Dr Ashokkumar Manoharan

Dr Ashokkumar (Ashok) Manoharan, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management, is the ERA Discipline Leader (FoR 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism, and Services). Before joining Flinders University, he taught management courses at the University of South Australia and the higher education sector in India. He also has extensive industry experience in training call centre employees in Australia and providing consultancy for hospitality firms.

Dr Manoharan is the recipient of the college's 2020 Research Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Early Career Researcher. His research interest includes workforce diversity, migrant workers, diversity management practices, and organisational culture in the hospitality industry context. He has collaborated internationally with researchers from the US, France, Ireland, China, Korea, Dubai, Ghana, and Australia. His research work has been published in the leading hospitality and management journals such as the International Journal of Hospitality Management and Journal of Industrial Relations and presented in the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, British Academy of Management, International Council of Hospitality and Restaurant Educators Conference (USA), APacCHRIE & EuroCHRIE Joint Conference (Hong Kong), and Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. In recognition of his research, he has successfully collaborated and obtained external and university-level research grants. His research has been supported by Australian Hotels Associations.

Dr. Manoharan was born and raised in Madurai, India. After completing his bachelor's degree, he was trained to be a chef; however, he completed his MBA and then M.Sc in Psychology. He earned his doctorate from the School of Management, University of South Australia.