Dr Nataliya Podgorodnichenko

2026

Journal - Research Article

Wojtczuk‐Turek, A., Turek, D., Jurek, P., Edgar, F., Okay-Somerville, B., Podgorodnichenko, N., … Karamustafa-Köse, G. (2026). Putting sustainable human resource management and workplace eudaimonic well-being into cross-cultural context. European Management Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2026.03.008

Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Akmal, A., & Peng, K. (2026). Understanding employees' environmentally sustainable work behavior: The roles of self-transcendence values, innovative work attitudes and sustainable performance management. International Journal of Productivity & Performance Management, 75(11), 1-28. doi: 10.1108/IJPPM-11-2024-0783

Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2026). A multi-stakeholder perspective to improve the efficacy of management consulting practice in the New Zealand public health system. Public Management Review, 28(2), 388-414. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2024.2443060

Journal - Research Other

Daniel, B. K., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Carr, S. (2026). A scoping review of AI for sustainability and sustainable AI in higher education. Discover Computing, 29, 48. doi: 10.1007/s10791-025-09861-2

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Aust, I., Cooke, F. L., Semeijn, J., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Sheridan, L. (2026, March). Beyond SDGs in HRM. Panel discussion at the 4th International Common-Good Human Resources Management (CGHRM) Conference: Working Together for Tomorrow: Encouraging and Managing Collective Action for the Common Good, [Online].

2025

Chapter in Book - Research

Cooper, J., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Sheridan, L. (2025). SDGs and HRM in Australia and New Zealand. In I. Aust, F. L. Cooke & J. Semeijn (Eds.), The Elgar companion to human resource management beyond the sustainable development goals. (pp. 272-287). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgin Publishing Limited. doi: 10.4337/9781035308729.00028

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

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., Yin, J., & Akmal, A. (2025). Justice as a leverage point: Advancing sustainable HRM for transformative change. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on New Business Models (NBM). Retrieved from https://www.newbusinessmodels.org/

Yin, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Edgar, F. (2025). Designing sustainable human resource analytics: A justice-centered approach. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025(1). Retrieved from https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.10077abstract

2024

Journal - Research Article

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., … Karamustafa-Köse, G. (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, 31, 4910-4932. 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. (2024, January). Generating positive externalities through Green HRM. Verbal presentation at the 6th ANZ Scholars Symposium, [Hybrid].

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

Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., Majid, S., & Akmal, A. (2023). Positive externality generation: Promoting green behaviour through green HRM at work. Proceedings of the 36th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. (pp. 1125). Retrieved from https://anzamconference.org

Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2023). Understanding sustainable work behavior: The role of personal values, attitudes and sustainable HRM. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1). doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.13845abstract

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