University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Chicago, IL PhD Candidate, Business Administration

Transcription

1 Arjun Mitra, SHRM-CP EDUCATION University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Chicago, IL PhD Candidate, Business Administration May 2020 (expected) Concentration in OB/HR; GPA: 4.0, GRE: 327/340, TOEFL: 114/120. Highest grade in PhD Preliminary Exam in the department in AY UIC CBA Graduate Assistantship & Department of Managerial Studies Fellowship (Fall, 2015-present). Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi based on academic excellence. Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar, India Mar 2015 Master of Business Administration, Full-Time MBA Program Concentration in Human Resource Management, GPA: 7.09/8. Faculty Council Gold Medal for securing the first rank in MBA-HRM Class of Fr. Bogaert HR Merit Scholarship for the best independent research project. Jadavpur University Kolkata, India May 2011 Bachelor of Engineering Concentration in Information Technology, GPA: 9.12/10. RESEARCH INTERESTS Diversity & Inclusion: Board/TMT Diversity, Stigmatized Identity Groups Strategic HRM: Technology in HRM, Personality, Servant Leadership Corporate Strategy: Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance PUBLICATIONS 1

2 1 Kluemper, D. H., Mitra, A., & Wang, S Social media and HRM. In M. Ronald Buckley, Halbesleben, Jonathon R. B. & Wheeler, Anthony R. (Eds.), Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management (Volume 34). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., p Winner: Outstanding Author Contribution in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. (Second and third authors contributed equally) MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Mitra, A., Post, C., & Sauerwald, S. (Under Review at Organization Science). Institutional logics and shareholder dissent. (All authors contributed equally) WORKING PAPERS Mitra, A., & Anand, S. A review on employees with stigmatized family structures. Manuscript writing stage. (equal authorship). Mitra, A., Kluemper, D.H., & Wang, S. Social Media in Organizational Research: A Review and Recommendations. Manuscript writing stage. Mitra, A., & Sauerwald, S. Status threat in upper echelons. Manuscript writing stage. Mitra, A., & Sauerwald, S. Gender Diversity in Corporate Board Committees. Manuscript writing stage. Mitra, A., Anand, S., & Wang, H. LGBT legislation and institutional racism. Manuscript writing stage. (equal authorship) Lynch, J. W., & Mitra, A. Allies of employees with stigmas. Data collection stage. Perkins, S., & Mitra, A. Diversity in director nomination. Data collection stage. Mitra, A., & Post, C. Upper echelons, WF issues, and shareholder perceptions. Idea development stage. (authorship not decided) Mitra, A., & Kluemper, D.H. Serving Culture, Employee Personality, and Organizational Identification. Idea development stage. (authorship not decided) 2

3 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Mitra, A. & Sauerwald, S. (2017). She Against Her? The Downside of Status Threat. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA. CONFERENCE PAPERS Mitra, A., Post, C., & Sauerwald, S. (2018, August). Institutional Logics about the place of Women on Boards: Uncertainty and Shareholder Dissent. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Chicago, IL. (equal authorship) Mitra, A. (2018, August). Serving Culture and Employee Perspective Taking: Examining through the lens of Agency/Communion. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Chicago, IL. Mitra, A., & Sauerwald, S. (2018, August). Gender Diversity in Corporate Board Committees. In R. Chugh and V. Sojo (Chairs), [Under]representation of Women in Leadership: Where Does the Onus Lie?. Paper presentation at the symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Chicago, IL. Mitra, A., & Anand, S. (2018, April). One size or to each their own: Changing family structures and idiosyncratic work arrangements. Paper presentation at Diversity Perspective on Management: Towards more complex conceptualizations of diversity in management studies, Journal of Management Studies Conference. Babson College, USA. (equal authorship) Lynch, J. W., & Mitra, A. (2018, April). Multiple Pathways to Becoming and Acting as an Ally. In K. K. Dray and I. E. Sabat (Chairs), Workplace Allies: Exploring the Process of Becoming an Effective and Vocal Ally. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology. Chicago, IL. Mitra, A. (2017, October). We or Me? I don't feel the need to serve!. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association. St. Petersburg, FL. Mitra, A. (2017, October). Female emotional labor: Examining through the lens of support and reciprocity. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association. St. Petersburg, FL. 3

4 Mitra, A., & Sauerwald, S. (2017, October). Do women always support other women? A study of the upper echelon. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association. St. Petersburg, FL. Mitra, A. (2017, October). When does Diversity beget Diversity? Examining through the lens of team empowerment. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management. Chicago, IL. Mitra, A. (2017, October). When the CEO Divorces! Investors Perceptions of CEO family-to-work conflict. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management. Chicago, IL. Best Paper Nomination. Mitra, A. (2017, August). 'She' against 'Her'? The Downside of Status Threat. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Atlanta, Ga. Mitra, A., & Sauerwald, S. (2016, October). Inclusive HR practices and Female Board Committee Representation. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association. Charlotte, North Carolina. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTOR University of Illinois at Chicago Undergraduate: MGMT 445: Organizational Theory (Rating: 4.84/5) Fall, 2017 MGMT 445: Organizational Theory (Rating: 4.7/5) Spring, 2018 MGMT 453: Human Resource Management (Rating: 4.64/5) Summer, 2018 MGMT 445: Organizational Theory (Ongoing) Fall, 2018 TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP University of Illinois at Chicago Master of Business Administration: MBA 587: Enterprise Strategy Fall,

