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Dr Farheen Fathima Shaik

Dr Farheen Fathima Shaik

Assistant Professor

XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur

Qualification
MBA; Ph.D. - IIM, Tiruchirappalli
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Human Resource Management
Email
farheen@xlri.ac.in
Achievements and Research Interest/Area of Research InterestsFaculty Development Programs AttendedCourses TaughtConsultancy UndertakenIntellectual Contributions (Publications)Other Professional Activities

Achievements and Research Interest/Area of Research Interests

Academic Distinction (Awards and Scholarships)

  1. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., Varkkey, B., (2020, January). Received the Best Paper Award for the Track Critical Management Studies instituted by INDAM – Indian Academy of Management for the Paper presented at Indian Academy of Management hosted by IIM Tiruchirappalli,
  2. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., (2017, November). Received the Best Paper Award instituted by the AHRD – Asia and USA for the Paper presented at Academy of Human Resource Development International Conference (AHRD-Asia and USA), IIM Ahmedabad,

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Other Achievements

Area of RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Context of technology at work
  2. New forms of working, future of work
  3. Digital and E-HRM
  4. Virtual organizations
  5. Virtual teams, their structure, and culture
  6. Sociomateriality
  7. Surveillance in organizations
  8. Critical management theory and its implications for organizations

Faculty Development Programs Attended

  1. Faculty Development Program in Management – Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (June 2015 – September 2015)

Courses Taught

  1. Recruitment and Selection
  2. Staffing and Employer Branding
  3. Talent Acquisition
  4. Fundamentals of HRM
  5. Digital Human Resource Management
  6. Future of Work - FPM
  7. International Human Resource Management
  8. Performance Management

Consultancy Undertaken

  1. Funded for a Research Project on HRIS Implementation and the Future of HRIS and recruited as Lead Consultant for the project (August 2022 – Present) at ZingHR.
    Research Fund: INR 4,50,000/-
  2. Funded for Thesis Research Project and recruited as Doctoral Research Intern for the project (June 2018 – June 2020) titled Employee Engagement in Global Virtual Teams at Cyient Ltd.
    Research Fund: INR 8,26,000/-
  3. Funded for Research Internship (April 2017 – May 2017) of the project titled Employee Engagement in Virtual Teams at Cyient Ltd.
    Research Fund: INR 15,000/-
  4. Worked on a Research Project (September 2015 – June 2018) on Strategic Human Resource Management at Amara Raja Group.
    Research Fund: Logistic support (Travel and Accommodation)

Intellectual Contributions (Publications)

Journal Articles-Refereed

  1. Shaik, F. F., Makhecha, U. P., Varkkey, B., & Gouda, S. K. (2025). An Identification-based Understanding of Team Engagement in Global Virtual Teams (GVTs). Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 29. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v29.5293(ABDC:A)
  2. Shaik, F. F. (2025). TRACES of trust: A framework for leading amid digital oversight. Organizational Dynamics, 101204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2025.101204. 05 November 2025 (ABDC:A)
  3. Shaik, F.F. (2025). The Burnout Society 2.0: Managing Employee Energy in an Always-On Digital World. In California Management Review Insights, https://cmr.berkeley.edu/2025/10/the-burnout-society-2-0-managing-employee-energy-in-an-always-on-digital-world/. 06 November 2025 (ABDC:A)
  4. Gupta, V., Makhecha, U. P., & Shaik, F. F. (2021). Era of Disruption: Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses in India. Business Perspectives and Research, 9(2), 192–194. https://doi.org/10.1177/227853372198982
  5. Shaik B, F.F., Makhecha, U.P., & Gouda, S.K. (2020). Work and Nonwork Identities in Global Virtual Teams: Role of Cultural Intelligence in Employee Engagement. International Journal of Manpower. (ABDC: A). https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJM-03-2019-0118/full/html
  6. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., (2019). Drivers of Employee Engagement in Global Virtual Teams. Australasian Journal of Information Systems (23). https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v23i0.1770(ABDC: A). https://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/1770
  7. Shaik, F. (2019). C. Bailey, D. Mankin, C. Kelliher and T. Garavan, Strategic Human Resource Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 416 pp., £46.99, ISBN: 9780198705406. NHRD Network Journal, 12(3), 291–293. https://doi.org/10.1177/2631454119873214

