Zubin R. Mulla
email: zubin.mulla@gmail.com

 

Research Interests:
Transformational Leadership, Moral Development, Karma-Yoga (the Indian philosophy of work), and Strategic Human Resource Management
[Selected publications with full text]

Workshops and Training Programs Conducted:
1) Transformational Leadership
2) Power and Influence in Organizations
3) Strategic Human Resource Management


Assistant Professor 
School of Management & Labour Studies,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai-400088, India

Subjects taught:
1) Social Research and Case Analysis
2) Foundations of Compensation
3) Advanced Compensation and Benefits
4) Entrepreneurial Leadership & Motivation
5) Business Ethics


 Qualifications:

Member of:
Academy of Management
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
International Leadership Association (ILA)
International Association of Indian Management Research

Work Experience:
Three years in engineering design; four and a half years in management consulting; and three and a half years in management education.

Worked in change management initiatives for manufacturing and service industry and have managed large-scale programs such as TQM, TPM, Lean Manufacturing, New Product Development, and Six Sigma.


Publications and Writings:

22) Strategic Human Resource Management in Indian Companies: Development & Validation of a Scale [with Dr. R. K. Premarajan]. Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective 12(2): 35-46, April-June, 2008.[full text]

21) Transformational leadership & creativity: A conceptual investigation. Welingkar Research Journal,(in press)

20) Wages and industry characteristics: The impact of value added per employee, establishment size, and industry growth. Management & Labour Studies, 33(2):275-289, May, 2008.

19) Understanding visionary leadership. Godrej Magazine.Feb, 2008.[full text]

18) Emotional intelligence & Helping behaviours: The Role of Self-other agreement [with Dr. R. K. Premarajan and Dr. Madhukar Shukla]. Great Lakes Herald,2(1):1-19. Mar, 2008.[full text]

17) Karma-Yoga, the Indian work ideal and its relationship with empathy [with Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan]. Psychology and Developing Societies, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2008. [full text]

16) Karma-Yoga: Construct validation using value systems and emotional intelligence [with Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan]. South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2007. .[full text]

15) Do transformational leaders raise followers to higher levels of morality? Validating James MacGregor Burns' hypothesis in the Indian context using Karma-Yoga [with Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan]. 12th edition of the APROS colloquium, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India, December 2007.

14) Transformational Leadership in India: The Case of Naoroji (Naval) Pirojsha Godrej (1916-1990), Welingkar Research Journal, Aug, 2007. [full text]

13) Business School Research in India: Seeking the Why of Management, Management & Labour Studies, 32(2): 257-264, May, 2007. [full text]

12) Money-Is it really a motivator?, Management & Labour Studies, 31(4): 361-369, November, 2006. [full text]

11) Karma Yoga: A conceptualization and validation of the Indian philosophy of work [with Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan], Journal of Indian Psychology, 24,(1&2): 26-43, 2006. [full text]

10) Corporates in India cannot afford to be ethical? Management & Labour Studies, February, 2003. [full text]

9) Follow the leader, Human Capital, January, 2002. [full text]

8) Make them ringmasters, The Economic Times, 16th October, 2000. [full text]

7) The organization of the future, Business Today, January, 2000. [full text]

6) Be human, me hearties, The Economic Times, 25th October, 1999 [full text]

5) The dream factory, Sapphire Newsletter, October 1999.

4) Promises of a paradise lost, The Economic Times, 12th December, 1998. [full text]

3) Douse the dirty dozen, The Economic Times, 21st December, 1998. [full text]

2) The role of positioning in marketing, www.rediff.com [with H. Athavle, D. Bhattacharya & M. Kumar].

1) HR - Beyond 2000, www.hrfolks.com [with R. Agrawal] [full text]


Papers Presented at Conferences:

10) Do transformational leaders raise followers to higher levels of morality? Validating James Macgregor Burns' hypothesis in the Indian context using Karma-Yoga [with Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan], Presented at Annual conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Niagara Falls (Canada), June 2009.

9) Do Karma-Yogi’s make better leaders? Exploring the relationship between the leader’s Karma-Yoga and transformational leadership [with Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan], Presented at The Yale-Great Lakes International Conference held at Chennai on December 21, 2008.

8) Retaining the entrepreneurial employee: The influence of job characteristics on employee engagement levels [with Pearl D'Souza], Presented at The Sixth Asia Academy of Management Conference held at Taipei, Taiwan on December 14-16, 2008.

7) Transformational Leadership in India: The Case of Naoroji (Naval) Pirojsha Godrej (1916-1990), 19th AIMS Convention, at IIM Calcutta on August 23-25, 2007.

6) Karma-Yoga, the Indian Work Ideal and its relationship with Empathy [with Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan], 19th AIMS Convention, at IIM Calcutta on August 23-25, 2007. [Winner of the Silver Medal for the "J. L. Batra Best Research Paper Award"]

5) Karma-Yoga: Construct validation using value systems and emotional intelligence [with Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan], Presented at The Great Lakes Institute, First International Conference held at Chennai on December 24, 2006.

4) Understanding cultures: Analysis of scriptures using the universal values framework, Presented at The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)), 6th biennial convention, held in Long Beach, California, U.S.A. from June 23-25, 2006.

3) Karma Yoga: The Indian philosophy of selfless service, Round table discussion on Multiple Perspectives on Real World Helping and Social Action at Long Beach California, U.S.A. on June 22, 2006.

2) The Nutty Burger Company (Case) Presented at CASE Conference held at Saratoga Springs, NY, U.S.A. on May 14, 2006.

1) Emotional intelligence and helping behaviours: The role of self-other agreement [with Dr. R. K. Premarajan and Dr. Madhukar Shukla] Paper presented at The Eastern Academy of Management Annual Conference held at Saratoga Springs, NY, U.S.A. on May 12, 2006.

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