Ginni Chawla

Qualification

• Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human Resource Management 2011 - 2015
• University Grants Commission, New Delhi - NET & JRF, HRM/PMIR/OB 2010 - 2010
• University of Allahabad - Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Common Subjects 2005 - 2008

Certificate Courses

• Certificate on Qualitative Research Methods: Conversational Interviewing from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MITx), Cambridge, MA, United States of America, on April 27, 2020.
• Certificate on Design Thinking for Beginners: Develop Innovative Ideas from Udemy Academy, on June 11, 2020.
• Certificate on HR Analytics from National Human Resource Development Network (NHRDN), on June 26, 2020.

Academic Awards/Achievements and Recognition (Selective)

• Certificate and Memento for Vocational Award (Session 2021-22), conferred by Rotary Allahabad South on October 31st, 2021, for meritorious services and valuable contribution in the field of HR & OB.
• Best Paper Award for paper presented at the 10th National HR Conference, organized by XLRI, Jamshedpur, in association with Tata Steel, held Online, on Feb 20 and 21, 2021.
• Letter of Appreciation [Dated Oct 5, 2020] from Dr. J. Khaja Sheriff, Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies (DoMS) for 'Excellent Presentation and Delivery' as a Resource Person in the 3 Day International FDP on "Academic Writing in Quality Journals", organized by the DoMS, University of Madras, Chennai, held online from Sep 29 to Oct 1, 2020.
• Letter of Appreciation[No. DOMS/InternationalWorkshop/2020/ Dated Aug 21, 2020] from Dr. J. Khaja Sheriff, Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies (DoMS) for Overwhelming Response from participantsand Excellent Presentation as a Resource Person in the International FDP on "Academic Writing in Quality Journals", organized by the DoMS, University of Madras, Chennai, held online on Aug 18 and 19, 2020.
• Appreciation from Session Chairs - Prof. Gary Stockport and Prof. Rahul Singh, for case study presented at the International Conference on Management Cases (ICMC), organized by Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, from December 5-6, 2019.
• Letter of Appreciation for providing ‘insightful and informative comments that are worthy of being incorporated in the book and that would help in the product development process’, from McGraw Hill Publishers for Reviewing the Book entitled ‘Essentials of Management’ by Koontz, in October 2018.
• Memento from Session Chair as a Token of Appreciation for paper presented at the 4th Biennial Indian Academy of Management (IAM) Conference, organized by IAM in association with the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM - L), held at IIM-L Noida Campus, from December 11 – 13, 2015.
• Best Paper of the Session Award for paper presented at the International Conference on Management & Humanities, organized by International Economics Development and Research Center (IEDRC), held at Dubai, UAE, on April 4 and 5, 2014.

Areas Of Interest / Specialization

Teaching Interest/s:

Human Resource Management, International Human Resource Management, Organizational Change and Development, Business Negotiations, Cross Cultural Communication

Research Interest/s:

Industrial Relations, Employability, Gig Workers, Talent Management, Innovative HR Practices, Higher Education

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor - HR/OB/BC, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi.
• Assistant Professor - HR/OB, LM Thapar School of Management, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Formerly Thapar University), Patiala.
• Assistant Professor, Department of HR & OB, School of Business (SoB), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun.
• Branch Service Partner, Yes Bank Ltd., Bandra (W) Branch, Mumbai.

