Dr Nataliya Podgorodnichenko

2025

Journal - Research Article

Turek, D., Wojtczuk-Turek, A., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., Okay-Somerville, B., Fu, N., … Zhang, G. (2025). Does the relationship between sustainable human resource management and organizational identification vary by culture? Evidence from 35 countries based on GLOBE framework. Central European Management Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1108/CEMJ-04-2024-0121

Wojtczuk-Turek, A., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., Turek, D., Järlström, M., Jurek, P., … Okay-Somerville, B. (2025). The contingency effects of five sustainable development goals (Big Five SDGs): A cross-national study of socially responsible HRM and well-being. Sustainable Development. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/sd.3525

Edgar, F., Zhang, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2025). Exploring the impact of egalitarianism on employee proactivity: Unpacking the mediating role of relational social capital. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness, 12(1), 145-167. doi: 10.1108/JOEPP-10-2023-0480

2024

Journal - Research Article

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2024). A multi-stakeholder perspective to improve the efficacy of management consulting practice in the New Zealand public health system. Public Management Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2024.2443060

Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2024). Competitive strategy delivery in the service sector: A study of the behavioural model. Personnel Review, 53(8), 2233-2254. doi: 10.1108/PR-11-2023-0934

Wojtczuk-turek, A., Turek, D., Edgar, F., Klein, H. J., Bosak, J., Okay-Somerville, B., … Podgorodnichenko, N., … Schmitz, S. (2024). Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction: Unlocking the power of organizational identification: A cross‐cultural perspective from 54 countries. Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Management. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/csr.2815

Akmal, A., Gauld, R., & Podgorodnichenko, N. (2024). ‘The rules of the game’: How business research journals discourage knowledge translation to practice and what needs to change. Production Planning & Control, 35(10), 1180-1188. doi: 10.1080/09537287.2022.2144524

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Greatbanks, R., Foote, J., Stokes, T., & Gauld, R. (2024). Towards the development of a system-wide quality improvement maturity model: A synthesis using systematic review and expert opinion. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 15(3), 503-540. doi: 10.1108/IJLSS-06-2021-0107

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2024). Evaluating the 2022 New Zealand health reforms: Insights from event system theory. Proceedings of the 37th Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. (pp. 881-890). Retrieved from https://anzamconference.org/

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Cooper, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Edgar, F. (2024). Sustainable behaviour at work: The role of HRM, goal clarity and commitment. Proceedings of the 37th Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. 266. Retrieved from https://anzamconference.org/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Stokes, T., & Gauld, R. (2024, August). Improving efficacy of management consulting in the public sector: A multi-stakeholder perspective from New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 27th Nordic Academy of Management (NFF) Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., & Akmal, A. (2024, January). Sustainable HRM: Towards changing approaches and logics. Verbal presentation at the 5th Human Resources International Conference (HRIC): Common Good Human Resource Management, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Wojtczuk-turek, A., Turek, D., Klein, H. J., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Okay-Somerville, B. (2024, January). Is national Sustainable Development Goal achievement linked to employee perceptions of sustainable HRM? Evidence from fifty-four countries. Verbal presentation at the 5th Human Resources International Conference (HRIC): Common Good Human Resource Management, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2023

Journal - Research Article

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2023). New Zealand Pae Ora healthcare reforms 2022: Viable by design? A qualitative study using the viable system model. International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 12, 7906. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7906

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Stokes, T., & Gauld, R. (2023). Improving the effectiveness of external management consultants in healthcare: A modified Delphi study in the New Zealand health system. Proceedings of the New Zealand Primary Health Care, General Practice & Rural Health Research Symposium. (pp. 29). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/departments/primaryhealthcaregeneralpractice

Edgar, F., Zhang, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2023). An innovative pathway to sustainable behavior at work. Proceedings of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference: Labour and Value. Retrieved from https://www.airaanz.org

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., & Akmal, A. (2023, March). How common are common good approaches to HRM? Verbal presentation at the Sustainable HRM Spring Workshop: Striving for Impact: Sustainable HRM for the Common-Good, [Online].

