Ph.D. in Business Administration (Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management)
The George Washington University

MBA in Business Leadership
Johnson & Wales University

Bachelor of Arts
Delhi University, India

Biography

Dr. Ravi S. Ramani is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management in the Business Administration department of the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management at Morgan State University. His research interests include career development, progression, and outcomes; management education and scholarly impact; and organizational research methods. Dr. Ramani’s work has been published in the field’s leading journals, including Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Organizational Research Methods, and elsewhere. He teaches courses at the doctoral, master’s, and undergraduate levels in organizational behavior, human resource management, leadership, organizational human capital, training and development, organizational development and change, evidence-based management, and compensation and benefits. 

Dr. Ramani received his Ph.D. in Business Administration (concentration in organizational behavior and human resource management) from The George Washington University, Washington, D. C. He also holds an MBA in Business Leadership from Johnson & Wales University, Providence, R. I., and a Bachelor of Arts in from Delhi University, India. Dr. Ramani is a member of the academic honor societies of Beta Gamma Sigma and Sigma Nu Tau. He is a member of the Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Society for Human Resource Management.

Dr. Ramani previously served as the Director of Learning and Talent Development for Hilton Hotels in New York City. He has broad expertise and consults on issues related to various facets of human resource management including training and development, labor relations, recruitment, compensation and benefits, performance management, executive coaching, and organizational development.

Research Interests:

Career Development, Progression, and Outcomes; Management Education and Scholarly Impact; Organizational Research Methods

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Recent Publications:

Christophe, Y., Javadian, G., Mathis, C. J., & Ramani, R. S. (in-press). When work doesn’t work: An alternative framework to examine cognitive factors in employment-entrepreneurship transitions. Group & Organization Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011241229765

Singh, S., Kang, J. H., & Ramani, R. S. (2023). Authentic passion matters: The role of emotional labor between presenter’s passion and investment decision. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 29(9/10), 2091-2109. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-03-2022-0275

Ramani, R. S. & Aguinis, H. (2023). Using field and quasi experiments and text-based analysis to advance international business theory. Journal of World Business, 58(5), 101463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101463

Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., & Alabduljader, N. (2023). Best-practice recommendations for producers, evaluators, and users of methodological literature reviews. Organizational Research Methods, 26(1), 46-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428120943281

Ramani, R. S., Aguinis, H., & Coyle-Shapiro, J. (2022). Defining, measuring, and rewarding scholarly impact: Mind the level of analysis. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 21(3), 470-486. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2021.0177

Aguinis, H., Villamor, I., & Ramani, R. S. (2021). MTurk research: Review and recommendations. Journal of Management, 47(4), 823-837. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0149206320969787

Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., & Cascio, W. F. (2020). Methodological practices in international business research: An after-action review of challenges and solutions. Journal of International Business Studies, 51(9), 1593-1608. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-020-00353-7

Aguinis, H., Cummings, C., Ramani, R. S., & Cummings, T. G. (2020). “An A is an A”: The new bottom line for valuing academic research. Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(1), 135-154. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2017.0193

Aguinis, H., Cummings, C., Ramani, R. S., & Cummings, T. G. (2020). “An A is an A”: Design thinking and our desired future. Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(1), 170-172. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2019.0110

Solomon, G. T., Alabduljader, N., & Ramani, R. S. (2019). Knowledge management and social entrepreneurship education: Lessons learned from a two-country study. Journal of Knowledge Management, 23(10), 1984-2006. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-12-2018-0738

Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., Alabduljader, N., Bailey, J. R., & Lee, J. (2019). A pluralist conceptualization of scholarly impact in management education: Students as stakeholders. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 18(1), 11-42. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2017.0488

Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., & Villamor, I. (2019). The first 20 years of Organizational Research Methods: Trajectory, impact, and predictions for the future. Organizational Research Methods, 22(2), 463-489. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428118786564