Associate ProfessorDhara Shah

Human Resource Management

International HRM

Cross Cultural Management

Expatriation

Entrepreneurship

Women

Gender Issues

Older Women

Indian Women

Knowledge Areas
Human Resource Management, Inclusive Leadership, Gender, Inclusion and Diversity, Social Innovation, Entreprenuership, Older Women, Gender Issues, Indian women, Cross-Cultural Management, Expatriation, Self-Efficacy, Self Determination, International HRM

Projects
2023 - 2023 Co-Lead - Building capacity through climate-resilient development and gender-inclusive entrepreneurship in Mongolia- Australia Awards Fellowship (A$ 315,131) DFAT Australian Govt Funding. The fellowship aims to build the capacity of fellows to advance climate-resilient development with a particular focus on gender equity. TPartnerships Griffith University and University of Southern Queensland and Independent Research Institute of Mongolia. Outcomes - Successful completion of the project.

2022 - Ongoing Program Lead - Unpacking the unemployment paradox for Indigenous women - Co-creating and co-designing solutions with the community leaders and women (A$10,000) Griffith Business School funding. Collaboration with an Indigenous academic and an Indigenous Elder from the Logan community.

2021 - Ongoing Co-Lead - Academic Women's Experiences of Australian University Workplaces: an investigation into contemporary experiences of sexism, discrimination, and disadvantage (A$5000), Griffith Gender Equity Research Network funding. Collaboration between Interdisciplinary academics from around Griffith University.

2022 - 2023 Program Co-Lead - Inclusive Leadership Mekong Region and Laos Alumni (A$415,270) Tetra Tech DFAT Australian Govt Funding, to develop inclusive leadership capabilities (particularly women) of diverse participants from both the public and private sectors in the Mekong Region. Collaboration with a Griffith Business School Colleague. Outcomes- Successful Completion.

2022 - 2022 Program Lead - Human Resource Leadership and Future of Work in the Mekong Region (A$578,677) Tetra Tech DFAT, Australian Govt Funding, to develop HR Leadership and the future of work strategies for Senior Leaders from the ministries, public and private sector in the five Mekong Countries. Outcomes- Successful Completion.

2019 - 2021 Project Lead - Sisters Support Business Together(A$772,200), Study funded by the Australian Government and partnership with Queensland Government. The project aimed to improve outcomes for women over 50 years who were at risk of poverty and homelessness by empowering them through skill development, mentoring, coaching, support, small grants. Collaboration - interdisciplinary colleagues, departments, industry, and local government agencies. Outcome - Successful Completion over 70% improved participant outcomes.

2019 - 2020 Project Lead - Going Global - Enhancing the intercultural business capabilities of Women Entrepreneurs (Indigenous and Indian) (A$97,910), a project funded by Queensland Government. Two-phase study to empower and build international employability, entrepreneurial, cross-cultural, and innovation skills for Indian and Queensland Indigenous women social entrepreneurs. Collaboration between Griffith Business School colleague, A/Prof (Central Queensland University), gen[in] consortium, FICCI FLO, and Young Indians CII (Indian Governmental). Outcomes- Successful Completion.

2017 - 2018 Project Lead - Indian IT (A$9492) Griffith Business School funding. The study aimed to understand the factors that affect IT women's decisions about expatriating, career prioritising and role identities on the work-life balance and its impact on their career progression. Collaboration between colleagues from the University of Queensland, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and me. Outcomes- Successful Completion.

2017 - 2018 Project Lead - The other half of the picture: the experiences and perspectives of expatriates and their spouses on an international assignment in China (A$5000) Griffith Asia Institute funding. Collaboration between colleagues from Business School, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology.