• Gayathri Janapati, V. Vijayalakshmi (Accepted) Charting Resilient Paths: Character Strengths Intervention for Youth Development, Book Chapter in Edited Volume “Flourishing in Everyday Life: Science-Backed Advice from Experts, Springer.
• Janani, V. Vijayalakshmi (2025) Agility and the three musketeers: The interplay of epistemic curiosity, joy, and rumination, Acta Psychologica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105215
• Janani, M., Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024) Diverse Arts for Diverse Workforce. IAPS Journal of Practice in Mental Health, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 23-25, | DOI: 10.4103/IJPMH.IJPMH_17_24.
• M. Janani, V. Vijayalakshmi (2024) Arts as a driver of agility: A mixed-method inquiry, Acta Psychologica, Vol. 251, 104640, ISSN 0001-6918, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104640.
• Gayathri Janapati, V. Vijayalakshmi (2024) Creating a resilient pedagogy: Character strengths intervention for aspiring educators, Acta Psychologica, Vol. 249, 104465, ISSN 0001-6918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104465.
• Chandran, S., Vijayalakshmi, V., & Fiedler, M. (2024). How Passion for Work Shapes Work-Family Interactions: A Conceptual Framework Exploring the Roles of Psychological Capital and Self-Regulation Failure. Human Resource Development Review, 23(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/15344843241249219.
• Banu, J., Baral, R. and Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024), "The enablers and stumbling blocks in sustaining growth of women-owned micro-enterprises in India – a qualitative inquiry", Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. 18 No. 5, pp. 918-944. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-05-2023-0060.
• Hariharan Thangatur Sukumar, Ganesh L.S, V. Vijayalakshmi, Piyush Sharma, Vidyasagar M Potdar (2024) "Archetypal Representations of Dilemmas concerning Invasive Alien Species Management - A case of invasive Lantana camara in the Protected Areas of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India" Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Vol. 41, Issue 4, pp. 640-664. http://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2999.
• Gayathri Janapati and V. Vijayalakshmi (2024) “Counting on strengths: Harnessing character strengths to stimulate innovative work behaviour”. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-09-2023-3959.
• M. Janani. and V. Vijayalakshmi. (2023) "An arts-based process to build Workforce agility", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 36 No. 6, pp. 917-931. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-03-2023-0092
• Ramesh, R., Ananthram, S., Vijayalakshmi, V. and Sharma, P. (2022), "Technostressors – a boon or bane? Toward an integrative conceptual model", Journal of Indian Business Research, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 278-300. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIBR-10-2021-0348.
• Veeravalli, S. & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2021). “Revisiting Knowledge Management System Use: Unravelling Interventions that Nurture Knowledge Seeking”. International Journal of Knowledge Management. 18(1), 1-25. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJKM.291707.
• Hariharan Thangatur Sukumar, Ganesh L.S, Vijayalakshmi Venkatraman, Piyush Sharma, Vidyasagar M Potdar (2021) “Morphological Analysis of General System-Environment Complexes: Representation and Application”. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. http://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2794.
• Uma Narayanan and V. Vijayalakshmi (2020) “To Look Within: A Holistic Approach to Inner Development of Leaders”. International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management. Vol. 21, No. 4. Pg. 478-506. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJICBM.2020.111364.
• Krithika Venkatraman, V. Vijayalakshmi, Nandan Sudarsanam, Anand Manoharan (2020). "Designing Dynamic Interventions to Improve Adherence in Pediatric Long-term Treatment – The Role of Perceived Value of the Physician by Primary Caregivers". Health Communications https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1796284.
• Abha Bhartia and V. Vijayalakshmi (2019). “Thriving at Work: A Conceptual Examination of the Role of Emotional Social Competence (ESC) among Indian Managers”. South Asian Journal of Management, Volume 26, Issue No. 3, pp. 30-50. Jul – Sep.
• Veeravalli, S., V. Vijayalakshmi and Hariharan, M. (2019). "Why do people seek knowledge? Tracing factors that affect knowledge seeking intention". VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Vol. 50 No. 2, pp. 271-290 https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-04-2019-0059.
• Abha Bhartia and V. Vijayalakshmi (2019). “Does Emotional Social Competence Foster Team Climate?” Psychological Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, pp 83–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-019-00481-7.
• Suchitra Veeravalli and V. Vijayalakshmi (2019). “A Morphological Review of Enterprise Social Media Literature”, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Volume 29, Issue 02, pp. 139-162. (DOI 10.1080/10919392.2019.1583456).
• Eliska Cejkova, Alena Slezackova, Rajneesh Choubisa and V. Vijayalakshmi (2018). “Life Values and Subjective Well-being among Indian University Students: Scrutinizing the Omnipresent North-South Divide”, Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 238-248.
• Mathew, H. E and V. Vijayalakshmi (2017). “Changing definitions of work and play: Importance of Workplace Humor”. Psychological Studies, 62(1), 12-20.
• Priyadarshini N. and V. Vijayalakshmi (2012). “Emerging Trends in Positive Organizational Behaviour – A Position Paper”, Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, 3 (3), pg. 162-167.
• V. Vijayalakshmi and Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya (2012). “Emotional Contagion and its Relevance to Individual Behavior and Organizational Processes: A Position Paper”. Journal of Business and Psychology, Vol. 27, Issue 3, September, pg. 363-374.
• V. Vijayalakshmi, Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya, Abha Bhartia, and R. Muthuvel (2008). "Emotional Intelligence and Social Reticence of Post-graduate Female Students". Journal of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Vol. 34, pg. 93-100.
• V. Vijayalakshmi and Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya (2007). "Emotional Contagion and Team effectiveness: A Conceptual Model". International Journal of Management Practices and Contemporary Thought, Vol. 2, No.1, January-July, pg. 35-44.
• V. Vijayalakshmi and Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya (2007). “Emotional Contagion and its Influence on Team Effectiveness” in Consortium of Students in Management Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (Awarded the Best Paper).
• V. Vijayalakshmi and Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya (2006). "Emotional Contagion and Team Effectiveness". pp. 143-156. In K. B. Akhilesh, A. Gurtoo, and G. P. Mahapatra (eds.) Enabling Execution Excellence. Himalaya Publishing House, India.

