Suman Choudhary
  •  suman.choudhary@spjimr.org

Suman Choudhary

Assistant Professor, Organisation and Leadership Studies

Prof. Suman Choudhary holds a PhD in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management from the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU). She earned gold medals in her B.Tech from Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, and in her MBA from Rajasthan University. She has been recognised as one of the “Leaders of Tomorrow” at the 51st St. Gallen Symposium.

Prior to joining SPJIMR, she served as Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, teaching core OBHRM subjects as well as courses on the science of wellbeing, and conflict and negotiation management.

Her research explores how organisational practices and narratives shape employee attitudes and behaviour. Her work spans areas such as CSR and recruitment, examining how organisations communicate social responsibility and its impact on employer attractiveness; human capital and employee engagement; knowledge hiding; popular culture and workplace perceptions; and issues relating to women’s work and evolving family dynamics. Her work has been published in leading academic journals and presented at international conferences.

Beyond teaching and research, she has delivered training sessions as part of management development programmes for organisations, including the Bihar Agricultural Management & Extension Training Institute, the Bihar Water Resources Department, the Bihar Institute of Public Administration & Rural Development, and the Bihar Police Academy.

Suman combines academic rigour with a strong focus on impact, aiming to contribute meaningfully to both scholarship and practice in human resources and organisational behaviour.

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Education

Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur 

Ph.D. 2023

Focus: OBHRM

Rajasthan University

MBA, 2017

Major: HR and Marketing

Suresh Gyan Vihar University

BTech, 2015

Major: Civil

  • Research interests

    Recruitment, Employer Branding and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Human Capital

    Knowledge Management

    Employee Volunteering

    Workplace Play

  • Selected publications

    Choudhary, S., Mishra, K. & Budhwar, P. (2026). Corporate social responsibility effort, its impact & job seekers’ organizational attraction: A language perspective. Journal of Business Research (ABDC-A). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115905.

    Choudhary, S., Mishra, K. & Garud, N (2025). How goal attainment framing interacts with corporate social responsibility practices to shape employer brands during recruitment, International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC-A). https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2025.2587676.

    Choudhary, S., & Mishra, K. (2022). Using Straussian Grounded Theory Approach: Knowledge Hiding in Virtual Work Arrangements. Accepted for publication at Sage Research Methods Cases: Business & Management. https://methods.sagepub.com/case/using-straussian-theory-knowledge-hiding-virtual-arrangements

    Choudhary, S., & Mishra, K. (2021). Understanding knowledge hiding in the context of virtual workplaces. VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems (ABDC-B). https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-10-2020-0185.

    Choudhary, S., Memon, N. Z., & Mishra, K. (2020). Examining the Influence of Human Capital on Employees’ Innovative Work Behaviour: A Moderated Serial Mediation Model. South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management, 7(2), 189-213 (ABDC-C). https://doi.org/10.1177/2322093720942660.

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  • Case studies

    Mishra, K., Singhal, S. & Choudhary, S. (2025). Employee Volunteering at Secure Meters: An Employee-Centric Approach to CSR. Published in Harvard Business Impact.

  • Books/Book chapters

    Choudhary, S., & Mishra, K. (2022). Understanding the role of remote work arrangements on employees’ knowledge hiding behavior. Emerging Business Trends and Management Practices: Lessons from the Pandemic. AAP and CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.

  • Conferences

    Mishra, K, & Choudhary, S. (2025). Kala, kalakaar and kalakari in the Indian Folk Art industry: managing the artistic and commercial utility paradox. Accepted for presentation at ANZAM in Australia, December 2025.

    Choudhary, S. (2023). Understanding Organizing for Modern Indian using Popular Culture. Presented at the10th International Conference on Gender & Women’s Studies in Bangkok, Thailand in July, 2023.

    Choudhary, S & Mishra, K. (2023). Experimental studies on employer’s CSR & job seekers’ attraction based on language perspective. Presented at the the 83rd Academy of Management taking place August 2023 in Boston.

    Choudhary, S & Mishra, K. (2023). The Positive and Negative Effects of Self-initiated WorkPlace Play on Colleague Evaluations. Presented at the 83rd Academy of Management taking place August 2023 in Boston.

    Choudhary, S & Mishra, K. (2023). CSR & job seekers’ organizational attraction. Accepted for presentation at ACIEK ESIC MADRID 2023.

    Choudhary, S & Mishra, K. (2023). Corporate social responsibility effort, its impact & job seekers’ organizational attraction: a language perspective. Accepted for presentation at EURAM 2023.

    Choudhary, S., Garud, N., & Mishra, K. (2022). I Fit Here! Social Responsibility Type and Wordings in Recruitment Affect Women’s Pursuit Intentions. [Virtual Paper Presentation]. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Choudhary, S & Mishra, K. (2022). Kala, kalakaar and kalakari in the Indian Folk Art industry. [Virtual Paper Presentation]. 38th EGOS Colloquium, WUVienna, Austria.

