Academic Qualifications: 
 
PhD, (Organizational Change), 2005, University of Toronto
MBA, Wilfrid Laurier University
MA, Workplace Learning & Change, University of Toronto
Master of Industrial Relations & Human Resource Management, University of Lagos, Nigeria
BSc (Sociology), University of Lagos, Nigeria
 
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor, State University of New York, ESC
Assistant Professor, Nipissing University
Adjunct Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
 
Industry Experience
HR Manager and Consultant, Various Organizations (Toronto Rehab, Canadian Red Cross, Manpower Services etc.)
 
Selected Publications
Akingbola, K., Rogers, S., & Intindola, M. (2023). Employee Engagement in Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Practice. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
 
Akingbola, K., Rogers, S., & Baluch, A. (2019). Change Management in Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Practice. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
 
van den Berg, H. & Akingbola, K. (2019) How Does sound hospital financial management impact patient satisfaction? Journal of Health and Human Services Administration. 42 (3) 305-346. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27031069
 
Akingbola, K. & van den Berg, Herman (2015). Does CEO Compensation Impact Patient Satisfaction? Journal of Health Organization and Management, 29 (1) 111 - 127
 
Akingbola, K., (2013). A Model of Strategic Nonprofit Human Resource Management. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 24 (1) 214–240. DOI: 10.1007/s11266-012-9286-9
 
Teaching Expertise
Strategic Human Resources Management
Organizational Behaviour
Nonprofit and Public Sector Organizations
Strategic Management
Organizational Design & Change
Industrial Relations
Health Care Management
Managing Technology Innovation
Social Entrepreneurship
 
 
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Kunle Akingbola is a Professor of Human Resource Management & Organizational Behaviour in the Faculty of Business Administration at Lakehead University. He is a Certified Human Resources Leader(CHRL). Professor Akingbola’s intellectual interests focus on the complex interactions in the environment that influence strategic change and human resource management in nonprofit and healthcare organizations. His research also explores the organizational dynamics of social purpose enterprises. He has published books, book chapters and articles in leading international journals such as Nonprofit Management & Leadership, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. Prior to his academic career, Professor Akingbola served in management roles and as a consultant in the nonprofit and healthcare sectors. In addition to his research and teaching, Professor Akingbola is actively involved in professional and community activities.  He was previously an Associate Editor of the journal Nonprofit Management & Leadership. Professor Akingbola is also on the board of directors of Association for Nonprofit & Social Economy Research (ANSER) and two community organizations.  He established and facilitated the HR Nonprofit Network.

DEGREES

 Ph.D. University of Toronto

MBA   Wilfrid Laurier University

MA  University of Toronto

MIRPM  University of Lagos

 

BOOKS

Akingbola, K., Edmund Rogers, K., Intindola, M. (2023). Employee Engagement in Nonprofit Organizations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08469-0

Akingbola, K., Edmund Rogers, K., Baluch, A. (2019). Change Management in Nonprofit Organizations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14774-7

Akingbola, K., (2015). Managing Human Resources for Nonprofits. New York: Rouledge

https://www.routledge.com/Managing-Human-Resources-for-Nonprofits/Akingb...

 

 

Teaching Work:

Lakehead & Other Universities (For descriptions see the Business Programs Information section in the Lakehead University Course Calendar.

Graduate Courses

  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Perspectives on Organizational Change
  • Conflict Management in Organizations
  • Historical & Theoretical Perspectives on Organization Development
  • Managing Health Care Systems
  • Health Care Management & Policy

 Undergraduate Courses

  • Human Resource Management
  • Human Resources Planning
  • Advanced Organizational Behaviour
  • Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
  • Introduction to Business
  • Nonprofit and public sector organizations
  • Strategic Management/ Business Policy
  • Organizational Design & Change
  • Training & Development
  • Occupational Health & Safety
  • Industrial Relations
  • Leading Change in Organizations
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Organizational Development and Change
  • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Organizations

CURRENT RESEARCH 

  • HRM in Social Purpose Enterprises
  • Employee Engagement
  • Values and HR Practices
  • Remote Work in Nonprofit Organizations
  • Compensation in Healthcare Organizations