Abhishek K. Totawar
+91 431 250 5019
abhishek@iimtrichy.ac.in
Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management.
Fellow (IIM Indore), M.A in Psychology (BHU, Varanasi)
Dr. Abhishek Kumar Totawar is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at IIM Trichy.
He teaches students and executives of the MBA and Executive MBA programs the nuances of organizational behaviour and various aspects of leadership, culture, and change management. His courses include Micro Organizational Behavior (MIOB: MBA first-year core course) and Leading Organizational Change (MLOC: MBA second-year elective). He also leads IIM Trichy’s e-learning program on Strategic Human Resources Management for working executives (SHRM).
Dr. Totawar’s research focuses on organizational justice, leadership, culture, and organizational change. He has presented his research at the Academy of Management (AOM), the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS), the International Congress of Psychology (ICP), the European Congress of Psychology (ECP), and has subsequently published in international peer-reviewed journals such as Human Resource Development Review, Measuring Business Excellence, South Asian Journal of Management, Development & Learning in Organizations, and Evidence-based HRM: A Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship. He has also published case studies listed at Ivey Publishing, Harvard Business School Publishing, the Case Centre, and the Case Research Journal (North American Case Research Association).
He has facilitated leadership and organizational change sessions and programs for mid- and senior-level executives of organizations such as L&T Ltd., Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., TAFE Ltd., VDart Inc., NLC India Ltd., Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Omega Healthcare, Manappuram Finance, UDS Ltd., Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd., Datamatics Ltd., Roca India Ltd., Novo Nordisk India Pvt. Ltd., AP Cooperative Bank, Servier Laboratories, Telangana State Co-operative Apex Bank Ltd., HL Mando, Veritas Finance, Bureau of Indian Standards, and Petronet LNG.
Dr. Totawar holds an MA in Psychology from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and a PhD in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore). He has also attended the Participant-Centered Learning Program (Executive Education) at Harvard Business School, Boston.
Journal Articles
Joseph, N., Totawar, A. K., & Sam, O. | Year – 2022
Fostering resilience through the culture of excellence (CoE) practices: explorative insights from a talent management SME. Measuring Business Excellence, 26(2), 163-179. |
Lanke, P., Totawar, A. K., Raghuraman, J., & Saravanan, P. | Year – 2022
Hostile takeovers, culture, and firm performance: a sensemaking and sensegiving perspective. Journal of Indian Business Research, 14(4), 426-446. |
Joseph, N., & Totawar, A. | Year – 2021
How to increase social capital of organizations: identifying the role of informal learning behaviors. Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, 35(3), 1-3. |
Saravanan, P., Totawar, A. K., & Joseph, N. | Year – 2020
National Strategy for Financial Education 2.0. Economic & Political Weekly (in Letters section), Vol. 55, Issue No. 47. |
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2014
How does organizational justice influence job satisfaction and organizational commitment? Explaining with psychological capital. Vikalpa, 39(2), 83-98. |
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2012
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Others
JOURNAL PUBLICATION | Year – 2024
Totawar, A. K., Lanke, P., & Nambudiri, R. (2024, November). The relationship between organizational justice and job outcomes: examining the mediation of quality of work-life and psychological capital. In Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship. Emerald Publishing Limited. |
Invited Articles | Year – 2019
Totawar, A. K., Prasad, M., & Joseph, N. The Storytellers: Leaders are not the sole custodians of culture. Indian Management (Journal of All India Management Association). |
Invited Articles | Year – 2019
Totawar, A. K. Great Leaders Inspire Trust in their Stakeholders. Domain, Vol. 12, Issue. 1. |
Invited Articles | Year – 2018
Totawar, A., & Raghuraman, J. Beyond Constraints: Employee Engagement is not created.Indian Management (Journal of All India Management Association). |
Book Reviews | Year – 2016
Totawar, A., & Prasad, M.Totawar, A., & Prasad, M. Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. South Asian Journal of Management, 23(3), 210. |
Cases
Luthra, R., Patra, M., & Totawar, A. K. | Year – 2024
Luthra Engineering Industries: Dealing with a Crisis. Product No. W34970. Ivey Publishing. |
Joseph, N., Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2023
VDart Inc.: Managing Culture During Growth. Product No. W28427. Ivey Publishing. |
Kalra, R., Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2023
Amaze Auto Limited: The Fairness Conundrum. Product No. 423-0121-1. The Case Centre. |
Muralidharan, A., Totawar, A. K. & Saravanan, P. | Year – 2021
Halycon Bank: The Change Management Fiasco. Product No. 421-0018-1. The Case Centre. |
Joseph, N., Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2020
Mannarkkad Rural Service Co-operative Bank: Innovating at the Edge. Product No. W20159. Ivey Publishing. |
Nath, P., Totawar, A. K., Chakraborty, A., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2019
Nokia Chennai Plant: Lessons from the Turbulent Journey and Closure of the World’s Largest Mobile Manufacturing Unit. Product No. JOBE12-0CS4. Journal of Organizational Education. |
- At the MBA and Executive MBA programs, he teaches two courses on Micro Organizational Behavior, and Leading Organizational Change.
