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Arpita Joardar

faculty

Arpita Joardar, PhD

Associate Professor/Chairperson

Management & Marketing

Contact

508-910-6436

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Charlton College of Business 222

Education

2005University of South CarolinaPhD

Teaching

  • Organizational Behavior
  • Cross-cultural Management

Programs

Courses

This course explores the principles and practices of effective management and leadership in contemporary organizations. Students will examine how leaders influence individual, team, and organizational performance through communication, motivation, decision-making, conflict resolution, and strategic leadership practices. Emphasis is placed on developing the interpersonal and critical-thinking skills necessary to lead diverse teams and navigate organizational change.

This course explores the principles and practices of effective management and leadership in contemporary organizations. Students will examine how leaders influence individual, team, and organizational performance through communication, motivation, decision-making, conflict resolution, and strategic leadership practices. Emphasis is placed on developing the interpersonal and critical-thinking skills necessary to lead diverse teams and navigate organizational change.

Online and Continuing Education Courses

As the nature of job done in organizations is changing radically in the present-day AI-dominated environment, managing people and their behavior in organizations require a special focus. So, student-centered discussions about individual behavior, group behavior, motivational techniques and leadership style accompanied by relevant case studies will be the central focus in this course.

As the nature of job done in organizations is changing radically in the present-day AI-dominated environment, managing people and their behavior in organizations require a special focus. So, student-centered discussions about individual behavior, group behavior, motivational techniques and leadership style accompanied by relevant case studies will be the central focus in this course.

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Research

Research interests

  • Cross-cultural group dynamics
  • Foreignness issues
  • International Entrepreneurship

Select publications

  • Joardar, A. (2014).
    The Impact of Foreignness on the Relationship between Gender and Entrepreneur Performance
    Journal of General Management, 39, 17-37.
  • Joardar, A. (2011).
    Examining changes in group acceptance of a newcomer from a different culture: an expectancy violation perspective
    International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 11, 341-362.
  • Joardar, A., Kostova, T. & Ravlin, E. (2007).
    An Experimental Study of the Acceptance of a Foreign Newcomer into a Workgroup
    Journal of International Management, 13, 513-537.

Arpita Joardar received her Ph.D. in International Business with a Management concentration from University of South Carolina. Her research interests include cross-cultural group dynamics, foreignness issues and international entrepreneurship. She has published in various refereed journals such as Journal of International Management, International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Journal of General Management etc. Prior to joining UMASS Dartmouth, Dr. Joardar taught in the graduate and undergraduate programs at other universities.

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