Sweta Sinha

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Sweta Sinha

Education : Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak)

Specialization : Organizational Behavior and Human Resources

Area of Interest : Digitization in HR, Virtual workplace, Career Transitions, Workplace conflict, and Work-family conflict

Designation : Assistant Professor

Contact: 03366529675

Email: s.sinha@imi-k.edu.in

About Sweta Sinha

Dr. Sweta has completed her Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak. She holds a PGDHRM (MBA-HR) degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi. She is UGC-NET qualified in the area of Labour Welfare/IR/HRM. She has over 5 years of industry-academia experience before joining IMI Kolkata. Her primary area of research is digitization in HR, virtual workplace, career transitions, workplace conflict, and work-family conflict. She has published several research papers in peer-reviewed and reputed international journals indexed in ABDC, Scopus, and ABS journal quality lists. She has also presented multiple papers at international and national conferences such as AOM, INDAM, etc. She utilizes conceptual, qualitative, and quantitative research methods for her research and is proficient in using statistical software such as SPSS, AMOS, and SmartPLS. She is an associate editor for IMI Konnect Journal and an active reviewer for several peer-reviewed and reputed international journals. She is a life member of the NHRDN Kolkata chapter. She is also a certified trainer for POSH, certified by SHRM.

Journals:
  • Sinha, S. & Ghosh, K. (2024). Evolving needs of men at the workplace: An Indian perspective.
    Gender in Management, 39(5), 609-625.
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  • Ghosh, K., Sinha, S. & Sharma, D. (2023). Virtual Fun in a Virtual Workplace: Employee socialization for ‘work from home’.
    Benchmarking: An International Journal, 30(10), 4632-4650.
    DOI Link
  • Sinha, S. & Ghosh, K. (2022). Organizational sustainability and performance improvement in microfinance institutions (MFIs): managerial insights of what, why and how.
    Social Responsibility Journal, 18(2), 240-265.
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  • Sinha, S. & Pandey, S.K. (2022). Do millennials differ in conflict manifestation? Differences within the cohort.
    Evidence-based HRM, 10(1), 71-87.
    DOI Link
  • Sinha, S. & Pandey, A. (2022). My job is to hide it! A role strain perspective.
    Development and Learning in Organizations, 36(5), 13-15.
    DOI Link
  • Yadav, R. S., Srivastava, P. R., Eachempati, P., Sweta & Chaudhary, O. P. (2020). CSR & Diversity as Online Signals to Attract Prospective Employees.
    Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 56(1), 88-103.
    JSTOR Link
Conferences:
  • Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools on the Student’s Learning Style and their Learning Outcomes.
    10th Conference of Indian Academy of Management, 16-18 January 2025, IIFT Kolkata, India.
  • Hold on or let go? Work passion, prolonged liminality, and coping in occupational transition.
    10th Conference of Indian Academy of Management, 16-18 January 2025, IIFT Kolkata, India.
  • Impact of Organization’s Green Practices on the Job Applicants.
    ICSBP 2025, 3-5 January 2025, IMI Kolkata, India.
  • Can Obsession for an Occupation Continue to Shadow Further Career Outcomes?
    Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 18927).
    9-11 August 2024, Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Impact of knowledge hiding behavior on employees at the workplace: A role strain perspective.
    6th Biennial Conference of Indian Academy of Management. 2-4 January 2020, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India.
  • Sinha, S. and Mishra, P. (2020). Scale Development: Recruitment Image of Organization.
    6th Biennial Conference of Indian Academy of Management, 2-4 January 2020, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India.
  • Does Gender Composition Of Groups Impact Intra-Group Conflict?
    Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) 16th World Congress, 2-4 July 2019, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
  • Are you able to catch my signals? – An organization’s perspective.
    10th Conference on Excellence in Research and Education, 3-5 May 2019, Indian Institute of Management Indore, India.
Research Summary:

  • Served on an International Delphi Expert Panel for a research project on “The Future of using AI in research work within social sciences,” conducted as a part of the project entitled Challenges in Sustainable Development- Theory & Practice, commissioned by Bialystok University of Technology, Poland. Project commissioned by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (March-April 2024) (contract no. BPI/PST/2021/1/00011/U/00001)

PGDM

  • HR Analytics
  • Labor Laws & Applications
  • Conflict Resolution & Negotiation
  • Human Resource Management