Abhishek Goel

Prof. Abhishek Goel (Fellow-IIMA) is a faculty in the Organizational Behavior Group since 2008. He is active in teaching and consulting in areas of Leadership development, Teambuilding, Cross-cultural management, and Organizational Culture. His current research interests are in the area of Employee Engagement and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. His publications have appeared in reputed journals including the Harvard Business Review.

He has been a visiting fellow to Germany and Spain. He has won a few research based awards, including the Young Scientist awardee from the XXIX International Congress of Psychology in Berlin.

Academic Background:

• PhD in Management - FELLOW (IIM Ahmedabad)
• MBA – International Business, FMSR, AMU

Courses Taught:

• Micro Organizational Behavior (Group processes and teamwork, Leadership)
• Managing in cross cultural context/Cross Cultural Management
• Macro Organizational Behavior/Organization structure and design
• Change Management/Organization Development

Awards:

• (Includes special training nomination)
• Research fellowship under Research Excellence Program (PEIN), University de Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Feb. 2013).
• Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Training Program, Tokyo, Japan (Feb. 2012).
• Full Scholarship at the Young Scientist Program, XXIX International Congress of Psychology (ICP) Conference, Berlin
  
• Invited visitor at University of Konstanz (Jul. 2008).
• Chaudhary-Padmanabhan-Pant Award for best thesis proposal (2007-2008) at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India.
• Best Paper Award at the 17th National Academy of Psychology Conference, IIT Kanpur, India (Dec. 2007).

Experience

Consulting Interests:

• Leadership Development
• Leadership and Organizational Culture
• Sensemaking / Systems View

Work Experience:

• Associate Professor - Organizational Behavior / Behavioural Sciences (April 2015 - )
• Assistant Professor - Organizational behavior / Behavioural Sciences - IIM Calcutta (April 2008 - March 2015)