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Dr. Senthil Kumar.S
Dr. Senthil Kumar.S

Professor, HRM, Chairperson - Corporate Interaction Committee

Born and brought up in Coimbatore, he received his PhD in Management from The ICFAI University, Dehradun in 2008. He has been teaching Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management courses since 2000. He had worked in industry for about 10 years before pursuing academic career. He has published research articles, teaching cases in international journals and magazines apart from presenting research papers in international conferences held in London and Amsterdam. In 2005 he spent ten months at Bentley University, Boston, USA working on research projects. His current research activities are focused on sustainable entrepreneurship. He has contributed, as a resource person, to many Management Development Programs conducted by IMT, Nagpur in the domains of Group Dynamics, Power and Politics, Leadership, Performance Management, and Change Management. He is also a contributor in the meetings of industry associations.

Academic Biography
  • Ph.D (Management), in 2008, ICFAI University, Dehradun
  • Management Teachers Program, in 2006, ICFAI University, Dehradun
  • M.B.A. (HRM), in 2000 from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
  • B.Sc, in 1990 from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
Work Experience
  • Associate Professor – OB & HRM Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur since July, 2011
  • Assistant Professor – OB & HRM, IBS, Hyderabad (July 2008 to June 2011)
  • Senior Lecturer – OB & HRM, IBS, Hyderabad (July 2006 to June 2008)
  • Visiting Scholar at Bentley University, Boston, USA (Sep 2005 to June 2006)
  • Lecturer – OB & HRM, Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Coimbatore (June 2001 to May 2003)
Professional Experience
  • Sharp Industries, Coimbatore (2000 to 2001)
  • Ferrolinks, Coimbatore (1998 to 2000)
  • Sree K.N.M.Spinning Mills (P) Ltd., Coimbatore (1990 to 1998)

 

Academic Unit
  • Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Human Resource Management.
Research Interest
  • Social Entrepreneurship, Employability, Emotional labor, Sustainable Innovation.
Research and Publications

 

JOURNALS:

  • Managing Paradoxical Tensions at the Intersection of the Triple Bottom Line Goals: The Case of Under The Mango Tree,  International Review of Entrepreneurship,  Vol.18. No.4, 2020.
  • Moderating role of self-monitoring on the effects of emotional labor, Management & Change, Vol. 19, No.1, 2015.
  • The influence of organizational culture as moderator between Person-Organization (P-O) fit and work attitudes, International Journal of Management Studies, Vol.18. No. 1, June 2011.
  • Does exposure to cross-cultural models lead to stereotyping or better management of global IT work?. Learning, Teaching and Research in a Borderless world, (ed), pp. 274-286. Macmillan India Ltd., 2007.
  • Aligning Employee Retention Strategy with Business Goals. The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol.3, No.4, 72-81, Oct 04.
  • Intercultural Competence: The Key to Successful management of global business. HR Interventions in global competitive regime: Strategies for Leadership, (ed.) pp. 235-252, New Delhi, Excel Books, 2004.

Teaching Cases:

  • Drishti Eye Hospital: Balancing Financial and Social Goals, Ivey Publishing, 2016.
  • Empowerment or exploitation: The case of women employment system in India’s textile and clothing industry, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 4; Iss.8, 2014.
  • Goals going Astray at Best Value, IBS Center for Management Research, 2010.
  • Goals going Astray at Best Value, IBS Center for Management Research, 2010.
  • IKEA’s Globalization strategies and its foray in China, IBS Center for Management Research, 2005.

Magazine Articles:

  • Pushing CSR through Supply Chains, SME World, Vol.7, No.9, pp. 110-111,Sep, 2014.
  • Mindfulnes: The Art of merging our perceptions with the reality. HRM Review, 49-55, March 07
  • Employee Retention: Issues and Challenges. HRM Review, 15-20, Aug 04 (jointly with Amitabh Kodwani)
  • Exploring the relationship between corporate strategy and HR practices. HRM Review, 19-24, Sep 04 (jointly with Amitabh Kodwani)
  • Effective management of Organizational Politics. HRM Review, 14-20, Oct 04
  • Harnessing Tacit Knowledge in organizations. HRM Review, 25-29, Nov 04 (jointly with Ashish Daniel)
  • Cross-cultural challenges for the global manager. HRM Review, 21-26, Mar 05

Book Reviews:

  • Cameron, Quinn, Degraff and Thakor (2007). Competing values leadership: Creating value in organizations, Edward Elgar Publishing. Published in Best Books, Sep 07
  • Ohmae K (2005). The next global stage, Wharton School Publishing. Published in Best Books, 13-18, Oct ‘06
  • Silverthorne C.P (2005). Organizational psychology in cross-cultural perspective, New York University Press. Published in The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior, 77-82, Oct ‘06
  • Leslie A. Perlow (2003). When you say Yes but mean No. Crown Business. Published in Best Books, 57-61, Sep ‘04
  • Williamson, Peter J.,(2004) Winning in Asia. Harvard Business School Press. Published in Best Books, 24-29, Nov ’04.
  • Michael Marquardt, Nancy Berger and Peter Loan (2004). HRD in the Age of Globalization, Basic Books. Published in Best Books, 42-46, Dec ’04.

PAPERS PRESENTED:

  • Social Enterprise Models in India’s Healthcare Sector at the 4th International Conference on Management and Education Innovation, Amsterdam (20-21st March, ‘16)
  • Challenges in Governance of the Global Supply Chain: The case of Women Employment System in Southern India’s Textile and Clothing Industry at the International Trade & Academic Research Conference in London (4-5th Nov, ‘13)
  • An empirical examination of time in globally in-sourced teams at the Seventh Annual International Smart Sourcing Conference at University of Hyderabad (8-9th Aug, ’08)
  • Does exposure to cross-cultural models lead to stereotyping or better management of global IT work?. at the 3rd International Conference on Intercultural Communication Competence at IIM-Ahmedabad (26-27th Oct ’06)
  • Intercultural Competence: The Key to Successful management of global business at the 1st Round Table HR conference, Institute for Technology and Management, Navi Mumbai, India (Dec ’04)