Amit Nandkeolyar

Biography

Amit Nandkeolyar is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and teaches courses on Negotiation Analysis, Leadership and Teams. Prior to joining IIMA, he worked with the Indian School of Business.

Before joining academia, he worked with MMTC Limited - a major international trading company in the areas of corporate planning and engineering exports.

His current research focuses on how individuals and teams adapt in response to changes in their work environment. He has published in top-tier management journals like Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology and Harvard Business Review. He also writes for the popular media and has been widely quoted by media outlets like Forbes India, Economic Times, China Daily, Business World, The Hindu and The Times of India.

He has received multiple reviewer awards from the Academy of Management, USA.

Area

Primary Area : Organisational Behaviour

Contact

Email : amitn@iima.ac.in

Phone : +91-79-7152 4959

Secretary : Archana Premkumar

Phone : +91-79-7152 7976

Website : Personal Website

Education

Ph.D, Major: Organizational Behavior, Minor: Human Resources, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 2008

MBA, Specialization: Strategic Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2002

BE, Specialization: Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, 1993

Teaching

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

PGP (2 year MBA) Courses

Induction Program
Individual and Group Processes
Negotiation Strategies
Organizational Dynamics

PGPX (1 year MBA) Course

Negotiation Strategies for Managers

Executive Education:

Leadership
Teams
Negotiations

Indian School of Business

PGP (MBA) Courses:

Negotiation Analysis
Leadership Development Program (LEAD)

Executive Education:

Managing Organizations
Negotiations

University of Iowa

Undergraduate Courses:

Strategic Human Resource Management
Individuals, Teams & Organizations
Introduction to Management

Research Area

Personality and Individual differences

Multilevel modeling

Abusive Supervision

Cross-Cultural Negotiations

Professional Experience

Academy of Management, USA

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, USA

American Psychological Association, USA

Journals

Nandkeolyar, A. K., Bagger, J., & Ekkirala, S. (2022). Damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t: the interactive effects of gender and agreeableness on performance evaluation. Journal of Business Research, 143, 62-71.

Gunia, B.C., Brett, J.M., Nandkeolyar, A.K. (2014) Trust me, I'm a negotiator: Diagnosing trust to negotiate effectively, globally. Organizational Dynamics, 43, 27-36.

Nandkeolyar, A.K., Shaffer, J.A., Li, A., Srinivas, E.S., Bagger, J. (2014) Surviving an abusive supervisor: The Joint roles of conscientiousness and coping strategies. Journal of Applied Psychology, 99, 138-150. (*Equal contribution)

Gunia, B.C., Brett, J.M., Nandkeolyar, A.K. (2012). In Global Negotiations, It's all about trust. Harvard Business Review, December, 26.

Gunia, B. C., Brett, J.M., Nandkeolyar, A. K. & Kamdar, D. (2011). Paying a price: Culture, Trust, and Negotiation consequences. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(4), 774-789.

Stewart, G. L. & Nandkeolyar, A. K. (2007). Exploring how constraints created by other people influence intraindividual variation in objective performance measures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1149-1158.

Stewart, G. L. & Nandkeolyar, A. K. (2006). Adaptability and intraindividual variation in sales outcomes: Exploring the interactive effects of personality and environmental opportunity. Personnel Psychology, 59, 307-332

Awards & Honors

2017 - Recognized for Teaching Excellence by Dean, Indian School of Business (2017).

2013 - Outstanding Published Journal award, International Association for Conflict Management (2013)

2007,2009,2013,2014 - Outstanding Reviewer, OB Division, Academy of Management (2007, 2009, 2013, 2014)

2010 - Outstanding Reviewer, MOC Division, Academy of Management (2010)

2006 - Finalist, Outstanding Publication in Organization Behavior, Academy of Management (2006)

2003-2007 - Ponder Summer Research Grant, PhD program, University of Iowa (2003-2007)

2022 - Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Business Ethics

Building a case for Equal Pay,

Mint (21 January, 2017), 2017

The fuddy-duddy Indian manager,

Quartz (14 June, 2017), 2017

Compassionate capitalism is not a solution ,

Firstpost (02 June, 2017), 2017

RIL revamps its incentive scheme,

Economic Times (18 June, 2015), 2015

Making the most of appraisals,

Mint (10 March, 2015), 2015

Five ways to stem gossip at the workplace,

Economic Times (3 February, 2015), 2015

Karnataka's 70% jobs quota for locals faces criticism,

Economic Times (9 November, 2014)., 2014

Five ways to behave well at office parties,

Economic Times (22 July, 2014). , 2014

Five ways to build your brand at the workplace,

Economic Times (06 September, 2013), 2013

Are you a rolling stone?

Times of India (04 September, 2013)., 2013

Getting out of your Comfort Zone,

Businessworld (29 June, 2013)., 2013

Lessons' from LK Advani's pen,

Mint (16 June, 2013)., 2013

A Rotten Apple

Businessworld (15 June, 2013)., 2013

Evolve a PPP model for education,

Businessworld (18 February, 2013)., 2013

Five ways to enlist pros who avoid teamwork,

Economic Times (22 January, 2012). , 2012

Are you ready for change,

Businessworld (14 December, 2012). , 2012

Character traits of good leadership,

The Hindu (12 December, 2012)., 2012

The secret of an effective worker,

Businessworld (15 November, 2012)., 2012

Five ways to work under a young boss,

Economic Times (14 September, 2012)., 2012

HR Execs seek Labor law reforms,

Economic Times (July 27, 2012)., 2012

What can Indian cricket team learn from corporate,

Economic Times (January 30, 2012)., 2012

Navigating Cultures in Negotiations,

Economist Intelligence Unit (January 21, 2012). , 2012

Captain Dhoni, Here is some advice from India Inc.,

Economic Times (January 15, 2012), 2012

By withholding trust in negotiations, parties end up ‘paying the price',

Yahoo!, (Dec 8, 2011)., 2011

Now Chetan Bhagat inspires a short film,

Economic Times. (Feb 6, 2010). , 2010

Chetan Bhagat's Two States inspires management project

DNA News (Jan 29, 2010)., 2010

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