5 AWARDS AND HONORS Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship Award, Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management, University of Illinios President's Research in Diversity Travel Award, Fall, Love of Learning Award, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Outstanding Reviewer Award, Midwest Academy of Management, Best Paper Nomination, Midwest Academy of Management, Interviewed by NY Post on the research topic covered in the paper. Graduate Student Scholarship Award, Midwest Academy of Management, Outstanding Author Contribution Award, Emerald Literati Awards, Emerald Publishing, Conference submission judged as one of the best accepted papers in the 2017 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Ga. Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management, 2017 Highest Teaching Evaluation as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Managerial Studies, Fall Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi based on academic excellence, Spring Graduate Student Council Travel Award, UIC College of Business Graduate Assistantship starting Fall UIC Department of Managerial Studies Fellowship starting Fall

6 Faculty Council Gold Medal for securing the first rank in MBA HRM Class of , Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India. News covered by media in State of Odisha, India. Fr. Bogaert HR Merit Scholarship for the best independent research project The Predictors of self-esteem among business school students Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India in Spring, Nominated for National HRD Network - Udai Pareek Scholarship for HR Students across India in Fall, th Rank holder in the Information Technology department Class of of Jadavpur University, India. Awarded from Jharkhand State Government, India for securing the first rank in ISC (nationwide exam conducted in twelfth grade) in 2006 from Bokaro district in Science Stream. News covered by media in State of Jharkhand and State of West Bengal, India. Received the first rank in St. Xavier School, Bokaro, India in eleventh ( ) and twelfth grade ( ). SERVICE University of Illinois at Chicago Member of Provost s Search Committee for Executive Director for the new UIC Center of Teaching Excellence. (Only student at UIC to be selected into the committee, Fall 2018) Identified as Graduate Student Leader by the Graduate College. Invited for providing feedback for improvements in Foundations in College Instruction Program. (Fall 2018) Invited to present on "Classroom Interventions" at the UIC Provost's Leadership Retreat 2018 which focused on "Building a Campus-wide Center for Teaching Excellence". (Fall 2018) Conducted a teaching workshop for international teaching assistants at the 2018 Campuswide New Teaching Assistant Orientation. (Fall 2018) 6

7 Invited to be a part of Teaching Assistants (TA) Panel to share my experiences as a TA and answer questions of incoming teaching assistants at the 2018 Campus-wide New Teaching Assistant Orientation. (Fall 2018) Selected as Global Ambassador by UIC Office of International Services to facilitate orientation of incoming international students. (Fall 2017) Invited to a round table discussion with UIC Vice Provost for International Affairs finalists. (Fall 2016) Recorded presentations which are used as examples in courses (GC 509, GC 510, GC 511) for International Teaching Assistants focusing on improving their communication and presentation skills. (Fall, 2016 present) Member of UIC Chancellor s Committee on the Status of LGBTQ People and Allies. (Fall, 2016-present) Member of UIC First Friends program to facilitate transition of incoming international students to UIC. (Fall, 2016-present) Invited to present on Changing the Face of Feminism in India at Feminisms Lunch Lecture Series organized by UIC Woman s Leadership and Resource Center. (Fall, 2015). CONFERENCES Conference Reviewer at Academy of Management (2017, 2018). Received Outstanding Reviewer Award in 2017 and Conference Reviewer at Midwest Academy of Management (2017). Received Outstanding Reviewer Award. Conference Reviewer at Southern Management Association (2017). Conference Discussant at Midwest Academy of Management (2017). OTHER REFEREED PUBLICATIONS 7

8 Sahoo, F. M., Mitra, A., & Mahanti, A. (2014). Need Saliency and Job Involvement: Test of a Cross-Cultural Model. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 40: Mitra, A., & Sahoo, F.M. (2014). Psychological Capital in IT and Non-IT Sectors: Investigation of Self-Efficacy, Hope, Resiliency and Optimism. International Journal of Exclusive Management Research, 4: INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE AND INTERNSHIPS TATA Steel Jamshedpur, India Apr, 2014-Jun, 2014 HR Intern Created the HR Services Framework for TATA Steel s largest Greenfield project in India. Formalized SOP and MSCs for employee onboarding & separation, which helped streamline existing procedures and amplifying new employee satisfaction by 85%. Pioneered the design of customized web portals for handling employee medical claims, compensation-related grievances, and leasing of company housing expediting efficiency by 70%. Awarded a pre-placement job offer from TATA Steel based on my internship performance. Accenture Strategy Bhubaneswar, India Jan, Mar, 2014 Project Performed a Training Needs Analysis to help the company finalize the skilling interventions required to make around 10 million semi-skilled Indian workers employable across a wide range of industries. PwC Kolkata, India Consultant Programmed various data collection tools for PwC UK s Transfer Pricing teams using VBA-macros which reduced the time taken for data consolidation by 60%. 8

9 Remodeled the MIS Reporting System for one of the largest retail clients of PwC optimizing the time for grouping of sales and performance data for their multiple clusters by 80% and saving processing & legacy maintenance costs of INR 5 million. Redesigned PwC India s website to be more informative & accessible, reducing navigation time 80%. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Academy of Management (Organizational Behavior, Human Resources, Gender and Diversity in Organizations) Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Southern Management Association Midwest Academy of Management Society of Human Resource Management ADDITIONAL Technical Skills: STATA 15, SPSS 21, SAS, MPLUS, HLM 7, MS Visio, MS Office. Languages: English: Fluently spoken, read, and written. Hindi: Fluently spoken, read, and written. Bengali: Well spoken, good reading comprehension. 9