Visiting Assignment Undertaken

• Taught a course on ‘Organizational Change and Development’ to MBA students at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Formerly Thapar University), Patiala, Punjab, during Fall Semester (Jul-Dec), 2018.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Member, Committee for Screening Candidates for Admission to EPGDIB (On-campus), Session 2022-23.
• Member, Committee for Screening Candidates for Admission to EPGDIB (On-campus), Session 2021-22.
• Member, Academic Council, IIFT, Session 2020-22.
• Member, Covid-19 Task Force Committe, IIFT, w.e.f. June 3, 2021.
• Member, Planning and Monitoring Board, IIFT, Session 2021-24.
• Member, Admission Committee, IIFT, Session 2021-23.
• Member, Standing Moderation Committee of EMP Division for Declaration of Results, Session 2021-23.
• Member, Board of Studies, Executive Management Programme Division, Session 2020-22.
• Program Director, Executive Post Graduate Diploma in International Business (EPGDIB - On Campus), Session 2020-21.
• Member, Committee for Screening Candidates for Admission to EPGDIB (On-campus and Hybrid), Session 2020-21.
• Member, Admission Committee, IIFT, Session 2020-22.
• Program Director, MDP on "Cross-Cultural Communication" for the Officers of TVS Motors, Bangalore, Year - 2019.
• Program Director, Post Graduate Diploma in International Trade (PGDIT) for CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar) Countries, Session 2018-19.
• Member, AACSB (Standard 3) - Financial Strategies and Allocation of Resources, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, November, 2018 onwards.

PhD Supervision & Guidance and DAC Member

• PhD Supervisor of Miss Arushi Grover, Doctoral student in the HR area, IIFT, New Delhi since November 22, 2019.
• PhD Supervisor of Ms Abhinanda Bhattacharya, Doctoral student in the HR area, IIFT, New Delhi since May 10, 2021.
• PhD Supervisor of Miss Arushi Bathla, Doctoraal student in the HR area, IIFT, New Delhi since April 8, 2022.
• DAC Member of Ms Parul Gupta, Doctoral student in the HR area, IIFT, New Delhi since Aug 25, 2021.
• DAC Member of Ms Sana Khanam, Doctoral student, IIFT, New Delhi since Aug 25, 2021.

International Position

Elected as National Representative for India (2020-23) for the European Academy of Management (EURAM) on Apr 23, 2020.