    Choudhary, S., Garud, N., & Mishra, K. (2021). Social responsibility type and wordings in recruitment affect women’s pursuit intentions. [Virtual Paper Presentation]. 9th Austrian Early Scholars Workshop in Management.

    Choudhary, S., Mishra, K., & Garud, N. (2021). How and When employee volunteering probes unethical pro organizational behaviour?. [Virtual Paper Presentation]. 81st Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, Briarcliff Manor, New York.

    Choudhary, S. (2019). Impact of Human Capital Investment on Firm Performance: A multilevel model of Human Capital. Accepted for presentation at 16th International Conference on Business Management (ICBM) organized by Monash University’s Caulfield campus in Melbourne, Australia in December, 2019.

    Choudhary, S., Memon, N. Z., & Mishra, K. (2020). Examining the influence of Human Capital on employees’ Innovative Work Behavior: A Moderated Serial Mediation Model. [Paper Presentation] at Indian Academy of Management Conference at IIM Trichy (January, 2020) and were conferred with the Best Paper title in the HRM track.

    Choudhary, S. (2020). A Sneak Peek into the lives of Folk Artists: A Qualitative Study on the Experience of Multiple Identities’ accepted for presentation at PhD Consortium organized by Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay in February, 2020.

  • Periodicals

    Mishra, K., & Choudhary, S. (2022). Talent acquisition strategies in the time of large layoffs. ET HRWorld from The Economic Times.

    Choudhary, S., & Mishra, K. (2022). The HR agenda of employee volunteering. Kaustubham: Human Resource Management and Labour Relations Journal.

  • Working papers

    CSR, employer branding

    Women and popular culture

    Workplace play and colleague perceptions

  • Teaching interest

    Organisational Behaviour

    Human Resource Management

    Individual and Group Dynamics

    Science of Wellbeing

  • Courses

    Organisational Behaviour

    Human Resource Management

    Conflict and Negotiation Management

    Individual and Group Dynamics

    Science of Wellbeing

  • Awards and honours

    2022: Selected as one of the 100 ‘leaders of tomorrow’ across 90 countries for the 51st St. Gallen Symposium.

    2020: CGPA of 3.57 out of 4 (A grade) in the Ph.D. coursework.

    2020: Best Paper Award in Human Resource Management track at the Indian Academy of Management held at IIM Trichy, India from 2nd to 4th January 2020.

    2019: My research proposal (with Prof. Kirti Mishra) was selected to work with Ms. Shivani Singhal, Head, Dharohar, to understand the impacts of employee volunteering.

    2017: Received Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) (in management area) in National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India.

    2017: Awarded Gold Medal for Master of Business Administration from R.A. Podar Institute of Management, University of Rajasthan.

    2015: Awarded Gold Medal for Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering, Suresh Gyan Vihar University (SGVU).

  • Work experience

    Academic positions

    Assistant Professor, IIM Bodh Gaya (November 2023 – May 2025)

    Adminstrative assignments

    Chairperson, HR Club, IIM Bodh Gaya

    Coordinator, MBA Hospital and Healthcare Management, IIM Bodh Gaya

    Member, International Relations Committee, IIM Bodh Gaya

    Professional positions

    HappyPlus Pvt Ltd (August 2025 – December 2025)

    Director of Research and Consulting

  • MDPs/FDPs

    Programme Director, Interpersonal Relationship Management NFLP, IIM Bodh Gaya, July 2024.

    Facilitator, Team Building, Water Resources Department, Bodh Gaya, August 2024.

    Facilitator, MDP Seminar Understanding Group Dynamics, BIPARD-BPSC Officers- Bihar, January 2024-February 2025.

    Facilitator, Team Building, BIPARD-BPSC Officers- Bihar, January 2024-February 2025.

    Facilitator, Science of Wellbeing, BIPARD-BPSC Officers- Bihar, January 2024-February 2025.

    Facilitator, Time Management, BIPARD-BPSC Officers- Bihar, January 2024-February 2025.

    Facilitator, Professional Etiquette, Conflict and Negotiation Management, Team Building, Deputy SPs at Bihar Police Academy, January 2024-February 2024

  • Reviewer experience

    Journal of Business Ethics

    Vine Journal of Information and Knowledge

  • Professional service

    Reviewer, Journal of Business Ethics (FT-50) (since 2025).

    Moderated a “Corporate Social Responsibility and HRM” session at the Academy of Management Conference in August 2022.

    Invited for a “Thinking, creativity, and Jugaad” seminar by Team Audacity’22 (Organizers Annual Cultural Fest, IIMU) on 16th February 2022.

    Invited for an expert talk on “How to solve management case studies” by International School of Business Management, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, on 30th October 2020.

    Reviewer, VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems. ▪ Reviewer, Annual Meetings of Academy of Management (2021,22,23).

  • Professional memberships

    Member of Academy of Management since Jan’2021.

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