Abhishek K. Totawar

Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management.

Fellow (IIM Indore), M.A in Psychology (BHU, Varanasi)

+91 431 250 5019

abhishek@iimtrichy.ac.in

Dr. Abhishek Totawar is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at IIM Trichy. 

He currently teaches students and executives of the MBA and Executive MBA programs nuances of organizational behaviour, organizational change, and various aspects of leadership and change management. His courses include Micro Organizational Behavior (MIOB: Ist year core course) and Leading Organizational Change (MLOC: nd year elective). He also leads IIM Trichy’s e-learning program on Strategic Human Resources Management for working executives (SHRM). 

Abhishek’s research focuses on organizational justice, leadership, culture, and organizational change. His work was presented to the Academy of Management (AOM), the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS), the International Congress of Psychology (ICP), the European Congress of Psychology (ECP) and subsequently published in international peer-reviewed journals such as Human Resource Development Review, Measuring Business Excellence, South Asian Journal of Management, and Development & Learning in Organizations. He has also co-authored some case studies published with Ivey Publications (available at Harvard Business School Publishing) and the Case Centre. 

Abhishek facilitated leadership and organizational change sessions/programs for mid and senior executives of L&T Ltd., Indian Oil Corp. Ltd., TAFE Ltd., VDart Inc., NLC India Ltd., Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd., Omega Healthcare, Mannapuram Finance, UDS Ltd., Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd., Datamatics Ltd., Roca India Ltd., Novo Nordisk India Pvt Ltd., AP Cooperative Bank, and Servier Laboratories, Telengana State Co-operative Apex Bank Ltd., Veritas Finance, Bureau of Indian Standards, Petronet LNG.

Abhishek holds an MA in Psychology from BHU (Banaras Hindu University) and a PhD in management from the Indian Institute of Management Indore. He has attended the Participant-Centered Learning Program (Executive Education) at the Harvard Business School, Boston.

Published Cases:
 
Luthra, R., Patra, M., & Totawar, A. K. 2024. Luthra Engineering Industries: Dealing with a Crisis. Product No. W34970. Ivey Publishing.
 
Joseph, N., Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. 2023. VDart Inc.: Managing Culture During Growth. Product No. W28427. Ivey Publishing.
 
Kalra, R., Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. 2023. Amaze Auto Limited: The Fairness Conundrum. Product No. 423-0121-1. The Case Centre.
 
Muralidharan, A., Totawar, A. K. & Saravanan, P. 2021. Halycon Bank: The Change Management Fiasco. Product No. 421-0018-1. The Case Centre.
 
Joseph, N., Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. 2020. Mannarkkad Rural Service Co-operative Bank: Innovating at the Edge. Product No. W20159. Ivey Publishing.
 
Nath, P., Totawar, A. K., Chakraborty, A., & Nambudiri, R. 2019. Nokia Chennai Plant: Lessons from the Turbulent Journey and Closure of the World’s Largest Mobile Manufacturing Unit. Product No. JOBE12-0CS4. Journal of Organizational Education.
 
Research Papers (peer-reviewed):
 
Joseph, N., Totawar, A. K., & Sam, O. (2022). Fostering resilience through the culture of excellence (CoE) practices: explorative insights from a talent management SME. Measuring Business Excellence, 26(2), 163-179.
 
Lanke, P., Totawar, A. K., Raghuraman, J., & Saravanan, P. (2022). Hostile takeovers, culture, and firm performance: a sensemaking and sensegiving perspective. Journal of Indian Business Research, 14(4), 426-446.
 
Joseph, N., & Totawar, A. (2021). How to increase social capital of organizations: identifying the role of informal learning behaviors. Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, 35(3), 1-3.
 
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. (2014). How does organizational justice influence job satisfaction and organizational commitment? Explaining with psychological capital. Vikalpa, 39(2), 83-98.
 
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. (2014). Can fairness explain satisfaction? Mediation of quality of work life (QWL) in the influence of organizational justice on job satisfaction. South Asian Journal of Management, 21(2).
 
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. (2014). Mood and self-efficacy: The moderation of hedonic and utilitarian motivation. Human Resource Development Review, 13(3), 314-335.
 
Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. (2012). An overview of depersonalization in the organizational context. Indore Management Journal, 4(2), 64-72.
 
