Venkat R. Krishnan
Professor (Organizational Behavior) &
Director (Yale-Great Lakes Center for Management Research)
Great Lakes Institute of Management,
Chennai 600015, India.

Work Ph: 91 (44) 4204-9926 (direct), or 4216-8228 ext 224.

Home Ph: 91 (44) 6521-1416.

Work Fax: 91 (44) 4204-9920.

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Work Information

Research Activities:

• Currently working in the areas of transformational leadership, value systems of individuals in organizations, and Indian philosophy.

• List of publications (with full text) and papers presented at conferences.

Other Responsibilities:

• Teaching MBA courses --
  (1) Intelligently Interacting with Others, and
  (2) Leadership, Influence, and Power.

• Conducting workshops (in-company management development programs) on "Transformational Leadership," "Influencing Skills," and "Leadership Excellence through Upanishads."

• Editor of Great Lakes Herald and member of editorial advisory board of (1) Leadership & Organization Development Journal,
  (2) Journal of Human Values, and
  (3) Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies.

Biographical Information

College or university attended:

• 1991-1996: Temple University, Philadelphia -- Ph.D. (Business Administration); specialization in organizational behavior; doctoral thesis on transformational leadership.

• 1989-1991: Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

• Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati: M.A. (Philosophy).

• Vivekananda College, Chennai: B.Sc. (Mathematics).

Past work experience:

• 1996-2006: Professor (Organizational Behavior), XLRI Jamshedpur, India. Taught MBA courses -- (1) Leadership, Influence and Power, (2) Indian Philosophy for Leadership Excellence, (3) Impression Management, (4) Group Dynamics, and (5) Individual Behavior in Organizations.

• Adjunct faculty, Temple University: Taught undergraduate courses -- (1) Organization and Management, and (2) Introduction to Human Resource Administration.

• Manager (probationary officer) in State Bank of India.

Professional association memberships:

• Member of
  1. Academy of Management,
  2. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada,
  3. American Psychological Association,
  4. Asia Academy of Management,
  5. International Association of Applied Psychology,
  6. International Leadership Association,
  7. Social Psychology Network, and
  8. Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

• Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.

Personal Interests:

• Advaita Vedanta philosophy and ancient Sanskrit literature (you could glance through some of my favorite books).

• Listening to classical south Indian music.

Useful Links:

Indian History Sourcebook

Social Psychology Network

Venkat's List of Journals

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