Arvind K Sinha, PhD
Professor of Psychology (
Area/ Specialization: Organizational Behavior
Address for Correspondence:
Department of Humanities and Social
Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology
a. Contact Tel. No.: 0512 – 2597186/ 2597632 (Work), 2590462/ 2598686 (Home)
b. Cell Phone No.: + 91 - 9935426088
c. E-mail: aks@iitk.ac.in
Web page: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~aks/
Residential Address: # 667, 36 Street, Indian
Select List of Research & Publications:
Research Papers
1. Jain, A. K., & Sinha, A. K. (2005). General Health in Organizations: Relative Relevance of Emotional Intelligence, Trust, and Organizational Support. International Journal of Stress Management, 12 (3), 257-274.
2. Kaur, P., & Sinha, A. K. (1992). Dimensions of guna in organizational setting, Vikalpa, 17, 27 - 32.
3. Rai, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2000). Transformational leadership, organizational commitment, and facilitating climate. Psychological Studies, 45(1-2), 33-42.
4. Rai, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2001). Self Monitoring Transformational Leadership and Personal Effectiveness: The Human Resource Imperative. Indian Psychological Review, special number of Organizational Behavior Issues, vol.56 & 57(4), 80-87.
5.
Rai, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2002). High performance organizations:
Performance versus Potential. In S. Singh (Ed.), High Performance
Organizations: Key Issues and Strategic Alternatives (pp. 12-27).
6. Rai, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2002). Job delight: Beyond job satisfaction. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 37 (4), 554-571.
7.
Rai, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2003). Transformational Leadership, values, and
effectiveness. Towards Creating a Context for Value Based Leadership. In Bhargava, S. (Ed.), Transformational leadership:
Value-based management for Indian organizations (pp. 138-166).
8. Shukla, A., & Sinha, A. K. (1993). Self-esteem: A requisite for creativity. Abhigyan, Summer/Autumn, 53-59.
9.
Shukla,
A., Singh, S., Kaur, P., & Sinha,
A. K. (1987):
10.Singh S. & Sinha, A. K. (1986). Relative importance of social deprivation, intelligence, punctuality, and ethnicity in predicting educational achievement. Psychologia, (29) (3), 176-181.
11.Singh, S., & Sinha, A. K. (1986). Relationship of coping strategies with job related strain. Advances in Psychology, 1 (1), 8-15.
12.Singh, S., & Sinha, A. K. (1986). Stress at work: Correlates of perceived time urgency and challenge in work. Psychological Studies, 31 (1), 48 - 50.
13.Singh, S., & Sinha, A. K. (1987). Empirical dimensions of coping strategies with Job related stress. Indian Journal of Applied Psychology, 24 (1), 25-29.
14.Singh, S., & Sinha, A. K. (1987). Organizational stress and job behaviour. Management Development, 16 (2), 33-52.
15.Singh, S., & Sinha, A. K. (1987). Stress -performance relationship: A reassessment. In A. K. Dalal and A. K. Singh (Eds.). Human resources development: Psychological perspectives, pp. 23-37. Gurgaon: The Academic Press.
16.Singh, S., & Sinha, A. K. (1988). Work ethic and locus of control among Indian managers. Indian Journal of Applied Psychology, 25 (2), 9-10.
17.Singh, S., & Sinha, A. K. (1989). Job stress and perceived organizational characteristics. Management and Labour Studies, 14 (3), 131-142.
18.Singh, S., & Sinha, A. K. (1989). On managing work ethic. P.U. Management Review, 12 1 - 7.
19.Sinha, A. K., Shukla,
A., & Kaur, P. (1990). Organizational effectiveness. In A. Hassan and S.K. Singh (Eds.). Organizational research in
Indian Perspective (pp. 141 - 151).
20.Sinha, A. K., & Rai, S. (2004).
Transformational leadership, competencies, self-control, and performance as a
function of perceived organizational culture in service organizations. In Setiadi, B. N., Supratiknya, A., Lonner, W. L., and Poortinga, Y.
H. (Eds.), Ongoing Themes in Psychology and Culture: Selected Papers from
the Sixteenth International Congress of the International Association of
Cross-Cultural Psychology (pp. 684 - 702).
21.Sinha, A. K. (1983). Dimensions of organizational climate: A case of university departments. Indian Educational Review, 18 (4), 1 - 14.
22.Sinha, A. K. (1985). Quality education: Review of the concept and empirical dimensions. Indian Educational Review, 20 (4), 1 - 19.
23.Sinha, A. K. (1991). The leadership enigma: What and what not to expect. The Social Engineer, 1(2), 13-14.
24.Sinha, A. K. (1992). Complexity of reality: Reality of complexity. Indian Journal of Current Psychological Research, 6 (1), 49-60.
