Dr. Richa Chaudhary

Research Areas:Corporate Social Responsibility, Work Engagement, Human Resource Development Climate, Occupational Self-efficacy, Leadership, EntrepreneurshipOther Interests :Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour, Performance Management, Managing & Developing People, Business Organization & Principles of Management, Sourcing & Managing Talent, Environment Management, Research Methodology, Business Research Methods, Business Environment, Recruitment & staffing, Case Based Teaching, Simulations etc.Courses taught at IITP :

• HS 441: (Industrial & Organizational Psychology)
• HS351 Entrepreneurship
• HS751 Organizational Behaviour
• HS752 Sourcing and Managing Talent

No. of PhD students:1. Anuja Akhouri           2. Chinmay Panda          3.Madhu Lata

Professional Experience:

• December 28, 2015 till date, Assistant Professor, Dept. of HSS, IIT Patna.
• July 1st 2015-December 28^th 2015, Assistant Professor, BML Munjal University, Gurgaon.
• July 2013-June 2015, Assistant Professor, School of Business & Commerce, Glocal University, Saharanpur.
• November 2009-July 2010, HR executive, Transweb Educational Services Pvt. Ltd. Noida.
• August 2006-March 2007, TGT (Physics), Army Public School, Delhi Cantt.

Awards & Honours:

• Paper titled “A Multilevel Investigation of Factors influencing Work Engagement was awarded best paper award in Advance Research Track B (OB & HR) of the 6th Doctoral Colloquium organized by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) held on 8th-9th of January, 2013.
• Paper titled: "Influence of Demographics & Job Characteristics on Work Engagement" presented in NCRSM 2011 at Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management (IIITM) Gwalior was awarded best paper award in HR category (26-27 March, 2011).
• Paper entitled “Analyzing the dynamics of the relationship between organizational resources and work engagement", presented in 2nd International conference on Exploring Non-linear Growth through HR Driven Strategies at IMS Noida was awarded first prize in the category of best paper awards.
• MBA Program Director & Area Chair (HR/OB/Psychology/Social Sciences) in my previous employment as Assistant Professor, BML Munjal University, Gurgaon
• Organizing Secretary & Convener, Talent Management Conference, 14th December, 2015, BML Munjal University.
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Review of HRM Journal (Ebsco & Proquest Listed) by Management Development Research Foundation.
• Regular Reviewer for many international journal of repute like Team Performance Management (Emerald), International Journal of Organizational Analysis (Emerald), Asian Business & Management (Palgrave Macmillan), Asian Journal of Social Psychology (Wiley), International Journal of Hospitality Management (Elsevier), International Journal of Human Resource Management (Taylor & Francis), European Journal of Developmental Psychology (Taylor & Francis), European Journal of Training & Development (Emerald), Journal of Asia Business Studies (Emerald)
• Qualified UGC NET & JRF (Human Resource Management) in 2009
• College topper in Post Graduation & Graduation
• School topper in class 12th

Member of Professional bodies:

• Indian Society of Training & Development
• National Human Resource Development Network
• International Society for Asia Pacific Studies (ISAPS)
• Academy of Management

Project

:Green Human Resource Management in Indian Automobile Industry Located in Tamil Nadu State of India (ICSSR Sponsored Major Research Project, January 2018-December 2019)

Publications:

