The World of Neil Semuel Rupidara

At Main Quad, Stanford University (2009): Visiting Student @Dept. of Sociology, Stanford University.

Dear friends and readers,

Welcome to my personal blog, a place where I share some of my thoughts and experiences. People live because they think, act, feel, and believe and so do I. Making (some of) them public is a way to get feedback from those who read. At least, I can share something to the public.

My name is Neil Rupidara. I am an Associate Professor of HRM at Bhakti Semesta Polytechnic in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. I previously work at Dept. of Management, Satya Wacana Christian University also located in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. My specific area of research interests is Strategic International Human Resource Management. It is an application of Strategic HRM in the context of multinational companies (MNCs). Within this particular area, my main research interest is around the development of HR systems within subsidiaries of multinational companies, which was started from my PhD research on the configuration of HR system within multinational subsidiaries in Indonesia. Later I did studies on the diffusion and adoption of HR practices, for example on the widely spread of the role HR Business Partner among firms in Indonesia. A current research I had was on the HRM role in open innovation, based on the research of a doctoral student I supervised (see e.g. Arsanti, Rupidara, and Bondarouk, 2022). I have some other publications outside my main research interests, including a few other aspects in HRM, organization studies, leadership, and some institutional aspects in higher education and development studies.

In conducting my research, major theoretical frameworks that I employ are the resource-based view of the firm (RBV), institutional theory, social identity theory, and of micro-politics of actors. I however open myself to learn from other perspectives.

I  graduated from Macquarie University in North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. I submitted my PhD thesis in Sept 2011 and completed the examination in December 2011. Some journal articles and book chapters have been published from the PhD research, in Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Industrial Relations, Journal of Asia Business Studies, International Research Journal of Business Studies, and Oxford Handbook of Contextual Approach to HRM. I attended and presented papers in a number of HRM conferences such as IHRM Conference and Dutch HRM Network.

In front of the Castle of Turku, Finland (2008): Attending Global HRM Conference @University of Turku.

Publications:

Arsanti, T. A., Rupidara, N. S., & Bondarouk, T. (2022). How to Find the Right Partner? Open Innovation Partner Selection Process. Administrative Sciences 12 (4), 165 – 184.

Permatasari, E. & Rupidara, N. S. (2022). Who Kill Them? Menjelaskan Fenomena Karyawan Deadwood dari Perspektif Atasan. JURNAL MANAJEMEN DAN BISNIS SRIWIJAYA 20 (2), 113-126.

Rupidara, N. S. (2021). HRM in the Multinational Context: The Configuration Process of HRM Systems in Multinational Subsidiaries in Asian Developing Countries. In C. Brewster, E. Parry, & M. Morley. Oxford Handbook of Contextual Approaches to Human Resources Management. Oxford University Press.

Cooke, F. L., Supangco, V. T., Rupidara, N. S. (2021). Human Resource Management in Asia. In C. Brewster, E. Parry, & M. Morley. Oxford Handbook of Contextual Approaches to Human Resources Management. Oxford University Press.

Rupidara, N. S. (2019). A model of the configuration process of HR systems within multinational subsidiaries in Indonesia. International Research Journal of Business Studies (IRJBS), 12(3).

Rupidara, N. S. (2018). Connectivity of Actors and Diffusion of Ideas in HR Systems Configuration Process in Multinational Subsidiaries in Indonesia. International Research Journal of Business Studies, 11(3), 159-177.

Rupidara, N.S., & Darby, R. (2017). Institutional Influences on HRM in the Asian Business Environment: The Case of Indonesia. Journal of Asia Business Studies, Vol. 11 (3).

Wijaya, M. A. & Rupidara, N.S. (2015) Adopsi dan Penerapan Kompetensi Kecerdasan Emosi dalam Proses Rekrutmen dan Seleksi Fresh Graduates. Jurnal Manajemen Teknologi, 14 (2): 132-150.

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2011). The role of actors in configuring HR systems within multinational subsidiaries. Human Resource Management Review 21(3): 174-185.

Rupidara, N.S. (2010). The configuration of HR systems within subsidiaries of MNCs in Indonesia: Methodological aspects of the research and concepts that need further investigations. Presented at HDR EXPO 2010, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University.

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2010), “Institutional change, continuity and decoupling in the Indonesian industrial relations system,” Journal of Industrial Relations, 52 (5): 613-630.

Rupidara, N.S. (2010). Connected actors, connected ideas. This paper was presented at 26th EGOS Colloquium, Lisbon, Portugal, 1 July.

Rupidara, N.S. (2010). Similarities and differences in the configuration of HR systems: Evidence from case studies of foreign multinationals in Indonesia. Presented at 11th International HRM Conference, Birmingham, 12 June.

Rupidara, N.S. (2010). Mimesis, logic of adoption and corporate identity. Presented at 11th International HRM Conference, Birmingham, 11 June.

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2009). Actors, institutional change and stability in Indonesian industrial relations system. Presented at the 15th World Congress of International Industrial Relations Association, Sydney, Australia, 26 August.

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2009). Actors amidst pressures: The configuration of HR systems within a multinational context. Presented at the 10th International Human Resource Management Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 23 June.

Rupidara, N.S., & McGraw, P. (2008). HR practices and institutional isomorphism among multinational and local companies in Indonesia. HRM Global 2008 Proceeding, HRM Study Group, IIRA – Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland.

Marten, J. H.; Ndoen, M.L, ; & Rupidara, N.S. (2007). Corporate social responsibility perusahaan multinasional kepada masyarakat sekitar: Studi kasus  (Corporate social responsibility of a multinational company: A case study in Central Java, Jurnal Manajemen dan Usahawan, Vol. 36 No. 03)

Rupidara, N.S. dkk (Editors) (2006). 50 Tahun UKSW: Mempertegas identitas creative minority. Salatiga: Satya Wacana University Press.

Rupidara, N.S. (2005). Paradoks: Tantangan kepemimpinan dan organisasi kontemporer (Paradox: A contemporary challenge of leadership and organisation; Jurnal Kajian Interdisipliner Bina Darma No 68 Th. 23)

Budiyanti, S. K., & Rupidara, N.S. (2005). Konfusianisme dan taktik negosiasi orang China (Confucianism and Chinese negotiation tactics) (Jurnal Ekonomi Perusahaan IBII Vol. 10 No. 1 (March)

Rupidara, N. S., Prajudo, N.D. (2003). Pembelajaran dalam komunitas konsultasi manajemen (Learning processes in management consulting), Jurnal Manajemen dan Usahawan No. 12 (Desember).

Poluan, L.A, Dwiadmadja, C. & Rupidara, N. S. (2003). Penyesuaian diri tenaga kerja asing studi kasus pada PT Schumberger Geophysic Nusantara, Balik Papan – Klimantan Timur. Dalam Jurnal Ekonomi Perusahaan vol. 10 no. 1, page 56.

Sulandjari, S. & Rupidara, N. (CEMSED — Center for Micro & Small Enterprise Dynamics) (2002). Value Chain Analysis of Furniture Clusters in Central Java. Report on a survey prepared for the ILO, Salatiga.

Sandee, H., Sulandjari, S., and Rupidara, Neil (2002). Business networks and value chains in furniture production : An analysis of demand-supply relationships of teak furniture from Central Java, Indonesia. First draft of a report to the ILO, Amsterdam, December.

Rupidara, N. S. (2001), Model Transnasional dalam pengelolaan perusahaan multinasional: Suatu uraian teoritis pada aspek strategi dan struktur, Jurnal Kinerja Vol. 5 No. 2 (Desember).