{"id":2280,"date":"2024-06-18T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/fss\/?page_id=2280"},"modified":"2024-06-20T09:26:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:26:28","slug":"dr-paul-balwant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/fss\/staff-profiles\/dr-paul-balwant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Paul Balwant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Dr. Paul Balwant&#8221; position=&#8221;Deputy Dean &#8211; Programming and Planning | Senior Lecturer &#8211; Department of Management Studies&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Paul-Balwant.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"field location eleven columns\">The Faculty of Social Sciences &#8211; <span>Department of Management Studies<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"field location eleven columns\">The University of the West Indies<br \/>St. Augustine<br \/>Trinidad and Tobago<\/p>\n<p class=\"field telephone eleven columns\">Telephone: <a href=\"tel:+1868-662-2002\" title=\"Phone\">868-662-2002<\/a> (Ext. 82104)<br \/>Email:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:Paul.Balwant@sta.uwi.edu\" title=\"Email\">Paul.Balwant@sta.uwi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"field telephone eleven columns\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Paul-Balwant\" title=\"ResearchGate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/icons8-researchgate-a-social-networking-site-for-scientists-and-researchers-to-share-papers-48-2.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2288 alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=TjIQcoEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\" title=\"Google Scholar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/icons8-google-scholar-48-1.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2287 alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/paulbalwant\/\" title=\"LinkedIn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/icons8-linkedin-48-1.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2286 alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0012-1545\" title=\"ORCID\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/icons8-orcid-48-2.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2285 alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paul Balwant is a Lecturer at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and UWI-Roytec. He presently lectures undergraduate and postgraduate courses on organizational behaviour and human resource management topics. He is also a member of the Industrial Relations Advisory Committee (IRAC) in Trinidad. Paul holds a PhD in Management from The University of Sheffield, and has been the recipient of prestigious scholarships for his undergraduate and doctoral studies. In the 2014 Academy of Management Meeting, Paul was awarded the MED Best Paper in Management Education Award sponsored by the Organisational Behavior Teaching Society and the Journal of Management Education for the paper that offers the most significant contribution to management education.<\/p>\n<h1>Research Interests<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Employee Engagement<\/li>\n<li>Management Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Publications<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/fss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Paul-Balwant-Selected-Publications_0.pdf\" title=\"Selected Publications\">List of selected publications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Faculty of Social Sciences &#8211; Department of Management Studies The University of the West IndiesSt. AugustineTrinidad and Tobago Telephone: 868-662-2002 (Ext. 82104)Email:\u00a0Paul.Balwant@sta.uwi.edu Paul Balwant is a Lecturer at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and UWI-Roytec. 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