Saravanan, P., Totawar, A. K., & Joseph, N. (2020). National Strategy for Financial Education 2.0. Economic & Political Weekly (in Letters section), Vol. 55, Issue No. 47.
 
Book Reviews (published, peer-reviewed):
 
Totawar, A., & Prasad, M. (2016). Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. South Asian Journal of Management, 23(3), 210.
 
Invited Articles:
Totawar, A. K., Prasad, M., & Joseph, N. 2019. The Storytellers: Leaders are not the sole custodians of culture. Indian Management (Journal of All India Management Association).
 
Totawar, A. K. 2019. Great Leaders Inspire Trust in their Stakeholders. Domain, Vol. 12, Issue. 1.
 
Totawar, A., & Raghuraman, J. 2018. Beyond Constraints: Employee Engagement is not created.Indian Management (Journal of All India Management Association).
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Journal Articles

Totawar, Abhishek | Year – 2020

  • At the MBA and Executive MBA programs, he teaches two courses on Micro Organizational Behavior, and Leading Organizational Change. 
  • At the doctoral level he teaches Advanced Micro OB, and Applied Behavioral Sciences.
  • As part of MDP/Training, he has engaged with variety of audiences ranging from mix of executive participants of the e-learning post-graduate certificate programs, to customized programs for government departments (e.g., Joint Commissioners/Deputy Commissioners of Commercial Tax Dept), public sector undertakings (e.g., NLC, IOCL, CPCL), entrepreneurs sponsored by the Ministry of MSME, and mid to senior level executives from corporates (e.g., VDart, Roca India, Tally, Omega Healthcare, Novo Nordisk, and Datamatics)

Conference Presentations

Selvanathan, K., & Totawar, A. K. | Year – 2014

Educational attainment diversity as a linkage between organizational workforce diversity and societal diversity. To be presented at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris.

Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2014

Explaining how organizational justice influences job satisfaction and organizational commitment: Using quality of work life as a mediator. To be presented at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris.

Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2013

How does organizatioanl justice influence job satisfaction and organizational commitment? Explaining with psychological capital. Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management 2013, Ahmedabad, India.

Totawar, A. K., Nambudiri, R., & Selvaraj, P. | Year – 2013

Justice, Satisfaction, Commitment: Mediation of Quality of Work Life and Psychological Capital. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2013, Florida, USA.

Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2012

Feeling fair and being satisfied: effect of organizational justice on job satisfaction and the mediation of quality of work life. International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa.

Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2012

Justice, satisfaction, commitment and the mediation of psychological capital. National Conference on Positive Behavior: Perspectives and Applications. Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.

Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2012

Organizational justice, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: The mediation of quality of work life and psychological capital. European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland.

Totawar, A. K., Nambudiri, R., & Selvaraj, P. | Year – 2012

Mood and Self-Efficacy: The Moderating Effect of Hedonic and Utilitarian Motivation. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2012, Boston, USA.

Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2011

Organizational justice and job satisfaction: The mediation of quality of work life. Indian Academy of Management Conference, IIM Bangalore, India.

Totawar, A. K., & Nambudiri, R. | Year – 2011

Organizational justice, job satisfaction and the mediating role of quality of work life. Published proceedings of the International Conference and Colloquium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sharma, A., & Totawar, A. K. | Year – 2010

HR 2.0: Leveraging Social Media for Employment Engagement. International Conference & Colloquium, Indore, India.

Mishra, V., & Totawar, A. K. | Year – 2009

Sex related thought and belief amongst Indian expeditioners to Antarctica. Conference proceeding published in Psychological Studies, 54(4), 310-352.

Totawar, A. K. | Year – 2009

MBA admission test score and enterpreneurial inclination. Research Advances & Trends: Postgraduate Conference & Colloquium. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Totawar, A. K., & Upadhyay, B. K. | Year – 2008

A study of quality of work life in a Public Sector Unit. 95th Indian Science Congress Association Conference, Visakhapatnam, India.

Totawar, A. K., Nath, P., & Upadhyay, B. K. | Year – 2008

Quality of work life and job satisfaction in a Public Sector Unit. International Conference of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Kolkata, India.
Chairperson - Placement & External Relations (2014-2018)

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