- At the doctoral level he teaches Advanced Micro OB, and Applied Behavioral Sciences.
- As part of MDP/Training, he has engaged with variety of audiences ranging from mix of executive participants of the e-learning post-graduate certificate programs, to customized programs for government departments (e.g., Joint Commissioners/Deputy Commissioners of Commercial Tax Dept), public sector undertakings (e.g., NLC, IOCL, CPCL), entrepreneurs sponsored by the Ministry of MSME, and mid to senior level executives from corporates (e.g., VDart, Roca India, Tally, Omega Healthcare, Novo Nordisk, and Datamatics)
Conference Presentations
Selvanathan, K., & Totawar, A. K. | Year – 2014
Educational attainment diversity as a linkage between organizational workforce diversity and societal diversity. To be presented at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris. |
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2014
Explaining how organizational justice influences job satisfaction and organizational commitment: Using quality of work life as a mediator. To be presented at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris. |
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2013
How does organizatioanl justice influence job satisfaction and organizational commitment? Explaining with psychological capital. Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management 2013, Ahmedabad, India. |
Totawar, A. K., Nambudiri, R., & Selvaraj, P. | Year – 2013
Justice, Satisfaction, Commitment: Mediation of Quality of Work Life and Psychological Capital. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2013, Florida, USA. |
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2012
Feeling fair and being satisfied: effect of organizational justice on job satisfaction and the mediation of quality of work life. International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa. |
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2012
Justice, satisfaction, commitment and the mediation of psychological capital. National Conference on Positive Behavior: Perspectives and Applications. Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. |
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2012
Organizational justice, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: The mediation of quality of work life and psychological capital. European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland. |
Totawar, A. K., Nambudiri, R., & Selvaraj, P. | Year – 2012
Mood and Self-Efficacy: The Moderating Effect of Hedonic and Utilitarian Motivation. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2012, Boston, USA. |
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2011
Organizational justice and job satisfaction: The mediation of quality of work life. Indian Academy of Management Conference, IIM Bangalore, India. |
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2011
Organizational justice, job satisfaction and the mediating role of quality of work life. Published proceedings of the International Conference and Colloquium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
Sharma, A., & Totawar, A. K. | Year – 2010
HR 2.0: Leveraging Social Media for Employment Engagement. International Conference & Colloquium, Indore, India. |
Mishra, V., & Totawar, A. K. | Year – 2009
Sex related thought and belief amongst Indian expeditioners to Antarctica. Conference proceeding published in Psychological Studies, 54(4), 310-352. |
Totawar, A. K. | Year – 2009
MBA admission test score and enterpreneurial inclination. Research Advances & Trends: Postgraduate Conference & Colloquium. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
Totawar, A. K., & Upadhyay, B. K. | Year – 2008
A study of quality of work life in a Public Sector Unit. 95th Indian Science Congress Association Conference, Visakhapatnam, India. |
Totawar, A. K., Nath, P., & Upadhyay, B. K. | Year – 2008
Quality of work life and job satisfaction in a Public Sector Unit. International Conference of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Kolkata, India. |
- Chairperson – Media Relations (Sep 2024 – Present)
- Chairperson – Placements (May 2022 – Present)
- Chairperson – Placement & External Relations (Apr 2014 – Mar 2018)