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Jyoti Verma

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Institute of Management, Nirma University
M.Sc., Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya

Dr. Jyoti Verma serves as an Assistant Professor in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi, India. She has completed her Ph.D. in the area of Human Resource Management from the Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Prior to IIM Ranchi, she has served as Assistant Professor in the department of HRM at XISS and area of HR/OB at Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna, Bihar. She has more than 12 years of teaching, research, training and consulting experience. She is also a certified POSH Trainer. She has started her career with Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and have completed her internship at Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), DRDO, New Delhi. Dr. Verma is having a vast experience in project consulting especially for various departments under Government of Bihar (notably Bihar Prashasnik Sudhar Mission, Bihar Education Project Council, SC ST Welfare) Ministry of Women and Child Development, Bihar in collaboration with UNICEF, Bihar Grid Company Limited (BGCL), and many more. Her research interest is in Performance Management Systems, Organizational Ambidexterity, Knowledge Management, CSR, Sustainable Development, Social Entrepreneurship and Leadership. She has published many papers in journals of national and international repute listed in ABDC and SSCI Index/Scopus and conference proceedings apart from winning best paper awards at reputed institutes such as IIM Calcutta, IISc. Bangalore etc. Dr. Verma has conducted numerous Management and Executive Development Programs for valued organizations, including Dept. of Industries, Govt, of Bihar, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL), Bihar Administrative Services (BAS), Disaster Management Department (DMD), Govt. of Bihar, Bihar Police Services, Bihar Prison Services, Life insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Dept. of Post, Bihar, SJVN a CPSU etc. Dr. Verma has lifetime membership of NHRD Network along with Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD). She has coordinated, Technion Multi Cultural Team Project (TMCTP), a global team project organised by Institute of Technology, Technion, Israel from more than nine years.

Teaching Areas

Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour
Talent Management
Negotiations and Conflict Management
Leadership excellence in Organizations

Experience

She has more than 12 years of teaching, research, training and consulting experience

Training & Consulting Areas

Emotional Intelligence
Workforce Planning
Leadership
Team Building
Motivation
Effective Communication
Managing Compensation and Benefits

Research Area

Knowledge Management and Sharing
Emotional Intelligence
Employee Performance and Satisfaction
Organizational Citizenship Behaviour
Entrepreneurial Leadership

Current Research Interests

Sustainable HRM
Ambidextrous Leadership

Professional Affiliation

Life Time Member, NHRD Network
Life Time Member, ISTD

Publications

Kaur, R., Lal, B., & Verma, J. (2026). Social media and employer branding: a systematic review of social media’s role in shaping employer branding, Employee Relations: The International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-06-2025-0448
Sinha A., Verma J., & Das, R. (2026). E-HRM as a driver for frontline employee performance: a socio-technical model. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-07-2025-0463
Kumari, R., Verma, J., Verma, R., Arya, V., & Papa, A. (2025). Flying High with Entrepreneurial Ecosystems – A systematic literature review to determine the factors of entrepreneurial ecosystem development, Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 34 No. 8, pp. 10551-10589. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70140
Verma, J., Sinha, A., Bhattacharjee, S. B., & Tuan Luu, T. (2025). Emotional intelligence as an antecedent of employees’ job outcomes through knowledge sharing in IT-ITeS firms. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 74(4): 1241-1266. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-10-2023-0584
Roy, A., Verma, J., & Singh, Mamta. (2025). OCB cakes case study: navigating entrepreneurial and innovation hurdles –strategies for success. International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 15(3): 246–259
Karan, A., Verma, J., & Verma, R. (2024). Examining the relationship between organizational capabilities and business sustainability among start-ups: a dynamic capability view. Journal of Indian Business Research, 16(4): 410-433. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIBR-04-2023-0124
Singh, M., & Verma, J. (2023). The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Micro-entrepreneurial Outcomes Funded by MFIs. Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Part 2, 18(2), Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal.
Verma R., Verma, J., Kumari, R. (2022). Role of Technology Business Incubator (TBI) in Sustaining Start-Ups: The Case of Startup Incubation and Business Innovation Lab (SIBIL). In: Rajagopal, Behl R. (eds) Managing Disruptions in Business. Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79709-6_22
Verma, J. Bhattacharjee, S., & Kumari, R. (2021). Convergence of leadership styles and organisational ambidexterity in the perspective of employee engagement: a proposed framework. International Journal of Business Competition and Growth, 7(3): 262-283.
Singh, A. K., Verma, J., & Verma, R. (2020). Understanding role of market orientated it competence and knowledge sharing mechanism in gaining competitive advantage. Global Business Review, 21(2): 418-435. DOI: 10.1177/0972150918824949.
Verma, R., Sharma, A., & Verma J. (2019). Aryan cabs: leveraging it for rural connectivity. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 9(2):1-21. DOI: 10.1108/EEMCS-04-2019-0085.
Verma, J. (2019). Investigation of Customer Co-creation in Developing New Age Banking Products. In Rajagopal & D. K. Gupta (Ed.), Strategic Thinking: Connecting Local-Global Business Model (pp. 209-225). New York, Nova Science Publishers.
Verma, J., & Verma R. (2019). Role of Leadership Style on Corporate Entrepreneurship and Firm Innovativeness: Learnings from Startups. Emerging Markets, Business Governance and Society- Analysing Shifts, Conflicts and Challenges, edited by Prof. Rajagopal and Prof. Ramesh Behl, Palgrave Macmillan, NY. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-94613-9_12, Part of ISBN 9783319946122.
Verma, R., & Verma J. (2018). Innovation in the Provision of Medical Services in India, in Start-Up Enterprises and Contemporary Innovation Strategies. Global Marketplace, published by IGI Global, USA. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4831-7.
Verma, J., & Sinha, A. (2016). Knowledge Sharing in Cross-Functional Teams and its Antecedents: Role of Mutual Trust as a Moderator. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 15(3): 1-22. doi.org/10.1142/S0219649216500337.

Awards

Received ‘First Prize’ (OB & HR category) in the 12th Consortium of Students in Management Research (COSMAR) 2012 held at the Department of Management Studies, IISc, Bangalore on 16th – 17th November, 2012.
Received ‘Second Prize’ in the Research Proposal Contest, held under the aegis of Yale-Great Lakes 6th International Research Conference on Wednesday, 28 December 2011 at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.
Received ‘First Prize’ (student category) in the 14th Nirma International Conference on Management (NICOM) held at Nirma University, Ahmedabad on 6th – 8th January, 2011.