Dr. Vurain Tabvuma is a Full Professor in Management and is the Sobey Research Chair in Management in the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University. 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. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at Ryerson University in Toronto. He has also served as Director of Research at Public Inc., Head of Quantitative Analysis at Idea Couture, and Quant Lead at Human Futures Studio. 

 

Dr. Tabvuma’s research focuses on intrinsic motivation, public service motivation, pro-social motivation, job satisfaction, organizational change, adaptation and student success. His research has been published in refereed international journals such as Human Resource Management, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration: Research and Theory, Economics Letters, Population Research and Policy Review, Labor History and Kyklos.