• Chaudhary, R. (2018). Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Performance: A study amongst Indian Business Executives. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2018.1469159 (Taylor & Francis, Scopus listed and an ‘A’ Category journal rated by ABDC, SSCI listed, Impact Factor=1.650).
• Rastogi, M. & Chaudhary, R. (Corresponding Author) (2018). Job Crafting and Work-Family Enrichment: The Role of Positive Intrinsic Work Engagement. Personnel Review, 47(3), 651-674. (Emerald Publishers, Scopus listed and an ‘A’ Category journal rated by ABDC, SSCI listed, Impact factor: 1.853).
• Chaudhary, R. and Akhouri, A. (2018). Linking Corporate Social Responsibility attributions and Creativity: Modeling Work Engagement as a Mediator. Journal of Cleaner Production, 190, 809-821. (Elsevier, SCI, Impact Factor=5.715, Scopus listed, H-5 index=96).
• Chaudhary, R. and Akhouri, A. (2018). CSR perceptions and Employee Creativity: Examining Serial Mediation effects of Meaningfulness and Work Engagement. Social Responsibility Journal (Emerald, Scopus, ESCI, ABDC-B) (Forthcoming).
• Chaudhary, R. (2018). Green Buying Behavior In India: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Global Responsibility, 9(2), 179-192 (Emerald, Scopus, ESCI, ABDC-C).
• Chaudhary, R. & Bisai, S. (2018). Factors Influencing Green Purchase Behavior of Millennials in India. Management of Environment Quality: An International Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-02-2018-0023 (Emerald, Scopus, ESCI).
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S., Tanlamai, U., Rajkulchai, S., Asawasakulsorn, A. (2018). Work engagement in India & Thailand: A Comparative Analysis. Global business Review (Sage, ABDC-C), 19(1), 1-13.
• Chaudhary, R. & Panda, C, (2018). Authentic Leadership and Creativity: The Intervening role of Psychological Meaningfulness, Safety and Work engagement. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. (Emerald publishers, Scopus, ESCI, ABDC-‘B’,) (Forthcoming).
• Chaudhary, R. (2017). Demographic factors, Personality & Entrepreneurial Inclination: A Study among Indian University Students. Education+Training, 59(2), 171-187 (Emerald, Scopus, ESCI).
• Chaudhary, R. (2017). Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Engagement: Can CSR help in redressing the engagement gap? Social Responsibility Journal, 13(2), 323-338. (Emerald, Scopus, ESCI, ABDC-B).
• Chaudhary, R. & Rangnekar, S. (2017). Development Climate & Work Engagement: A Multilevel Study. Evidence-based HRM: a global forum for empirical scholarship, 5(2), 166-182. (Emerald, Scopus, ESCI, ABDC-B).
• Chaudhary, R. (2017). CSR & Turnover Intentions: Examining the Underlying Psychological Mechanisms. Social Responsibility Journal, 13(3), 643-660. (Emerald, Scopus, ESCI, ABDC-B).
• Bisai, S. and Chaudhary, R., (2017). Stress Among the Students of an Engineering Institution in India: An Empirical Analysis. Jindal Journal of Business Research (Sage), 6 (2), 186-198.
• Chaudhary, R. & Rangnekar, S, (2017). Socio-demographic contextual factors & Work Engagement: An Empirical Analysis. Emerging Economy Studies (Sage), 13(1), 1-18.
• Chaudhary, R. (2014), “A Multilevel Investigation of Factors influencing Work Engagement”, The Psychologist-Manager Journal (APA), 17(2), 128-158.
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2014), ‘Climate Quality, Climate Strength & Work Engagement, Procedia-Social & Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier), 133, 291-303.
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2012), “HRD Climate, Occupational Self-Efficacy and Work Engagement: A Study from India”, The Psychologist Manager Journal (Taylor & Francis), Vol. 15 No.2, pp. 86-105.
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2012), ‘Relationships between occupational self efficacy, human resource development climate, and work engagement, Team Performance Management (Emerald), Vol. 18 No. 7/8, pp 370-383.
• Chaudhary, R., (2014), “Occupational Self efficacy expectations among Indian executives: Examining the Psychometric properties of Occupational Self efficacy Scale”, Global Business Review (Sage Publications), Vol. 15, No.1, pp. 47-58.
• Chaudhary R, Rangnekar, S., & Barua, MK. (2013), “Job Resources, Personal Resources and Work Engagement: A Multilevel Investigation of the Dynamics of the Relationships”, Indore Management Journal (Special Issue), Peer-Reviewed Proceedings of 5^th Conference on Excellence in Research and Education (CERE-2013), pp. 329-351.
• Chaudhary R, Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2013), ‘Engaged Versus Disengaged: The Role of Occupational Self-efficacy’, Asian Academy of Management Journal (Ebsco), Vol 18, No.1, pp. 91-108.
• Birasnav, M., Murbati, H. A., Chaudhary, R. and Rangnekar, S. (2013), “Predictors of Career Success among Government Employees: An Empirical Study”, Management and Labour Studies (Sage Publications), Vol 38, No.4, pp. 517-529.
• Chaudhary R, Rangnekar, S & Barua, MK. (2013), “Human Resource Development Climate in India: Examining the Psychometric Properties of HRD Climate Survey Instrument”, Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective (Sage Publications), Vol 17, No.1, pp. 41-52.
• Chaudhary R, Rangnekar, S & Barua, M.K.(2012), ‘Psychometric Evaluation of Utrecht Work Engagement Scale in an Indian sample’, Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research & Innovation (Sage publications), Vol. 8 No.3, pp. 343-350.
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2012), “Impact of Occupational Self efficacy on Employee Engagement: An Indian Perspective”, Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Vol. 38 No.2, pp.329-338.
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2011), “Relation between human resource development climate and employee engagement: Results from India”, Europe’s Journal of Psychology (Ebsco), Vol. 7 No.4, pp. 668-685.
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2011),” HRD Climate and Occupational Self-efficacy as Predictors of Employee Engagement”, Review of Management (Ebsco), Vol.1 No.3, pp. 16-28.

