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Arup
Varma
Current Position:
Professor of HRIR, Quinlan School of Business
Dr. Arup Varma
is a faculty at the Quinlan
School of Business, Loyola University
Chicago. He joined Loyola University
Chicago as assistant professor in 1996
and was promoted to associate professor
in 1999. He assumed the position of
professor in 2006. Dr. Varma has been
the director of the Institute of HRIR and
chairperson of the HRM Department at the
Quinlan School of Business from 2002-07.
He has won numerous awards and
accolades for his teaching and research
work. He received the Graduate School
of Business Faculty of the Year (Teaching)
Award in 2003 and 2012; Researcher of
the Year Award in 2004, 2011, and 2017;
Institute of HRER Outstanding Professional
Achievements and Service Award in 2008;
and Institute of HRER Faculty of the Year
Award and the Quinlan School of Business
Faculty Service Award in 2015.
Dr. Varma has been a visiting professor
at Aston University, Birmingham (UK),
Peking University (China), Xiamen
University (China), University of Göttingen
(Germany), Great Lakes Institute of
Distinguished Alumnus Award:
Academician
PMIR 1984
Management (Chennai, India). He has
presented research seminars and lectured
in numerous countries around the world,
including Cuba, Guatemala, India, Mexico,
Panama, Peru, Poland, Singapore, Taiwan,
the UK, and the US.
Dr. Varma’s research interests include
performance appraisal and expatriate
issues. He has published over 100 articles
and book chapters in leading peer-
reviewed journals such as Academy of
Management Journal, Journal of Applied
Psychology, and International Journal
of Human Resource Management. He is
the co-editor of three published and two
forthcoming books. He is also the co-
founder and former president of the Indian
Academy of Management, an affiliate of
the Academy of Management.
Prior to entering academics, Dr. Varma
worked for six years in HR roles for
some of India’s leading corporations. He
pursued his Ph.D in Human Resources
and Industrial Relations from Rutgers
University, New Jersey, in 1990.
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