Jennifer Okolai

Lecturer in HRM

School of Marketing and Management
Coventry Business School
Faculty of Business and Law

Email: jennifer.okolai@coventry.ac.uk
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Delivering and teaching of human resource management from a global perspective
Development and delivery of teaching and assessment of both undergraduate and postgraduate levels
Module leadership and management
Undertake internal and external research for publication & to promote University’s profile
Administrative and research role prior to delivery of lectures
Liaising and relating with other members of staff
One-to-one mentoring sessions with students
Dissemination of research output
Supervision of research students
Responsible for advising, guiding and supporting students
Mark, assess and moderate students course works and exam scripts
Attend exam board and necessary board meetings

Coventry University (2012-2016) - PhD Strategy and Applied Management (Organisational Change & Gender Management)
Coventry University (2009- 2010) - MA Human Resource Management
Rivers State University of Science and Technology (2002- 2006) - B.sc (Hons) Business Management

Gender leadership differences in organisational change management
International recruitment and selection criteria
The impact of organisational change implementation on employee performance
The impact of employee change resistance on overall organisational performance
Work-life balance, research and classroom management
Expatriate Training and Development
Intercultural teams
The influence of national culture on organisational practices
Organisational change management and its influence on Psychological contract breach

Okolai, J., and Auluck, R. (2016) ‘Managing Organisational Change from a Gendered Approach: Findings from the Public Sector’. Proceedings of the 2016 Joint Congress of IIAS-IASIA ‘. Held 19-23^rd September 2014 in Chengdu, China, 1-42
Okolai, J. (2016) ‘The Gendered Nature of Organisational Change Management’. Proceedings of the 2016 FBL Internal Research Conference. Held 30^th June 2016 in Coventry, UK, 1-8
Okolai, J., and Stevens, K. (2016) ‘The Gendered Nature of Organisational Change in Management Theory and Practice: Differences in the Way Men and Women Manage Organisational Change in Nigeria’. Gender in Management International Journal 4 (9), 20 – 46.
Okolai, J., and Stewart, J. (2014) ‘Gendered Approach to Organisational Change Management: Differences in the Way Men and Women Manage Organisational Change in Nigeria: Preliminary Findings from the Healthcare Sector’. Proceedings of the 17th Irish Academy of Management Conference, ‘IAM 2014’. Held 3-5^th September 2014 in Limerick, Ireland, 1-20
Okolai, J., and Stewart, J. (2013) ‘A Gendered Approach to Organisational Change Management: Differences In The Way Men And Women Manage Organisational Change In Nigeria’. Proceedings of the UFHRD 2013 Conference, ‘HRD In Turbulent Seas’. Held 5- 7 June 2013 in Brighton, UK, 1-8