International Visits/Assignments

Europe - France; Spain; Portugal; Iceland

Asia - Malaysia; Singapore; United Arab Emirates; Thailand

Publications

Papers Published in Journals

• Chawla, G., Tanya, S., Aggarwal, A., Jain, P., Barwa, P. A., and Pilli, A. (Dec, 2021). Performance Appraisal at Microsoft Corporation: When Employees Don’t Want to be Ranked. Case Folio The IUP Journal of Management Case Studies (ISSN: 0972-5350), 21(4), pp. 2551 - 2555. [Peer Reviewed and UGC Care Listed]
• Rai, A., and Chawla, G. (2021). Exploring differential relationship of job resources with work and organizational engagement. J Public Affairs. (ISSN 1479-1854), https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2596 [Scopus Indexed, Peer Reviewed and ABDC Listed – B Category, UGC Listed]
• Rai, A., and Chawla, G. (2021). Exploring the interrelationship among job resources, job demands, work and organizational engagement, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management(ISSN:1741-0401),https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-05-2020-0246 [Scopus Indexed, Peer Reviewed and ABDC Listed – B Category, UGC Listed]
• Chawla G., Singh, T., Singh R. (2020). Operationalizing the Antecedents and Outcomes of Union Participation in the Indian Context. Journal of Indian Business Research (ISSN: 1755-4195/1755-4209), https://doi.org/10.1108/JIBR-03-2019-0086. [Scopus Indexed, Peer Reviewed and ABDC Listed – C Category, UGC Listed]
• Najla, Arfaoui, Mahrane, Hofaidhllaoui, and Chawla, G. (2019). Social performance of the company: an explanation centralized on social and technological factors. EuroMed Journal of Business (ISSN: 1450-2194),15(1), pp. 102-126. [Scopus Indexed, Peer Reviewed and ABDC Listed – C Category, UGC Listed]
• Tyagi, R., Narang, S.P.S., Chawla, G. (2019, July-September). Selection Process: The Interview Confusion. Focus WTO (ISSN 0972-2076), 21(3), pp. 45-48. [Peer Reviewed]
• Chawla, G., Singh, T., Singh R., Agarwal, S. (2018). Worker Participation in Union Activities: A Conceptual Review. Personnel Review (ISSN: 0048-3486), Vol. 47, Issue 1, pp. 206-226. [SSCI Listed, Scopus Indexed, UGC J No. 26605, Peer Reviewed and ABDC Listed – A Category, 5-year Impact Factor (2016): 1.853, 2016 Impact Factor: 1.427]
• Chawla, G., Singh, T., Agarwal, S., and Singh, R. (2018, Aug). Resolving an Inevitable Crisis: Whose Stake is it? Global Business Review (ISSN: 09721509), Vol. 19, Issue 4, pp. 1 - 20. [Scopus Indexed, UGC J No. 27951; Peer Reviewed and ABDC Listed - C category]
• Chawla, G., Tyagi, R., Agarwal, S., and Rupali, S. (2018, Jul-Sep). Self-Help Groups as Influencers of Entrepreneurial Intentions among Women: Building a Conceptual Model. Indian Journal of Training and Development (ISSN: 09715592), Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 31-39. [Peer Reviewed, UGC J. No. 20893].
• Agarwal, S., Chawla, G., and Singh, R. (2017). Innovations in Human Resource Practices: Measurement Development & Validation, International Journal of Innovation Science(ISSN: 1757-2223), Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. pp. 396 - 416. [Scopus Indexed, ESCI Indexed, Peer Reviewed; UGC J No. 22972].
• Tyagi, R. and Chawla, G. (2017). Education through Information and Communication Technology: Student Perspective on the Blended Learning. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity (ISSN: 2010-3646), Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 212-216. [Peer Reviewed].
• Singh, R., Chawla, G., Agarwal, S. and Desai, A. (2017). Employability and Innovation: Development of a Scale. International Journal of Innovation Science(ISSN: 1757-2223), Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 20 – 37. [Scopus Indexed, ESCI Indexed, Peer Reviewed; UGC J No. 22972].
• Singh, T., Nandan, S. and Chawla, G. (2015). HR Service Dimensions of Quality of Work Life Factors: IT Enabled Services Perspectives in India. Int. J. of Indian Culture and Business Management(ISSN:1753-0806), Vol. 10, Issue 4, pp. 460-475. [Peer Reviewed and ABDC Indexed - C category; UGC J No.47404].
• Singh, T., and Chawla, G. (2015). Antecedents and Consequences of Union Participation: A Review. International Journal of Advanced Management Sciences(ISSN: 2168-0787), Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 44-49. [Peer Reviewed; UGC J No. 64587].
• Singh, T., Chawla, G. & Mishra, A. (2012). Unions and Managerial Associations in Indian Organizations: A Case Study of Selected Organizations. Journal of Organization and Human Behaviour(ISSN: 2277-3274), Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 9-18. [Peer Reviewed; UGC J No. 48141].

Book Chapters in Edited Books

• Chawla, G., Hofaidhllaoui, M., Kansal, H.M., Nemani, S.V., Priya, P., Shah, N.D., and Jindal, S. (2021). Urban Company Partners: A Status Swivel on the Cards?. Sustainability in the Gig Economy - Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities in Industry 4.0, Springer Nature. Accepted for Publication in April, 2021.
• Jain, P., Arushi, Chawla, G., Tandon, A. (2019). The Merit Pay Dilemma at Nearbuy.com. Proceedings of the International Conference on Management Cases, Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Singh, R., and Chawla, G., Sharma, P. (2019). A Snapshot of Industrial Relations Scenario in India (Chapter 29). In Emerging Perspectives in Theory, Research & Practices in Management (pp. 293 - 298), Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Billberry.studio (ISBN: 978-81-937673-3-7). [Peer Reviewed].
• Agarwal, S., and Chawla, G. (2018). A Theoretical Perspective on Innovative Human Resource Management. In Management Research &Innovation (pp. 407 - 416), New Delhi: Bharti Publications (ISBN: 978-93-86608-58-1). [Peer Reviewed].
• Singh, R., Chawla, G. and Desai, A. (2017). Job Satisfaction and Teacher’s Retention: Critical Review of Indian Management Education. Management Education for Global Leadership (pp.137 - 157), Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global Book Publishers (E-ISBN: 9781522510147). [Scopus Indexed and Peer Reviewed].
• Chawla, G.(2015). HR Strategies for Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce: A Conceptual Study. Advances in Management and Technology: Mapping Strengths with Opportunities (pp.196-203), New Delhi: McGraw Hill Education (ISBN: 93-392-2075-7). [Peer Reviewed].

