Dr. Rahul Sukumaran holds a PhD in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli. His core research investigates the interplay between identity and organizational change, with his work presented at esteemed international conferences including the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) and the European Congress of Psychology (ECP). With a solid base in interpretive research methodology and philosophy of research, he believes in problematizing interesting research contexts revolving around the identity literature, where the sense of self often becomes questioned, undergoes change and (re)constructs the understanding of ‘who am I?’.

Prior to joining GIM as a full-time faculty member, Dr. Sukumaran brings extensive academic experience from his tenures as faculty at leading institutions such as TAPMI Manipal and Amrita University, Coimbatore. He has instructed a diverse range of management courses across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels, including Organizational Behavior, Qualitative Research Methods (PhD), Philosophy of Science (PhD), Employment Relations, Modern Employment Relations (elective), Labour Law, Learning by Case Method, and Human Resource Management.

In the realm of executive development, Dr. Sukumaran has designed and delivered leadership programs for organizations such as MRPL, Canara Bank etc. Furthermore, his expertise was sought by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where he served as a resource person, contributing to digital content creation, training, and consulting for micro-entrepreneurs.

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Sukumaran gained valuable corporate experience in organizations such as Pearson and Oxford, where he held editorial and marketing roles within the publishing industry. This blend of corporate and academic exposure provides him with a unique and well-rounded perspective towards knowledge creation and dissemination.

Driven by a commitment to continuous personal and professional growth, Dr. Sukumaran is passionate about inspiring others to pursue their aspirations and achieve their full potential. As a part of this initiative, he has mentored aspiring leaders to build a platform for career advancement and achieve their career goals.
 

Journals

• ‘Un-hiding’ Knowledge in Organizations: The role of Climate for Innovation, Social Exchange and Social
  Identification – Development and Learning in Organizations (ABDC – C) (Scopus Q3) (Citations: 34) [2021]
• Investors, why look at board meetings? – The Financial Express, 8th September, 2019.
• The impact of promoter on firm value: Evidence from emerging economies - Asian Academy of Management
  Journal (ABDC – C) (Scopus Q3) [2024]

Key Working Papers

• Emotions? I’m a Knight, Battering Beneath my Armor! Diffident Selves, Masculine Subjection and Identity Work in a Liminal, Performative Space
• The Hyperreal Discourse: A Surveilled Society of Pejorative Techne’, Distorted Ideologues and
  (Non)discursive Action
   

Key Conferences

• July 2019: EGOS (European Group of Organization Studies), Edinburgh, U.K. - Emotions? I’m a Knight, battering beneath my armor! Diffident selves, masculine subjection and identity work in a liminal, performative space (presented)
• July 2019: EGOS (European Group of Organization Studies), Edinburgh, U.K. – The hyperreal discourse:A surveilled society of pejorative techne’, distorted ideologues and (non)discursive action (presented)
• June 2019: ICMS (International Critical Management Studies), London, U.K. – Abode of masculine (wo)men and God: A feminine counter-discourse (presented)
• June 2019: ECP (European Congress of Psychology), Moscow, Russia – The Dual CEO: An analysis of BRICS Nations (accepted)
• June 2019: ECP (European Congress of Psychology), Moscow, Russia - Organizational Justice, Job Satisfaction and Commitment: Explaining Underlying Mechanisms Through QWL and PsyCap (accepted)
• January 2019: APAEA (Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association), Changsha University of Science and Technology, China. Impact of CEO Duality on Debt: Evidence from BRICS Countries
• November 2018: COSMAR, IISc Bangalore, Bengaluru, India – A multi-level model of response to identity threats (presented)
• December 2018: ISDSI, SPJIMR Mumbai, India – The Impact of CEO Duality on Expropriation and Firm Value: Evidence from Emerging Countries (accepted)
• September 2018: Sustainable Human Resource Management: Practices, Policies and Perspectives in South Asia, IBS Hyderabad - A Mechanism towards Sustainable HRM: Theorizing the Green Citizen (accepted)
• December 2017: ISDSI, IIM Trichy, India - Perfect Images in An Imperfect World: Role of Ideal Image, Self-Efficacy and Attribution Style (presented)
• December 2017: ISDSI, IIM Trichy, India - Cultural Intelligence and Expatriate Adjustment: A Social Identity Theory Perspective (presented)
• December 2017: NAOP (National Academy of Psychology), IIT Kharagpur, India - The Positive Millennial Triad: Authentic Leadership, Psychological Capital and Positive Identity (accepted)
• December 2017: ICRBS, IIT Roorkee - Delineating a Sustainable Workforce: The Role of Socialization, Person-Organisation Fit and Organisational Identification (accepted)

Scholar co-authored conferences

• March 2024: TAPMI IRCRPM – Understanding the lives of migrant working population: An identity theory perspective
• December 2021: PAN-IIM WRC, IIM Kozhikode – The Phoenix: Death and Resurrection – Lives
  subaltern daily wage women workers in patriarchal society amidst COVID 19
• December 2021: PAN-IIM WRC, IIM Kozhikode – Dark side of online learning ecosystem during the COVID-19 pandemic
• December 2021: PAN-IIM WRC, IIM Kozhikode – Teachers action-inaction in e-learning during COVID 19: A qualitative inquiry into self-determination theory
• December 2021: ISDSI, IIM Nagpur – Top-Down Knowledge Hiding and Counterproductive Work Behavior: CoR Theory in a Fluid Workplace
• December 2021: ISDSI, IIM Nagpur – The Impact of Employees’ Perception of CSR on Knowledge Un-hiding: A Fluid Psychological Contract
• December 2021: ISDSI, IIM Nagpur – The effect of career success on knowledge hiding behavior: COR theory in a fluid environment
  December 2021: ISDSI, IIM Nagpur - The impact of linguistic identity on knowledge hiding: Role of SIT in a fluid environment
• December 2021: ISDSI, IIM Nagpur – Unfolding Knowledge Hiding in Repatriates: Effect of Reverse Cultural Shock in a Fluid Environment
• December 2021: ISDSI, IIM Nagpur – Relationship between Abusive Supervision and Knowledge Hiding: The role of Workplace Resistance
• December 2021: ISDSI, IIM Nagpur – The pandemic, disinformation and knowledge hiding: Image
  Restoration Theory in a fluid world
• November 2020: ISDSI, IIM Raipur – Reinstating digital eco-systems for competitive advantage: The role of HRIS during the pandemic
• November 2020: ISDSI, IIM Raipur – Workplace solitude, cognitive disparity, and mental health of
  millennials in digital eco-system: A COVID19 model
• November 2020: ISDSI, IIM Raipur – Learning eco-systems, digital stakeholders and psychologic distress: The emergence of virtual university amidst the pandemic
• November 2020: ISDSI, IIM Raipur – Co-constructing a sense of community amongst virtual teams:
  Unfolding remote working practices during the pandemic
• November 2020: ISDSI, IIM Raipur – The impact of Augmented Reality on Hedonic and Utilitarian buying motivation among online shoppers: An Exploration during COVID19
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