Dr. Gurparkash Singh

Associate Professor

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in Knowledge Management & Educational Theories. Thesis Title: Investigating the role of Reflective Thinking in the Collaborative Knowledge Building process (Central Queensland University, Australia.) Master’s (By Research) in Information Systems (Central Queensland University, Australia.)

Bachelor’s in Arts (B.A. History Honors) (St. Stephens college, Delhi University.)

Papers Published

Conferences:

• Singh, N., & Singh, G., 2023, An Antecedent-Outcome model for Career Resilience, European Association for Institutional Research (EAIR) Forum, Austria.
• Thakur, A., & Singh., G, 2023, Facets of Organizational Agility, European Association for Institutional Research (EAIR) Forum, Austria.
• Gill, S., & Singh, G., 2019, Developing Inclusive Learning Environments at Management Education Institutions, AOM 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 10197, August 9-13, 2019, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Sharma, A., & Singh, G., 2018, A Process-oriented framework for corporate social responsibility implementation, 8TH PRME, Asia Forum, Sustainable Futures, S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, 12-14 December, Mumbai, India.
• Singh, G., Nair, PKN, Bhutiani, D., & Syal, K. 2018, A developmental and constructivist approach for designing a course on sustainability: A case study, 8TH PRME, Asia Forum, Sustainable Futures, S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, 12-14 December, Mumbai, India.

Journals:

• Gill, S, Dhir, A, Singh, G, Vrontis, D, (2022), Transformative Quality in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): Conceptualisation, scale development and validation, Journal of Business Research, (Rank A Journal IF=7.55, SSCI, ABS 3, Cite Score=9.2), Vol. 138, pp 275-286, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.029.
• Sharma, A. & Singh, G., (2021), Conceptualizing corporate social responsibility practice: an integration of obligation and opportunity, Social Responsibility Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-08-2020-0325 (Rank B, ESSCI).
• Sayal, K & Singh G, (2020), Investigating the Role of Theory of Planned Behavior and Machiavellianism in Earnings Management Intentions, Accounting Research Journal, (Rank B, 1.3 Impact Factor, Scopus & ESSCI indexed, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ARJ-08-2019-0153.
• Sayal, K & Singh G, (2020), What Role Does Human Behaviour Play in Corporate Frauds?, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Issue No. 26-27, June 2020, (Rank B Journal).
• Gill, S & Singh G, (2020), Ideologies and Their Impact on Higher Education, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Issue No. 15, April 2020, (Rank B Journal).
• Gill, S & Singh G, (2019), Developing Inclusive and Quality Learning Environments in Higher Education Institutions, International Journal of Educational Management (Rank B Journal, ESSCI cite score 1.52), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-03-2019-0106 .
• Gill, S & Singh G, (2019), Public Values and NEP (National Education Policy, India), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 54, Issue No. 34, pp 4-5, 24 August 2019, (Rank B Journal).
• Kanwal, S., Singh, G., & Samalia, H. V. (2019), Marketing Intelligence: A new way for Information Management, Advances in Computer Science and Information Technology (ACSIT), Volume 6, Issue, 2, pp 106-110. (Scopus Indexed).
• Roumieh A, Garg L, Gupta,V., & Singh, G. (2018), E-Marketing Strategies for Islamic Banking-A case based study, Journal of Global Information Management, 26 (4), 67-91, (Rank A journal, SSCI, 1.098 impact factor), DOI: 10.4018/JGIM.2018100105.
• Kanwal, S., Singh, G., & Samalia, H. V. (2017), The Role of Organizational Culture and Process-Structure in Marketing Intelligence: Perspective of IT Professionals. Journal of Cases on Information Technology, 19(1), 24-41. (Rank C journal, ESCI), DOI: 10.4018/JCIT.2017010106.
• Kanwal, S., Samalia, H. V., & Singh, G. (2017), The Role of Marketing Intelligence in Brand Positioning: Perspective of Marketing Professionals. Journal of Cases on Information Technology, 19(1), 60-78. (Rank C journal, ESCI), https://doi.org/10.4018/JCIT.2017010103.
• Singh, G., Hawkins, L., & Whymark, G. (2009), Collaborative knowledge building process: an activity theory analysis, VINE: Journal of information and knowledge management systems, Vol. 39, No. 3, Emerald group publishing limited. (Rank B journal, ESCI). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/03055720911003987.

Testimonial

Education, and especially Higher Education has witnessed tremendous transformations in past decade or so in terms of demand, image, & place in society. It has transformed from its early roots with focus on traditional domains to become a multi-faceted and multidisciplinary scholarly journey.

My journey as a life-long learning aspirant did not have a traditional beginning. During the completion of my graduation in History Honors from St. Stephen’s college I became interested in Information Communication Technology. After Graduation, I pursued a Master’s in IT and enrolled at Manipal Academy. It was purely serendipity that during my 1st year, I got selected for a Master’s in Information Systems program at Central Queensland University, Australia.

During my Master’s, I was exposed to a totally different pedagogical approach – it was more student-centered, project-based and involved innovative usage of ICT for learning. Through campus placement, got selected for a big telecommunication provider in Australia. Working as Project Analyst, I became heavily obsessed by how small groups collaboratively work using Groupware Technology. It was during a training and development workshop, that I met my future PhD Supervisor(s) and life-long mentors, Prof. Gerg Whymark & Prof. John Dekkers from CQUni at Rockhampton.

It was my time at Rockhampton that really started my teaching journey. I worked as an Assistant for my Supervisors in courses on Knowledge Management and Qualitative Research Methods. Teaching gave me a strong sense of fulfillment while interacting with wide ranging demographic cohort of students. I received numerous teaching and research awards during my stay at CQUni. Reflecting back, I think it was my Supervisors who consistently challenged me, asked tough questions and encouraged me. They have shaped my teaching philosophy – a facilitator sharing lived experiences for making theory-practice nexus come alive. The keywords can be summed as; social responsibility, morals, equitable behavior and taking informed-risks for motivating students. I always encourage my students to be responsible citizens of Earth, realize the ubiquitous nature of education; and develop a good purpose in life – a purpose focused on how they can really bring about positive change in society by being ethical, responsible and kind to their fellow beings and our Earth. Here at School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, I study and share my know-how in Ethics, Sustainability, Higher Education and Information Systems.

My message to my students is to be kind, scholarly and informed citizens of the world.

Awards and Recognition

• Expert Resource Personal – Capacity Building Worshops, Hyundai Motors, Empathetic Communication, Ethical Organization, Performance Management, Knowledge creation, 2023 - Till date.
• Awarded Thapar University’s, Grade A award in Research Excellence & Publications, 2018.
• Project Coordinator for student-driven projects addressing Sustainable Development Goals, 2017 to 2018. Refer for full details: http://lmtsm.thapar.edu/index.php/sustainability-in-practice
• ERASMUS+, Visiting Scholar, Danube University Krems, Austria, Workshops & Special sessions on Teaching & Learning Processes, 2017-18.
• Academic Director, MaRIHE Program, ERASMUS + Master’s Program in Higher education, marihe.eu. 2017 – Till date.
• Awarded Central Queensland University Postgraduate Research Award (UPRA) scholarship holder. Granted for excellent research potential, 2007-2010.
• Awarded Best paper at InSITE 2007 conference published as Singh et al 2007a – top 5% of submitted papers - Best paper award at an International conference.
• Post-Graduate Encouragement Award in Research, 2006, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton.
• Awarded Campus Directors Award, Central Queensland University, Faculty of Arts, Business & Informatics for Excellence in Academics, Leadership qualities and Co-Curricular Activities, Melbourne International Campus, 2004.