Publication in Conference Proceedings

• Grover, A., and Chawla, G. (2019). Discovery Skills and Innovative Work Behaviour – A Study of the Indian IT Workforce. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Managing Human Resources at the Workplace (ICMHRW) (ISBN: 978-9383302-41-3).
• Gannouni, K., Cherif, A., HOFAIDHLLAOUI, M., Chawla, G. (2019). Self-Perceived Employability and Academic Engagement in Higher Education. Proceedings of the European Academy of Management (EURAM 2019) Conference(ISSN 2466-7498 and ISBN 978-2-9602195-1-7)
• Kallakuri, R., Bahuguna, P.C. and Chawla, G. (2017). Riding the Oil Tides: Strategies for Oil and Gas Companies. Business Environment of Infrastructure Challenges and Way Forward (pp. 574 - 587). Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Infrastructure (ISSN: 978-1-63535-614-4).
• Chawla, G., Singh, R. and Agarwal, S. (2015). Determinants of Graduate Employability: Development of a Scale. Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Management & Information Systems, Bloomsbury Publishing (ISBN: 9789385436895).

Externally Funded Research Projects

• Principal Investigator (PI) for the project titled “Internationalization of Indian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): Identification of the Strategic, Structural and Policy Dimensions, Challenges, and Solutions for Management Institutions”, sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Government of India, March 2022.
• Principal Invertigator (PI) for the project titled "ECGC Insurance covers and the Indian SSI Sector: A study of women-oriented units", sponsored by Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India - A Government of India Enterprise, Feb 2020.

Paper Presentations at Conferences

International Conferences outside India

• European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, organized by EURAM, held Online, from December 4-6, 2020.
• European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, organized by EURAM, held at ISCTE-IUL University, Lisbon, Portugal, from June 26 - 28, 2019.
• European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, organized by EURAM, held at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, from June 19 - 22, 2018.
• 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences and Innovation (ICSSI 2016), organized by the IEDRC, held at Hong Kong, China, from December 6 - 8, 2016.
• International Conference on Business Management and Information Systems (ICBMIS), organized by IJACP in association with IMT Ghaziabad (India), held at National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, from November 17 - 20, 2015.
• International Conference on Management & Humanities (ICMH), organized by International Economics Development and Research Center, held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on April 4 & 5, 2014.

International Conferences in India

• International Conference on “Advances in Management and Technological Innovations Impacting Industry- Online” from April 20-22, 2021, organized by School of Management Studies, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj.
• International Conference on Management Cases (ICMC), organized by Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) Noida, Uttar Pradesh, from December 5-6, 2019.
• International Conference on Advances in Theory, Research & Practices in Management (GLSU-ATRPM 2019) organized by Faculty of Management, Gujarat Law Society (GLS) University, Ahmedabad, on February 23, 2019.
• International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Business Innovation, Technology and Social Sciences (ICBITSS), organized by School of Management, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on June 1 and 2, 2018.
• 5th International Conference on Management of Infrastructure (ICMI), organized by College of Management & Economic Studies (CoMES), University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, from February 9 - 10, 2017.
• Conference on Brand Management, organized by IIT Delhi, held at IIT Delhi, on April 16 and 17, 2016.
• 4th Biennial Indian Academy of Management (IAM) Conference, organized by IAM in association with Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L), held at IIM-L Noida Campus, from December 11 – 13, 2015.
• International Conference on Advances in Management and Technology (ICAMT), organized by School of Management Studies (SMS), held at SMS, MNNIT Allahabad, from January 29 –31, 2015.

