Dr. Shaista Khilji to Receive 2025 Morton A. Bender Teaching Award
Dr. Shaista E. Khilji
Dr. Shaista E. Khilji
M.Phil., Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor, Human and Organizational Learning
School: Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Department: Human and Organizational Learning, Cross-Disciplinary
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Dr. Shaista E. Khilji
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Shaista E. Khilji is Chair of the Department of Human and Organizational Learning and a Professor of Human and Organizational Learning and International Affairs at the George Washington University (GW). She also serves as a Fulbright Specialist with the US Department of State.
She is an accomplished, all-around academic with a strong entrepreneurial streak, which has enabled her to develop innovative programs and approaches to leadership education and international business research. She serves as the founding editor-in-chief of the South Asian Journal of Business Studies (Emerald Publications) and founding program director of GW's Organizational Leadership & Learning program, which was completely redesigned and rebranded under her leadership. She served as a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee during the global pandemic and represented the GW faculty on numerous institutional initiatives, including the Shared Governance Task Force.
Prof. Khilji has well-established expertise in leadership, talent development, cross-cultural management, and organizational change. She has designed, carried out, and published findings of more than 45 research projects. Her most recent work focuses on neoliberal universities, macro talent management (a field she helped establish), and humanizing organizations. Prof. Khilji has secured more than US$4.75 million in training and research grants, funded by the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other institutional intramural awards.
Prof. Khilji has authored over 165 papers, published numerous scholarly articles in top-tier journals, written book chapters, and presented internationally at conferences. She has won many awards, including the Best Reviewer and Outstanding Service awards from the Academy of Management, the Best Paper Award from the Academy of International Business, GW’s Service Excellence Award for hosting the Clinton Global Initiative University, GW’s Morton A Bender Teaching Award, and the VALOR Award for cross-disciplinary work.
View Prof. Khilji blogs at medium.com/@shaistakhilji.
Ph.D., Cambridge University, UK
M.Phil., Cambridge University, UK
- Leadership
- Social Change
- Organizational Change
- Culture
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Globalization
- Decolonizing
- (Macro/ Global) Talent Management
Khilji, S.E. (2021). Making Sense of the Individual Lived Experiences in the United States: An "Engaged" View of Inequalities. Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion - An International Journal.
Khilji, S.E., (2021). An approach to humanizing leadership education: Building a learning community and stakeholder engagement, Journal of Management Education.
Khilji, S.E., & List, C. (2021). Humanizing to address the grand challenge of rising inequalities: leadership in a post-COVID world. Academia Letter, Academia.
Khilji, S.E., & Pierre, R. (2021). Macro global talent management- an interdisciplinary view. In Tarique, I. (ed.) The Routledge companion to talent management. NY: Taylor & Francis.
Khilji, S.E., & Pumroy, K. (2019). We are strong and we are resilient- career experiences of women engineers. Gender, Work and Organization
Schuler, R., Tarique, I., & Khilji, S.E. (2018). Macro talent management in the US- framework, context, processes and outcomes. In Macro talent management in emerging and emergent economies- a global perspective. In Vaiman, V., Sparrow, P., Schuler, P., & Collings, D. (eds.).
London: Routledge.
Khilji, S. E., & Khan, S. M. (2018). One chance to make a global impact through local development: a review of Pakistan’s national talent development policies. In Global Issues and talent development, Dirani, K., , Nafukho, F.M., & Irby, B. (eds.). IAG Publishing: Texas A&M University.
Khilji, S. E., & Schluer, R. (2017). Global talent management. Oxford Handbook of Talent Management.
Khilji, S. E., Tarique, I., & Schuler, R. S. (2015). Incorporating the macro view in global talent management. Human Resource Management Review, 25(3), 236-248.
Khilji, S. E., Keilson, B., Shakir, F. Y., & Shrestha, B. K. (2015). Self, follower, organization and the context - A cross cultural view of authentic leadership. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 4(1), 2-26.
Schuler, R., Khilji, S.E., & Ruel, H. (2014). The role of human resource management in cross border acquisitions. In Horwitz, F., & Budhwar, P. (Eds.). Handbook of human resource management in emerging economies. London: Routledge.
Wong, D., Kessler, E., Khilji, S. E., & Gopalakrishnan, S. (2014). Using cultural mythologies to explore leadership patterns in India, Indonesia, Pakistan and USA. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research.
Khilji, S. E., Murphy, E., Mujtaba, B., Greenwood, R., & Matthews, C. (2014). Plurality within contemporary organizations: Evidence of complexity of value variations and similarities across religions. Cross Cultural Management - An International Journal, 21(2). 219-244.
Durmusoglu, S., Jacobs, M., Nayir, D. Z., Khilji, S. E., & Wang. X. (2014). The quasi-moderating role of organizational culture in the relationship between rewards and knowledge shared and gained. Journal of Knowledge Management, 18(1).
Khilji, S. E., & Keilson, B. (2014). In search of global talent - is south Asia ready? South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 3(2).
Khilji, S. E. (2014). Human aspect of interdisciplinary research. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 3(1).
Khilji, S. E., & Ruel, H. (2014). The role of human resource management in cross border acquisitions. In F. Horwitz, & P. Budhwar (Eds.), Handbook of human resource management in emerging economies. London: Routledge.
Khilji, S. E. (2013). SAJGBR on the move: contribution, context and quality. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 2(2).
Khilji, S. E., & Rowley, C. (2013). Globalization, Change and Learning in South Asia. Oxford: Elsevier Publishing (HEAD Foundation).