2022

Journal - Research Article

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Greatbanks, R., & Zhang, J. A. (2022). Does organizational readiness matter in lean thinking practices? An agency perspective. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 42(11), 1760-1792. doi: 10.1108/IJOPM-05-2021-0331

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Stokes, T., Foote, J., Greatbanks, R., & Gauld, R. (2022). What makes an effective quality improvement manager? A qualitative study in the New Zealand health system. BMC Health Services Research, 22, 50. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07433-w

Sarfo, C. A., Zhang, J. A., O'Kane, P., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Osei-Fosu, K. K. (2022). Perceived corporate social responsibility and employee ethical behaviour: Do employee commitment and co-worker ethicality matter? Journal of Management & Organization, 28, 184-201. doi: 10.1017/jmo.2021.42

Akmal, A., Foote, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., Greatbanks, R., & Gauld, R. (2022). Understanding resistance in lean implementation in healthcare environments: An institutional logics perspective. Production Planning & Control, 33(4), 356-370. doi: 10.1080/09537287.2020.1823510

Podgorodnichenko, N., Akmal, A., Edgar, F., & Everett, A. M. (2022). Sustainable HRM: Toward addressing diverse employee roles. Employee Relations, 44(3), 576-608. doi: 10.1108/ER-01-2019-0016

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Akmal, A., Stokes, T., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Gauld, R. (2022). New Zealand healthcare reforms 2022: Viable by design? Proceedings of the New Zealand Primary Care Research Colloquium. (pp. 1-2). Retrieved from https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/fmhs/about-the-faculty/soph/sections-departments-centres/general-practice-and-primary-health-care/research-interests.html

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2022, August). Egalitarianism and employee proactivity: The role of altruism and social capital. Verbal presentation at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM), [Hybrid].

2021

Journal - Research Article

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Foote, J., Greatbanks, R., Stokes, T., & Gauld, R. (2021). Why is quality improvement so challenging? A Viable Systems Model perspective to understand the frustrations of healthcare quality improvement managers. Health Policy, 125, 658-664. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.03.015

Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., Akmal, A., & McAndrew, I. (2021). Sustainability through sensemaking: Human resource professionals’ engagement and enactment of corporate social responsibility. Journal of Cleaner Production, 293, 126150. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126150

Journal - Research Other

Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., & Akmal, A. (2021). An integrative literature review of the CSR-HRM nexus: Learning from research-practice gaps. Human Resource Management Review, 32, 100839. doi: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2021.100839

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Podgorodnichenko, N. (2021, November). How can a lean supply network remain viable during volatility? A case study of adaptive resilience during the covid-19 pandemic. Verbal presentation at the 5th Performance Measurement Association of Australasia (PMAA) Biennial Conference: Performance Management in a Post-COVID-19 World, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2020

Journal - Research Article

Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., & McAndrew, I. (2020). The role of HRM in developing sustainable organizations: Contemporary challenges and contradictions. Human Resource Management Review, 30, 100685. doi: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2019.04.001

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sarfo, C., Zhang, J. A., O'Kane, P. M., & Podgorodnichenko, N. (2020). Perceived corporate social responsibility and employee ethical behavior. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1). doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2020.15032abstract

Greatbanks, R., Akmal, A., Foote, J., Wood, L., & Podgorodnichenko, N. (2020). Can pull demand be applied within health systems pathways? Proceedings of the Annual Centre for Health Systems and Technology (CHeST) Symposium: Improving Healthcare with Emerging Technologies. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsystems/symposium/index.html

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Podgorodnichenko, N. (2020). Dissecting the CSR-HRM nexus: A study of changes and challenges for HR professionals in socially responsible corporates (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9991

2018

Journal - Research Article

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Greatbanks, R., & Everett, A. M. (2018). Bibliometric analysis of production planning and control (1990–2016). Production Planning & Control, 29(4), 333-351. doi: 10.1080/09537287.2018.1429030

2017

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Everett, A. M., & Greatbanks, R. (2017). Introducing Japanese management techniques in Asian business: A case study from Pakistan. Proceedings of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference. (pp. 1). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/nzasia-2017/index.html