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    Amit Jain

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    Area Of Specialization: Organizational Behavior


    About Me

    After completing my Post Graduation in Mnaagement, I worked for around 8 years at various roles in Insurance and Education Sector. I am currently pursuing FPM in Organizational Behavior and looking for understanding human behavior relating to ethics, diversity and other organizational aspects.

    Apart from working on my research, I have been working with IIM Calcutta's administration in making the campus better accessiblke for students and other residents with disabilities.

    Educational background:-

    Bachelor of Commerce

    PGDM (I.I.M. Ahmedabad)

    Others

    1. PRINCE 2 Practitioner
    2. Scum Master & Scrum Product Owner
    3. Environment and Social Risk Analysis (UNEP-FI)

    Academic Experience:-

    Assistant Professor: Institute for Future Education Entrepreneurship and Leadership (iFEEL)

    Visiting Faculty (2008-13)

    1. K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research
    2. Praxis Business School, Kolkata
    3. Unitedworld School of Business, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata
    4. International School of Management (ISM), Patna
    5. DS Actuarial Education Services Pvt Ltd

    Teasching Assistantship @IIM Calcutta

    1. Human Behavior at Work (PGPEX)
    2. Building Leadership Potential (PGPEX)
    3. Innovation by Deisgn (PGPEX)

    Industry Experience:-

    Consultant: Bismark World

    Head, Corporate Social Responsibility & Special Projects: IMS Learning Resources Pvt. Ltd

    Manager, Business Transformation: Paternoster India Pvt Ltd & Jardine Lloyd Thompson India Pvt Ltd

    Manager, Actuarial: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Pvt Ltd

    Research Interests:-

    Diversity at Workplace (Persons with Disabilities, Gender), Behavioral Business Ethics, Social Network Analysis, Mental Health @Work, Organizational Neuroscience

    Thesis -

    Relationship of Workplace Inclusion with Personal Dispositional Factors and Job Satisfaction: A Study of Persons with Disabilities in India.

    Thesis Advisors: Prof. Leena Chatterjee https://www.iimcal.ac.in/users/lc & Prof. Abhishel Goel https://www.iimcal.ac.in/users/agoel

    Papers :-

    Jain, A. & Sharma, D. (2018) Workarounds and Social Support: The Saviors for Visually Impaired Bankers in India in Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-05-2017-0031

    Case Studies:-

    Jain, A. (2014). Case Study- The Real Cost of Paying Bribes (A) & (B). Giving Voice To Values/PRME Regional Case Development Initiative

    Jain, A. and Swamy, R. (2011). Case Study- Every Client Must Be Treated Equally? (A) & (B). Giving Voice to Values Curriculum

    Jain, A. and Swamy, R. (2011). Case Study- Paying Bribes: Do Small Suppliers Have Choice?. Giving Voice to Values Curriculum

    Conferences:-

    Jain, A., Kommu, R.V. and Sharma, D. (2019). 'Kafkaesque' experiences of visually impaired bankers in India. Presented at 35th EGOS Colloquium 2019

    Chakraborty, S. and Jain, A. (2018). City Identity: What It Is For Work And How It Interacts With Career Orientation. Presented at International Conference on the Changing Nature of Careers

    Jain, A., Goel, A. and Chatterjee, L. (2018). Inclusion as a mediator between core self-evaluation (CSE) and job satisfaction: Study of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in India. Presented at 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP 2018)

    Jain, A., Goel, A. and Chatterjee, L. (2018). Role of Personal Dispositional Factors at Different Levels of Job Satisfaction: A Study of Persons with Disabilities in India. 46th Annual Conference of Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. (Accepted but not presented).

    Jain, A., Chatterjee, L. and Goel, A. (2017). Influence of Personal Factors on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Organizations. Presented at 75th Annual International Council of Psychologists (ICP) Convention

    Jain, A. and Sharma, D. (2017). Making my way: A study on workarounds and social support among Visually Impaired bankers in India. Presented at 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

    Jain, A., Goel, A. and Chatterjee, L. (2017). Role of Personal Disposition factors on Job Satisfaction for Persons with Disabilities. Presented at 15th European Congress of Psychology 2017.

    Jain, A. and Chatterjee, L. (2015). Organizational Socialization-The Journey of PwD Employees in an Organization. Presented at 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

    Jain, A. and Joshi, C. (2014). Disability Diversity in Our Backyard: Everyday Experiences of Visually Impaired Students at a Business School. 42nd Annual Conference of Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (accepted but not presented)

    Workshops & Symposiums:-

    Sharma, D., Jain, A. and Gupta, A. (2018/19). Democratization as a sociotechnical affordance: Inclusion of the vision impaired through open source software. Presented at MCHV-INAIS Workshop on Being (more) human in a digitised world.

    Chakraborty, S. and Jain, A. (2018). Gender (In)equality at Work: How Different Logics Lead to Competing Institutional Work leading to (In)equality. Presented at symposium on 'Increasing Organizational Diversity and Inclusion through Leadership Development' at 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

    Crystal Gazing 2030: Managing Talent in a Rapidly Transforming World (BD Foundation) (Worked as a Research Associate)

    Jain, A. (2016) Social Identity Theory and Diversity & Inclusion, National HRDN Kolkata Kindle

    Singhal, S. and Jain, A. (2007). Reverse Mortgage- Growing Market in India. 10th Global Conference of Actuaries

    Jain, A. and Mithani, A. (2006). Investment Guarantees – An Overview. Actuary India, May 2006. (Awarded second best article of 2006 by Actuarial Society of India)

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