Faculty Profile

HARISH C. JAIN

Human Resources & Management

Professor (Emeritus)

Area of Expertise
Professor Jain specializes in diversity management and employment equity/affirmative action; human rights in employment; comparative human resource and industrial relations policies of multinationals; and labour relations policy.

Professional Activities

Professor Jain is recipient of the Order of Canada (August, 2005); he is Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (April 2005); he was a member of the Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel appointed by the Canadian Justice Minister in April 1999. He was a member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal 1986-1992 and 1996-1998.

He is lead author of several books and monographs, including: Employment Equity and Affirmative Action: An International Comparison, 2003 (M.E. Sharpe, New York); Employment Equity/Affirmative Action Codes of Best Practices in the USA, Canada and Britain and other Selected Countries, 1998 (South African Dept. of Labor). He is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Journal of Manpower and contributing editor of Human Resources Management in Canada. He has published more than 60 articles in academic and professional journals.

He assisted in the development of employment equity legislation in South Africa and has been a policy advisor and Consultant to the South African Department of Labour 1996-1998; he holds a Donald Gordon Chair at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Graduate School of Business (GSB) 2002 to present; he was a Consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France (1996); Canadian federal and provincial government Departments and agencies.

He has been invited to speak by business, human resources and industrial relations organizations in many countries around the world.

Education
Ph.D., Industrial Relations, University of Wisconsin
M.B.A., Indiana University
B. Comm., (Honors), Delhi University