National Level

• 10th National HR Conference, organized by XLRI, Jamshedpur, in association with Tata Steel, held Online, on Feb 20 and 21, 2021.
• National Conference on Innovations and Futuristic Practices in Business and Management (IFPBM), held at the Department of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, on February 08-09, 2020.
• NAAC Sponsored National Level Conference on Higher Education, held at Gujarat Law Society, Ahmedabad, from April 12 -13, 2016.
• The HR Summit on Managing Human Capital in Resurgence Times, held at Joseph School of Business Studies, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (formerly Allahabad Agriculture Institute) on March 12, 2010.
• National Conference on Managing Unorganized Sector in India, organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (DHSS), held at DHSS - Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, on December 19 and 20, 2014.

Adhoc Reviewer

Academic Journals

• Asian Journal of Management Cases, Sage
• Benchmarking: An International Journal, Emerald
• European J. of International Management, Inderscience
• Human Resource Management Review, Elsevier
• International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management (IJBCRM), Inderscience Publishers
• Int. J. of Business Excellence (IJBEX), Inderscience Publishers
• International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley
• International Journal of Innovation Science (IJIS), Emerald
• International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Emerald
• International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management (IJPSPM), Inderscience
• International Journal of Responsible Management Education (IJRME), IGI Global Publishers
• International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Emerald
• Journal of Social Psychology, Taylor and Francis
• Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, Allied Publishers
• Management and Labor Studies, Sage
• Management Research Review, Emerald
• Personnel Review, Emerald
• Sage Open, Sage

Book Review

McGraw Hill Publications, India.

Conference Papers/Symposium

• European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM), 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021
• Academy of Management (AOM) Meeting, 2019, 2021
• International Conference on Advances in Management and Technological - III, 2021

Professional / Academic Affiliations

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Regular Member (since 2018), European Academy of Management (EURAM)
• Regular Member (since 2020), National Human Resource Development Network (NHRDN)
• Life Member (since 2016), Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) Allahabad, Chapter
• Associate Membership (since 2017), International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP)

External - Examination Paper Setting and Answer Sheet Evaluation

Human Resource Management (MBA 302), December-2018 Examinations of MBA students of National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India), Sonepat, Haryana, India.

Invitations/Lectures/MDP Conducted

• Invited Member - General Assembly of the European Academy of Management, 2019, held at ISCTE-IUL University, Lisbon, Portugal, on June 26 and 27, 2019.
• Delivered Lecture on "HR in International Business" to Ph.D. scholars of The Department of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, on August 13, 2019.
• Conducted MDP on "Cross-Cultural Communication" for the Officers of TVS Motors, Bangalore, at TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership Campus, Bangalore, on 22 and 23 August, 2019.
• Conducted a 2 Day International Faculty Development Program on "Academic Writing in Quality Journals" as a Resource Person, held Online on Aug 18 and 19, 2020, organised by the Department of Management Studies, University of Madras, Chennai.
• Conducted a 3 Day International Faculty Development Program as a Resource Person on "Academic Writing in Quality Journals", held Online from Sep 29 to Oct 1, 2020, organised by the Department of Management Studies, University of Madras, Chennai.
• Session Chair, for the session on ‘Human Resource Management General (1)’ (ST09_01 - Human Resource Management) in the European Academy of Management, 2020, held online on Dec 5, 2020, from 9.45 to 11.15 am.
• Conducted MDP Online on "Cross-Cultural Communication" for Senior to Middle Level Officers of HPCL, on 13 March, 2021
• Member, Organizing Committee, in the International Conference on “Advances in Management and Technological Innovations Impacting Industry- Online” from April 20-22, 2021, organized by School of Management Studies, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj.