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Biography
Kani is a lecturer in Organisational Behaviour. She is an organisational theorist working within the area of International Human Resource Management and Organisation Behaviour.
Research Interests
Her research focuses on Employee behaviour working across industries and cultures. In addition, her research strength lies within the nature of employee-organisation relationship with majority of her work focusing on workplace deviance, workplace justice, organizational citizenship behaviour, AI in HRM and the impact of context on organisational behaviour.
Teaching Activity
Postgraduate Modules
- HR Analytics (BHM386)
Undergraduate Modules
- Theory and Practice of Leadership (BH3318)
- Theory and Practice of Leadership (BH3319)
- Solving HR Issues (BH2277)
- Leadership and Management (B00LAM)
Employment
Lecturer in Organisational Behavior- Aston University (2018- present)
Sessional lecturer - University of Edinburgh (2014-2017)
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Chartered Psychologist, BPS
- Fellow of RSA
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy
- Associate member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
PhD Supervision
At present she is supervising 1 PhD student as Supervisor and 8 (PhD, DBA) Students as Associate Supervisor.
She has supervised 2 DBA and 2 PhD students to completion.
Funding Applications and Awards
Dr Kani has been awarded Creating Opportunities for Local Innovation fellowship (COLIF; 2025-2026) mandated by ESRC and funded by UKRI to conduct her research on Inclusive Innovation.
Dr Kani is part of the Digital lnnovAtion TransfOrMatlve Change (DIATOMIC) Project (2023- 2025) with CREME, Catapult UK and other collaborators funded (£474,345) by Innovate UK. https://cp.catapult.org.uk/programme/innovation-in-the-west-midlands/
Dr Kani along with Professor Andy Lymer, Dr Halima Sacranie, and Dr Lin Tian (Accounting, ABS) has been awarded £340,000 (2021-2023) for a project which will be co-designed with frontline service providers in Birmingham City Council and will explore the impact of harmful gambling on individual and family finances by the Gambling Commission.
Dr. Kani (PI) along with Dr. Elina Meliou (Co-PI) has been awared BA/ Leverhulme grant (2020-2022) of £9,961 for their project titled "Cyberdeviance in the digital tech sector: informal rules, relational reflexivity and transformational ends".
Dr. Kani along with Prof. Michael Butler has been awarded Aston University College of Business and Social Sciences funding (2020) of £5847 for their project titled “Development and Validation of Organisational Receptivity for Change”.
Education/Academic qualification
MSc in Work Psychology and Business, Aston University
Award Date: 12 Sept 2024
ExecEd: People Analytics: Transforming HR Strategy with Data Science, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 14 Apr 2022
MSc Psychology, University of Derby
Award Date: 27 Jan 2022
PhD, Workplace Destructive and Constructive Deviance Behaviour in India and the USA: Scale Development, Validation, Theoretical Model Development and Testing., University of Edinburgh
30 Jan 2014 → 19 Mar 2018
Award Date: 21 Mar 2018
MBA, Pondicherry University
16 Jun 2011 → 10 May 2013
Award Date: 10 May 2013
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Birmingham City Council Harmful Gambling and Tenancy Security – Research Report and Intervention Framework
Sacranie, H., Tian, L., Lymer, A., Dar, D. M. & Narayanan, K., 2 Jan 2024, 8 p. (CPFW Research Report)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Recruitment and selection: diversity, sustainability and artificial intelligence.
Fung, K. H., Karayiannis, A. & Narayanan, K., Jan 2024, Human Resource Management: Strategic and International Perspectives. Crawshaw, J., Budhwar, P. & Davis, A. (eds.). 4E ed. London: SAGEResearch output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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A multigroup SEM analysis of the antecedents and moderating influence of culture on workplace deviance behavior
Narayanan, K. & Moon, C., 27 Sept 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Cross Cultural and Strategic Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Meta-Motivations to Commit in the Hong Kong Financial Service Sector: From a Reversal Theory Perspective
Lau, K. M., Narayanan, K. & Robson, R., 2022, In: Journal of Motivation, Emotion, and Personality. 11, p. 27-39 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cyberdeviance in the Digital Tech Sector: Informal Rules, Relational Reflexivity and Transformational Ends
Narayanan, K. & Meliou, E., 2020, (Unpublished).Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished Conference Paper › peer-review