Roopak Kumar Gupta

Dr. Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at IIM Kozhikode. He is a Fellow of Indian Institute of Management, Indore. He takes courses on Organizational behaviour, Human resource Management and Organization Development and Change.

His primary research area is in the domain of innovative behaviour, creativity, proactive personality and leadership. His research work is presented in globally acclaimed management conferences like Academy of Management (AOM), European group of organization studies (EGOS), and PAN IIM world conference. He has been the recipient of Society for Industrial and Organization Psychology (SIOP) International Research and Collaboration small grant. He has published his research work in reputed journals such as Personnel Review and AOM proceedings.

In addition, he is a trained practitioner in enhancing interpersonal effectiveness at workplace, specifically through psychometric tools like FIR0-B, Transactional Analysis and Coaching. Prior to joining IIMK, he had a rich experience in academics and corporate world with stints at ICICI Lombard general insurance company and Ashok Leyland Financial services, where he was awarded as the best acquisition manager.

Research Areas

• Innovative behaviour
• Individual Differences
• Corporate / Public Sector Leadership
• Proactive Personality,
• Creativity

Teaching

• Organizational Behaviour
• Creativity and Innovation

Conferences, Seminars & Talks

• Gupta, R. K. & Mishra S.K. (2018). Effect of Follower-Supervisor Proactive Personality (In-) Congruence on Idea Implementation. Accepted for presentation in 77th Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA during 10th -14th August.
• Gupta, R.K. (2018). I am like my Supervisor: Effect of Leader-follower Proactive Personality congruence on Creativity. Accepted for presentation in 77th Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA during 10th -14th August
• Gupta, R.K. (2018). I am like my Supervisor: Effect of Leader-follower Proactive Personality congruence on idea implementation: Mediating role of creativity. Presented at 4th Israel Organizational Behaviour Conference (IOBC), at Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv, Israel held on 3rd -6th January.
• Gupta, R. K. (2017). Linkage between idea generation and idea implementation: Role of Role breadth self-efficacy. Presented at 76th Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Atlanta USA held on 4th -8th August.
• Gupta, R. K. & Kaushik, K. (2016). Impact of Idea popularity in online idea generation community: A case of Starbuck my idea platform. Presented at the fourth Pan-IIM World Management Conference held on 13th -15th December at IIM Ahmedabad, India.
• Gupta, R. K. (2016). Innovative work behaviour (IWB): Linkage between Idea Generation and Idea Implementation, presented at Management Doctoral Colloquium and VGSOM research scholars day, held on 10th -11th February at IIT Kharagpur, India.
• Gupta, R. K. & Mishra S.K. (2015). Innovative Work Behaviour (IWB): Linkage between Idea Generation and Idea Implementation, presented at IMRDC, 2015, held on 22nd -23rd December, IIM Bangalore, India.
• Gupta, R. K. (2015). Unlocking the ambidexterity of innovative work behaviour: Role of organisational routines and ambidextrous Corporate / Public Sector Leadership, Presented at 31st EGOS Colloquium 2015, held on 2nd -4th June in Athens, Greece.
• Gupta, R. K. (2015). Future work selves (FWS) of employees for innovative work behaviour (IWB): Role of organisational routines and ambidextrous Corporate / Public Sector Leadership, in the session Multiple paths to innovation and creativity, held at Eastern Academy of Management, 8th -11th May in Philadelphia, USA, published in the proceedings of the conference
• Gupta, R. K. (2014). Innovative Work Behaviour (IWB) of Employees: Exploring the role of thriving and pro-social motivation in the relationship between LMX and IWB, held at 28th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) conference, held on 3rd -5th December, University Technology, Sydney (UTS).
• Gupta, R. K. & Sikarwar, E. (2013). Customer satisfaction in domestic airlines services in India: A case of Indigo Airlines, Proceedings of 5th IIMA Conference on Marketing in Emerging economies, held on 9th -11th January Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, p 310.

Awards

• Co-Principal Investigator (with Brittany Ernst, Andrew Loignon, Luis Arciniega, Katherine Frear, Guler Courtney and George banks). Almighty Charisma? The Effects of Charismatic Corporate / Public Sector Leadership on Follower Performance in Virtual, Cross-Cultural Interactions”, from Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) foundation in Small grant. Total amount: $3500 Funding Period: 2018-2020
• Best Paper Award in Organizational Behavior Track at INDAM 2020 conference at IIM trichy
• 2019-Awarded Director-s medal for significant research contributions in OB at TAPMI

Significant Publications

Gupta RK (Co-Authored) (2021). Virtual charismatic leadership and signaling theory: A prospective meta-analysis in five countries. The Leadership Quarterly, 101541. ABDC A*

Gupta, R. K. (Co-authored) (2022). Effects of confidence and social benefits on consumers’ extra-role and in-role behaviors: A social identity and social exchange perspective. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 65, 102879. ABDC A Volume - 65

Roopak, K., Mishra, S. K., & Sikarwar, E. (2018). Linking leader–follower proactive personality congruence to creativity. Personnel Review. ABDC A

Gupta, R. K. (2021)(Co-authored) Leadership-promoted diversity climate and group identification. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. ABDC B Volume - 42 Issue - 7

Gupta R. K. (2020) (Co-authored) Transformational Leadership: Role of the Public Administration Training Institutes. Springer Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4132-1

Gupta, R.K, Mishra S.K, & Sikarwar, E. (2018-DOI 10.1108/PR-11-2017-0332). Effect of leader-follower proactive personality congruence on creativity. Personnel Review (ABDC –A)

Ethical leadership and Complexity of Innovative Work Behavior: The mediating moderating mechanism , Working Paper, 2022

Computers in Human Behavior , Journal Articles, 2022

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services , Journal Articles, 2022