Dr Toyin Ajibade Adisa profile

Dr Toyin Adisa

Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour

Associate Professor

Department of Strategy and Leadership , Royal Docks School Of Business And Law

I am the course leader for the BSc Human Resource Management programme. I undertake research in the field of HRM/OB, and I teach both on the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across the Business School.

Areas Of Interest

  • State of employee relations in sub-Saharan Africa
  • New forms of work organisation
  • Flexibility and work-life balance,
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Discrimination and equal opportunity at work
  • Workplace behaviour
Dr Toyin Ajibade Adisa profile

OVERVIEW

Toyin Adisa is a professor of Organisational Behaviour and HRM at UEL. He teaches and researches issues in comparative human resource management, Employment relations and Reforms in emerging and developing economies. Toyin is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), and an academy fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD). Toyin's primary research interests lie in the broad academic disciplines of human resource management, workplace behaviour, and employee relations.

He is particularly interested in African HRM practices and policies and contemporary Sub-Saharan African employment relations. Toyin has published in ABS-ranked journals such as the British Academy of Management (BJM), Work, Employment & Society (WES), The International Journal of HRM, Gender, Work & Organisation, Information, Technology, & People, Journal of Managerial Psychology among others. One of his research works has been awarded the Emerald Literati Network Award: highly commended for best paper award 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for excellence. Toyin has edited and co-edited many books in HRM.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Most recent research: Work-Life Interface: Non-western Perspective (book in press).

