DR.SWATI DHIR

Tel: +91 7091489071

Email: swati.dhir@imi.edu| swatidhir2@gmail.com

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Fellow, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (2009-14)

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Assistant Professor (2016 - till date)

International Management Institute 
 B-10, Qutab Institutional Area 
Tara Crescent, New Delhi - 110016

CV SUMMARY

Brief Profile:  Swati Dhir is a Fellow of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow and completed the Fellow Program in Management (FPM) in OB/HRM area in 2014. She is currently working as Assistant Professor in OB/HRM area at International Institute of Management New Delhi. Prior to this, she has worked as Assistant Professor at IIM Ranchi for 1.5 years. She is a B.Tech Textile Technology from UPTTI, Kanpur affiliated by Uttar Pradesh Technical University. She has also worked as Assistant Manager in Research and Development department at Abhishek Industries (Trident Group). She has published her research work in many National and International Journals (Scopus and ABDC indexed) and attended various National and international conferences.  She is certified DiSC trainer created by John Wiley & Sons Inc., DiSC is the world's leading assessment tool used by over 45 million people to improve productivity, teamwork and communication. 

At the Post Graduate the courses taught includes Human Resource Management, Organization Structure and Design, Recruitment and Selection, Talent Management, International HRM and Psychometric Testing. Her teaching interest also includes Organization Structure and Design, International Human Resource Management, HR analytics and Research Methodology. Her research interests include Diversity in Organizations, Work Related Attitudes, Employee Engagement, Work Role Performance and Employee Loyalty. Her research contribution is also evident in the Editorial Review Board of “Amity Journal of Training & Development "- An International, Biannual, Refereed Journal of Training & Development. She has also been reviewer for various referred International journals and conferences like AOM and IHRM. She can potentially supervise PhD students and contribute towards Doctoral level courses on Advanced Research Methodology. She had contributed in various academic activities, being a member of PGDHRM program committee, admission committee and doctoral program committees at IIM Ranchi. She has been an adjunct faculty at IIM Ranchi and IIM Khozikode and has a teaching experience of PGDM and FPM level courses. Currently, she is the member of ACC (Academic Curriculum Committee) for PGDHRM program and International Relations at IMI Delhi. She has guided 3 students for courses of independent studies in last one year at Post graduate level and currently guiding one research scholar at FPM Level. 
On the personal front, she is a happy, responsible and creative person with experience in voluntary social work like community teaching and guidance to students.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Fellow Programme in Management)	2009-14	
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India		
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)		
Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute, Kanpur, India	2004-08	
Silver Medal in Engineering (Second topper in UPTU)		

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE	(4 YEARS, Post Ph.D.)	
		
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR		
OB/HRM Area
		
International Management Institute New Delhi India (www.imi.edu) 
TEACHING	

-   Taught In different programs (PGDM, XPGDM and PGDMHR) courses like	

HR Analytics
Human Resource Management
Talent Management
HR Planning & Recruitment and Selection
Psychometric Testing
Talent Management
Internship with NGO

-Member of Academic Curriculum committee (ACC)	
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Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, India (www.iimranchi.ac.in)                   	
May 2016-Till date                                                

Sep 2014- April 2016                                                

TEACHING		
-   Taught MBA students and Working Executives courses like		
Human Resource Management		
International Human Resource Management		
Recruitment and Selection		
Psychometric Testing		
Organization Structure and Design		

-	Member of various committees like the FPR (PhD) committee, Admissions committee and PGDHRM committee 

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS & OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

-	Thesis Advisory Committee Member for the research scholar Ms. Anandita Ghosh, IIM Ranchi, in the topic ‘GENDER BIAS IN THE INDIAN WORKPLACE: An exploration using Neuroscientific Tools’ thesis defended on February, 2019.
-	Sessions taken on Group Dynamics and Team effectiveness and International HRM for Certificate Course in General Management Skills under ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Coopeartion) Programme on February & March, 2019
-	Session Chair for Entrepreneurship Module at Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) at Bangkok, Thailand on July 2018
-	Sessions on International HRM in Certificate Course in General Management Skills under ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Coopeartion) Programme on May, 2018
-	Session taken in the programme “Strategic Human Resources Management” sponsored by Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Finance, DM Administration at Indian institute of Public Administration New Delhi on 4th May, 2017.
-	Session Chair for a technical session on ‘Employee Engagement, Workforce Diversity, Leadership Heterogeneity, and Unconventional Strategies for Global Firms at the International Conference on “Strategies in Volatile and Uncertain Environment for Emerging Markets” organized by the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) on 15th July 2017 at IIT Delhi campus.
-	Completed the E-PG Pathshala, UGC- An MHRD project under National Mission on Education through ICT for e content development of PG program in HRM assignment as a content writer for Strategic Human resource management module for the subject HRM on 11th July, 2016.
-	Programme Director and resource person for the Management Development Program on “Understanding Group Dynamics and Improving Team Effectiveness” held on 26-28 September’ 2015 at Chennai at IIM Ranchi