Book Chapters/Conference Proceedings/Presentations:

• Chaudhary, R. and Akhouri, A. (2018), CSR Attributions, Work engagement and Creativity: Examining the role of Authentic Leadership, Accepted for oral presentation at Academy of Management (AOM) 78th Annual Meeting (top conference in the area of Management), Chicago, Illinois, USA to be held on Aug 10-14, 2018.
• Chaudhary, R. and Akhouri, A. (2017). Linking Corporate Social Responsibility attributions and Creativity: Modeling Work Engagement as a Mediator, Fifth Biennial Indian Academy of Management Conference , IIM Indore, 18-20 December, 2017.
• Chaudhary, R. and Akhouri, A. (2017). Green Human Resource Management and Job Pursuit Intentions: A Study among Prospective Employees, International Conference on Sustainability and Business , IIM Calcutta , 13-14 Jan 2018.
• Chaudhary, R. and Akhouri, A. (2017). Authentic Leadership, CSR Attributions, and Work Engagement in Indian IT Industry, Fifth PAN IIM Management Conference, IIM Lucknow, 14-16 Dec 2017.
• Gupta, M and Chaudhary, R, (2017). Does Perceived Career Support help Improve Work Performance among Engaged Young Workers? , 4th International Conference on Human Resource Management, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, 10-11 November 2017.
• Chaudhary, R (2016). CSR & Turnover Intentions: Examining the Underlying Psychological Mechanisms. Fourth Pan-IIM World Management Conference, to be held at IIM Ahmedabad, December 13-15, 2016. This paper was awarded with Best Paper Award in the conference.
• Chaudhary, R. and Panda, C (2016). Authentic Leadership, Trust, Work Engagement & Gender: A Conceptual Study. Fore International OB & HR Conference (FIOHC) 2016, Fore School of Management, Delhi, 24-25th Nov 2016.
• Akhouri, A. and Chaudhary, R. (2016). Linking CSR and Turnover Intentions: Modeling Work Engagement as a Mediator. Fore International OB & HR Conference (FIOHC) 2016, Fore School of Management, Delhi, 24-25th Nov 2016.
• Akhouri, A. and Chaudhary, R. (2016). Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: Examining Gender as Moderator. International Conference on Global Trends in Business and Sustainability Research (ICGTBSR) 2016, IIT Roorkee, 2-4 Dec 2016.
• Panda, C and Chaudhary, R. (2016). A Study of Corporate Social Responsibility with Special Reference to Vedanta Aluminium Limited. International Conference on Global Trends in Business and Sustainability Research (ICGTBSR) 2016, IIT Roorkee, 2-4 Dec 2016.
• Chaudhary R, Rangnekar, S & Barua, M.K.(2012), ‘Examining the Factor Structure and Role of Unit Level Development Climate on Work Engagement among Indian Business Executives’ pp.(198-213), CD Proceedings of the Twelfth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management at University of Vienna, Austria from 30 July -1 August 2012, ISBN No. 978-81-906294-9-2.
• Chaudhary R, Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M. K. (2012), "Analyzing the dynamics of the relationship between organizational resources and work engagement", In Agarwal, P.K. and Jain, R.S. (Eds.), 2^nd International conference on Exploring Non-linear Growth through HR Driven Strategies (pp. 314-330) held at IMS Noida, 12-13 Oct 2012, Excel India Publishers: New Delhi, ISBN No. 978-921148-2-8.
• Chaudhary R, Rangnekar, S and Barua, M. K. (2012), "HRD Climate in India: An Empirical Analysis", Excel Publishers, New Delhi, ISBN - 978-93-81583-46-3, pp. (886-900). Proceedings of National Conference on Emerging Challenges for Sustainable Business, 2012 held during 1-2 June 2012 at Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee.
• Chaudhary, R. and Rangnekar, S. (2012), “Employee Engagement: A key to Business Excellence”, in Haldar, U.K., Pradhan, R.K., Chaudhary, A.R. and Sarkar, J. (Eds.), Value Creation through Human Development The emerging Dimensions, ISTD Kolkatta, pp. 76-85. Paper presented in 42^nd ISTD National Convention at Kolkatta, 20-21 Jan 2012.
