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SUDHANSHU MAHESHWARI

SUDHANSHU MAHESHWARI

Assistant Professor (Grade II)
Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources

+91-495 2809567

sudhanshu[at]iimk[dot]ac[dot]in

"Driving managerial excellence and organizational growth through strategic human resource systems"

  • PhD in Management from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (Specialization in Human Resource Management)
  • Master of Science (Economics) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
  • Bachelor of Technology (Electrical and Electronics) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Academic Positions


  • Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, India (March 2023 to February 2025)
     
  • Research Scholar at HEC Paris, France (February 2019 - March 2019)

Teaching


  • Strategic Human Resource Management
     
  • Strategic Negotiations
     
  • Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management
     
  • Talent Management in the Digital Era
     
  • Managing High-Performance Teams
     
  • Advanced Organizational Behavior

Significant Publications


Agarwal, P., Edacherian, S., Karna, A., Kaur, A., & Maheshwari, S. (2025), "Governance beyond borders: exploring executive overconfidence and firm performance using meta-analysis," Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCSM-03-2024-0065 (ABDC - B)

Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., & Varma, A. (2025), "The digital escape: examining the impact of cyberloafing on gossip-induced emotional exhaustion and the mediating role of self-esteem," Evidence-based HRM, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/EBHRM-12-2023-0344 (ABDC - B)

Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Bose, I., & Singh, S. (2024). Watch out, you are live! Toward understanding the impact of AI on privacy of employees. Communications of the Association for Information Systems55(1), 24. (ABDC - A)

Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., & Varma, A. (2024), "Sailing through the international assignment: exploring the role of perceived credibility in expatriate adjustment and socialization process in the host country," Journal of Global Mobility, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 502-519. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-10-2023-0073 (ABDC - B)

Maheshwari, S., Kaur, A., & Renwick, D.W.S. (2024), "Green human resource management and green culture: an integrative sustainable competing values framework and future research directions," Organization & Environment, Vol. 37 No. 1, pp. 32-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/10860266231217280 (ABDC - A)

Maheshwari, S., Kaur, A., & Varma, A. (2023), "Understanding the role of meaningfulness of work: a moderated-mediation model of bullying during work from home," Personnel Review, Vol. 53 No. 7, pp. 1710-1728. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2023-0121 (ABDC - A)

Research Areas


  • Sustainability-centric organizational systems
     
  • Hybrid work systems and artificial intelligence
     
  • Managerial and organizational cognition

Conferences, Seminars & Talks


  • Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Bose, I., & Singh, D. S. (2024). Decoding the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employee Privacy: A Systematic Literature Review. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 15486). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management.
     
  • Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., & Maheshwari, S. (2023) Employee agility in new ventures: Investigating the role of work engagement and trust in founder in cross-cultural settingsAnnual Meeting of the 83rd Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 4th – 8th August.
     
  • Maheshwari, S., Kaur, A., Firoz, M. & Khan, A. (2023) When Creativity suffers due to Abusive Supervision: Moderated-Mediation on Workplace Loneliness. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 4th – 8th August.
     
  • Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2023). Workplace loneliness in home-based telework: a moderated mediation model of social disconnectedness, family support, and need to belong European Academy of Management, Trinity School of Business, Dublin, Ireland, 14 -16th June.
     
  • Kaur, A. & Maheshwari, S. (2023). Artificial intelligence and employee privacy in the workplace: An ethical perspective. European Academy of Management, Trinity School of Business, Dublin, Ireland, 14th -16th June.
     
  • Kaur, A. & Maheshwari, S. (2022). AI, Privacy Breaches and Ethical Transgressions: An Integrative Theoretical Framework. International Conference on Digital Organizations (ICODO) organized by Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 11th November.
     
  • Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2022). Discursive Paradoxical Tension: Understanding and Managing Competing Discursive Logics. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 5th – 9th August.
     
  • Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., & Tripathi, N. (2022). AI, Privacy Breaches and Ethical Transgressions: An Integrative Theoretical Framework. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 5th – 9th August.
     
  • Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Maheshwari, S. (2022). Is cyber loafing influencing the engagement of your employees? Towards examining the employees’ cyber deviance in the era of remote working. 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022, hosted by WU Vienna, Austria, July 7- July 9, 2022.
     
  • Kaur, A. & Maheshwari, S. (2022). Socialization Process, Expatriate Adjustment and Role of Credibility in the Host Country: A Theoretical Model and Future Directions for Research. 5th Global Conference on International HRM organized by Center for International Human Resource Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, USA, A hybrid experience, 19 – 21 May, 2022.
     
  • Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2022). Green Human Resource Management Systems and Sustainable Environmental Performance: A Theoretical Framework on Green Organization Culture. International Conference on Green HRM and Sustainable Behaviour: New Developments and Challenges organized by Vienna University of Economics and Business, Germany, a Virtual Experience, 17 -18th March 2022.
     
  • Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2022). Green Culture Development: Towards Sustainable Practices using HRM Systems during Turbulence. Indian Academy of Management was organized by the Indian Institute of Management in Rohtak, India, on 7 – 9 January, 2022.
     
  • Kaur, A. & Maheshwari, S. (2021). Discursive Paradoxical Tension: Understanding and Managing Competing Discursive Logics. NASPAA South Asia Conference, 12th -14th November, 2021.
     
  • Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2021). Green HRM System and Green Culture: A Conceptual Model towards Green Competing Values Framework. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, a Virtual Experience, 30 July – 3 August.
     
  • Agarwal, P., Kaur, A., & Maheshwari, S. (2021). How Dark is Dark and How Bright is Bright? Meta-Analysis on Executive Personality - Firm Performance. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, a Virtual Experience, 30 July – 3 August.
     
  • Maheshwari, S. & Kaur, A. (2020). Creating Sustainable Practices using HRM Systems during Turbulence: Towards a Model of Green Culture Development. The doctoral symposium was organized by the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode on 9 – 11 December 2020.

Consultancy Projects


  • Learning and Development Consultant at BOSCH India, Bengaluru, India (May 2023 – April 2024)
     
  • Management Consultant at Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL), New Delhi, India (Nov 2021 - Jan 2022)
     
  • HR Consultant at ATOS headquarters, Paris, France (April 2019 - June 2019)

In News


  • Co-authored article in People Matters on Strategic HRM and Sustainability titled "Navigating the Green Shift: The role of sustainable leadership"
     
  • Conducted a high-impact Masterclass on "How AI is Shaping the Future of Talent Acquisition" at the HRxAI Expo and Summit 2025, held at Radisson Blu, Noida on March 21, 2025. The session was curated for forward-looking CEOs and CHROs, offering strategic insights on the integration of AI in recruitment. View the session on LinkedIn

Honors and Achievements


  • Best Reviewer Award – Academy of Management, 2023 
    Awarded Best Reviewer in the Human Resource Division at the 83rd Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, USA.
     
  • Best Paper Award – Academy of Management, 2023 
    Paper titled “Employee Agility in New Ventures: Investigating the Role of Work Engagement and Trust in Founder in Cross Cultural Settings” was recognized as the Best Paper in the HR Division at the 83rd Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, USA.
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