Maria Carmen Galang

Associate Professor
- Contact:
- Office: BEC 218 cgalang@uvic.ca 250-721-6111
- Credentials:
- BSc in Psychology, University of the Philippines; Master in Industrial Relations, University of the Philippines; PhD in Labour and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Area of expertise:
- Cross cultural management, human resource management
Biography
Dr. Carmen Galang joined the Gustavson School of Business at UVic in 1994 where she now serves as the academic director of the Sardul S. Gill Graduate School PhD program and teaches human resource management to undergraduate students, and cross-cultural management to PhD students.
Carmen researches in the area of strategic human resource management (HRM) and conducts comparative studies of HRM practices in different counties. She strives to learn whether these practices are transferrable to different countries with a different social, legal or economic context, and whether they have the same effect on organizations and their employees.
Her research takes a global perspective with a focus on countries in the Asia Pacific. Carmen’s research has been published in numerous journals including the International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Journal of Business and Management and the International Journal of Organizational Behavior. She hopes her research will assist firms understand the norms and expectations that bicultural or multicultural individuals bring to their role as employees, with a view to better integration and utilization of their knowledge and skills.
Before undertaking a PhD and joining UVic, Carmen worked in the Philippines in the area of human resource management for different industries.
Teaching
Courses taught
- Seminar in Cross-cultural Management (PhD)
- Comparative HR Management (PhD)
- Cross-National Management (BCom)
- International Environment of Business (BCom)
Selected publications
Awards & grants
Grants
- 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.
- VIII International Workshop on HRM, Funded by University of Victoria, Office of Research Services (May 12, 2011 - May 13, 2011), awarded April 6, 2011 ($1,250.00), Completed, Spring 2011, PI Carmen Galang