Dishan Kamdar is the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programmes at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He is also an  Associate Professor of Management in the area of Organisational Behaviour . His primary research interest is contextual work performance and extra-role behaviours. A businessman who pursued his Masters in Management because he was intrigued by the theory behind his practice, Professor Kamdar believes that, “Negotiation and communication skills can grow businesses substantially." He also posits the view that, “No matter what organisations do, they have to bother about their bottom lines. My research establishes that Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) can make a substantial difference to an organisation’s bottom line.”

His research interest in extra role behaviour includes both ‘promotive’ and ‘prohibitive’ behaviours like organisational citizenship behaviours (OCB), knowledge sharing, voice and whistle blowing. Much of his research focusses on exploring the joint effects of situational factors and individual differences in predicting extra-role behaviours. Other interests include the relationship between group composition and group performance (both in-role and extra-role), and the effects of role perceptions on OCB. Five of his papers have been published in the recent past in the Journal of Applied Psychology, a top tier journal in the Organisational Behaviour area.

Professor Kamdar has presented papers at a number of major conferences including the Academy of Management (AOM), the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology (SIOP), the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) and the International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP). He has also co-authored a book chapter in A Handbook on Organisational Citizenship Behaviour: A Review of 'Good Soldier' Activity in Organisations.

Prior to joining the ISB, Professor Kamdar was teaching at the National University of Singapore. He received his PhD and MSc degree in Management from the same university. He is a member of the Academy of Management and also of the Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychology.

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