Conference Proceedings-Refereed

  1. Shaik B, F. F., Makhecha, U. P., & Gouda, S. (2023). Conditions of Employee Engagement in Global Virtual Teams. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 18513). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
  2. Shaik B, F. F., Makhecha, U. P., Varkkey, B., & Gouda, S. (2022). Distributed Engagement and Distributed Disengagement in Global Virtual Teams. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 15385). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
  3. Shaik B, F. F., Makhecha, U. P., Gouda, S., & Varkkey, B. (2021). Cultural Intelligence and Employee Engagement in Global Virtual Teams. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 14605). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
  4. Chandwani, R., Makhecha, U. P., & Shaik B, F. F. (2021). Role of Emotions in Curating Professional Identity: An interplay of Identity Work and Identity Play. In Academy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 14589). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
  5. Shaik B, F. F., Makhecha, U. P., & Varkkey, B. (2019, July). Wellbeing or Workaholism-Critical Perspectives on Employee Engagement in New Work Practices. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, 1, p. 11256). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
  6. Shaik B, F., Varkkey, B., & Makhecha, U. P. (2019, July). The Sociomateriality of Technological Surveillance: Breaking the Vicious Circle. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 11257). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
  7. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., (2017, November). A Phenomenological study of employee engagement in virtual Sustainable Development of Human Capital: Exploring Perspectivesfrom Grassroots to Global Research & Practice: Proceedings of Academy of Human Resource Development International Conference 2017, IIM Ahmedabad, India.
  1. Shaik B, F.F. (2017, December). Social Identity and Employee Engagement in a Cross Cultural Virtual Team: A Conceptual Analysis. Proceedings of 11th Indian Sub-Continent Decision Sciences Institute Conference, IIM Tiruchirappalli,