  1. Diversity and inclusion
  2. Workplace behaviour
  3. Flexibility and work-life balance

PUBLICATIONS

Selected publications

  • Adisa T.A. and Sani, K.F. (2024). Work-life balance: Does Leadership Matter? (Employee Relations - Accepted).
  • Adisa, T. A., Nickson, D., Ogbonnaya, C. and Mordi, C. (2023). Aesthetic labour outcome and experience of an individual with tribal marks in Nigeria. International Journal of Human Resource Management. DOI:10.1080/09585192.2023.2243209
  • Adisa, T. A., Mordi, C. and Oruh, E [Eds] (2023). Employee Voice in the Global South: Insights from Asia, Africa, and South America (Palgrave Macmillan).
  • Adisa, T. A., Mordi, C. and Oruh, E [Eds] (2023). Employee Voice in the Global North: Insights from Europe, North America, and Australia (Palgrave Macmillan).
  • Mordi, C., Ajonbadi, H.A., Adekoya, O.D. and Adisa, T.A. [Eds] (2023). Managing Human Resource in Africa: A Critical Approach (In Press at Palgrave Macmillan).
  • Adisa, T.A., Mordi, C., Oruh, E.S. and Mordi, T. (2023). Keep Quiet: Unheard Voices of Domestic Workers in Nigeria. In T. A. Adisa, C. Mordi & E.S. Oruh (Eds) Employee Voice in the Global South: Insights from Asia, Africa, and South America (pp. 11-41) Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Oyelere, M., Olowookere, K., Oyelere, T., Opute, J. and Adisa, T.A. (2023). The Conceptualisation of Employee Voice in Permacrisis: A UK Perspective. In T. A. Adisa, C. Mordi & E.S. Oruh (Eds) Employee Voice in the Global North: Insights from Europe, North America, and Australia (pp. 9-34) Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Abdulraheem, I. and Adisa, T. A. [Eds] (2023). Academic Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: A Book of Reading. University of Abuja Press. ISBN 978-978-976-669-3
  • Adisa, T.A., Adekoya, O.D., Abdulraheem, I. and Sani, K.F. (2023). Academic Entrepreneurship: Promoting Economic and Societal Developments. In I. Abdulraheem & T. A. Adisa (Eds) Academic Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: A Book of Reading (pp. 113-140) University of Abuja Press: Nigeria.
  • Abdulraheem I., Adisa, T.A. and Sani, K.F. (2023). University Spinoffs and Technology Commercialisation. In I. Abdulraheem & T. A. Adisa (Eds) Academic Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: A Book of Reading (pp. 45-70) University of Abuja Press: Nigeria.
  • Sani, K.F., Abdulraheem, I. and Adisa, T. A. (2023). The Entrepreneurial University: Traditional and Contemporary Roles of the University. In I. Abdulraheem & T. A. Adisa (Eds) Academic Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: A Book of Reading (pp. 167-198) University of Abuja Press: Nigeria.
  • Adisa, T.A., Mordi, C. and Timming, A. (2023). Employment Discrimination against Indigenous People with Tribal Marks in Nigeria: The Painful Face of Stigma (Work, Employment and Society – Accepted – In press).
  • Mordi, T., Adisa T.A., Adekoya, O.D., Sani, K.F., Mordi, C. and Akhtar, M. (2023). A Comparative Study of the Work-Life Balance Experiences and Coping Mechanisms of Nigerian and British Single Student-Working Mothers (Career Development International).
  • Adisa T.A., Harrison, M., Sani, K.F., Mingazova, D. and Kypuram, J. (2022). The National Student Survey and the 'Customerization' of University Students: A Qualitative Study of the UK Higher Education. (Accepted in Higher Education). Link
  • Sani, K.F., Adisa, T.A., Adekoya, O.D. and Oruh, E. (2022). Digital Onboarding and Employee Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from the UK (Accepted In Management Decision).
  • Adisa, T. A., Antonacopoulou, E., Beauregard, T. A., Dickmann, M. and Adekoya, O. D. (2022). Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Employees' Boundary Management and Work-Life Balance. British Journal of Management (Accepted).
  • Adisa, T. A. and Mordi, C. (eds.) (2022). HRM in the Global South: A Critical Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Adisa, T. A. (2022). Human Resource Management in Nigeria: A Review and Conceptual Model. In T. A. Adisa and C. Mordi (Eds) Human Resource Management in the Global South: A Critical Perspective (pp. 17-52). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Adisa, T. A., Adekoya, O. D., Abdulraheem, I. and Mordi, C. (2022). The Acceptance and Practicability of Digital HRM in Nigeria. In T. A. Adisa and C. Mordi (Eds) Human Resource Management in the Global South: A Critical Perspective (pp. 347-370). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Adisa, T. A., Mordi, C. and Gbadamosi, G. (2022). Context matters in Human Resource Management. In T. A. Adisa and C. Mordi (Eds) Human Resource Management in the Global South: A Critical Perspective(3-14). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Adekoya, D. O., Adisa, T. A. and Aiyenitaju, O. (2022). Going Forward: Remote Working and the Post-COVID-19
    Era (Employee Relations - Accepted).
  • Adisa, T. A., Ogbonnaya, C. and Adekoya, C. (2021). Remote Working and Employee Engagement: A Qualitative Study of British Workers During the Pandemic (Information Technology & Technology - Accepted)
  • Gbadamosi, G. and Adisa, T. A. (2021). Work-life Interface: Definition, Theory and Measurement. In T. A. Adisa and G. Gbadamosi (Eds) Work-life Interface: Non-Western Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 3-23. 