• Reshma Sandeep Kumar Dey, V. Vijayalakshmi, Piyush Sharma, Robyn Ouschan & Julie Napoli (2026) Psychological Microfoundations of Green Value Co-Creation in Climate-Disrupted Tourism Systems. In 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 31 July–4 August, 2026 (Accepted).
• Pravin Kamble, V. Vijayalakshmi, T.J. Kamalanabhan. (2026) "Beneath the Browsing Silence: Diagnostic Meta-Analysis of Cyberloafing and OCB Patterns among Digital Generations”. Presented and Awarded the Best Paper for 'Potential for Real-World Impact' at the Technology and Societal Impact Conference (TaSIC) 2026, 20-21 February, 2026, S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, India.
• Kamble, P., Vijayalakshmi, V., & Kamalanabhan, T. J. (2026) "When attention wanders: Mindfulness as a boundary condition in workplace cyberloafing". International Research Conference on Mindfulness, 14–15 Feb, 2026. IIM Bodh Gaya, India.
• Angelina Rozario & V. Vijayalakshmi (2025) Perspective of Donor Stewardship in Alumni Engagement: The Role of Leadership, Respect & Trust. In The International Conference on Respect in Business and Leadership, XLRI Jamshedpur, India, 9 - 11 January, 2025.
• Vijayalakshmi, V; Janapati, G., Senthil Kumar S. (2024) Transformative Education: Universal Human Values for Students' Holistic Personal Development. In 9th International Conference on Research in Business, Management, and Economics, Germany, 20-22 December, 2024.
• Vijayalaksmi, V., Y. C, Chaithra., and Passmore, Jonathan. (2 - 4 Dec, 2025). Coaching for Growth Mindset and Well-Being: A Large-Scale Control Trial [Paper presentation]. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Australia.
• Reshma Sandeep Kumar Dey & V. Vijayalakshmi (2025) From Grief to Hope: Understanding Tourism Employees' Climate Emotions in India's Biodiversity Hotspot. In 16th Indian Tourism & Hospitality Congress (IITHC) International Conference on “Sustainable Tourism and Wellness: A Path to a Greener Future”, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, 21–23 November, 2025.
• Reshma Sandeep Kumar Dey, Piyush Sharma, V. Vijayalakshmi, Robyn Ouschan & Julie Napoli (2025) Climate Emotions Among Tourism Employees in Forest Regions: A Qualitative Exploration. In 11th Euro-Asia Tourism Studies Association Conference, Hotel Mercure Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, 23–27 June, 2025.
• Reshma Sandeep Kumar Dey, V. Vijayalakshmi & Sandeep Kumar Dey (2024) Climate Emotions and Tourism: A Morphological Analysis and Future Agenda. In Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland, 27–28 Aug. 2024.
• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024). A Resilient Future: Character Strengths Intervention for Pre-Service Teachers. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 20764). Academy of Management (Accepted).
• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024). Empowering tomorrow: Nurturing resilience in youth. 33rd Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024). Unlocking the potential: Resilience in youth. 9th Pan IIM World Management Conference, Sambalpur, Odisha, India.
• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2023). Alone we can do so little; together, we can do so much: A character-strengths intervention for shared mental models and team resilience. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (Accepted, not presented).
• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024). Strengthening the future: A resilience intervention for youth. European Conference on Positive Psychology (Accepted, not presented).
• V.Vijayalakshmi, Shruthi G, Janani M, Gayathri Janapati, Senthil Kumar S (2023) “Universal Human Values Based Education: An Intervention Study in Higher Education” presented at the First International Conference on Management Research, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
• V.Vijayalakshmi, Pankaj Kumar Jayaswal, Gayathri Janapati, Janani M (2023) “Personalized Life Skill Development for Enhancing Well-Being of Girl Students in Colleges in Tamil Nadu and Kerala” presented at the First International Conference on Management Research, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
• Gayathri Janapati & V. Vijayalakshmi (2023) “Strengthening the Guardians: Towards a comprehensive model for police resilience” presented at the First International Conference on Management Research, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
