Managerial and Organisational Cognition
Future of work
Sustainability-centric organisational system
Sudhanshu Maheshwari is an organisational psychologist, leadership coach, and an I/O specialist. He completed his Ph.D. in Management while specialising in human resource management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Before joining the Ph.D. program at IIM Ahmedabad, he completed his Bachelor’s in Electrical & Electronics and Master’s in Economics from BITS Pilani. He also holds a master’s degree in Psychology, specialising in organisational behaviour and human resource management.
His research focuses on enhancing employee well-being to augment firm productivity, deconstructing hybrid workplace systems, probing the role of digitalisation of business intelligence (BI) in the organisation, and exploring the assimilation of artificial intelligence with people practices in the firm. He also works in the domain of sustainability. He has a demonstrated history of working in management consulting at PSU and the private sector. He is skilled in data analysis, mixed-method research, and text analysis and has a strong research background.
He has consistently received acceptance and presented his work for many prestigious international and national conferences, such as the Academy of Management (AOM), European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS), European Academy of Management (EURAM), International HRM (IHRM), International Conference on Green HRM and Sustainable Behaviour, NASPAA South Asia Conference and Indian Academy of Management (INDAM). In terms of teaching, he plans to take courses on strategic people management, managerial effectiveness, the dark side of hybrid work systems, and leading digital transformation.
Ph.D. in Management, 2018–2023
Focus: HRM
Masters in Psychology, 2018-2020
Major: OB&HRM
Dual Integrated Course, 2010–15
Managerial and Organisational Cognition
Future of work
Sustainability-centric organisational system
Maheshwari, S., Agarwal, A., Maheshwari, S. (2020). Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL): Shaping the Industry. IIMA Case Study Centre. IIMA-STR0450
Kaur, A. & Maheshwari, S. (2022). AI, Privacy Breaches and Ethical Transgressions: An Integrative Theoretical Framework. International Conference on Digital Organizations (ICODO) organised by Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 11th November, 2022
Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2022). Discursive Paradoxical Tension: Understanding and Managing Competing Discursive Logics. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 5th – 9th August.
Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., & Tripathi, N. (2022). AI, Privacy Breaches and Ethical Transgressions: An Integrative Theoretical Framework. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 5th – 9th August.
Sangar, S., Tripathi, N., Kaur, A. & Maheshwari, S. (2022). Daily Effects of Perceived Leader’s Overqualification on Subordinates’ Work Behaviors. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 5th – 9th August.
Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Maheshwari, S. (2022). Is cyber loafing influencing the engagement of your employees? Towards examining the employees’ cyber deviance in the era of remote working. 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022, hosted by WU Vienna, Austria, July 7- July 9, 2022.
Kaur, A. & Maheshwari, S. (2022). Socialization Process, Expatriate Adjustment and Role of Credibility in the Host Country: A Theoretical Model and Future Directions for Research. 5th Global Conference on International HRM organized by Center for International Human Resource Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, USA, A hybrid experience, 19 – 21 May, 2022.
Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2022). Green Human Resource Management Systems and Sustainable Environmental Performance: A Theoretical Framework on Green Organization Culture. International Conference on Green HRM and Sustainable Behaviour: New Developments and Challenges organized by Vienna University of Economics and Business, Germany, a Virtual Experience, 17 -18th March, 2022.
Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2022). Green Culture Development: Towards Sustainable Practices using HRM Systems during Turbulence. Indian Academy of Management organized by Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, India, 7 – 9 January, 2022.
Kaur, A. & Maheshwari, S. (2021). Discursive Paradoxical Tension: Understanding and Managing Competing Discursive Logics. NASPAA South Asia Conference, 12th -14th November, 2021.
Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2021). Green HRM System and Green Culture: A Conceptual Model towards Green Competing Values Framework. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, a Virtual Experience, 30 July – 3 August.
Agarwal, P., Kaur, A., & Maheshwari, S. (2021). How Dark is Dark and How Bright is Bright? Meta-Analysis on Executive Personality – Firm Performance. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, a Virtual Experience, 30 July – 3 August.
Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2020). Creating Sustainable Practices using HRM Systems during Turbulence: Towards a Model of Green Culture Development. Doctoral Symposium organized by Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 9 – 11 December, 2020.
Strategic Human Resource Management
Essential of Leadership
Managerial Effectiveness
Worked as an Assistant Manager in VST Private Limited, New Delhi (2015 -2017)
Executed strategic human resource consulting for a renowned Indian fertiliser company based out of New Delhi on organisation climate and perceived HR practices (November 2021 – January 2022)
Conducted strategy consulting for ATOS, Paris, on their go-to-market strategy for IoT-based devices in small and medium enterprises (March 2019 – May 2019)
Academy of Management – Member and Reviewer
International Journal of Organizational Analysis – Reviewer
Indian Academy of Management – Reviewer
Human Resource Management
Organisational Behavior
Learning and Development
Dark side of Hybrid work systems
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
KPMG India
Issued Dec 2019
Credential ID MU112019222
Marketing Analytics Practitioner
Henry Harvin
Issued Feb 2019
Credential ID 005455/IND/1794
CII Supply Chain Management Professional
Confederation of Indian Industry
Issued Mar 2020 – Expires Feb 2024
Credential ID SCMPro/2019/11/1929