Vurain Tabvuma
Lecturer
management
Saint Marys University
Canada
Biography
Dr Vurain Tabvuma was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He got his undergraduate degree from Africa University. In his mid-twenties he headed to the UK where he obtained a Master's Degree (with Distinction) and a PhD from Brunel University under a fully funded scholarship. He has worked at Bournemouth University and the University of Surrey in the UK as a Lecturer and a Senior Lecturer in HRM/OB.
Research Interest
intrinsic motivation, public service motivation, pro-social motivation, job satisfaction, organizational change and adaptation .
Publications
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Georgellis Yannis, Lange Thomas, Tabvuma Vurain. "The Impact of Life Events on Job Satisfaction", Journal of Vocational Behavior 80:2 (Spring - 2012), 464-473 Georgellis Yannis, Iossa Elisabetta, Tabvuma Vurain. "Crowding Out Intrinsic Motivation in the Public Sector", Journal of Public Administration: Research and Theory 21:3 (Winter - 2011), 473-493 Georgellis Yannis, Tabvuma Vurain. "Does Public Service Motivation Adapt?", Kyklos 63:2 (Winter - 2010), 176-191 Research Faculty Profiles Vurain.Tabvuma@smu.ca Management Sobey School of Business 923 Robie Street (902)420-5082
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Zhou Ying, Zou Min, Williams Mark, Tabvuma Vurain. "Is the grass greener on the other side? A longitudinal study of the impact of employer change and occupational change on job satisfaction", Journal of Vocational Behavior 99 (Winter - 2017), 66-78
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Tabvuma Vurain, Bui Hong, Homberg Fabian. "Adaptation to Externally Driven Change: the Impact of Political Change on Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector", Public Administration Review 74:3 (Fall - 2014), 384-395