• Janani M & V.Vijayalakshmi (2023) “Agility, Arts, and the Three Musketeers” presented at the First International Conference on Management Research, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
• Sreelekshmi Chandran & V Vijayalakshmi (2023) “Work Passion on Work-Family Outcomes of Entrepreneurs in India and Germany: The Moderating Roles of Activity Orientation and Individualism- Collectivism” presented in the 36th ANZAM Conference, New Zealand.
• Janani M and V. Vijayalakshmi. “An Arts-based approach to Workforce agility: The role of Epistemic Curiosity”, Academy of Management Annual Conference, Boston, USA, August 2023.
• Janani M and V. Vijayalakshmi. "Building Workforce agility through Arts- a longitudinal study". 8th International Positive Psychology Association World Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20th - 23rd July 2023 (Accepted but did not get Visa).
• V. Vijayalakshmi, Uma Narayanan, V. Arul Dev, K. Gopalakrishnan (2020), "Holistic Education–Towards a Practical Framework for the Development of Faculty, Students and Overall Education" in the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (INDAM), 1-4 Jan 2020, Indian Institute of Management Trichy, India.
• V. Krithika, V. Vijayalakshmi, Nandan Sudarsanam (2019), “The Influence of Primary Caregiver Perceived Value of Physician on Adherence in Pediatric Long-term Treatments: A Mixed Method Investigation”, 19th Consortium of Students in Management Research, 28 – 29 Nov, 2019.
• Ramesh. R., V. Vijayalakshmi, Sharma P. and Ananthram S. (2019) Navigating Technostressors Mindfully: A Conceptual Understanding Using Psychological Needs Satisfaction, in Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference, Sep 3-5 2019. Birmingham, United Kingdom.
• Sumita Datta, Vasanthi Srinivasan, V. Vijayalakshmi, Vishal Gupta, Snehal Shah, Rupashree Baral, Shivganesh Bhargava (2019) Industry-Academic Collaboration: An Inclusive Agenda for Growth, in the Professional Development Workshop of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 9 – 13 August, 2019, Boston, USA.
• Krithika. V, Nandan Sudarsanam, V. Vijayalakshmi (2019) Role of Patients and Family Caregivers on Care and Outcomes in the Proceedings of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 9 – 13 August, 2019, Boston, USA.
• Ganesh L.S, Hariharan Thangatur Sukumar, V. Vijayalakshmi, Piyush Sharma, Vidyasagar M Potdar (2018) Understanding Consumption Rebound Effect: A Systems Dynamics Perspective, Doctoral Consortium of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India.
• Krithika Venkatraman, Nandan Sudarsanam, V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) The Influence of Individualized Interventions on Adherence in Long-Term Pediatric Treatments: Understanding the Mediating Role of Primary Caregiver Perceived Value of Physician, 32nd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, 4-7 December 2018, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Senthil Kumar Shanmugam and V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) Conceptualizing the Introduction of Being-Values in Education in India, International Conference on Society and Management: Indian Culture vis-à-vis Western Culture, Dec 7-8, 2018 Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India.
• Veeravalli S and V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) Tracing Factors that Impact Individual Knowledge Seeking Behaviours on Knowledge Management Systems. Proceedings of the 18th Consortium of Students in Management Research (COSMAR), 29-30 November 2018, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
• Veeravalli S and V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) Understanding Individual Knowledge Seeking Behaviors in the Context of Knowledge Management Systems. Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Knowledge Management, 06 - 07 Sep 2018, University of Padua, Italy.
• Eliska Cejkova, Alena Slezackova, Rajneesh Choubisa, V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) Life Values and Subjective Well-Being Among University Students across Cultures: Comparison of Czech, North Indian and South Indian Samples. 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology, June 27–30 2018, Budapest, Hungary.
• Arjuna Venkateshwara TS and V. Vijayalakshmi (2017) “Work and Calling: An Exploratory study on Students”. 2nd International Conference on Business, Economics, Management & Marketing, 9-11 Jan’ 17, Dubai.
