Ranjeet Nambudiri

Name

Ranjeet Nambudiri

Qualification

Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad)

Contact No.

+91-731-2439535

ranjeet@iimidr.ac.in

Curriculum Vitae

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Brief Profile Research Publications

Ranjeet Nambudiri is a Professor in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and the Dean (Faculty) at IIM Indore. He was a member of the Board of Governors at IIM Indore from 2011-2013 and the Dean (Administration) during that period. He was also the Dean (Programmes) from 2018-2021. Ranjeet has also held several important administrative positions at IIM Indore including Chair (Admissions), Chair (Doctoral Programme), Chair (Integrated Programme in Management), and Chair (Library).

Ranjeet completed his Doctoral Programme in Management from IIM Ahmedabad in Organizational Behavior and has more than 28 years of work experience in industry and academia. Ranjeet was associated with the Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania from August 2021-June 2023 as a faculty member, while on sabbatical from IIM Indore.

He was nominated to the Long List of 15 academicians chosen from across 39 countries in the world in the prestigious EIU Business Professor of the Year Award 2012. Ranjeet was also awarded the “Best Teacher” at IIM Indore for the year 2013. His co-authored paper, titled “How do I become a servant leader: A practitioner’s approach to servant leadership” was awarded the Outstanding Research Paper award at the Emerald Literati 2023 awards. His recent paper titled “Solidarity in Feminist Organizing: Fighting against gender-based violence by women’s courts” has been awarded the Conference Best Paper Award at the prestigious 85^th Annual Academy of Management Conference, Copenhagen.

Ranjeet engages courses in the regular MBA programs as well as Executive Education. He has conducted over 600 training programs and workshops for senior bureaucrats, officers from the armed forces and BSF, officers from various public and private sector firms. His consulting interests are in the domain of leadership coaching, competency mapping, change management and organizational restructuring. He is also a certified Executive Coach and works with CXOs in their coaching journey.

Ranjeet has written and published several cases and research papers in top rated International journals including International Journal of Conflict Management, Personnel Review, Public Administration Quarterly, International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Journal of Educational Management, Human Resource Development Review, South Asian Journal of Management among others. His business cases have been registered and published by the Richard Ivey School of Business. He has co-authored two books titled ‘Managing Human Resources: Productivity, Quality of Work Life and Profits’, and “Industrial Relations” which are published by Tata McGraw Hill. His areas of interest are managing change and organizational restructuring, firm performance, leadership theory, and diversity and inclusion among others. His research has been published and presented in several international journals and conferences like the Academy of Management conference, European Group of Organizational Studies, International Congress of Psychology, and the Indian Academy of Management.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATION

ABDC Rating : A

Tiwari, S. K., Ghulyani, S., Shaik, R., Gaur, A., & Nambudiri, R. (2025). Business group affiliation and firm performance: The role of organizational psychological capital. Journal of Business Research, 186, 115040.
Barhoi, P., Pathak, M., and Nambudiri, R. (2024) Liminality of Professional Identity and Caregiving Identity Among Women Professionals Working in Rural Development Nonprofits in India. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (Accepted).
Barhoi, Poonam, Ranjeet Nambudiri, and Nobin Thomas. (2024). “Gender-Based Violence in India and Feminist Organizing of Women’s Court’s Work for its Prevention.” Gender, Work & Organization: 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13190.
Pandey, A., Nambudiri, R., Selvaraj, P., & Sadh, A. (2021). A temporal study on subordinate’s response to destructive leadership: voice withdrawal as a conflict coping mechanism. International Journal of Conflict Management, 32(5), 886-911.
Sharma, A., & Nambudiri,, R. (2020). Work Engagement, Job Crafting and Innovativeness in the Indian IT Industry. Personnel Review
Vinayan, J., and Nambudiri, R. (2019) “Developing a Corruption-Vulnerability Index for Organizations: A Study of Indian State-Owned Enterprises.” Public Administration Quarterly3 (2019): 401-453.
Nambudiri, R. (2012). Propensity to trust and organizational commitment: A study in the Indian pharmaceutical sector, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(5), March 2012.