-	Sessions on Staffing and Challenges in International HRM in the Faculty Development Programme on 'Contemporary HR Trends and Practices' at BIT Mesra in April’ 2015 

-	Sessions on Team Building for research & teaching effectiveness in Faculty Development Programme on Pedagogy For Outcome Based Management Education (OBME) at BIT Mesra in April’ 2015 

-	Worked as Management consultant for the project Child Labor in Indian Stone Quarry Industry funded by UNICEF, August’ 2014. 

-	Sessions on “Leadership Potential and Skills” and “Building Effective Team -Understanding Self and Interpersonal Effectiveness” of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) under Management Development programs (MDP) in February’2014. 
-	Prepared a written exam paper for Managers and Evaluation of answer sheets for all the participants for Kilkari Bihar Bal Bhawan in October’2013. 

-	One day “Leadership Training Programme” for contests of “Student cabinet election 2014” at Patna Women’s College December’2013. 
-	Sessions on Personality assessment through Myres Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) at Aryabhatt Knowledge University, Patna, January 2014. 
-	Evaluation of Skill Development of Group-D Employees in Bihar by Bihar Prashasanik Sudhar Mission Society (BPSM) for around 6 months. September, 2013 
-	Thesis Advisory Committee Member of Ms. Anandita Ghosh, IIM Ranchi, Working on Implicit Biasness at IIM Ranchi 
-	Chaired a conference session on Human Resources & Firm Performance: Factors affecting work engagement in 4th Biennial Conference of Indian Academy of Management on ‘Managing in the Indian Institutional Context’, organized by the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, 2015 
-	Panel Member in various Organizations Selection process like JSBCL (Jharkhand State Beverages Corporation Ltd.) and RUSA (Rashtriya Uchatar Shiksha Aayog) as an expert from IIM Ranchi, 2015 
-	Session Chair for a technical session on ‘Employee Engagement, Workforce Diversity, Leadership Heterogeneity, and Unconventional Strategies for Global Firms at the International Conference on “Strategies in Volatile and Uncertain Environment for Emerging Markets” organized by the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) on 15th July 2017 at IIT Delhi campus.
-	Session taken in the programme “Strategic Human Resources Management” sponsored by Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Finance, DM Administration at Indian institute of Public Administration New Delhi on 4th May, 2017.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

ASSISTANT MANAGER
(TEXTILE NDUSTRY – 1 YEAR)

ABHISHEK INDUSTRIES, TRIDENT GROUP	2008-09	
Worked in Research and Development department. Worked in different		
projects to develop innovative ways to achieve better productivity. Also		
was active member in new product development team.		

PROJECT TRAINEE/ INTERNSHIPS

ARVIND MILLS, AHMEDABAD, GUJRAT	2010-11	
ABHISHEK INDUSTRIES, TRIDENT GROUP, LUDHINA, PUNJAB	2007-08	
SPORTSKING, LUDHINA, PUNJAB	2007-08	