• Rofia Ramesh and V. Vijayalakshmi (2017) “Enhancing individual decision making through mindfulness”, 5th Biennial Indian Academy of Management Conference, 17-20 December 2017, Indian Institute of Management Indore.
• Abha Bhartia and V.Vijayalakshmi (2016) “Thriving at Work through Emotional Social Competence”. Proceedings in 20th Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), 6-9 December 2016, Brisbane.
• V. Vijayalakshmi, Abha Bhartia and Anitha Shri (2016) “Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Thriving of College Students” in the 26th National Academy of Psychology Conference, 29-31 December 2016, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
• Uma Narayanan, V. Arul Dev and V. Vijayalakshmi (2016) “Inner Presence, Strengths and Experiencing Meaning in Work – An Integral Model and Reflective Process” in the 26th National Academy of Psychology Conference, 29-31 December 2016, IIT Madras, Chennai.
• Priyadarshini N and V. Vijayalakshmi (2015) “Psychological Capital and its impact on Organizational Effectiveness: Empirical Evidence from Indian NGOs” in the 15th Consortium of Students in Management Research (COSMAR15), 24-25 November 2015, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India.
• Uma Narayanan, V. Arul Dev and V. Vijayalakshmi (2015) “Fractals of Integral Change”, Fourth International Integral Theory Conference, 16-19 July 2015, San Francisco, USA. (Accepted for Journal publication and Special Honorary Award).
• Priyadarshini N. and V. Vijayalakshmi (2015) “Psychological Capital and its impact on Sustainable Individual Performance: Empirical Evidence from Indian NGOs” in the Fourth World Congress on Positive Psychology, 25-28 June 2015, Florida, USA.
• Uma Narayanan, V. Arul Dev and V. Vijayalakshmi (2015) “Integral Development and Change - At the Level of Inner Processes”, Proceedings in Twelfth AIMS International Conference on Management, 2-5 January 2015, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India. (Third Best Paper award).
• Hima Elizabeth Mathew and V Vijayalakshmi (2014) “A study on Workplace Humor and Creativity in IT Teams”, presented at Ninth International Yale-Great Lakes Research Conference, Great Lakes Institute of Management, 29 December, 2014, Chennai, India.
• Priyadarshini N. and V. Vijayalakshmi (2014) “Positive Organizational Behavior in Indian NGOs: An Association between Psychological Capital and Organizational Effectiveness”, 7th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 1-4 July 2014, Amsterdam.
• Hima Elizabeth Mathews and V. Vijayalakshmi (2013) “Changing Definitions of Work and Play: Importance of Workplace Humor”, 10th AIMS International Conference, 6-9 January 2013, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India.
• Hima Elizabeth Mathew and V, Vijayalakshmi (2013) “A study on Workplace Humor and Team Creativity”, presented at the Doctoral students’ mentoring programme of the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management 2013, 12-14, December, 2013, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.
• Kiran Bhamidi and V.Vijayalakshmi (2013) “Industry and Academia Collaborations and their influence on Innovation Capability” in the 10th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning, 24-25 October 2013, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
• Priyadarshini N. and V. Vijayalakshmi (2013) “Exploring Spirituality and Humor as New Dimensions of Psychological Capital”, 5th International Conference on Excellence in Research and Education, Indian Institute of Management Indore, India.
• Uma Narayanan, V. Arul Dev and V.Vijayalakshmi (2013) “Integral Leadership Development: Applying an Integral Framework for Inner Development of Leaders”, Proceedings in 8th Symposium on Sustainable Leadership, 4-7 June 2013, Nice, France.
• Priyadarshini N. and Vijayalakshmi, V. (2012) “Emerging Trends in Positive Organizational Behaviour - A Position Paper”, International Conference on Management and Behavioral Sciences, New Delhi, India.
• V. Vijayalakshmi and K. Gopalakrishnan (2011) “Rethinking Management through Bhagawad Gita”, Indian Philosophical Congress, Chidambaram, India.
• V. Vijayalakshmi (2011) “Rethinking Management Education with Innovation and Creativity”, International Management Education Conference, IIM Ahmedabad Alumni Association, Chennai, India.

