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Rajasekhar David

Assistant Professor
  • Post-Doctoral Program in Centre of Applied Research in Management and Economics (CARME) at Polytechnic University of Leiria, Portugal.
  • PhD in Management (IFHE University, 2018) Title “Impact of perceived organizational virtuousness and psychological capital on work performance: the mediating effect of employee well-being”
  • MBA – HR – Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, 2007-2009

Dr. Rajasekhar David serves as an Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi, India. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in 2022 at the Center of Applied Research in Management and Economics (CARME) in Portugal and earned his Ph.D. from ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education (IFHE) University Hyderabad in 2018. Additionally, he is a certified Happiness Trainer through the Happiness Studies Academy in the USA.
With over a decade of teaching experience in HRM and Organizational Behavior, Dr. David has conducted numerous Management Development Programs for esteemed organizations, including the Indian Army, India Post, IOCL, and IDBI Bank. His current research interests span Employee Well-Being, Organizational Virtuousness, Employee Performance, and Psychological Capital. He has contributed extensively to ABDC-ranked journals and presented at prestigious international conferences. Dr. David has also developed teaching cases for the ICMR-IBS case center in India

Teaching Areas

  • Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior

Experience

  • Assistant Professor-HR, IBS Hyderabad, Nov 2017- October 2021
  • Research Scholar and Teaching Associate at IFHE, IBS Hyderabad, 2013- 2017

Research Area

  • Employee well-being
  • Organizational Virtuousness
  • PsyCap
  • Job Crafting
  • Workplace Ostracism

Current Research Interests

  • Macro Organizational Behavior

Publications

  • Ribeiro, N., Duarte, A. P., Filipe, R., & David, R. (2021). Does authentic leadership stimulate organizational citizenship behaviors? The importance of affective commitment as a mediator. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal.
  • Banerjee, P., Gupta, R., Shaheen, M., David, R., Chenji, K., & Priyadarshini, C. (2020). Exploring adjustment mechanisms of adolescent expat kids from South Asia against sociopolitical stigma. Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research.
  • Priyadarshini, C., Singh, S., David, R., & Sayeed, O. B. (2019). Effect of Student Leadership on Academic Performance and Perceived Employability: A Longitudinal Study on Scale Development and Validation in the Indian Context. South Asian Journal of Management, 26(2), 106-134.
  • Karthik, B. S. S., Chandrasekhar, B. B., David, R., & Kumar, A. K. (2019). Identification of instructional design strategies for an effective E-learning experience. The Qualitative Report, 24(7), 1537-1555.
  • Singh, S., David, R., & Mikkilineni, S. (2018). Organizational virtuousness and work engagement: Mediating role of happiness in India. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 20(1), 88-102.
  • Singh, S., Ganguli, S., & David, R. (2017). Women Workforce Attrition Dynamics in Indian IT/ITES Sector. Qualitative Report, 22(5).
  • David, R., Banerjee, P., & Ponnam, A. (2017). Risks perceived regarding recruitment process outsourcing: stakeholder concerns. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing.
  • David, R., & Singh, S. (2016). Correlation between locus of control and happiness among postgraduate students in India. SMART Journal of Business Management Studies, 12(2), 40-46.
  • Singh, S, Maseeha, S and David, R (2016). OSI China in food scandal. IBS Center for Management Research. CASE Reference no. 716-0075-1.
  • David, R. (2016) “KBR Park in Hyderabad – Environmental Protection Vs Development” case code: CLMISC034 published in ICMR.
  • Rao, V. S. P., & David, R. (2015). Employee branding and strategies: A winning combination for southwest airlines. SMART Journal of Business Management Studies, 11(2), 73-81.

Awards

  • Priyadarshini, C, Singh, S and David, R. (2018). Does Student Leadership Effect Academic Performance and Perceived Employability? An Empirical Study. National Conference on Management in 21st Century: A Paradigm Shift, IBS Kolkata, January 19-20. (Received BEST PAPER award)
  • Singh, S., Banaerjee.P., Mikkilineni, S., and David, R. (2017). Moderating and mediating effects of psychological hardiness and perceived social support on the relationship between goal orientation and coping mechanism. 4th International Conference on Human Resource Management, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, November 10-11. Advances in Human Resource Management, 120-123. (Received BEST PAPER award)