Sharif
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Seyyed Babak Alavi Associate Prof. Graduate School of
Management and Economics Email: |
SUMMARY Seyyed
Babak Alavi is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of
Management and Economics (GSME), Sharif University of
Technology, Tehran, Iran. His research
interests, teaching, and consultancy relate to organizational behavior, organizational leadership, and human resource development. More specifically,
Babak is interested in topics related to human agency and
motivational regulations that
facilitate human growth
and well-being in organizational contexts. He
is currently involved in research on authenticity and self-determination
theory in organizational contexts,
feedback-seeking behaviors
and feedback reaction and
effectiveness, authentic leadership, team leadership, and the roles of efficacy
beliefs in change processes.
Babak has also conducted several research and consultancy projects on career management, performance management, coaching, and competency model development for middle and top managers. |
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 09/2005
– Present Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran ● Program manager
of the joint MBA program of GSME and Royal Roads
University (2005-2006) ● Program Manager of Ph.D. in Management, GSME (2006-2008) ● Associate
Dean for Research, GSME (2007-2009) ● Head
of Department of
Management, GSME (2012-2014) ● President, Tehran
International Management Conference (2014-2017) ● Associate
Dean for Education and Graduate Studies, GSME (2019-2021) ● Head
of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Unit, GSME (2012-present). |
EDUCATION ·
Ph.D. in Education (Team Effectiveness), University of
New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, (2002-2005). ·
MSc. In Educational
Leadership, University of Tehran,
Iran, (1997-1999). ·
BSc. In Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, (1988-1992). |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ● Workshop:
Structural Equation
Modeling (LISREL), Australian National University (One week) ● Workshop:
Multi-level modeling, Australian
National University (One week) ● Academic
visit: Western Sydney University, School of Education (One month) ● Academic
visit: Melbourne University, Center for Ethical Leadership (One month) ● Academic
visit: University of
Texas at Arlington, College of Business, Department
of Management (Ten month) |
TEACHING EXPERIENCES ·
MBA
programs: Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management (Both in Farsi and English), Advanced Human Resource
Management, Advanced Organizational Behavior,
Research Methods, Organizational Leadership, Motivation (Both in Farsi and
English) ·
Ph.D.
programs: Qualitative Research Methods, Seminar
in Organizational Behavior, Seminar in Human Resource
Development ·
Workshops
and Training programs for
top managers of several Iranian companies: Topics in Organizational behavior,
Coaching, Leadership, Change Leadership, HRM Functions,
Performance Management |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH ·
Alavi, S.B. (2023). The Making of an Authentic Leader’s Internalized Moral Perspective: The Role of Internalized Ethical Philosophies in the Development of Authentic Leaders’ Moral Identity. Journal of Business Ethics.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05442-9 ·
Kazemi, M. & Alavi, S. B. (2022). Is context important
for understanding board leadership? Exploring
chairpersons’ leadership roles in board processes of subsidiary companies. Journal of Management and Governance. ·
Alavi, S. B. & McCormick, J. (2018). Why
do I think my team is capable: A study of some
antecedents of team members’ personal collective efficacy beliefs. Educational Psychology:
An International Journal of Experimental
Educational Psychology, 38 (9), 1147-1162. ·
Alavi, S. B. & Gill, C.
(2017). Leading Change authentically:
How authentic leaders influence follower responses to complex change. Journal of
Leadership & Organizational Studies, 24 (2), 157-171. First published on-line: August-16-2016. ·
Alavi, S. B. & McCormick, J.
(2016). Implications of
proxy efficacy for studies of
team leadership in
organizational settings. European Psychologist, 21 (3), 218-228. ·
Alavi, S. B. & McCormick, J.
(2008), The roles of perceived task interdependence and group members' interdependence in the development of collective efficacy in university student group contexts. British
Journal of Educational Psychology,
78, 375-393. ·
Alavi, S. B. & McCormick, J.
(2007). Measurement of vertical
and horizontal idiocentrism and allocentrism in small
groups. Small
Group Research, 38 (2), 556-564. ·
McCormick, J., Barnett, K., Alavi, S.
B. & Newcomb, G. (2006). Board governance of independent schools: a framework for investigation. Journal of
Educational Administration, 44 (5), 429-445. ·
Alavi, S. B. & McCormick, J.
(2004). Theoretical and measurement
issues for studies of collective
orientation in team contexts. Small
Group Research, 35 (2), 111-127. |
SELECTED EXECUTIVE ROLES AND CONSULTANCY PROJECTS ·
Board member
consultant: System Group Co. (2013-2015) ·
Member of the corporate board: System Group Co. (2012-2014) ·
Member of the service center
company’s board: System
Group Co. (2012-2014) ·
CEO: Farapooyesh
Kian Co. (2000-2002) ·
Competency Model Development:
System Group Co., Tosan Group Co. ·
Performance management
system and coaching:
MAPNA MD1 Co., System Group Co. ·
Strategic Human Resource
Management: System Group Co. ·
Change plans
for implementing
different management systems:
System Group Co., Tiv Energy Co., Keyson Co., Tosan Techno Co. |
THESIS SUPERVISION Different areas of performance
management, coaching, motivation, authentic leadership, shared leadership, board leadership, strategic human resource development, career planning |
AWARDS ·
Best Teaching Award at GSME: 7 times (yearly) ·
Best Teaching Award at Sharif
University of Technology: 2 Times (2008 and 2012)
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OTHER INFORMATION My
website in Farsi: http://babak-alavi.ir Scholar
Google: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AxrPfAUAAAAJ&hl=en Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyyed-babak-alavi-20215478/ ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Seyyed_Alavi |
Address:
Graduate School of Management and Economics (GSME),
Sharif University of Technology,
Teimoori Blvd., Habibollahi
Ave., Azadi st., Tehran,
Iran,
Postcode 1459973941