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Brief Profile
Dr. Abhishek Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Human Resource Management (HRM) area at XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur.
Achievements and Research Interest/Area of Research Interests
Empowering Leadership, Employee Proactivity, HR analytics
Faculty Development Programs Attended
- Mastering modern AI – Unlocking AI potential for your organization at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
- Enhancing research quality and productivity
Courses Taught
- Human Resource Management
- Measuring HRM
- HR Audit
In-Company Programs
- Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
- Eastern Railway
- Damodar Valley Corporation
- PepsiCo India
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
- ITBP officers
- SJVN Ltd
Intellectual Contributions (Publications)
Journal Articles-Refereed
- Dahiya, R., Singh, A., & Pandey, A. (2025). Social strife at work: unravelling the link between workplace relationship conflict and employee ostracism behavior. International Journal of Conflict Management, 36(1), 48-69. (ABDC – A)
- Singh, A., Nazir, O. and Thomas, G., (2023), “Demystifying the nexus between empowering leadership and employee proactivity: a solicitation of person-environment theory”, Current Issues in Tourism, Vol. 26 No.11, pp.1878-1893. (ABDC – A)
- Singh, A. (2023), "Linking empowering leadership with workplace proactivity: the mediating role of psychological safety and knowledge sharing", Evidence-based HRM, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 177-195. (ABDC – B)
- Dhankhar, K. and Singh, A. (2023), "Employees' adoption of HR analytics – a theoretical framework based on career construction theory", Evidence-based HRM, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 395-411. (ABDC – B)
- Birasnav, M., Gantasala, S.B., Gantasala, V.P. and Singh, A. (2023), "Total quality leadership and organizational innovativeness: the role of social capital development in American schools", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 30 No. 3, pp. 811-833. (ABDC – B)
- Singh, A. and Rangnekar, S. (2020), "Empowering leadership in hospital employees: Effects on goal orientation, job conditions, and employee proactivity", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 69 No. 7, pp. 1497-1519. (ABDC – B)
Paper Presentations-Refereed
- Research paper titled “Linking Empowering Leadership and Employee Commitment: Role of Goal Orientation and Task Significance” got accepted for presentation in the Academy of Management scheduled from 7th to 11th August 2020 at Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Presented research paper titled “Empowering Leadership in Hospital Employees: Effects on Goal Orientation, Job Conditions, and Employee Proactivity in the 4th Doctoral Consortium at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay, from 21st to 22nd February, 2020.
- Presented a research paper titled “Impact of demographic variables on employee loyalty in the Indian healthcare industry” in Advances in Healthcare Management Services at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, from 9th to 10th December 2017
- Presented a research paper titled “Job Conditions Mediating the Relationship between Commitment to Managers and Company and Employee innovation” in the 17th GLOGIFT conference at Delhi School of Management, Delhi Technological University, New Delhi, from 11th to 13th December 2017
- Presented a research paper titled “Task Significance Mediating the Relationship between Commitment to Managers and Company and Employee innovation” in the International Conference on Research and Business Sustainability at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, from 16th to 17th December, 2017
- Presented a research paper titled “Medical Tourism: a Great Opportunity in BRIC Nations” in the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Research at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, from 8- 10 December 2011.
Cases Developed for Teaching Purpose
- TrueFirms: Navigating an Existential Threat - Ivey Publishing!
- Measure to manage – a competency management exercise at National Avionics Development Organization - Sage Business Cases
- Ethical dilemmas of a hospital manager in a corporate hospital in India - Journal of Business, Ethics and Society
Other Professional Activities
Guide/Evaluator/ Examiner at Doctoral Research Level
- Kiran Dhankar - Employees' adoption of HR analytics – a theoretical framework based on career construction theory
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD)
- Academy of Human Resources Development