management, 6(2), 147-153.
Galang, M.C. (2008). Best practices in HRM: Convergence in beliefs across nine countries. International Journal of Organisational Behaviour, 13(1), 1-15.
Galang, M.C. (2004). The transferability question: Comparing HRM practices in the Philippines with the U.S. and Canada. The International Journal of Human Resources Management, 15(7), 1207-1233.
Bowen, D., Galang, M.C. & Pillai, R. (2002). The role of human resource management: An exploratory study of cross-country variance. Human Resource Management, 41(1), 103-122. Reprinted in (2002). Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 40(1), 123-145.
Galang, M.C. (2002). The HR department: Its role in firm competitiveness. In G.R. Ferris, M.R. Buckley & D.B. Fedor (Eds.), Human resources management: Perspectives, context, functions, and outcomes (4th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Galang, M.C., Elsik, W. & Russ, G.S. (1999). Legitimacy in human resource management. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, 17, 41-79.
Galang, M.C. & Ferris, G.R. (1997). Human resources department power and influence through symbolic action. Human Relations, 50(11), 1403-1426. Reprinted in (2003). L. Porter, H. Angle & R. Allen (Eds.), Organizational Influence Processes (2nd ed.). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
Recognition
& awards
- Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grant (2005-2008). $77,267. Human resources for firm competitive advantage: Cross-cultural comparisons, Principal Investigator with Stephen Teo, University of Technology, Sydney and Irene Chow, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Teaching
- Com 322: Management of Employment Relations (BCom)
- IB 415: Cross-Cultural Management (BCom)