25.Sinha, A. K., & Jain, A. (1986). Some predictors of intent to quit in organization. Managerial Psychology, 7 (1), 29 - 39.
26.Sinha, A. K., & Jain, A. (1986). The effects of benefactor and beneficiary characteristics on helping behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 126 (3), 361 - 368.
27.Sinha, A. K., & Jain, A. (1987). Organizational commitment and some other variables as predictors of intent to quit. Businex, 18, 51 - 61.
28.Sinha, A. K., & Jain, A. K. (2004). Emotional intelligence: Imperative for the organizationally relevant outcomes. Psychological Studies, 49 (2-3), 81-96.
29.Sinha, A. K., & Kumar, D. (1985). Interrelationship among leadership styles, interpersonal need structure, and organizational climate. Indian Psychological Review, 28 (6), 30 - 37.
30.Sinha, A. K., & Kumar, P. (1984). An exploration into the perceived bases of friendship formation. Indian Psychologist, 3 (1), 30 - 36.
31.Sinha, A. K., & Kumar, P. (1984). Similarity and complimentarity of attributes in friendship formation. Indian Psychologist, 3 (2), 93 - 103.
32.Sinha, A. K., & Kumar, P. (1985). Antecedents of crime and suggested punishment. Journal of Social Psychology, 125 (4), 485 - 488.
33.Sinha, A. K., & Rai, S. (1998). Y2K around
the corner: The O and B of OB for Survival and Growth. In U.N. Dash and U. Jain
(Eds.), Advances in Psychological Research in
34.Sinha, A. K., Kaur, P., & Jain, A. (1987). Predicting intent to quit in new role incumbents. Managerial Psychology, 8 (1), 42 - 55.
35.Sinha, A. K., Sahasrabuddhe, H. V., Kumar, P., & Singh, S. (1985). Effect of surface properties on perception of illuminated objects. Proceedings of International AMSE Conference on Modeling & Simulation. 4, 61 - 68.
36.Sinha, A. K., Singh, S., & Shukla, A. (1986). Structure of locus of control in Indian executives: Is it different? Psychological Studies, 31 (2), 130 - 135.28.
37. Sinha, D., Akhtar
Hossain, A. B. M., & Sinha, A. K. (1982). Cross-Cultural value comparison on Rokeach's
inventory among samples of Indian and
38. Srivastava, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2005). Resilience for Well-being: The Role of Experiential Learning. Psychological Studies. 50 (1), 40-49.
Conference Papers
1.
Sinha, D.,
Akhtar Hossain, A.B.M., & Sinha, A. K. (1981, April 11-12). Cross
cultural value comparison on Rokeach's Inventory on
samples from six countries (
2.
Sinha, A. K.
(1987, February 9-12). Complexity of reality: Reality of complexity.
Paper presented at the U.G.C. National Seminar on Applied Social Psychology in
3.
Sinha, A. K.
(1987, December 17-19). The cultural imperative to work: An alternative.
Paper presented at the Workshop on work cultures in Indian organizations:
Organized by the A.N.S. Institute of Social Studied,
4.
Sinha, A. K. How
significant the significance of a statistical coefficient is? Workshop on
multivariate statistics (1987, December 23-24). Invited participant, Organized
by the Centre for the Psychological Study of Social Change and National
Development, Deptt. of
Psychology,
5.
Sinha, A. K., Srivastava, K.B.L., Kaur, P.,
& Shukla, A. (1988, March 21-23). Let us face
it: Opt for quality of work life of strain. Paper presented at the Seminar
on Applied Social Psychology in
6.
Sinha, A. K. Some
aspects worth considering in development of norms. Workshop on Development
Norms of Children (1988, October 11- 13). Invited participant, Organized by the
National Institute of Public cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), 5-Siri
Institutional area, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi-110016, between
7.
Seminar on Psychology (1989, February 23-24). Indian
Institute of Technology.
8.
Sinha, A. K. Kaur, P., & Shukla, A. (1989,
March 13-16).The leadership imperative to quality education at a higher
level. Paper presented in the National Seminar on Social and Psychological
Processes in Education, organized by the Deptt. of Psychology,
9. Sinha, A. K., & Shukla, A. (1989, April 7-8). Creativity in work organizational setting. Paper presented in the academic conference on application of Behavioral Sciences research in Organizations, Organized, by the Foundation for Organizational Research and Education, 15-18, Qutab Institutional area, New Delhi 110 016 India.
10.
Sinha, A. K.
(1990, March 17 - 19). Psychological research in
11.
Sinha, A. K.
