Karma Yezer(PhD)
Head of School-Business Management
Email id:
karmayezer.gcbs@rub.edu.bt
HRM
Faculty
Biography
Karma Yezer is a Lecturer at Gedu College of Business Studies, Royal University of Bhutan, which he joined in January 2010, and is currently Head of the School of Business Management. He has more than 15 years of experience in higher education and has contributed to academic leadership, programme development and quality enhancement at the College. He served as Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Programme Leader from 2017 to 2020 and as Head of the Department of Human Capital Management.
He holds a PhD in Business Administration from Naresuan University, Thailand, undertaken under His Majesty’s Scholarship, and a Master of Human Resource Management from the University of Madras, India, under the Nehru-Wangchuck Scholarship. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education from the Royal University of Bhutan and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Sherubtse College.
He has carried out consultancy projects for Bhutan Development Bank Limited, Construction Development Corporation Limited and Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Limited, including customer and employee satisfaction surveys and an HR master plan. His published research covers leadership behaviour, psychological capital, employee performance and job satisfaction. Before joining the College he worked as a news reporter with Bhutan Today.
Education & Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Business Administration), Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand (2020–2025)
Master of Human Resource Management, University of Madras, Chennai, India (2015–2017)
Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan (2014)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Sherubtse College, University of Delhi, India (2006–2008)
Selected Publications
Yezer, K., Rattanawiboonsom, V., & Rurkwararuk, W. (2026). The boundary conditions of corporate values on the link between leadership behaviour and employee performance through psychological well-being. Discover Psychology, 6(1), 84.
Yezer, K., Rattanawiboonsom, V., & Rurkwararuk, W. (2024). An analysis of relationships among GNH in corporation, psychological capital and employee performance. Environment and Social Psychology, 9(4).
Sy, K. L. L., Sulistyo, P. B., Koomson, E. S. B., & Yezer, K. (2024). Factors Influencing Users’ Interest in Using Online Dating Apps with Age as the Moderator. Journal of Communication, Language and Culture, 4(2), 133–147.
Ligori, T. A. A., Suresh, N., Khan, S. A., Rabgay, T., & Yezer, K. (2022). The mediating effect of university image on the relationship between curriculum and student satisfaction: an empirical study of the Royal University of Bhutan. International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 13(2), 192–208.
Ratna, R., Yezer, K., Rasaily, B. B., Tenzin, S., Ghalley, L., & Lhamo, T. (2021). Job satisfaction and employee performance at Bhutan Board Product Limited. Effulgence Management Journal, 19(2), 39–52.
