PAUL EMEKA NWANNA
Sheffield,South Yorkshire
Summary
A Research Associate with a strong drive and adept in organisational psychology and service industries. Bringing expertise gained over three years in developing effective strategies for wellbeing interventions. Proficient at handling both quantitative and qualitative data with strong data analytic skills. Successful at conducting significant independent research. Collaborates well with multiple stakeholders on team projects and demonstrates excellent organisation skills.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
PhD student
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
09.2018 - Current
- Undertook comprehensive review of over 1000 academic literature on HRM, organisational psychology and related discipline.
- Attended and demonstrated effective communication during research presentations at over ten academic conferences and workshops.
- Maintained seamless communication with supervisory team to discuss research process and ensure appropriateness of methodology.
- Demonstrated high ethical standards throughout data collection, handled complex data, and conducted analyses with statistical software like SPSS and Mplus.
- Participated in over 5 training sessions and workshops focusing on quantitative and qualitative research methods, enhancing practical skills needed for research projects.
- Showed flexibility by effectively managing both part-time job responsibilities and academic involvement.
- Successfully passed Viva with minor corrections.
Research Associate
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
07.2024 - 08.2024
- Undertook and successfully completed comprehensive literature review of more than 65 research papers within short time frame.
- Created Excel sheet to document main findings in research papers for easier accessibility by principal investigator.
- Provided synthesised review summarising findings on quadratic equations and three-way moderation analyses to aid in understanding latest trends in conducting such analyses.
- Maintained seamless communication with lead researcher about review process to ensure its accuracy and understandability.
Graduate teaching assistant
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
10.2019 - 01.2024
- Undertook and successfully led workshops on quantitative and qualitative research methodology for over 50 graduate students
- Successfully marked over 150 of both undergraduate and graduate students' assignments and gave prompt feedback.
- Established friendly relationship with students through effective communication to create interactive classroom environment.
- Collaborate with with 7 module leaders to coordinate tutorial and workshop sessions on HRM, organisational psychology and provided timely feedback on student performance.
Human Resource Manager
KD resources group
Port Harcourt
07.2015 - 09.2018
- Managed over 150 staff performances and developed successful welfare policies and implementation strategies that improved 50% of employees' mental well-being.
- Maintained 85% employee retention rate by conducting exit interviews to gain new insight and implemented team-building exercises to foster culture of inclusivity and enhance team development.
- Successfully negotiated with multiple stakeholders to secure new 23% increase in tax concessions for company.
- Successfully implemented employee development schemes that contributed to 75% of employee satisfaction.
- Collaborated with top management and provided guidance to improve transparency of HR policies and initiatives.
- Recruited, selected and trained new staff that enhanced productivity, and also successfully coordinated training programmes for skills enhancement.
- Wrote annual HR reports and suggested improvement options.
Education
Ph.D. - Management
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, SHF 10.2018 - Current
Master of Arts - Sociology
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, BIR 09.2008 - 12.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
Pontifical Urban University
Rome 09.2002 - 09.2006
Skills
- Academic writing
- Conference presentation
- Ethical research conduct
- Quantitative research
- Qualitative research
- Literature reviews
- Time management
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- Nwanna, P. (2023 ). Perceptions of and Reactions to the HR Implementation Process in Nigeria. IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.11032.
SELECTED CONFERENCES
- Nwanna P.E. (2019) . The influence of HR attribution on the line manager leadership and employee behavioural and attitudinal response. 3rd Sheffield University Management School Annual Doctoral Research Conference. Sheffield: United Kingdom. 18 September 2019.
- Nwanna P.E (2022). The impact of line manager's HR attribution on the HR implementation process. Sheffield Management School, Centre of Decent Work Peer Review Workshop: United Kingdom. 9 September 2022.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- My primary research interest is understanding the multilevel factors that influence the employee work experiences, job satisfaction and emotional wellbeing.
- I am also interested in the factors influencing employee's cognition of implemented organisational interventions and their attitudinal and behavioural response in the service sector
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 2019 – 2023 MGT 219 Organisational Behaviour workshops.
- 2019 – 2020 MGT650 Managing People in organisations workshops.
- 2019 – 2021 MGT255 Leadership and Teamwork workshops.
- 2019 – 2024 MGT120 Introduction of Behaviour at Work workshops.
- 2019 – 2023 PSY308 Occupational Psychology workshops.
- 2022 – 2023 MGT682 Research Methods workshops.
- 2019 – 2024 MGT 219 Organisational Behaviour (Marking and assessment).
- 2019 – 2024 MGT 650 Managing People in organisations (Marking and assessment).
Timeline
Research Associate
University of Sheffield
07.2024 - 08.2024
Graduate teaching assistant
University of Sheffield
10.2019 - 01.2024
Ph.D. - Management
University of Sheffield
10.2018 - Current
PhD student
University of Sheffield
09.2018 - Current
Human Resource Manager
KD resources group
07.2015 - 09.2018
Master of Arts - Sociology
University of Birmingham
09.2008 - 12.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
Pontifical Urban University
09.2002 - 09.2006
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