Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics

Salvador Barragan Professor

Email: sbarragan@tru.ca
Phone: 250-371-5591

Interests

Current Research Project: Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE) Phase II - Thompson Rivers University will receive a $549,135 grant from Employment and Social Development Canada.

Title: Building WISE for Black and Racialized Canadians: Evidence from British Columbia and Alberta

Summary: The project aims at filling a gap in our understanding in the programs and practices WISEs use to engage with and impact Black and racialized Canadians in British Columbia and Alberta. The research goals are to map WISE organizations and their clients; understand the impact on Black and racialized Canadians of WISE programs; and collaboratively develop and assess a WISE program improvement for Black and racialized Canadians.

Research Interests

Sal's research has focused in gender and diversity in leadership positions, organizations, and entrepreneurship. Recently, he is also studying organizational culture, change and growth in social enterprises; and the role of Work Integration Programs (WIP) on the wellbeing of marginalized groups.

Sal is an active member of the Innovation for Social Good (ISG) research cluster at TRU. The ISG research cluster brings together faculty and students from a range of disciplines to create new knowledge about innovation that improves lives, organizations, and communities.

Education

PhD in Management Saint Mary's University, NS, Canada
MSc in Management The University of Lethbridge, AB, Canada
MBA IPADE Business School, Mexico

Publications

Barragan, S., Oluwafemi, T., Rankin, S., & Martin, B. (2025). Responding to Ethical Dilemmas Through Adaptive Caring Work: Evidence From a Social Enterprise. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2025(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.365bp.

Barragan, S., Salamanca Pacheco, E. & Erogul, M.S. (2023). Micro-agency of human resource professionals in a large family firm: shaping the implementation of human resource development practices, Human Resource Development International, DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2023.2232907.

Krysa, I., Barragan, S., & Mills, A.J. (2023). The creation of the stranger: the process of recreating immigrants as the Other in Canada's government-produced texts. Culture and Organization, 29(3), 241-254.

Erogul, M., Barragan, S., & Essers, C. (2021). Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Belonging among Mexican Female Entrepreneurs. International Journal of Gender & Entrepreneurship, 13(1), 75-96.

Paludi, M., Barragan, S., & Mills, A.J. (2021). Women CEOs in Mexico: Gendered Local/Global Divide. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 17(1), 127-146.

Erogul, M., Rod, M. & Barragan, S. (2019). Contextualizing Arab female entrepreneurship in the United Arab Emirates. Culture & Organization25(5), 317-331.

Barragan, S. Erogul, M.S. & Essers, C. (2018). Strategic (Dis)obedience: Female Entrepreneurs Reflecting on and Acting upon Patriarchal Practices". Gender, Work and Organization, 25(5), 575-592.

Krysa, I; Mills, A. & Barragan, S. (2017). Guidelines for Newcomers to Canada How to Behave in the Canadian Workplace Discourse of Integration or Assimilation? Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 36(6), 482-500.

Barragan, S., Paludi, M, & Mills, A.J. (2017). Top Women Managers as Change Agents in the Machista Context of Mexico. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 36(4), 321-339.

Conferences:

Jilani, P., Barragan, S., Rankin, S., Pergelova, A., Oluwafemi, T., Martin, B. (2023). Social Enterprise Outcomes Measure (TRUSEO). Work-in-Progress paper presented at the annual conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Toronto.

Jilani, P., Oluwafemi, T., Barragan, S., Martin, B. (2023). Comparison of social enterprise gleaning projects using SROI and impact analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER), Toronto.

Jilani, P., Oluwafemi, T., Barragan, S., Martin, B. (2023). Social impact creation and scaling: the role of accelerators and leadership. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER), Toronto.

Oluwafemi, T., Rankin, S., Barragan, S., Martin B. (2023). Proceed (and grow) with care: exploring dimensions of care in social enterprise leadership and people management. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, Toronto.

Oluwafemi, T., Rankin, S., Pergelova, A., Barragan, S., Martin, B. (2023). An unintended consequence of care: managing scoping tensions in the growth of a social enterprise. Work-in-Progress paper presented at the annual conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Toronto.

Oluwafemi, T., Rankin, S., Pergelova, A., Barragan, S., Martin, B. (2023). Sustained scoping and scaling in social enterprise; an RBV versatility perspective???. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER), Toronto.

Barragan, S., Oluwafemi, T., Rankin, S., & Martin, B. (2022). How Social Enterprise can Flourish under Extreme Adversity: Why Ethics of Care is Everything and Not Enough. Best Paper Accepted for Proceedings and Presentation at the conference of the Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) Entrepreneurship & Family Business Division, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, (June 3-7, 2022).

Employment History

Associate Professor at TRU (2020 - present).

Assistant Professor at TRU (2014 -2020).

Lecturer at the University of Lethbridge (2005 to 2014)

Courses Taught

BUSN 6040 Leadership & Organizational Development
BUSN 6041 Leadership & Organizational Development (Open Learning)
ORGB 3810 Organization Theory & Design
MNGT 3730 Leadership
ORGB 2810 Organizational Behavior

Professional Affiliations

The Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC)
Academy of Management (AoM)
European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS)