Arvind K Sinha, PhD

Professor of Psychology (OB Area)

 

 

Area/ Specialization: Organizational Behavior

 

Address for Correspondence:

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur - 208016 (U. P.) India

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 Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur - 208016 (U. P.) India.

 

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). New Delhi: New Age International.

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). New Delhi: Response Books.

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): Superior's leadership styles, power bases, and some personal background variables of subordinates as predictors of job satisfaction. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 13 (2), 89-94.

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). New Delhi: Northern Book Centre.

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). Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Kanisius.

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 India Series - 1: Perspectives on Psychology and Social Development (pp. 60 - 68). New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company.

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 Bangladesh students. Journal of Social and Economic Studies, 10 (1, 2), 113 - 125.

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 (Hong Kong, Tasmania, India, New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Taiwan). Paper presented at the Annual convention of the Uttar Pradesh Psychological Association, at the Department of Psychology, Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi.

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 India, organized by the Department of Psychology, Bhopal University, Bhopal, in collaboration with the Academy of Administration, Bhopal.

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, Patna, and the U.S. Educational Foundation in India (USEFI), Calcutta.

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, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, in collaboration with USEFI, New Delhi.

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 India. Sponsored by M.P. Council of Science and Technology, in collaboration with the Academy of Administration, Bhopal, organized by Deptt. of Psychology, Bhopal University, Bhopal.

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 October 11-13, 1988.

7.        Seminar on Psychology (1989, February 23-24). Indian Institute of Technology. Kanpur 208016, India, organized in collaboration with other faculty members of the HSS deptt. in Psychology.

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, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M.P. India.

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 India: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Paper presented in the National Seminar on Perspectives on Understanding Social Reality at the Centre for Excellence in Social Sciences, Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal - 462 026. M.P.

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, University of gorakhpur 273 001

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, Meerut University, Meerut - 250 004.

14.     Singh, S., & Sinha, A. K. (1992, October 19-21). Current trends in OB research: Indian scenario. Paper presented in the annual conference of the National Academy of Psychology (India) at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Deptt. of Psychology, Meerut University, Meerut - 250 004.

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 (India) at the Deptt. of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110 007.

16.     Sinha, A.K. (1994, October 24 - 29). On Motivation in Organizational Behaviour.  Gave a series of six invited lectures at the Depttof Psychology, Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur - 342 001.

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 (India) at the Deptt. of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211 002.

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 (India) at the Depttof Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211 002.

19.     Sinha, A.K. (1995, January 23 -28).  Participated as a resource person in a series of six sessions of lecture - cum - workshop on Team Building and Organizational Development in the Deptt. of Psychology, Institute of Advanced Study, Meerut University, Meerut - 250 004.

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 (India), Department of Psychology Jodhpur University Rajasthan and DRDO Rajasthan, India (October 18-20, 1998).

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 India. (February 13th, 1999), Dept. of Psychology, D.A.V. College, Kanpur; U.P. India.

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 (India), Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India (December 3 - 5, 1999).

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 (India), Department of Psychology and Parapsychology, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam.

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 (April 14, 2001). Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, U.P. India.

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). Allahabad, India: School of Management Studies, Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College.

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. D.A.V. College, Kanpur, December 16, 2002

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 National Academy of Psychology. Utkal University, Orissa, January 27-31, 2003

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. University of Allahabad, April 10-12, 2003

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. Gorakhpur University, March 20 -21, 2004

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 OB Research and Practice. 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.

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 Lucknow.

2.    Archana Shukla, Roll No. 8320061 (1989). Creativity, Competence, and Excellence: Work Organization Scenario. Currently Professor, HRM Group, IIM Lucknow.

3.    Parvinder Gupta (nee Parvinder Kaur), Roll No. 8420061 (1990). Executive Success and Work Organizational Dynamics: Towards a Comprehensive Approach. Currently Associate Professor, OB Area, IIM Ahmedabad.

4.    Kailash Bihari Lal Srivastava, Roll No, 8320062 (1990). Exploration of Certain Work Organization Dynamics: An Indian Experience. Currently Associate Professor, OB -HR Area, HSS Dept IIT Kharagpur.

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 Indore.

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 Kanpur

·         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 Kanpur

·         Responsibilities included coordinating the activities of one of the highest administrative bodies of the Institute.

Chief Vigilance Officer of the Institute, IIT Kanpur

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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