(1990 April 5-7). Psychological imperative to deprivational
environmental effects: Reflections on possibilities and constraints. Paper
presented in the seminar on deprivational Environment
and psychological services at the Department of Psychology,
12. Kaur, P., & Sinha, A. K. (1991, October 12-14). Dimensions of Guna in organization setting. Paper presented in the Annual Convention of the National Academy of Psychology (India) at the Centre of Advanced Study in Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar - 751004.
13.
Kaur, P., & Sinha, A. K. (1992, October 19-21). What
do Indian Executives want in life? Paper presented in the Symposium of
Organizational Behaviour: Status of Theory and
Research at the Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology held at Deptt. of Psychology,
14.
Singh, S., & Sinha,
A. K. (1992, October 19-21). Current trends in
15.
Sinha, A.K.
(1993, December 29 - 31). Criteria of progress in Psychological science:
Some reflections. Paper presented in the annual conference of the
National Academy of Psychology (
16.
Sinha, A.K.
(1994, October 24 - 29). On Motivation in Organizational Behaviour.
Gave a series of six invited lectures at the Deptt.
of Psychology,
17.
Sinha, A.K.
(1994, December 21 - 23). Participated as a resource person (1994,
December 21 - 23) in a workshop on Communication Skills organized under the
auspices of the National Academy of Psychology (
18.
Sinha, A.K.
(1994, December 21 - 23). Participated as a resource person in a round table
meeting on psychological Consultations: Where and how? organized
under the auspices of the National Academy of Psychology (
19.
Sinha, A.K. (1995,
January 23 -28). Participated as a resource person in a series of six
sessions of lecture - cum - workshop on
20.
Sinha, A.K.,
& Rai, S. (1998). Beyond job satisfaction: Job
delight. Paper presented in the Symposium on Organizational Behavior, in the
annual conference of the National Academy of Psychology (
21.
Rai, S.
& Sinha, A. K. (1999). Relevance of Organizational Behavior
to the current problems of India. Paper presented in the Seminar on
Relevance of Psychology to
22.
Rai, S.,
& Sinha, A. K. (1999). Equity in organization: Measurement
and its relationship with outcome variables. Paper presented in the
Symposium on Organizational Behavior, in the annual conference of the National
Academy of Psychology (
23.
Rai, S.
& Sinha, A. K. (2000). Organizational and Individual
Survival: Culture related Imperatives. Paper presented in the X1-th National Conference of the National Academy of Psychology
(
24.
Rai, S.
& Sinha, A. K. (2001). Transformational Leadership,
Values, and Effectiveness: Towards Creating a Context for Value Based
Leadership. Paper presented in the Seminar on Leadership and Human Values
Creating a Global Context for Value Based Leadership (
25. Jain, A. K., & Sinha, A. K. ((2001). Work locus of control as a moderator of the relationship between lack of strain and organizational commitment. (October 22-24, 2001), Paper presented in the National Seminar on Psychology in India: Past, present and Future, XIIth annual conference of the National Academy of Psychology India, Sponsored by the Infinity Foundation, NJ, USA, ICSSR New Delhi, and the Science, Technology and Environment Department of the Kerala Government, Kerala.
26. Rai, S. & Sinha, A. K. (2001). One more time: Let’s talk about leadership. Paper presented in the National Seminar on Psychology in India: Past, present and Future, XIIth annual conference of the National Academy of Psychology India, Sponsored by the Infinity Foundation, NJ, USA, ICSSR New Delhi, and the Science, Technology and Environment Department of the Kerala Government, Kerala.
27.
Jain, A. K., & Sinha,
A. K. (2002). General health in organizations: Relevance of emotional
intelligence, trust, and organizational support. In P. R. Agrawal,
Geetika, and G. P. Sahu
(Eds.) Integrating world markets: Living excellence through technology and
beyond (pp. 4.52 – 4.70).
28.
Srivastava, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2002). The making of the
mind of a terrorist: A Psychological perspective. National seminar on
psycho-social-correlates of terrorism.
29. Jain, A. K., & Sinha, A. K. (2003).Organizational citizenship behavior versus emotional intelligence: A study of the relative relevance for organizations. Paper presented in the XIII-th National Conference of the National Academy of Psychology ,India (January 27 -31, 2003), at Centre of Advanced Study in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Vanivihar, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar-751 004, Orissa, India.
30. Sinha, A. K. (2003).Value based leadership for the 21st century. Invited State of the Art Lecture delivered in the XIII-th National Conference of the National Academy of Psychology ,India (January 27 -31, 2003), at Centre of Advanced Study in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Vanivihar, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar-751 004, Orissa, India.
31.
Srivastava, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2003). Organizational
justice and well-being: A research agenda. Annual Conference of the
32.