  • Adisa, T. A. and Gbadamosi, G. (ed.) (2021). Work-Life Interface: Non-Western Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Adisa, T. A., Gbadamosi, G. and Adekoya, O. D. (2021). The Myth and the Reality of Work-Life Balance in Nigeria. in: Adisa, T. A. and Gbadamosi, G. (ed.) Work-Life Interface: Non-Western Perspectives Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 127-153.
  • Adisa, T. A. and Gbadamosi, G. (2021). Work-Life Border Control Model: A Re-think of Border Theory. in: Adisa, T. A. and Gbadamosi, G. (ed.) Work-Life Interface: Non-Western Perspectives Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 25-53.
  • Adisa, T. A., Adekoya, D. O. and Sani, K. F. (2021). Stigma Hurts: Exploring Employer and Employee Perceptions of Tattoos and Body Piercings in Nigeria (Career Development International Journal - Accepted).
  • Adisa, T. A., Adekoya, D. O. and Okoya, O. (2021). Modern-Slavery: The Work-Life Conflict of Domestic Workers in Nigeria (Gender in Management: An International Journal - Accepted).
  • Adisa, T. A., Mordi, C. and Akanji, B. (2021). Freedom and Flexibility: The Work-Family Balance of Single Female Entrepreneurs in Nigeria (Employee Relations - Accepted).
  • Beauregard, T. A. and Adisa, T. A. (2021). Enactors or reactors? Work-life border management for women in law in Nigeria (Community, Work and Family - Accepted).
  • Adisa, T. A., Aiyenitaju, O. and Adekoya, D. O. (2020).The Work-Family Balance of British Working Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Journal of Work-Applied Management - Accepted).
  • Adisa, T. A., Mordi, C., Simpson, R. and Iwowo, V. (2020). Social Dominance, hyper-Masculinity and Career Barriers in Nigeria (Gender, Work & Organization - Accepted).
  • Adisa, T. A., Oruh, E. and Akanji, B. (2020). A Critical Discuss Analysis of the Link between Professional Culture and Organisational Culture (Employee Relations, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 698-716).
  • Babatunde, A., Mordi, C., Simpson, R. Adisa, T. A., and Oruh, E. (2020). Time Biases: Exploring the Work-Life Balance of Single Nigerian Managers and Professionals (Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 57-70).
  • Adisa, T. A., Cooke, F. L. and Iwowo, V. (2019). Mind Your Attitude: The Impact of Patriarchy on Women's Workplace Behaviour (Career Development International, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 146-164).
  • Babatunde, A., Mordi, C., Ituma, A., Adisa, T.A. and Ajonbadi, H. (2019). The Influence of Organisational Culture on Leadership Style In Higher Education Institutions (Personnel Review, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 709-732).
  • Adisa, T.A., Gbadamosi, G., Mordi, T. and Mordi, C. (2019). In Search of Perfect Boundaries: Entrepreneurs' Work-Life Balance (Personnel Review, Vol. 48, No. 6. Pp. 1634-1651).
  • Adisa, T. A., Baderin, M., Gbadamosi, G. and Mordi, C. (2019). Understanding the Trajectory of the Academic Progress of International Student In the UK  (Education + Training, Vol. 61, No. 9, pp. 1100-1122).
  • Adisa, T. A., Abdulraheem, I. and Isiaka, S. B. (2019). Patriarchal Hegemony: Investigating the Impact of Patriarchy on Women's Work-Life Balance (Gender in Management: An International Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 19-33).
  • Adeleye, I., Fawehinmi, A., Adisa, T. A., Utam, K. and Ikechukwu-Ifude, V. (2019). Managing Diversity in Nigeria: Competing Logics of Workplace Diversity, in Andri Georgiadou, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Miguel R. Olivas-Lujan (ed.) Diversity within Diversity Management (Advanced Series in Management, Volume 21) Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 21 – 40.
  • Adisa, T. A. and Gbadamosi, G. (2018). Corruption and Regional Crises: The Eclipse of the Quality of Working Life in Nigeria (Employee Relations, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 571-591).
  • Adisa, T. A., Gbadamosi, G. and Osabutey, E. L. C. (2017). What happened to the border? The Role of Mobile Information Technology Devices on Employees' Work-life Balance (Personnel Review, Vol. 46, No. 8, pp. 1651-1671).
  • Adisa, T. A., Osabutey E., Gbadamosi, G. and Mordi, C. (2017). Challenges of Employee Resourcing: Perceptions of Managers in Nigeria (Career Development International, Vol. 22, No. 6, 703-723).
  • Adisa, T. A., Osabutey, E.L.C. and Gbadamosi, G. (2017). The Implications of Work-Family Balance Among Dual-Earner Couples: The Case of Medical Practitioners in Nigeria  (Career Development International, Vol. 22, No. 4, 351-371).
  • Adisa, T.A., Mordi, C. and Osabutey, E.L.C. (2017). Exploring the implications of the influence of organisational culture on work-life balance practices: Evidence from Nigerian medical doctors (Personnel Review, Vol. 46, Issue 3, pp.454-473).
  • Adisa, T. A., Osabutey, E. and Gbadamosi, G. (2016). Understanding the causes and consequences of work-family conflict: An exploratory study of Nigerian employees (Employee Relations, Vol. 38, Issue 5, pp. 770-788).
  • Adisa, T. A., Gbadamosi, G. and Osabutey, E. (2016). Managing Work-family Balance: An Analysis of Coping Strategies Adopted by Nigerian and British Working Mothers (Gender in Management: An International Journal, Vol. 31, Issue 7, pp. 414-433. This paper won: Highly Commended For Best Paper Award 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards For Excellence.