Cseh, M., Davis, E., & Khilji, S. E. (2013). Developing a global mindset: Learning of global leaders. European Journal of Training and Development, 37(5).
Gupta, V., & Khilji, S. E. (2013). Revisiting fortune at base of the pyramid revisited. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 2(1), 8-26.
Khilji, S. E. (2013). High and low context culture. In Kessler, E. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Management Theory. Sage Publications.
Khilji, S. E. (2013). Transnational management. In Kessler, E. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Management Theory. Sage Publications.
Khilji, S. E., & Matthews, C. (2012). Current standing and future directions: published south Asian research. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 1(2), 154-176.
DeMartis, W., Matthews, C., & Khilji, S. E. (2012). National HRD and HRD: the road ahead for Afghanistan. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 1(1).
Khilji, S. E., Mroczkowski, T., & Assudani, R. (2012). Balancing innovation and growth in Indian biotech firms. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 1(2).
Khilji, S. E., Egri, C., Ralston, D., Palmer, I., Girson, I., Milton, L., Richards, M., & Mockaitis. (2012). Do Anglo cluster countries still form a values cluster? Evidence of the complexity of changing cultural values. Journal of World Business. 47(2), 267-276.
Khilji, S. E. (2012). An ambicultural Asian model: Management and culture in Pakistan. In Warner, M. (Ed.), Managing Across Diverse Cultures in East Asia: Issues and Challenges in a Changing World. London: Routledge.
Khilji, S. E. (2012). Does south Asia matter? Rethinking south Asia as relevant in international business research. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, 1(1), 8-21.
Huff, R., & Khilji, S. E. (2011). Delegation of authority. Prepared for the US Office of Personnel Management for implementing President Obama's Open Culture.
Khilji, S. E. (2011). Cultural change and barriers. Transparency Guide for the US Office of Personnel Management, Open Government Foundation, Washington, DC.
Khilji, S. E., Oh, C. H., & Manikoth, N. (2011). Teaching note: People lead to stronger performance: the secret to Samsung' success. Ivey Publishing.
Khilji, S. E., Popov-Nowak, I., Huff, R., & Cseh, M. (2011). Roadmap to transparency, transparency guide for the US Office of Personnel Management. Open Government Foundation, Washington, DC.
Khilji, S. E., & Davis, E. (2010). Building competitive advantage in a global environment: leadership and mindset. In Devinney, T. M., Pedersen, T. & L Tihanyi (Eds.), Advances in International Management: The Past, Present and Future of International Business and Management, Volume 23, New York, NY: Emerald.
Khilji, S. E., Qiao, K., & Wang, X. (2010). Does convergence occur in regional clusters? Evidence of HR satisfaction, turnover intentions and demographic variables from Pakistan and China. Journal of Global Business Advancement, 5 (3).
Khilji, S. E., Zaidman, N., Dorit, A., Tirmizi, A., & Srinivas, E. S. (2010). Crossvergence of values: an analysis of the use of IM at workplace in Israel, India and Pakistan. International Business Review, 19, 419-431 (ISSN: 069-5931).
Muto, Y., & Khilji, S. E. (2010). Organizational culture of global organizations. In J. Westover (Ed.), Globalization, Labor and the Transformation of Work: Readings for Seeking a Competitive Advantage in An Increasingly Global Economy. Commanding Heights Publications.
Qiao, K., Khilji, S. E., & Wang, X. (2009). HPWS, organizational commitment and the role of demographic features in China. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 20 (11), 2311-2330. (ISSN: 0958-5192).
Muto, Y., & Khilji, S. E. (2007). Organization culture of global organizations: convergence or divergence? The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations, 7 (2), 49-58.
Khilji, S. E. & Wang, X. (2007). Old debate, new evidence in strategic human resource management: investigating the relationship between employee satisfaction with HRM and turnover. International Business Review, 16, 277-295 (ISSN: 069-5931).
- July 2025
- Dr. Shaista Khilji and alumna Leslie Zemnick (master's, Organizational Leadership and Learning) collaborated to organize Kotter's Change Certification at GSEHD. Dr. Khilji delivered the opening remarks, and Leslie, along with her team, facilitated the certification sessions. Professionals from the public and private sectors attended the three-day sessions.
- August 2020
- Presented two papers at the Academy of Management's Rapid OB Plenary- Racial Inequality's Management Education & Development Workshop: "Seizing the Moment of a 'Seismic Shift': Moving the DEI Needle Forward" and "Building a learning community and stakeholder engagement: a method for humanizing leadership education"
- July 2020
- Dr. Shaista Khilji presented a research paper titled, "Reinforcing gender, racial and class inequalities within organizations: A study of individual experiences in the US," at the European Group of Organizational Studies Annual Conference.
- June 2020
- Published a blogpost on Medium.com entitled, "'I can’t breathe'- Floyd’s last words should haunt but also propel America."
- Published a Medium.com blog, "In this ‘hare’ culture, let’s be tortoise."
- Guest on the Leadership for the Future podcast. Listen to her episode: "A Discussion about the Beauty of Humanistic Leadership."
- Guest on the Culture Stew podcast for an episode entitled, "Humanistic Leadership: Prioritizing Human Dignity and Well-Being for Better Business Results." The discussion focused on humanistic leadership for human dignity and well being. Listen to the podcast >
- April 2020
- Published a new blog post on Medium.com titled, "Using COVID-19 to Harness the Power of Heart & the Soul."
- March 2020
- Published a piece on Medium.com entitled, "COVID-19 - Could this be the ‘wake-up call’ that we need?"