Paper Presentations-Refereed

  1. Shaik B, F.F., M., Makhecha, U.P., Varkkey, B., & Gouda S.K., (2023, August). Conditions of Employee Engagement in Global Virtual Teams. Division paper accepted at the 83rd Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM).
  2. Shaik B, F.F., M., Makhecha, U.P., Varkkey, B., & Gouda S.K., (2023, August). Conditions of Employee Engagement in Global Virtual Teams. Division paper accepted at the European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM).
  3. Shaik B, F.F., M., Makhecha, U.P., Varkkey, B., & Gouda S.K., (2022, August). Distributed Engagement and Distributed Disengagement in Global Virtual Teams. Division paper accepted at the 82nd Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), at Seattle, Washington, USA.
  4. Shaik B, F.F., M., Makhecha, U.P., Varkkey, B., & Gouda S.K., (2022, July). Distributed Engagement and Distributed Disengagement in Global Virtual Teams. Paper accepted at the 38th European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) Colloquium at Vienna, Austria.
  5. Shaik B, F.F., M., Makhecha, U.P., Varkkey, B., & Gouda S.K., (2022, Junest). Member Engagement and Disengagement in Global Virtual Teams: Distributed Engagement and Disengagement. Division paper presentation at the European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM), at Winterthur, Switzerland.
  6. Shaik B, F.F., M., Makhecha, U.P., Gouda, S.K., & Varkkey, B. (2021, August). Cultural Intelligence and Employee Engagement in Global Virtual Teams. Division paper presentation at the 81st Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), A Virtual
  7. Chandwani, R., Makhecha, U.P., & Shaik B, F.F., (2021, August). Role of Emotions in Curating Professional Identity: An interplay of Identity Work and Identity Division paper presentation at the 81st Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), A Virtual Experience.
  8. Shaik B, F.F., M., Makhecha, U.P., Gouda, S.K., & Varkkey, B. (2021, February). Cultural Intelligence and Employee Engagement in Global Virtual Teams: A Team Level Analysis in an Engineering Services Organization. Paper presented at the International Conference on Business Research and Innovation (ICBRI), at MDI
  9. Shaik B, F., M., Makhecha, U.P., Varkkey, B., & Gouda, S.K. (2021, February). Conceptualizing Distributed Engagement and Disengagement in Global Virtual Teams (GVTs): Nature, Conditions, and Interferences. Paper presented at the International Conference on Business Research and Innovation (ICBRI), at MDI Mushirabad.
  10. Shaik B, F.F., Makhecha, U.P., & Varkkey, B., (2020, January). Employee Engagement and Workaholism: Same wine in different bottle. Paper presented at 6thBiennial Indian Academy of Management (INDAM) Conference, IIM Trichy, Tiruchirappalli,
  11. Shaik B, F.F., Varkkey, B., & Makhecha, U.P., (2020, January). Technological Surveillance and Human Resource Management: Viewing through the lens of sociomateriality. Paper presented at 6thBiennial Indian Academy of Management (INDAM) Conference, IIM Trichy, Tiruchirappalli, India.
  12. Shaik B, F.F., Makhecha, U.P., & Vaey, B., (2020, January). Task and Relationship Conflicts in Teams: Effect on Team Trust. Paper presented at 6thBiennial Indian Academy of Management (INDAM) Conference, IIM Trichy, Tiruchirappalli,
  13. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., (2019, December). A Population Ecology perspective of sustainable HRM: Building a conceptual model. Paper presented at 7th PAN IIM World Management Conference, IIM Rohtak, Rohtak,
  14. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., (2019, December). Is Burnout due to lack of Emotional Intelligence? An empirical study on Management Students in India. Paper presented at 7th PAN IIM World Management Conference, IIM Rohtak, Rohtak,
  15. Shaik B, F.F., Makhecha, U.P., & Varkkey, B., (2019, December). Conceptualizing a model for sustainable human resource management: A Population Ecology perspective. Interactive paper presentation at the 33rd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Annual Meeting (ANZAM), Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
  16. Shaik B, F.F., Makhecha, U.P., & Varkkey, B., (2019, August). Wellbeing or Workaholism – Critical Perspectives on Employee Engagement in New Work Practices. Discussion paper presentation at the 79th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), Boston, Massachusetts, S.A.
  17. Shaik B, F., Varkkey, B., & Makhecha, U.P., (2019, August). The Sociomateriality of Technological Surveillance: Breaking the Vicious Circle. Division paper presentation at the 79th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  18. Shaik B, F.F., & Varkkey, B., (2018, December). Transition of HR into a Strategic Business Partner: Case of an Indian Business Group. Paper presented at 6th PAN IIM World Management Conference, IIM Bangalore, Bangalore,
  19. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., (2018, December). Wellbeing or Workaholism: Revisiting Employee Engagement in context of New Work Practices. Paper accepted for presentation at the 28th Congress of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), 2018, Ramanujan College, Delhi University, Delhi,
  20. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., (2018, July). Global Virtual Teams: Leveraging Cultural Intelligence for Employee Engagement in a Climate of Paper to be presented at 34th European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Estonian Business School, Tallinn, Estonia. [Paper accepted for presentation but could not attend due to delay in visa procurement].
  21. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., (2018, June) Cultural Intelligence in Virtual Teams: Effect on Employee Engagement. Paper presented at 15th Biennial International Human Resource Management Conference (IHRM), Universidad Carlos III, Madrid,
  22. Shaik B, F.F. (2017, December). Social Identity and Employee Engagement in a Cross Cultural Virtual Team: A Conceptual Analysis. Paper presented at 11th Indian Sub-Continent Decision Sciences Institute Conference (ISDSI), IIM Tiruchirappalli, India.
  23. Shaik B, F.F. (2017, December). Meaning Making of Employee Engagement by Managers of a Virtual Team: Analysis of their Lived Paper presented at 5th Biennial Indian Academy of Management Conference (INDAM), IIM Indore, India.
  24. Shaik B, F.F., & Makhecha, U.P., (2017, November). A Phenomenological study of employee engagement in virtual teams. Paper presented at Academy of Human Resource Development International Conference (AHRD-Asia and USA), IIM Ahmedabad,

Research Report

  1. Shaik B, F.F. & Makhecha, U.P., (July, 2017) Company Report – A phenomenological study on employee engagement in Global Virtual Teams (GVTs) – The challenges faced by managers of a GVT at Cyient, Hyderabad, Submitted to Cyient Ltd.
  2. Shaik B, F.F., Makhecha, U.P., Varkkey, B., & Gouda, S.K., (July, 2022) Company Report – A two-year ethnographic study on employee engagement in Global Virtual Teams (GVTs) at Cyient, Hyderabad, Submitted to Cyient Ltd.