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2011), “Effect of HRD Climate on Work Engagement in Indian IT/ITES/BPO industry”, Pragyan, Conference Souvenier, pp. 11, paper presented at 7th International Conference on IT Applications and Management: Technological Innovation and the Future of Culture and Tourism, December 28-29, 2011, at J K Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, India, in association with The Korea Database Society (full paper proceedings publication in process).
• Chaudhary R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2011), “Occupational Self efficacy and Work Engagement: Examining the mediating Effect of HRD Climate” In Srivastava, R., Agrawal, V. & Singh, S. (Eds.), Organizations in the new millennium: Challenges & Opportunities (pp.43-48), Macmillan Publishers: New Delhi, ISBN: 978-9350-59007-2. Paper presented at International conference on Organizations in the New Millennium-Challenges and Opportunities at Ajay Kumar Garg Institute of Management, Ghaziabad in association with Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), October 14-15, 2011.
• Maurya, U.K. and Chaudhary, R. (2011), “Drivers and Barriers of Brand Orientation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)” In Srivastava, R., Agrawal, V. & Singh, S. (Eds.), Organizations in the new millennium: Challenges & Opportunities (pp. 66-71), Macmillan Publishers: New Delhi. ISBN No. 978-935-059-007-2. Paper presented at International conference on Organizations in the New Millenium-Challenges and Opportunities at Ajay Kumar Garg Institute of Management, Ghaziabad in association with Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), October 14-15, 2011.
• Chaudhary R, Rangnekar, S. and Barua, MK (2011), “HRD Climate and Occupation Self efficacy as Predictors of Employee Engagement” In Jha, S., Jha, S. and Malviya, V (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management (pp. 13-24). Spartacus India: New Delhi. (Published in Review of Management Journal).
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S., & Barua, M.K. (2011). Impact of HRD Climate on Work Engagement. Paper presented in 3rd conference on Excellence in Research & Education, Indian Institute of Management Indore, May 13-16, 2011. Published in Europe’s Journal of Psychology).
• Chaudhary R, Rangnekar, S & Barua, MK (2011), "Influence of Demographics & Job Characteristics on Work Engagement" Conference, Abstract proceedings, pp. 49, presented in National Conference for Research Scholars in Management (NCRSM) 2011 at ABV-IIITM Gwalior, 26-27 March 2011(full paper proceeding publication in progress).
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S., Tanlamai, U., Rajkulchai, S and Asawasakulsorn, A, ‘Work Engagement in Two Asian countries: The Role of Human Resource Development Climate and Occupational Self efficacy, Paper presented at 12^th International Human Resource Management Conference at MDI, Gurgaon, 10-13 Dec 2012 and recommended for publication in International Journal of Human Resource Management (Taylor & Francis) This paper was written as a part of joint research work with Thailand.
• Chaudhary, R.(2013), ‘A Multilevel Investigation of Factors influencing Work Engagement’, proposal presented at 6^th IIMA Doctoral Colloquium at IIM Ahmedabad, 7-9 Jan 2013.
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K. (2013), ‘Climate Quality, Climate Strength & Work Engagement, paper presented at International Conference on Trade, Markets & Sustainability (ICTMS) 22-23 February, 2013, Symbiosis Institute of International Business.
• Chaudhary, R., Rangnekar, S. and Barua, M.K., ‘Influence of Organizational level & Personal Resources on Employee Engagement in Indian Organizations’  Paper presented at 5^th International Conference on Excellence in Research & Education, 9-12^th May 2013, IIM Indore.
• Chaudhary, R. (2013). A Multilevel Level Examination of the Factors Influencing Work Engagement. Paper accepted for poster presentation at pan IIM World Management Conference on Emerging Issues in Management (WMC-2013).

