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Academy of Management International Human Resource Management Scholarly Research Award

Industry Studies Association Best Dissertation Award

Member : Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2013 - Present

Member : Industry Studies Association, 2011 - Present

Member : Academy of Management, 2008 - Present

The Impact of Suppliers’ Adoption of Voluntary Labour Codes/Certifications on Job Quality in Global Supply Chains: The Sri Lankan Case of Garments without Guilt

The Operational and Signaling Benefits of Voluntary Labor Code Adoption: Reconceptualizing the Scope of Human Resource Management in Emerging Economies

Mevan Jayasinghe is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations at Michigan State University. He also serves as the Associate Director of Outreach and Director for Professional Development and Labor Education Programs. He received his PhD in Business (Management and Human Resources) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013.

Professor Jayasinghe conducts international research on the effectiveness of human resource and corporate social responsibility investments and on disparities in job quality (pay, safety, employment discrimination) across countries. His most recent work, centered in the context of global supply chains and using data from emerging economies such as Sri Lanka, examines the discretionary human resource investments made by supplier firms (e.g. voluntary labor codes & certifications) and the impact of these investments on business performance and working conditions. He has published his work in leading scholarly journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the British Journal of Industrial Relations. His research has been recognized by the International HRM Scholarly Research Award from the Academy of Management in both 2015 and 2020 and the Best Dissertation Award from the Industry Studies Association in 2013.

Professor Jayasinghe teaches the graduate-level negotiation and conflict resolution course and the undergraduate capstone course in human capital and society. In 2021, he provided leadership in developing the MSU Human Capital Talent Partnership program, which offers Human Capital and Society undergraduate students practical project experiences solving actual organizational challenges and helps create a talent pipeline for participating organizations.

Strategic Human Resource Management

Human Resources in the Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Corporate Social Responsibility and Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains

Social Compliance in Global Supply Chains

Job Quality

Human Capital

Employment Discrimination

High Performance Work Systems

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Human Resource Strategies and Systems

International/Cross-cultural Human Resource Management

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The Impact of Socially-Responsible Employment Practices on the Retention of Human Capital within Export Agriculture and Export Apparel Industries in Asia

The adoption of human resource practices in emerging economy smallholder agriculture: Understanding implications for employers and workers

Associate Professor; Associate Director of Outreach, Director of Professional Development and Labor Education Programs in the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations

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