ABDC Rating : B

Totawar, A. K., Lanke, P., & Nambudiri, R. (2024, November). The relationship between organizational justice and job outcomes: examining the mediation of quality of work-life and psychological capital. In Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship. Emerald Publishing Limited.
Shaik, R., Nambudiri, R., & Yadav, M. K. (2022). Mindfully performed organisational routines: reconciling the stability and change duality view. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 30(4), 1019-1038.
Hassan, Y., & Nambudiri, R. (2022). Authenticity: Do Athletes Choose to be Real at their Workplace?. Journal of Sport Behavior, 45(1).
Panda, A., Jain, N. K., & Nambudiri, R. (2022). Work–family conflict, affective commitment, leadership and job satisfaction: a moderated mediation analysis. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 71(4), 1469-1489.
Singh, S., Thomas, N., & Nambudiri, R. (2021). Knowledge sharing in times of a pandemic: An intergenerational learning approach. Knowledge and Process Management, 28(2), 153-164.
Billore, A., Jayasimha, K. R., Sadh, A., & Nambudiri, R. (2020). Divergence or relevance in advertisements: what works in emerging markets? Evidence from Indian consumers. Journal of Global Marketing, 33(4), 225-241.
Nambudiri, R., Shaik, R., and Ghulyani, S. (2019). Student personality and academic achievement: The mediating role of psychological capital, International Journal of Educational Management, (early cite).
Sehgal, P. , Nambudiri, R., & Mishra, S. (2017). Teacher Effectiveness through Self-Efficacy, Collabration, and Prinicipal Leadership. International Journal of Educational Management. 31 (4), 505-517
Totawar, A.K. & Nambudiri, R.. (2014). Mood and Self-Efficacy: The Moderation of Hedonic and Utilitarian Motivation, Human Resource Development Review, 13(3), 314-335

ABDC Rating : C

Gupta, S., & Nambudiri, R. (2022). How do I become a Servant Leader? A practitioner’s approach to Servant Leadership development. Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, 36(4), 20-22. Emerald Literati Best Paper Award 2023
Nath, P., Totawar, A., Chakraborty, A., and Nambudiri, R.. (2019). Nokia Chennai plant: Lessons from the turbulent journey and closure of the world’s largest mobile manufacturing unit. Journal of Organizational Behavior Education, 12,
Sharma, A. & Nambudiri, R. (2015). Job Leisure Conflict, Turnover Intention and the Role of Job Satisfaction as a Mediator: An Empirial study of Indian IT professionals. South Asian Journal of Management, 22(1), January – March 2015, pp. 7-28
Totawar, A.K. & Nambudiri, R.. (2014). Can Fairness explain Satisfaction? Mediation of Quality of Worklife (QWL) in the Influence of Organiztaional Justice on Job Satisfaction, South Asian Journal of Management, 21(2), April-June 2014, pp. 101-122