Presentations:Training Sessions & Lectures Delivered:

• Keynote Address delivered in an International Conference on Rural Management for a Sustainable World held on 15th Feb 2017 at Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS) Ranchi.
• Delivered an invited lecture on ‘Rethinking Performance Management’ for MBA students and Faculty at International School of Management Patna (ISM Patna) on 21st March 2018.
• Invited as keynote speaker for the UGC sponsored conference on employee engagement (30th Jan-1st Feb 2015) by IDE, University of Madras.
• Delivered a talk on “Career in Defence Services” in Career Counseling Cell, Glocal University on 24th Feb 2014.
• Delivered a talk on “Self efficacy, HRD Climate and Work Engagement” in Weekly Faculty Enrichment Forum at Glocal University on 24th Sept 2013.
• Conducted training session on Employee Engagement at Ambuja Cements Ltd., Roorkee.
• Conducted training session on Employee Engagement at Everest Industries Ltd., Roorkee.
• Delivered lectures and demos on Structural Equation Modeling using AMOS and LISREL in AICTE sponsored short term course on “Research Methodology: tools and Techniques”, at IIT Roorkee during December 12-16, 2011.
• Delivered lectures and demos on Regression analysis using SPSS in AICTE sponsored short term course on “Decision Making Techniques for Engineering and Management”, at IIT Roorkee during March 07-11, 2011.

Seminars & Workshops attended:

• Participated in Management Development Program (MDP) by Indian Society of Training & Development (ISTD) on “Lets Reconfigure” from 20-22 January 2011 at Divine Resorts, Laxman Jhoola Rishikesh.
• Delivered a presentation on “Impact of HRD Climate and Occupational Self-efficacy on Employee Engagement” presented in D.I.T., Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India sponsored National Program on “National Level Program on Knowledge Sharing Practices: A Management Perspective” organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee on Feb. 21-23, 2011.
• Participated in AICTE sponsored QIP Short term course on “Decision Making Techniques for Engineering and Management” organized by Centre of Quality Improvement Program, IIT Roorkee during March 07-11, 2011.
• Participated in One Day Workshop on “Knowledge Management Practices in Corporate Social Responsibility”, November 2, 2011, at Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee.
• Attended One Day workshop on “Econometrics for Time Series Analysis using Statistical Software”, organized by Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee on Nov., 15, 2011.
• Participated in AICTE sponsored QIP Short term course on “Research Methodology: tools and Techniques” organized by Centre of Quality Improvement Program, IIT Roorkee during December 12-16, 2011.
• Attended Brainstorming session on Knowledge Management organized by department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee on 5 September 2010.
• Participated in the One Day Workshop on Research Methodology of the 6th IIM Ahmedabad Doctoral Colloquium organized by IIMA, held on 7th of January, 2013.
• Attended workshop on gender sensitization on 1st Oct 2013 at Glocal University
• Participated in 3days workshop on English enrichment from 30 Aug 2013-1 Sept 2013.
• Attended workshop on Threatre Techniques by Prof. Ashok Kapoor on 18^th August 2015 at BML Munjal University.
• Attended Two days workshop on Business Analytics & Intelligence by IBM Cognos (17-18^th Oct 2015) at BML Munjal University, Gurgaon
• Attended Four days workshop on Business Analytics using SPSS by IBM (6^th-10^th Dec 2015) at BML Munjal University Gurgaon.
• Attended Research Workshop on How to get Published by Imperial College of London Faculty (27^th -28^th August, 2015) at BML Munjal University.