Completed:

• National Commission for Women: Research Study on Women's access to higher education.
• Impress ICSSR: Development of a new course curriculum based on Universal Human Values.
• Banca Sella (CSR): Creating a Ripple: Through Holistic Education.
• TNPL (CSR): Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs.
• IIT Madras: Emotional Contagion: Development of an EC Tool for OD Intervention.
• Teaching Learning Centre, IITM: Faculty-Student Relationship through Transactional Analysis.
• Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development: Creating a Ripple Effect in Youth Development.
• British Council: Research into Women’s Empowerment and Social Enterprise.
• Naval Physical & Oceanographic Lab: Collaborative Research, Capacity Building.

Ongoing:

• Meta: Learning in Metaverse (with Prof. M. Manivannan).
• Pelatro Ltd. (CSR): Holistic Education (with Prof. Rupashree Baral).
• IIT Madras (Socially Relevant Project): Women Entrepreneurship.

Ph.D. Completed

• Gayathri Janapati (2025) A Lesson in Resilience: Character Strengths Intervention in Education.
• Sreelekshmi Chandran (2024) (Joint Doctoral Program with University of Passau, Germany): How Passion for Work Shapes Work-Family Interactions – A Cross-Cultural Inquiry among Entrepreneurs in India and Germany
• Janani M (2024) Epistemic Curiosity, Rumination, and Joy as Predictors of Workforce Agility: An Intermodal Arts-Based Intervention.
• Hariharan Thangatur Sukumar (2022) (Joint Doctoral Program with Curtin University): Management of Degraded Ecosystems: The case of invasive Lantana camara in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve’s Protected Areas.
• Rofia Ramesh (2022) (Joint Doctoral Program with Curtin University): Nested Sub-System Model of Technostressors: Impact of Psychological Need Satisfaction, Technostress Inhibitors, Mindfulness and LMX Quality on Burnout and Work Engagement.
• Krithika V (2021) Care to Continue: Influence of Primary Caregiver Perceived Value of the Physician and Dynamic Intervention Design on Adherence in Pediatric Long-term Treatments.
• Uma Narayanan (2020) Inner Strengths at the Being Level: An Integral Approach.
• Abha Bhartia (2020) Impact of Emotional Social Competence on Thriving at Work.
• Suchitra Veeravalli (2020) Tracing Factors that Impact Knowledge Seeking Intention.
• Hima Elizabeth Mathew (2017) Impact of Workplace Humor on Team Creativity.
• Priyadarshini N (2016) Impact of Psychological Capital on Organizational Effectiveness: Empirical Evidence from Non-Governmental Organizations.

MS Completed

• Lavanya R (2023) The Role of Self-Determined Learning Principles in Achieving Optimal Learning Experience
• Senthil Kumar (2022) Impact of Student Inner Development on Engagement and Well-being, ,
• Sathiesh V (2018) Factors Influencing Individual Unlearning and its Bidirectional Impact on Workforce Agility
• Arjuna Venkateshwara TS (2018) A Qualitative Inquiry into Discovering Calling,
• B H Kiranmai (2014) Industry-Academia Collaborations and Innovation Capability of IT Firms.