PUBLICATIONS (BOOK/JOURNALS) AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1.	Sharma, R. & Dhir S. (2019), An Exploratory Study of Challenges faced by Working Mothers in India and their Expectations from Organization, Global Business Review (Accepted)
2.	Dhir S. & Dutta. T. (2019), Developing a scale to measure the dimensions of employee loyalty, Journal of Indian Business Research (Accepted)
3.	Hasan, Z., Dhir, S., & Dhir, S. (2019). Modified total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) of asymmetric motives and its drivers in Indian bilateral CBJV. Benchmarking: An International Journal 26(2) 614-637.
4.	Dhir, S.  (2019). Book Review: Micke Darmelland Kapil Rampal, Connected or Disconnected: The art of operating in a connected world, Global Business Review, 20(1), 275-278, Sage Publications.
5.	Dhir S. & Shukla A. (2019). Role of Organizational Image in Employee Engagement and Performance. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 26(3), 971-989.
6.	Dhir, S., & Dhir, S. (2018). Organizational Capability and Performance Improvement: A Study of e-Commerce Firms in Indian Context. International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, 13(1), 35-51.
7.	Dhir, S., & Dhir, S. (2018). Role of Ambidexterity and Learning Capability in Firm Performance: A study of E-commerce industry in India. VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, 48 (4), 517-536.
8.	Dhir, S., Dhir, S., & Samanta, P. (2018). Defining and developing a scale to measure strategic thinking. Foresight. DOI 10.1108/FS-10-2017-0059
9.	Dhir S. & Shukla A. (2018). The influence of personal and organizational characteristics on employee engagement and performance. International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 11(2), 117-131
10.	Dhir, S., & Dhir, S. (2017). Corporate risk scorecard: a comparative study of US and German firms risk score. International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management, 7(4), 277-291. 
11.	Dhir S. & Dhir S. (2017), Adoption of open-source software versus proprietary software: An exploratory study. Strategic Change, 26 (4), 363-371.
12.	Dhir, S. & Dhir S. (2017) COMFED: The New Challenges of Diversification with teaching notes published in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol 7 (2), 1-26.
13.	Parameswar, N., Dhir, S., & Dhir, S. (2017). Banking on Innovation, Innovation in Banking at ICICI Bank. Global Business and Organizational Excellence, 36(2), 6-16.
14.	Dhir, S., Dhir, S. and Sushil (2016). Cases in Strategic Management: Creativity and Innovation Perspective. McGrawHill Education Publishers 
15.	Dhir S. & Dhir S. (2015). Diversification: Literature Review and Issues, Strategic Change, Vol 24(4): 569-588 
16.	Chaurasia S. & Shukla A. (2014). Psychological Capital, LMX, Employee Engagement and Work Role Performance, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 50 (2). 
17.	Chaurasia, S. & Shukla, A. (2012). Diversity and its Effect on Firm Performance: A Critical Review, Journal of Strategic Human Resource Management. 1 (1): 14-22 
18.	Chaurasia, S. & Shukla, A. (2013) The Influence Of Leader-Member Exchange Relations On Employee Engagement and Work Role Performance, International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior. 17 (3): 464-493
19.	Shukla, A., Srinivasan, R. & Chaurrasia, S. (2013), Impact of Work Related Attitudes on Turnover Intentions. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 49(1): 111-122 
20.	Dhir, S., Mital, A. & Chaurasia, S. (2014) Balanced Score Card of Top Performing Indian Firms. International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management 9(1): 89-100
21.	Chaurasia, S. & Shukla, A. (2011). Review and Re-conceptualizing of Employee Engagement. Proceedings of the 2nd Indian Academy of Management Conference, IIM Bangalore 
22.	Chaurasia S. & Shukla A. (2012), Linking LMX and Work Role Performance: The influence of Psychological Capital and Employee Engagement, Proceedings of Academy of Business Research International Conference, Biloxi, MS, USA. 

REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

•	Dhir, S. (2018). Role of Political and Business Ties on Firm Performance: A Moderated mediation Model, Strategic Management Society, Hyderabad (December, 2018)
•	Dhir S. & Dhir S. (2018). Factors affecting the Nature of Alliance Governance, Strategic Management Society, Hyderabad (December, 2018)
•	Dhir, S., Dhir S. & Smriti, V. (2018). Strategic Thinking in Professional Environment: A Review of the Literature. Academy of Management Annual Meeting at Chicago, Illinois.
•	Dhir, S. & Dhir S. & Samanta, P. (2018). Linking customer loyalty with employee satisfaction and employee loyalty: A moderated mediation model. Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) at Bangkok, Thailand. 
•	Dhir, S. & Dhir S. (2018). Antecedents and Consequences of Internal Branding: A Proposed Model. Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) at Bangkok, Thailand.
•	James, L. & Dhir S. (2018). Organizational Change, Positive Emotions and Emotional Contagion: Role of Change Agent. Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) at Bangkok, Thailand.
•	Dhir, S. & Dhir S. (2015). Cross Cultural Management in International Businesses, 4th Biennial Conference Indian Academy of Management (December, 2015) 

•	Dhir, S. & Dhir S. (2015). “Technology Penetration and its Impact on Information Access by Customers: An Exploratory Study ”, AGBA's 12th Annual World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (November, 2015) 

•	Dhir, S. & Dhir S. (2015). HR Capability and the Drivers of Firm Performance, Fifteenth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, GLOGIFT (October, 2015) 

•	Chaurasia S. & Shukla A. (2012), The influence of Leader Member Exchange relation Employee Engagement and Work Role Performance, 12th International Human Resource Management Conference, MDI Gurgaon. 

•	Chaurasia, S. & Shukla, A. (2011). Change Management through System Thinking. International Conference on Organization Development, IMT Ghaziabad 

•	Chaurasia, S. & Shukla, A. (2011). Review and Re-conceptualizing of Employee Engagement. 2nd Indian Academy of Management Conference, IIM Bangalore 

REVIEWER FOR RESEARCH JOURNALS, CONFERENCES AND BOOKS

Global Journal of Flexible System Management, 2015-2018

International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2014

Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, 2018

Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, 2017

Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference, 2012