Faculty of Management

Binod Sundararajan

Professor; Academic/Research Director, CELNeT; Foundation Director, Inclusion (on sabbatical)

Binod Sundararajan

Related Information

Faculty of Management

Email: binod@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-1884
Fax: 902-494-1107
Mailing Address: 
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Ave, Room 5094
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2

 
Research Topics:
  • Organizational & computer-mediated communication
  • Business, professional & corporate communications
  • Social network analysis
  • Historical data analysis
  • Constructiveness & business ethics
  • Content analysis
  • Networking technologies
  • Social media, virtual teams & e-learning
  • New models of diversity

 

Education

  • B.E. Electronics & Communication Engg. (Mangalore)
  • MSc Elec Engg. (Rensselaer)
  • PhD Communication & Rhetoric (Rensselaer)
  • PDF (Toronto)

Research Interests

Dr. Binod Sundararajan’s research interests lie in organizational, professional and business communication; computer-mediated communication; CSCW, CSCL and social network analysis. He conducts research in adoption and diffusion of mediated technologies, use of CMC in such diverse areas as entrepreneurship, justice, teaching, collaborative work and learning and management education, and historical data analysis.

Selected Publications

  • How student perceptions about online learning difficulty influenced their satisfaction during Canada's Covid-19 response. Conrad, C., Deng, Q., Caron, I., Skerrett, P., Shkurska, O. & Sundararajan, B. British Journal of Educational Technology, 53(3), 534-57  (2022)  (ABDC A – IF 2.951)
  • Exploring the impact of climate change on Arctic shipping through the lenses of quadruple bottom line and sustainable development goals. Tiller, S.J., Rhindress, A.P.., Oguntola, I.O., Ülkü, M.A., Williams, K.A. & Sundararajan, B. Sustainability, 14(4), 2193 (2022)  (IF–3.251 2020)
  • Media interviews as strategic external communication to maintain legitimacy for sustainability activities. Crumley, E.T., Grandy, K., Sundararajan, B. & Roy, J. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 27(2), 148-166  (2022)  https://doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-05-2021-0053 (SJR: 1.47; ABDC Rank B)
  • Live long and educate: Adult learners and situated cognition in game-based learning. Taylor, S., Sundararaja, B. & Munroe-Lunds, C.-L. In C.-A. Lane (Ed.), Handbook of research on acquiring 21st century literacy skills through game-based learning (194-219). IGI Global Publishers  (2022)  https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7271-9
  • Vygotskian business ethics: The influence of peers on moral reasoning in business ethics education. Ohreen, D., Sundararajan, B., Trifts, V., & Comber, S. Journal of Management Education (Rank B in ABDC List)  (2021) https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562921996019

Selected Awards and Honours

  • 2018  Principal Investigator, SSHRC IDG $69,738. A social constructivist approach to teaching business ethics (Ohreen, Mount Royal, Trifts & Comber, Dalhousie, Co-Investigators)
  • 2019–2020  Principal Investigator, SSHRC Explore $4,805. TAEC Model of diversity for organizational effectiveness 
  • 2018  Co-Investigator SSHRC IDG $42,007. Family business entrepreneurial pathways and networks (Albert James, PI & Bill Foster, Co-PI, Dalhousie University)
  • 2018  Co-Investigator, SSHRC Partnership Engage $24,732. ConnecTing public servants to enhance public value (Martine Durier-Copp, PI; Mechoulan and Makani are the other Co-PIs)
  • 2016  Co-Investigator, SSHRC Connections $49,997. Creating a community of practice in Atlantic Canada for role-play simulations in the classroom

Current Teaching

  • BUSI 6301 – Seminar on Managing People
  • BUSI 6961–COMM/MGMT 3710 - Business in Emerging Markets
  • MGMT 1301/1302 – Interdisciplnary Management