Joint Master’s Program (with University of Passau, Germany)

• Xinwei Shi (2020) Impact of Cultural Intelligence on Team Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Multinational Virtual and Face-To-Face Teams

Master’s Thesis Guidance (University of Passau, Germany)

• Katrin Armbruster (2017) Embedding CSR Activities into Corporate Strategy: Measures and Improving Possibilities exemplified by a Multinational Corporation.
• Mirjam Linkenheil (2018) Entrepreneurial Leadership through a Cross-cultural Lens: A Comparison of Leadership Styles in German and Indian Start-ups.
• Theodora Sophie Barth (2018) An Insight into Indo-German Work Relationships: The Role of Cultural Value Orientations.
• Tanja Meyerhof (2018) Effective Leadership in Global Environments: Authentic Leadership in a Cross-Cultural Environment and its Impact on Follower Commitment to Supervisor.
• Matthias Wenig (2019) Culture, Values and the Global Mindset: A Study of Global Leadership based on Germany and India.

Master’s Thesis Guidance (Executive MBA)

• Ambika Alwar
• Deepak Vijendran - Role of ‘Design Thinking’ in driving Growth and Transformation
• Goutam N - Intuition: A Tool for Organizational Culture Change
• Subrahmanyam D V V R (2019) - Sportive Organizations.
• Jayachandran (2019) - Improving Responsiveness of Technical Support Personnel.
• Amirthaganesan Mani (2019) - Employee Motivation by building Positive Team Culture in Service Industry.
• Jayapraha P (2019) - Impact of Generation Z in the Workplace.
• Subramanian B (2020) - Leadership in a crisis - lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Navya Mastanaiah (2020) – Impact on Engagement: Work from Home during the Pandemic.
• Srikanth Gopi (2020) – Social Media Metrics and Leadership.
• Anshika – Micro-foundations of Sustainability & Organizational Behavior.
• Murugesh B – Transitioning from individual contributor to a team manager -A Systems Thinking Perspective.
• Nandhakumar – A system thinking approach in Road Design to enhance road safety in India.
• Adeshwar Muruganathan - Pro-Social Driving Behavior
• Bharathi Ramamurthy - HR Technology Adoption Insights
• Steve Augustine. S - Coaching Leadership
• Vaishnavi A - Biomimcry and Organizational Behavior

Ongoing Research Guidance - PhD

• Reshma Sandeep Dey - Eco-Emotions and Sustainability (Joint Doctoral Program with Curtin University, Australia)
• Chaithra Y C - Coaching Intervention to Enhance Positive Outcomes (Joint Doctoral Program with Curtin University, Australia)
• Pravin Kamble - Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well being in the Context of Workplace Deviation (Guide: Prof. T.J.Kamalanabhan, DoMS)
• Hema Swamy - Towards Sustainable Development: An Indian Knowledge System Perspective
• Angelina Rozario - Workplace Giving through Non-Monetary Contributions
• Harshita Mankad - Leadership Communication and the Gen Z Workforce
• Sraddha Kausthub - Yogasutra and Management

Ongoing Research Guidance - MS (By Entrepreneurship)

• V S Baskar - Wellness through Metaverse (Co-Guide: Prof. M Manivannan of Applied Mechanics)

Master’s Thesis Guidance (Executive MBA)

• Umapathy CP
• Bhavana Sridhar

Reviewer: Journal of Business and Psychology, Gender in Management, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, South Asian Journal of Management, Academy of Management Annual Meetings.

Memberships: Academy of Management, International Positive Psychology Association.

Selected Invited Talks:

• Panelist: "Balancing Teaching and Research", Society of Women Engineers India (2020).
• Session: "Self-Awareness and Social Competence", NRSC-ISRO (2020).
• Session: "Harnessing the Power Within You!", Vivekananda Janoththana Trust (2019).
• Resource Person: Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Kochi (2018).
• Resource Person: United India Insurance (2016-2018).
• Resource Person: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (2015-2018).
• Resource Person: Larson & Toubro Management Trainees (2014-2018).
• Sessions at: IIT Palakkad, Anna University, Robert Bosch Research Centre, NTPC Tamilnadu Energy Company Limited.