Ashneet Kaur
Ashneet Kaur
Clinical Assistant Professor (Teaching), Organisational Behaviour
Biography
Dr. Ashneet Kaur is an faculty in Organisation Behavior at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Her work lies at the intersection of strategic HRM, technology (including AI), and entrepreneurship, with a focus on how organisations design people systems to enable agility, scale, and sustained performance.
She holds a PhD from IIM Ahmedabad and has prior experience in both academia and consulting, having worked on projects with leading organisations such as McKinsey and Deloitte. Her research explores contemporary HR challenges in startups, small, and large organisations, particularly in contexts of rapid growth and digital transformation.
Beyond research and teaching, she actively engages with industry through leadership development programs, consulting, and board-level roles. Her work aims to bridge rigorous academic insights with real-world managerial practice.
Education
- PhD in Human Resource Management, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), 2023
- M.Com, Delhi School of Economics (DSE), University of Delhi, 2017
- B.Com, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Delhi University, 2015
Experience
Academic positions
- 2026 - Present: Clinical Assistant Professor (Teaching), Organisational Behaviour
- April 2023 - March 2026: Assistant Professor in Organisation and Leadership Studies, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research
- September 2025 - November 2025: Visiting Faculty for the Course on “Sustainable Human Resource Management”, University of Pécs, Hungary.
- March 2025 - April 2025: Visiting Faculty of Course for PGPM, Great Lakes Institute of Management and Research, Chennai, India
- February 2022 - April 2022: Visiting Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management Area, Masters Union School of Business, Gurgaon, India
- December 2017 - March 2018: Guest Faculty of Financial Accounting in Bachelor of Commerce, Bharti College, Delhi University, India
Professional Positions
- April 2019 - May 2019: Management Consultant, ATOS Global, Paris, France & Pune, India
- February 2016 - May 2018: Research Analyst, McKinsey & Company, Gurgaon, India
- July 2015 - February 2016: Analyst and Internal Auditor, Deloitte USI, Gurgaon, India
- July 2013 - July 2015: Founder and Co-founder, Digital Start-up
Selected publications
- Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Varma, A. (2026). Invisible norms, visible challenges: unravelling multi-level barriers to career engagement of women in India. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10490-025-10109-2
- Kaur, A., Firoz, M., Khan, A., Maheshwari, S. (2025). The Lonely Road of Injustice: How Perceived Unfairness Influences Knowledge Hiding and Well-Being. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.17250abstract
- Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Srivastava, S., Maheshwari, S., Varma, A. (2026). Agility in new ventures: examining the role of autonomy and trust using a job demands-resources lens. Evidence-based HRM. https://doi.org/10.1108/EBHRM-05-2025-0203
- Kaur, A., Bhattacharya, B., Maheshwari, S. (2026). How does informal competition shape innovation? Exploring the roles of labour flexibility and special economic zones in emerging economies. IIMB Management Review, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2025.100638
- Kaur, A., Agarwal, P., Edacherian, S., Karna, A., Maheshwari, S. (2025). Governance beyond borders: exploring executive overconfidence and firm performance using meta-analysis. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.1108/CCSM-03-2024-0065
- Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Varma, A. (2026). The digital escape: examining the impact of cyberloafing on gossip-induced emotional exhaustion and the mediating role of self-esteem. Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1108/EBHRM-12-2023-0344
- Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Bose, I., Singh, S. (2024). Watch out, you are live! Toward understanding the impact of AI on privacy of employees. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 55(1). 10.17705/1CAIS.05523
- Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Varma, A. (2024). Sailing through the international assignment: exploring the role of perceived credibility in expatriate adjustment and socialization process in the host country. Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-10-2023-0073
- Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Renwick, D. W. S. (2024). Green human resource management and green culture: An integrative sustainable competing values framework and future research directions. Organization & Environment, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/10860266231217280
- Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Varma, A. (2024). Understanding the role of meaningfulness of work: a moderated-mediation model of bullying during work from home. Personnel Review, 53(7). https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2023-0121
- Firoz, M., Khan, A., Maheshwari, S., & Kaur, A. (2025). The Lonely Road of Injustice: How Perceived Unfairness Influences Knowledge Hiding and Well-Being. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2025, No. 1, p. 17250). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management.
- Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., Bose, I., & Singh, D. S. (2024). Decoding the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employee Privacy: A Systematic Literature Review. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 15486). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management.
- Kaur, A., Maheshwari, S., & Maheshwari, S. K. (2023). Employee Agility in New Ventures: Examining the Role of Trust in Founder in Cross-Cultural Context. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 17020). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.