OTHER REFEREED PUBLICATIONS – VIKALPA, IVEY PUBLISHING, ET CASES

Sinha, S., Jain, N. K., Singh, S., & Nambudiri, R. (2023). Asian Paints Company Limited: post-merger and acculturation challenges. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 13(2), 1-23.
Nair, N., Selvaraj, P., & Nambudiri, R. (2022). Culture and COVID-19: Impact of Cross-Cultural Dimensions on Behavioral Responses. Encyclopedia, 2(3), 1210-1224.
Joseph, N., Totawar, A. and Nambudiri, R. (2023). VDart Inc: Managing culture during growth, in Ivey Publishing. W28427
Joseph, N., Totawar, A., and Nambudiri, R. (2020). Mananarkad Rural Cooperative Service Bank: Innovating at the edge, in Ivey Publishing (9B20C009)
Nambudiri, R., & Ghulyani, S. (2018) GAIL (India) Limited: Transforming the Safety Culture, in Ivey Publishing (9B18C028)
Nambudiri, R.., Ramnarayan, S., & Xavier, C. (2017) Apigee: People Management Practices and the Challenge of Growth. In Ivey Publishing (9B17C022)
Nambudiri, R., & Ghulyani, S. (2017). Transforming Higher Education: How Culture Disables a University’s Change Initiative. In Sahay., & Sarma, P.R.S. (Eds.), Select Management Cases, E T Cases: Mumbai, pp. 179-196.
Nambudiri, R. (2017).“Immediate Survival or Long-term Growth? The Case of an Indian Organization.” Vikalpa2 (2017), pp. 122-124.
Pandey, A., Nambudiri, R., & Anand, P. (2016). To Change or Not to Change: The Curious Case of Managing Change at CIITS. In Sahay., V., & Sarma, P.R.S. (Eds.), Handbook of Management Cases, E T Cases: Mumbai. pp. 106-118.
Totawar, A.K. & Nambudiri, R.. (2014). How does Organizational Justice Influence Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment: Explaining with Psychological Capital (PsyCap), Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, 39(2), April-June 2014, pp. 83-99
Nambudiri, R., & Jayasimha, K.R. (2009). Performance management at the National Institute of Management (Central India campus) (B), in Ivey Publishing (9B09C009W)
Nambudiri, R., & Jayasimha, K.R. (2008). Performance management at the National Institute of Management (Central India campus) (A), in Ivey Publishing (9B08C20W)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Nambudiri, R., Totawar,A., & Manu Prasad (2016). “Does the name matter? The what and why of name dropping.” International Journal of Psychology51 (2016): 71.
Minocha, A., & Nambudiri, R. (2015). DC Pharmaceuticals: Combating the challenge of attrition. IIM Indore Cases portfolio, 03/015/OBHRM
Nambudiri, R., & Tewari, R. (2014). Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Commitment, Indian Journal of Training and Development, 44(1), January-March 2014, pp. 41-47
Nambudiri, R., & Ravichandran, R. (2013). Organizational Transformation: The case of Republic Bank of India (REBI). Indore Management Journal, 4 (4), 31-39.
Totawar, A. & Nambudiri, R. (2012). An overview pf depersonalization in the organizational context. Indore Management Journal, 4(2), July – September 2012, 64-72.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (SELECTED)

Barhoi, P., & Nambudiri, R. (2024). Performativity in Women’s Courts’ Initiatives for Gender-Based Violence Prevention in India. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 15171). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management.
Barhoi, P., Nambudiri, R., & Thomas, N. (2023). Gender-Based Violence in India and Feminist Organizing of Women’s Court’s Work for Its Prevention. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 14205). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Pathak, M. T., Nambudiri, R., & Thomas, N. (2022). Self-help Goups in India: Liberalist Interventions and the Fantasy of Change-A Žižekian Critique. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 12040). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Nambudiri, R., Shaik, R. and Ghulyani, S. (2019) Role of Personality Traits and Psychological Capital in Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study. Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2019. No. 1. Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management, 2019.
Pandey, A., Nambudiri, R., (2018) A Temporal Study on Subordinate Response to Destructive Leadership: Role of Personality and Climate. Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2018. No. 1. Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management, 2018.
Nambudiri, R., Shaik, R., and Ghulyani, S. (2017). Does your Academic Performance depend on your Personality? The Mediating role of PsyCap. Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2017. No. 1. Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management, 2017.
Prasad, M., Totawar, A., & Nambudiri, R. (2016). The what and why of name dropping, 31^ST International Congress of Psychology proceedings.
Thomas, R., and Nambudiri, R. (2015). Motivation as an Obligation: Linking Deontic Work Motivation with Socialization and Commitment. Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2015. No. 1. Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management, 2015.
Majumdar, B. & Nambudiri, R. (2014). Understanding voluntary employee turnover from a swicthing cost perspective: A conceptual model, British Academy of Management, Belfast, Ireland, Conference proceedings
Totawar, A. K., Nambudiri, R., & Selvaraj, P. (2013). Justice, Satisfaction, Commitment: Mediation of Quality of Work Life and Psychological Capital. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2013, No. 1, p. 15432). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Nambudiri, R., & Shukla Tewari, R. (2013). Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Commitment: Job Satisfaction as a Mediator. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2013, No. 1, p. 13670). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Sehgal, P. & Nambudiri, R. (2013). Antecedents of teacher effectiveness: Mediating role of teacher efficacy, London International Conference on Education, London, Conference proceedings
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. (2012, July). Mood and Self-Efficacy: The Moderating Effect of Hedonic and Utilitarian Motivation. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2012, No. 1, p. 14260). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. (2012). Feeling fair and being satisfied: effect of organizational justice on job satisfaction and the mediation of quality of work life. 30th International Congress of Psychology 2012, Cape Town, South Africa. Conference proceedings.

Nambudiri, R., & Tewari, R. (2010). Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Commitment: The Mediation of Job Satisfaction. ANZAM 2010.

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