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James Chowhan

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School of Human Resource Management

Associate Professor

Office: Atkinson Building, 150 R
Phone: (416) 736-2100 Ext: 22818
Email: chowhan@yorku.ca
Primary website: http://www.jameschowhan.ca


James Chowhan researches and teaches in the areas of strategic human resource management. He holds a PhD in the field of Management of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, and a Master’s in Economics. Generally, speaking, he is interested in understanding how workplace practices and employment arrangements contribute to employee outcomes both at an individual and organizational level. His research has an over-arching theme focusing on human capital. In particular, his research has focused on human capital broadly as a composition of ideas, information, knowledge, skills, and health, and how investments in human capital (such as education, training, healthcare, migration, and information search) are related to employee outcomes (e.g. employment status, earnings, promotion, and satisfaction). This has resulted in three sub-themes dominating his research projects: (1) Strategic Human Resource Management with a focus on training in the context of technology and innovation, (2) immigrant status and employee outcomes, and (3) workers’ health outcomes.

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Degrees

PhD, Management of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
MA, Economics, McMaster University
BA, Economics, University of Guelph

Research Interests

Strategic Human Resources Management, Research and Quantitative Methods