Conference papers

  • Oruh, E.S., Egwuonwu, A., Mendy, J., Egwuonwu, A., Adisa, T. A. and Ashaye, O.R. (2023). The implication of motivational and metacognitive dimensions of cultural intelligence on psychic distance inter-organisational relationship: The relational resource perspective. (A paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference [1 – 6 September 2023] in University of Sussex, UK).
  • Adisa, T. A., Adekoya, O.D., Mordi, T. and Oruh, E.S. (2023). The Work-life Balance of Working Mothers in Nigeria: The Moderating Role of Culture (A paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference [1 – 6 September 2023] in University of Sussex, UK).
  • Adisa, T. A., Gbadamosi, G. and Adekoya, O.D. (2023). Managing from Home: The Future of Work, Workers, and Organisations. (A paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference [1 – 6 September 2023] in University of Sussex, UK).
  • Adeoti, O., Adisa, T. A., Mordi, C. and Adekoya, O.D. (2023). The Link between Work-life Balance and Employee Engagement: A Case of the Nigerian Armed Forces (A paper presented at the Academy of Africa Business and Development Conference [16-20 May 2023] at the Royal Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London, UK).
  • Oruh, E., Mordi, C. and Adisa, T. A. (2022). Entrenching and Legitimising the Omnipresence of Unheard (Employee) Voice: A Culturalization Strategy (A paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference [31 August – 2 September 2022] in Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester).
  • Adisa, T. A., Mordi, T. and Sani, F.K. (2022). Single Student-Mothers' Work-life Balance and the Challenges of Multiple Roles (A paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference [31 August – 2 September 2022] @ Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester).
  • Adekoya, O.D. and Adisa, T.A. (2021). Responsible Management in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Work-life Balance through Social Sustainability and Green HRM (A paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference [31 August – 3 September 2021] Online).
  • Adisa, T. A. (2019). Employee Appearance and Productivity: The Beatification of Workplace Dress Codes (A paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference [September 3-5 2019] in Birmingham, UK).
  • Adisa, T. A. (2019). Tattoos and Body Piercing: Towards a Differentiated Understanding (A paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference [September 3-5 2019] in Birmingham, UK).
  • Adisa, T. A. and Osabutey, E. L. C. (2017 May). The influence of Professional Culture on Organisational Culture: Evidence from Nigerian Medical Doctors. (A paper presented at the International Academy of Africa Business and Development Conference Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Scheduled for 17-20 May 2017).
  • Adisa, T. A., Abdulraheem, I. and Osabutey, E. L. C. (2016 September). Long Working Hours and the Challenges of Work-life Balance: The Case of Nigerian Medical Doctors. (A paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, Newcastle).
  • Adisa, T. A. and Osabutey, E. L. C. (2016 June). The Role of Flexible Work Arrangements on Employees' Border Movements. (A paper presented at the International Human Resource Conference, Canada).

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