Working Paper

  1. Shaik B, F.F. (2023) Trends in Employee Engagement – Post CoVid., Cyient Ltd.,
  2. Shaik B, F.F. (2023) Trends in Learning & Development in Engineering Industry, Cyient Ltd.,
  3. Shaik B, F.F. (2023) Building a successful L&D Strategy – Future of Work., Cyient Ltd.,
  4. Shaik B, F.F. (2023) Organizational Transformation and Identity Shift – How and why it is essential today?., Cyient Ltd.,

Cases Developed for Teaching Purpose

  1. Varkkey, B., & Shaik B, F.F., (2018). Amara Raja Group (A): Building HRM Capabilities (HRM0241) [Case + Teaching Note], IIMA Case Center. (https://cases.iima.ac.in/index.php/the- amara-raja-group-a-building-hrm-capabilities.html) Concurrent Listing: Varkkey, B., & Shaik B, F.F., (2019). Amara Raja Group (A): Building HRM Capabilities (A00216-PDF-ENG) [Case + Teaching Note], Harvard Business Publishing. ( https://store.hbr.org/product/the-amara-raja-group-a-building-hrm-capabilities/A00216)
  2. Varkkey, B., & Shaik B, F.F. (2023) Teaching Case - Amara Raja Group (B): Building HRM Capabilities, IIMA Case Center (https://cases.iima.ac.in/index.php/the-amara-raja-group-b-transforming-the-hr-function-for-vision-2025-and-beyond.html)
  3. Makhecha, U.P., & Shaik B, F.F. Teaching Case – Engaging Virtual Teams during uncertain times: A business case on Cyient , India Business Case Studies: Handbook for Teaching, Research and Practice, Springer Publication [Due Publication: August 2023]

Other Professional Activities

Chairperson/Co-Chairperson in Conferences

Session Chair

  1. Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2022)
  2. European Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2022)

Co-Ordinating/Organizing Workshop/Conferences /MDPS

  1. Designed and developed the website for the INDAM 2020 Conference (https://indam2020.iimtrichy.ac.in/)
  2. Member of the core internal organizing committee for INDAM 2020
  3. Moderator for panel discussion on “Talent Management in Disruptive Age” at NISHTA 3.0 at IIM
  4. Student volunteer for ISDSI 2018 hosted by IIM
  5. Organized an intercollege management meet ‘Profeola – 2013’ for BBA students

Participation in Workshops/Conferences/Forums/ Meetings etc

  1. Shaik B, F.F. (2018, March). Phenomenological Analysis of Employee Engagement in Virtual Teams. Paper selected for the Qualitative Track of IIMA Doctoral Summer School 2018, IIM Ahmedabad,
  2. Shaik B, F.F. (2017, December). Meaning Making of Employee Engagement by Managers of a Virtual Team: Analysis of their Lived Paper selected at 5th Biennial Indian Academy of Management Paper Development Workshop, IIM Indore, India.

Professional Services such as Member/Editor of Editorial Board/ Advisory Committee etc

Special Issue Guest Editor:
1. Business Perspectives and Research Journal (ABDC: C), Sage Publications for the INDAM 2020 Special Issue themed “Era of Disruption: Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses in India” along with Prof. Vishal Gupta (IIM Ahmedabad) and Prof. Upam Pushpak Makhecha (IIM Trichy) – Online first issue available on 12th January 2021.
Gupta V, Makhecha U P, Shaik F F. Era of Disruption: Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses in India. Business Perspectives and Research. 2021; 9 (2) : 192 – 194 .
doi:10.1177/2278533721989828https://doi.org/10.1177/2278533721989828
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2278533721989828

Reviewer/Referee in Journals/ Conferences etc

Ad-Hoc Reviewer

  1. Employee Relations (ABDC: A)
  2. International Journal of Manpower (ABDC: A)
  3. Journal of Knowledge Management (ABDC:A)
  4. Management and Labour Studies (ABDC: C)
  5. Business Perspectives and Research (ABDC:C)
  6. Academy of Management Annual Meeting (from 2017 - present)
  7. European Academy of Management Conference (2018)
  8. PAN IIM Conference (2017)
  9. Indian Academy of Management Conference (2017, 2020)

Research Project Undertaken

  1. Employee Engagement in GVTs at Cyient Ltd.,
  2. Building HR Capabilities at Amara Raja Group

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