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Deepika Jindal

Dr. Deepika Jindal is a management academic at the University of Auckland Business School — Subject Group Lead for Management and Programme Director of the Master of Business Management — researching job crafting and HRM.

Oct 26, 2026

1:06
Why New Zealand? Why this domain or area of expertise? What motivates you?
1:12
So Lisa, that's a big question and something that I reflect on quite often during my morning reflective practice, which is walking at the Cornwall Park.
1:24
My interest in human resource management, and we can think about it as people management, started a few decades ago, actually.
1:33
So when I graduated from a master's in finance and accounts, there was a campus recruitment drive.
1:40
And I remember sitting with the founder CEO who came for that campus recruitment and for one of the organizations that I ended up working for.
1:53
And he asked a similar question.
1:55
He asked, what interests you? And mind you, at that time, I'd done my master's in finance and accounts.

53 MINS LATER

54:47
Is this something that you're seeing or is there an opinion or a viewpoint that you have?
1:06
Why New Zealand? Why this domain or area of expertise? What motivates you?
1:12
So Lisa, that's a big question and something that I reflect on quite often during my morning reflective practice, which is walking at the Cornwall Park.
1:24
My interest in human resource management, and we can think about it as people management, started a few decades ago, actually.
1:33
So when I graduated from a master's in finance and accounts, there was a campus recruitment drive.
1:40
And I remember sitting with the founder CEO who came for that campus recruitment and for one of the organizations that I ended up working for.
1:53
And he asked a similar question.
1:55
He asked, what interests you? And mind you, at that time, I'd done my master's in finance and accounts.

53 MINS LATER

54:47
Is this something that you're seeing or is there an opinion or a viewpoint that you have?

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