Srivastava, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2003). Explorations
in the role of Organizational Justice for Well-Being in a service Organization.
National Conference on Social dimensions of health.
33.
Srivastava, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2004). Well-Being in
Organization: The Role of Psychological Work Environment. UGC National
seminar on Psychology and Environmental Change.
34. Bhullar, N. S., & Sinha A. K. (2005). Not by Trust Alone: Explorations in Hospitality Industry. XVth Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology (NAoP) India, Department of Psychology, K. S. Saket P. G. College, Ayodhya, Faizabad (U. P.), March 04 -06.
35. Jain, A. k., & Sinha, A. K. (2005). Firm Size, Venture Status, and Organizational Performance: An Experience from Indian Two-Wheeler Manufacturing Organizations. XVth Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology (NAoP) India, Department of Psychology, K. S. Saket P. G. College, Ayodhya, Faizabad (U. P.), March 04 -06.
36.
Sinha, A. K.
(2005) Symposium on Current Contributions to Indian
37. Srivastava, S., & Sinha, A. K. (2005). Keeping Security Service Personnel Functional: The Role of Some Organizational Level Variables. XVth Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology (NAoP) India, Department of Psychology, K. S. Saket P. G. College, Ayodhya, Faizabad (U. P.), March 04 -06.
Research Projects
Krishnan, L., Sharma, N.K., & Sinha, A. K. "Helping behaviour and reactions to help in the Indian society". Project completed and report submitted to the ICSSR under the title “Helping and recipient behaviour in the Indian society". in 1986. The Project Report was adjudged by the ICSSR as the Best Project Report.
Experience of Guiding Research Leading to Ph.D. Degree (at I.I.T.Kanpur).
1.
Shailendra
Singh, Roll No. 8220063 (1987). Executives Under
Stress: Explorations in the Structure and Dynamics. Currently Professor,
HRM Group, IIM
2.
Archana
Shukla, Roll No. 8320061 (1989). Creativity,
Competence, and Excellence: Work Organization Scenario. Currently
Professor, HRM Group, IIM
3.
Parvinder
Gupta (nee Parvinder Kaur), Roll No. 8420061 (1990). Executive Success and
Work Organizational Dynamics: Towards a Comprehensive Approach. Currently
Associate Professor,
4.
Kailash
Bihari Lal Srivastava, Roll No, 8320062 (1990). Exploration of
Certain Work Organization Dynamics: An Indian Experience. Currently
Associate Professor,
5. Sonal Kumar (nee Sonal Khare), Roll No. 9020070 (1995). Quality Human Resource: The Pivotal Link Between Top management and Organizational Effectiveness. Currently Chair of Behavioral Science Dept. & Dean of Academics and Students Affairs, Lebanon College, 15 hanover st., Lebenon NH 03766, USA.
6. Manjari Srivastava, Roll No. 9020065 (1996).Effectiveness: Considerations Appertaining to Individuals, Groups, and Organizations. Currently Visiting Professor at Baba Saheb Gawde Institute of Management Studies (BGIMS), and K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai.
7.
Sumita
Rai, Roll no. 9610071 (2000). Organizational
Worth: A Social Equity Perspective. Currently Assistant Professor, IIM
8. Ajay Kumar Jain, Roll no. 9720071 (2003). Essence and Consequence of Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The role of Self-management, Emotional Intelligence, and Impression Management. Currently Assistant Professor, HR Group, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.
9. Neelu Sarai Bhullar, Roll no. 9710062 (2005). Organizational Behavior Perspective on Hospitality Industry: The Service Climate Imperative. Currently Associate Professor, Marketing Group, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.
10..Sweta Srivastava, Roll no. Y020067 (2005) Organizational Justice and Psychological Well-being: Explorations in a Security-Service Organization. Currently Visiting Faculty, IIM Kozhikhode.
Some of the Administrative Positions Held
Head
of the Department, Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT
· Responsibilities included management of the academic and administrative aspects of the Department, such as recruitment and promotion of faculty and staff, looking after the welfare of graduate students, opening up newer and strengthening existing academic programs.
Convener, Institute Advisory Committee, IIT
· Responsibilities included coordinating the activities of one of the highest administrative bodies of the Institute.
Chief Vigilance Officer of the Institute, IIT
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· Responsibilities included prevention of corruption and promotion of morally clean work environment for the functionaries of the Institute, liaison with the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, Government of India, and implementing the directives of the Vigilance Commission.
Additional Academic Activities
· Active Participation in functioning of the National Academy of Psychology (NAoP) India in various capacities, such as Editor of the News Letter, Member Working Committee, and the Convener of the Organizational Behavior Division of the NAoP (India).
· Serving on the panel of referees of academic journals