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Debolina Dutta

Debolina Dutta

Professor of Practice
Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources

debolina[at]iimk[dot]ac[dot]in

With 35 years of industry and academic work experience, Dr. Debolina has worked as Faculty at IIM-Bangalore for 5 years and CHRO for 6 years in 2 multi-national firms. Her last assignment in industry was as CHRO with Schneider-Luminous as VP-HR, Admin, and CSR. She has served as a member of the Board of IIM Indore from 2017-2022 and continues to serve on the board of an NGO, SSISM, which is focused on rural education. She has extensive experience in all areas of HR functions across various locations, cultures, and types of organizations, including multinational corporations (MNCs), the private sector, and entrepreneurial start-ups. Her industry experience spans heavy engineering and electrical switchgear, IT software services, alcobev, and apparel retail.

As an ACC-level ICF-certified executive coach with multiple certifications in the facilitation of behavioral training and in using psychometric tools, she has facilitated coaching and training sessions for mid-management and leadership-level executives. Debolina has substantial experience dealing with large international stakeholders in organization growth initiatives, change management, mergers & acquisitions, and multicultural environments.

Debolina has completed her Fellow Program in Management (Industry) from IIM, Indore, PG from IIM, Bangalore, and BTech from the College of Engineering, Pune. Apart from her substantial industry experience, Debolina has also published several case studies with Harvard Business Review and academic research articles with top journals over the last six years.


Significant Publications

Dutta, D., & Kannan Poyil, A. (2025). Leveraging artificial intelligence: the machine/human agentic impact on evolving practices in learning & development.Behaviour & Information Technology.Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2025.2496722 (ABDC-A)

Dutta, D., Srivasatava, P., Memom, N and Vedak, C. (2024) Inclusive and Sustainable Economic growth for MSME firms: Examining the Impact of Sustainable HRM practices on Women’s Well-being. International Journal of Manpower Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. DOI: 10.1108/IJM-12-2023-0750 ( ABDC-A)

Dutta, D. and Mishra, S.K. (2025), "Artificial intelligence-based virtual assistant and employee engagement: an empirical investigation", Personnel Review, Vol. 54 No. 3, pp. 913-934. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-03-2023-0263 (ABDC-A)

Dutta, D. and Srinivasan, V. (2024), “Inclusion for LGBTQ talent: a practice theory approach”, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 43 No. 7, pp. 1093-1118. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-09-2023-0296 ( ABDC-B)

Dutta, D., & Mishra, S. K. (2024). Bots for mental health: the boundaries of human and technology agencies for enabling mental well-being within organizations. Personnel Review, 53(5), 1129-1156.. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-11-2022-0832. ( ABDC-A)

Dutta, D., Srivastava, Y., and Singh, E. (2023) Metaverse in the tourism sector for talent management: a technology in practice lens. Information Technology & Tourism 25, 331–365 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40558-023-00258-9   (ABDC-B)

Dutta, D. and Mishra, S.K. (2024), “Technology is killing me!”: the moderating effect of organization home-work interface on the linkage between technostress and stress at work”, Information Technology & People, Vol. 37 No. 6, pp. 2203-2222. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-03-2022-0169. (ABDC-A)

Dutta, D., & Kannan Poyil, A. (2024). The machine/human agentic impact on practices in learning and development: a study across MSME, NGO and MNC organizations. Personnel Review, 53(3), 791-815. DOI 10.1108/PR-09-2022-0658 (ABDC-A)

Dutta, D; Mishra, S.K, Tyagi, D.(2022) Augmenting Climate for Trust and Employee Engagement using Artificial Intelligence based Chatbots: A Field Study The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Volume 34 Issue 12, DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2022.2085525  (ABDC-A)

Dutta, D., & Mishra, S. K. (2021). Chatting with the CEO’s Virtual Assistant: Impact on Climate for Trust, Fairness, Employee Satisfaction, and Engagement. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 13(4), 431-452. https://doi.org/10.17705/1thci.00156  (ABDC-A)

Dutta, D. and Mishra, S.K. (2021), “Predictors of applicant attraction among Gen-X and millennials: evidence from an emerging economy”, International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 42 No. 8, pp. 1479-1499. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-04-2020-0169  (ABDC-A)

Dutta, D; Kumar, K.K; Mishra, S.K; (2021) Unintended Consequences of Promotions: Importance of Annual Incentives for Performance Management Systems. Human Resource Management Article DOI: 10.1002/hrm.22062 (ABDC-A*- FT50 Journal)

Dutta, D; Mishra, S.K; Verma, A (2019) Predictors of job pursuit intention across career stages: a multi-phase investigation The International Journal of Human Resource Management https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2019.1651376  (ABDC-A)

Dutta, D; Mishra, S.K (2021) Are Women from Venus? A mixed-method study determining important predictors of job pursuit intention across gender groups. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal DOI:10.1108/EDI-03-2020-0059  (ABDC-B)

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