About
Usman Raja serves as Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs and Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at Brock University's Goodman School of Business. His academic leadership spans research administration and scholarly contributions to management studies.
His research focuses on organizational behavior and human resource management, examining leadership dynamics, workplace bullying, employee well-being, and work-family conflict. He investigates psychological mechanisms like resource depletion and regulatory processes that influence job performance, burnout, and ethical outcomes. Cross-cultural perspectives feature prominently in his work, particularly in studies conducted across Canada, Pakistan, China, the US, and Brazil.
Recent publications (2021-2025) demonstrate consistent exploration of pandemic impacts on work-life integration, ethical climate as a buffer against toxic leadership, and career plateau mechanisms. His methodological approach favors moderated mediation models to uncover boundary conditions, with recurring themes of psychological capital, emotional regulation, and organizational identification shaping employee responses to adversity.
